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(2015)This dissertation investigates middle-managers work, experience of work, and construction of organizational reality. It draws its empirical material upon a seven month multi-site ethnographic fieldwork within a medium-sized ...
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(2016-12-06)For many years now public drive to open data is in line with the frame of the revolution of digital technologies, which allow the acquisition and exponential disposal of data. Many public and private actors see in these ...Access to this item is restricted until 2026-12-31
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(2023)This thesis explores the influence of interregional connectivity on the development of regions and their interactions. Connectivity takes various forms, whether through physical transport infrastructure or the ability to ...
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(2016)The research project presented in this document enriches our understanding of these questions by unbundling the micro-level activities and socio-material dynamics underpinning the use of control tools in CSR implementation. ...
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(2016)This dissertation consists of three chapters representing three self-contained essays on the effects of corporate political connections on firm operational, financial, and investment activities. The research is based on ...
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(2018)This dissertation aims to investigate the dynamic impacts of customer engagement on customer value and firm revenues in a multichannel context. I address this research question in three chapters. In chapter 1, we propose ...
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(2015)I develop a new input-based measure of internal audit function (IAF) quality and investigate the factors that incentivize firms to establish a high-quality IAF as well as the economic consequences of a high-quality IAF. ...
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(2018)This dissertation consists of three stand-alone papers that investigate three consequences of corporate philanthropy, namely: (1) firms’ tax strategies, (2) firms’ reporting with regard to corporate philanthropy, and (3) ...
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(2018)The three essays in this thesis, in general, explore different dimensions of fexibility to better manage the operations in firms/supply chains for higher economic and environmental performance.
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(2020)This dissertation assesses the economic value of volatility for traditional and crypto-asset markets. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the blockchain technology and the cross-section of crypto-assets. Chapter 2 ...
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(2023)This thesis studies the causes and consequences of gender norms. The first chapter examines the interplay between marriage and gender norms. Marriage, as a mechanism of horizontal and oblique social learning and as a ...
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(2020)This dissertation considers strategic behavior of information intermediaries. In the first chapter I study the strategic behavior of ad-financed platforms. Firms compete for slots on an ad-financed platform by paying the ...
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(2020)The purpose of this dissertation was to examine challenging job experiences (CJE) and their role in facilitating the process of leadership development. In the first essay of the dissertation, I provided an overview and ...
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(2020)Les émotions constituent de puissants moteurs de nombreuses décisions. L'un des domaines omniprésents mais encore peu étudiés, où les émotions sont pertinentes dans la prise de décision des consommateurs, implique ...
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(2023)According to the global humanitarian overview published by the UNOCHA, 274 million people needed some form of humanitarian assistance across the world in 2022. In the same year, 387 natural disasters were recorded world ...
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(2024)This dissertation presents a comprehensive examination of the economic dynamics influenced by comparative advantage, foreign direct investment (FDI), corporate strategies, and environmental policies across different global ...
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(2015)The thesis consists of three innovative studies of microfinance. It addresses issues regarding loan products design, credit risk assessment, and strategic planning of microfinance institutions (MFIs). The objective of the ...
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(2019)I study the causes and consequences of the decision of active US equity mutual funds to close to new investors. I start by analyzing results of the prior literature, which has focused on performance before and after closure ...
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(2018)Investment manager skill is one of the most researched topics in finance, so readers may wonder why there are still theses such as this one which launches three new Essays on the topic. There are two parts to the answer. ...
