Master theses: Recent submissions
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Market Reactions to Green Bond Issuance Announcements: The Role of Regulative and Normative Institutions
(2021-06-28)This study uses an event- and panel analysis methodology to investigate whether the stringency of regulative and normative institutions is associated with a positive stock market reaction to green bond issuance announcements. ... -
Dealing with GVC Disruptions in Light of the Pandemic - A multiple case study of the European furniture industry
(2021-06-28)The Covid-19 pandemic has affected supply chains across different countries and industries. Within this thesis we investigate how European furniture companies are dealing with GVC disruptions caused by the pandemic. Since ... -
The Effect of Circular Economy on Global Value Chains – Evidence from Changing Business Models in the Food Industry
(2021-06-28)The aim of this thesis was to contribute to the scientific literature on circular business models and global value chains. Specifically, this thesis has investigated the effects that changing towards circular business ... -
The Management of Risks and Crises within MNCs - A case study of Volvo Group and its Business Areas
(2021-06-28)Recent global crises have shed light on the importance of having good risk and supply chain risk management processes in place. Prior research has mainly focused on risk identification and risk management strategies. Few ... -
Improving Supply Chain Collaboration through Planned Change Towards an approach for change management in supply chains
(2021-06-28)To mitigate disruptions in supply chains, organizations must consider not only risks affecting their operations but also those which affect their partners. As a consequence, supply chain disruptions can only be dealt ... -
Bringing it back home A multiple case study of how Swedish manufacturing firms implement reshoring
(2021-06-28)As a response to emerging disadvantages with global value chains, some firms have transitioned from offshoring to reshoring, i.e., bringing previously offshored production back home. In the shallows of Covid-19, reshoring ... -
CSR- leading the way or not? A comparative study about how CSR can influence SMEs internationalization process within the food industry
(2021-06-28)Due to increased globalization and increased sustainability awareness, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have become increasingly internationalized, as well as more involved in addressing sustainability issues. ... -
Repatriate embeddedness: The experience of Swedish repatriates A qualitative study on the interconnectedness between the repatriate experience and organizational commitment.
(2021-06-28)Poorly managed repatriation processes on the part of MNCs are still frequently reported. Inadequate organizational support and lack of understanding result in high turnover rates among repatriates and deficient returns ... -
Let Them Know You’re Green: How to Become Competitive by Being Sustainable - a single embedded case study on the chemical industry
(2021-06-28)During the last decades, all industries have experienced increased pressure from their stakeholders towards acting more sustainable, and much research has been done to understand what can be gained from listening to those ... -
Greening of Global Value Chains: from a topdown and bottom-up perspective A multiple-case study of how GVC actors are addressing greening of GVCs through reducing CO2 emissions from road transports
(2021-06-28)Previous literature within the GVC research field have mainly focused on economic values, however, recently environmental aspects have increasingly started to be considered. Nevertheless, although road transport is a ... -
Capturing the Digital Era: Utilizing Digital Technologies to Strengthen Marketing and Communication -A multiple case study of eight Swedish international industrial organizations
(2021-06-28)Recent technological developments during the 21st century has enabled organizations to meet its customers in new ways, giving birth to the concept of digital marketing and communication. Digital marketing and communication ... -
Home Office and Organisational Culture: Exploring the Impact of a Sudden Shift
(2021-06-28)Organisational culture is a well-established topic within research, how employees' interaction on a daily basis creates a commonality in behaviour and way of thinking. The Covid-19 pandemic forced many organisations into ... -
Influence of Digitalization on business model innovation in the Internationalization Process of SMEs
(2021-06-28)In the changing business environment characterized by the emergence of modern digital technologies, SMEs are in a great need of innovating their business models in order to remain competitive in this digital era. Moreover, ... -
Internationalization and business networks: From a network outsider to an insider A multiple case study in Rwanda
(2021-06-28)Previous research on business networks has devoted considerable efforts towards studying their characteristics, dynamics and outcomes. However, it is unclear how a business goes from being an outsider to becoming an ... -
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the Life Science Industry in the Gothenburg Region
(2021-06-28)This study aimed to identify why foreign-owned life science companies decide to locate abroad and also to identify the challenges that the companies experience. The Gothenburg region was chosen to investigate as a practical ... -
Leading without a budget- A case study of managerial leadership
(2021-06-28)In decentralized organizations, control and decisions are pushed out by central management down in the organization. There are several ways that management can control the organization and for managers to control their ... -
The Complexity of Business Model Innovation: A Case Study of a Circulating Idea Translating Into a Business Model
(2021-06-28)The concept of business model innovation has become more important than ever before, both for practitioners and researchers. Business model innovation can be done in several ways, and one way is to adapt ideas circulating ... -
Intermodal High-Capacity Transport for Pre- and Post-Haulage - A multiple-case study of the potential for high-capacity rail-road transport in the Swedish freight transport market
(2021-06-28)The concept of intermodal freight transport has been acknowledged as a policy tool to achieve an improved utilization of the transport system. Particularly intermodal rail-road transport (IRT) has recently gained in ... -
Steering towards Circular Economy- A case study about how individual translation of circular economy influences a multinational corporation (MNC)
(2021-06-28)Circular Economy (CE) has been argued to be a necessary guideline for improving sustainable development, with the objective to gradually decouple growth from the consumption of finite resources. The findings in this ... -
The Role of Consultants in Translating Agility-An Actor Network Approach to Consultancy in a Management Trend
(2021-06-28)With the speed of the business environment increasing more and more organizations are turning towards agility and agile ways of working. Agility is often expected to make organizations more flexible, allowing them to ...