Making an Impression Through Openness: How Open Strategy-Making Practices Change in the Evolution of New Ventures

Basic principles in impression making.

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

Cultural implications of business strategy-making

The central issue in strategy formulation and implementation process, or strategy-making, is the identification of environmental forces and the preparation of a plan of action to deal with them. This necessitates scanning the environment for gathering information. Environmental scanning should enable the firm to identify these forces. Doing this not only calls for information gathering, but als...

How OR can contribute to strategy making

OR’s venture into strategy is relatively recent and on examination of the extant literature it appears to have emerged through two relatively independent directions— each adding to a potentially substantial contribution. These directions or roles emanate from (1) a desire to undertake good analysis (echoing Simon’s request for procedural rationality: Simon, 1976); and (2) a wish to manage the c...

Openness and Transparency in Political Decision Making – an Empirical Study through an Institutional Lens

Openness and transparency, i.e. free and fair elections and the idea of enlightened citizens that can hold governments accountable, are cornerstones in modern democratic thinking. However, the aspirations of openness and transparency also inherit challenges, also in Sweden considered being 1 This research is part of Anna Lundgren’s PhD project, funded by Stockholm County Council, Sweden. No pot...