Using sociological institutionalism the three articles constituting this dissertation scrutinize the relationship between organizations and their (social) environment at different levels of analysis and in the context of specific research questions. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in...

The impact of macroeconomic management (monetary policy) and administrative price adjustments on price variability in a low inflation economy characterized by relatively frequent administrative price adjustments is examined. Fluctuations of market determined prices, prices of agricultural goods...

Price variability among carcasses increaseswith a change from live-weight to dressedweightto grid pricing. Grid pricing has thelargest price variability, because the price foreach carcass is influenced by all of the componentsof the grid, rather than all cattle selling forthe same live or...

This thesis analyses symmetric and asymmetric interdependencies of financial markets through time for returns and variances. The work contributes to the literature in several areas: Symmetric interdependencies (correlations) are examined in the first part where a new bivariate correlation...

PART I: INTRODUCTIONChapter 1: introduction and method1.1 General introduction 1.2 Purpose, aim and scope1.3 Outline and methodPART II: SEA-LEVEL RISE AND DECISION-MAKING IN THE COASTAL ZONEChapter 2: the garbage can – a theoretical approach to decision-making2.1 Decision-making processes in...

In der wissenschaftlichen Literatur des Human Resource Managements wird viel über normative Empfehlungen bzw. Best Practices für die Organisationspraxis diskutiert. Dabei sind nicht nur die Empfehlungen an sich und deren Erfolgsbeiträge, sondern auch deren Universalität nie ganz...

Reorganisationen sind seit vielen Jahren und unter verschiedenen Bezeichnungen ("Lean Management", "Reengineering" etc.) eines der Top-Themen in der Management-Szene. Die Umsetzung solcher Vorhaben sieht in der Praxis jedoch zumeist sehr ern?chternd aus. "Unwillen zur Ver?nderung" gepaart mit...

Ziel und Inhalt der Arbeit ist es, auf Basis von Ressourcen und der Organisation (Koordination und Kontrolle) von Ressourcentransaktionen Erkl?rungen f?r die Generierung von Renten ?konomischer Akteure zu gewinnen. Dazu wendet sich die Arbeit folgenden Fragenkomplexen zu:1. Welche Renten- und...

Organizational failure is an incomplete process because routines and norms persist through employee careers. Qualitative interviews with former employees from four newspapers and two investment banks, all of which are bankrupt or disbanded, demonstrate ongoing utilization of routines and ongoing...

This dissertation develops and tests a conceptual model to examine how organizations respond to social and political events that can significantly affect operations. The model incorporates concepts from resource dependence and institutional theories, which posit that a firm will develop a range...