Logistics providers are developing competitive advantage by coordinating different customers logistics solutions. We are presenting some of the basic factors taken into consideration for a TPL firm when coordinating its customers. The possibilities to coordinate are dependent not only on...

This study investigates how spontaneous interaction in an R&D environment is affected by temporary absence form the work site. Previous studies has shown the central importance of spontaneous interaction in R&D activities, but not how this is linked to the amount of co-presence. By using work...

This paper examines the prevalent advertising practice of visually juxtaposing an anonymous, physically attractive ad model and a product in terms of its effects on the attitude toward the product. In this appeal, in which there are no explicit verbal claims about how the two objects are...

Emotioner är av avgörande betydelse i människors liv, men först ganska nyligen har deras betydelse i arbetslivet uppmärksammats. Begreppet emotionell intelligens (EI) som etablerades omkring 1990, och populäriserades i Golemans framgångsrika böcker, är ett exempel på den utvecklingen....

Companies implementing a downsizing strategy aiming at increasing cost efficiency and operational effectiveness may face the fact that their innovative ability is hampered. In this paper, we develop a model of the mechanisms through which organizational downsizing affects innovation. We use...

The transition process of the formerly socialist economies of Eastern Europe dates back more than a decade. Whereas a few countries now entering the European Union experience significant progress some others, most notably the former CIS-countries including Russia, lag behind. Despite the central...

Ett kundvalssystem har införts 2002 inom hemtjänsten inom Stockholms stad.Vilka effekter som detta system har medfört har beskrivits i detta paper.Det visade sig att kvaliten inom hemtjänsten förbättrats;pensioärerna får nu en kvalitativt bättre hemtjänst. De ekonomiska effekterna har...

This paper briefly elaborates a cognitive concept of competition by way of semantic associations in the light of marketing theory. It focuses the market for conference activities in the inner city of Stockholm by asking 'what is competition?'. The result shows that words such as 'enemy',...

In September 2006, the book Lysande ögonblick och finansiella kriser (Splendid Moments and Financial Crises) was published. In large part, it is a narrative about the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm during the 20th century: about actors, productions, attendance, relations to the audience,...

In the present study a representative sample (N = 797) of the Swedish population was surveyed, with regard to attitudes related to energy policy issues (e.g., environmental attitudes, risk perceptions, and attitudes towards different energy production systems) and self-reported electricity...