Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Företagsekonomiska institutionen: Recent submissions
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Spänning i offentlig upphandling - Om användande av ett strategiverktyg
(2022-05-17)Tension in Public Procurement - The usage of a strategy tool: Public procurement is about public purchases, but also about sale of goods and services to the public sector. In research, public procurement is usually ... -
Myth Aestheticization
(2022-04-22)This thesis theorizes the process of myth aestheticization for marketing and consumption. A concept of myth aestheticization springs from a simple yet complex idea: What if something is not “aesthetic” in and by itself, ... -
The changing geography of innovation
(2022-04-13)The Asian century is at our doorstep. Emerging economies like China and India present a major source of not only supply-, but also demand for Western MNCs. Recent evidence suggests that subsidiaries located in emerging ... -
Essays on ESG disclosure, performance and assurance
(2022-03-31)In this dissertation, economic implications of ESG disclosure, performance and assurance are examined in three essays. It is evident in the recent developments that the need for a sustainable and responsible investments ... -
The role of influencing organisations in promoting sustainability of urban freight transport
(2021-11-12)The research in this thesis focused on organisations that can contribute to increased sustainability development in urban freight transport activities. In this study, these organisations were identified, studied, grouped ... -
Responsibilisering - En studie av assistanssektorns kvasimarknad
(2021-09-21)De senaste decenniernas valfrihetsreformer i välfärden har föregåtts av argument om att valfrihet frigör brukare genom att kontrollen över välfärdstjänster överlåts åt de som utnyttjar dem. Denna avhandling behandlar en ... -
Contested legitimacy: The shrimp sustainability case in Sweden
(2020-09-01)The world faces a plethora of serious challenges. The current SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, Australian bushfires of 2019−2020 and rapid decline in global fish stocks are just a few of numerous recent events which highlight the ... -
Why are firms conducting entrepreneurial actions?
(2020-09-01)This dissertation is concerned with the concept of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and, more specifically, the question ‘Why are firms conducting entrepreneurial actions?’ This question rests upon two premises. First, ... -
Skinny white bitches: Female sexual agency in contemporary advertising
(2020-06-05)ABSTRACT This is a story about female representations in contemporary advertising. Following up on Rosalind Gill’s (2003; 2007; 2008) critical discussions on the shift in contemporary advertising from the sexual object ... -
A Hybrid Operating Room in the Making - Coordinating the lntroduction and Use of New Technology
(2020-05-11)New technologies are often introduced hoping to achieve cost reductions, efficiency improvements, and product/service quality increases. Early researchers have often focused on these hopes and how existing organizational ... -
The Sustainability and Competitiveness of European Short-Sea Shipping
(2020-03-27)Several factors could improve the environmental performance of European short-sea shipping (SSS) and enhance its competitiveness, and in this thesis, some of those factors are explored. The purpose of this thesis is to ... -
Audit regulation and auditor disclosures: Essays on the consequences of ISA 701
(2020-03-19)Auditing regulations have changed over time, with the aim of increasing the quality of the audit process and audit report that assist stakeholders in decision-making. Such changes include the recent revisions and introduction ... -
Exchangification of art: transforming street art into market products
(2019-11-27)Art markets are filled with tensions, often explained as an inevitable dichotomy between arts and commerce. During the last century, this phenomenon has been defined as the commodification of art. Crucial for the commodification ... -
Sustainable Supplier Selection in the Logistics Industry: A Comparison of Alternative Approaches
(2019-11-04)Supplier selection has become one of the most crucial tasks in supply chain management, especially in the procurement function. In recent years, the importance of selecting the best possible suppliers has been enhanced due ... -
Organizing Creativity and Creative Organizing at a high tech company
(2019-09-04)In today’s society, creativity, in close collaboration with innovation, is considered key to the success of many businesses. On the one hand, organizations need to organize people’s efforts and to control the outcomes of ... -
Unpacking inscriptions – A sociomateriality perspective on the design process of a milk package
(2019-05-24)Today’s trend of fast-paced innovation in the field of, for example, information technology results in an acclaim of quick changes. At the same time, product innovation is only one facet of market offerings as industry ... -
Essays on Bank Funding Strategies
(2019-05-20)According to the European financial crisis database from July 31, 2017, there are 18 European countries that still have not got their systems back to normal. Despite crisis management being implemented in very few countries, ... -
Behind the Scenes of Transparency – A Study of a Swedish Denim Company
(2019-05-17)During recent decades, a call for increased transparency has been a reaction to the increasing complexity and opaqueness of contemporary society, where information about simple items, e.g. the origin of our everyday products, ... -
Exploring the (re-)configuration of environmentally unsustainable practices
(2019-05-15)This thesis explores how to (re-)configure environmentally unsustainable practices into more sustainable forms in the empirical context of leisure boat antifouling. Current antifouling practices predominantly involve the ... -
Essays in trade financing and trade relationships
(2019-03-20)In this dissertation, I examine the factors affecting trade financing and trade relationships mainly from the perspective of information asymmetry. In particular, I analyze how levels of information asymmetry affect trade ...