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Our world is changing. Due to globalization, multinational companies are meeting fiercer competition and the pressure to be competitive and successful is increasing. The characteristics of the companies seem to be more in focus now and ever since the eighties the concept
The study aims to develop a method that provides Concept Engineering Unit at Volvo Car Corporation (VCC) with reflection on how cost, technical characteristic, and customer requirements effects the end-product. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a method that supports
This paper deals with the economic development of Tanzania and especially with the development of the smallholders. My aim is to study whether the Structural Adjustment Programmes have helped to facilitate growth in the agricultural and export-sector and if the reforms implemented
In this thesis we wanted to investigate whether there is a connection between the inward and outward internationalisation of a firm. To do this we have conducted a case study on the Turkish telecom company Turkcell. To examine if Turkcell’s inward internationalisation
Understanding intention of businesses to adopt e-commerce is important for researchers and firms. This can be studied with different research strategies and from different angles. The current study is conducted on business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce adoption at firm level from business- to-business relationship
New product development is an imperative for a company’s survival. Depending on the definition of failure 80-95 % of all new products fail. Extensive research has been carried out in purpose of reducing new product failure rates, but in general the failure
The aim with this thesis is to investigate the industrial buying behavior in Scandinavian pulp and paper mills. The focus in this industry, as well as in other asset-intensive industries, has shifted from buying and selling large machine installations to a more
The competitive and multifaceted setting of today’s marketplace require that new services should be well analysed and designed before they have a chance to successfully break and enter into a new market. Unfortunately there are numerous difficulties regarding both marketing as well
Boliden is one of the leading mining and smelter companies in the world. Boliden have mines in Sweden and Ireland and smelters in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Their main products are copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver. To make it easier to
The automotive industry is referred to ”the industry of industries” around the world due both to its notable share in national economies and its multi-dimensional complexity such as advanced product design and manufacturing technologies, supply chain size and net-work, involvement of government