The decay and rise of a new strategy: A case study of the Effect of Financial Crisis on a company´s strategy
(2009)Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- Problem: More information is needed on how a company can overcome hardship during stormy business cycles. Appropriate management strategies on how to get the business going as the dust settles is essential in order for a company to sustain on the market. Management in any recession is difficult, especially in today´s turmoil. Nonetheless, corporate strategic renewal is needed to mitigate the risk of default and optimize management of the company. The question is what should the company do in order to keep the resilience up? Purpose: To explain the factors of corporate renewal that will affect the strategy in a positive way, from a theoretical and empirical point of view. This is done by identifying the factors affecting a company´s... (More)
- Problem: More information is needed on how a company can overcome hardship during stormy business cycles. Appropriate management strategies on how to get the business going as the dust settles is essential in order for a company to sustain on the market. Management in any recession is difficult, especially in today´s turmoil. Nonetheless, corporate strategic renewal is needed to mitigate the risk of default and optimize management of the company. The question is what should the company do in order to keep the resilience up? Purpose: To explain the factors of corporate renewal that will affect the strategy in a positive way, from a theoretical and empirical point of view. This is done by identifying the factors affecting a company´s strategy during the process of renewing the strategy. Methodology: This thesis utilizes the abductive research method with a positivistic philosophical approach. Conclusion: The factors; uncertainty, leadership, change, adaption and information, are essential while renewing a strategy during a company´s crisis. (Less)
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- author
- Da Costa, Marcus and Nilsson, Markus
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2009
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Strategy, recession, credit crunch, crisis, renewal, Management of enterprises, Företagsledning, management
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1437449
- date added to LUP
- 2009-06-03 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2012-04-02 17:24:52
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abstract = {{Problem: More information is needed on how a company can overcome hardship during stormy business cycles. Appropriate management strategies on how to get the business going as the dust settles is essential in order for a company to sustain on the market. Management in any recession is difficult, especially in today´s turmoil. Nonetheless, corporate strategic renewal is needed to mitigate the risk of default and optimize management of the company. The question is what should the company do in order to keep the resilience up? Purpose: To explain the factors of corporate renewal that will affect the strategy in a positive way, from a theoretical and empirical point of view. This is done by identifying the factors affecting a company´s strategy during the process of renewing the strategy. Methodology: This thesis utilizes the abductive research method with a positivistic philosophical approach. Conclusion: The factors; uncertainty, leadership, change, adaption and information, are essential while renewing a strategy during a company´s crisis.}},
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language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The decay and rise of a new strategy: A case study of the Effect of Financial Crisis on a company´s strategy}},
year = {{2009}},
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