The creation of a global firm: L.M. Ericsson and character virtues put into context - Ratio

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The creation of a global firm: L.M. Ericsson and character virtues put into context

Sammanfattning

Nykvist, R. (2015). “The creation of a global firm: L.M. Ericsson and character virtues put into context”. In Karlson, N., Norek M. & K. Wennberg (Eds.), Virtues in Entrepreneurship (pp. 184–211). Stockholm: Ratio.

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Introducing the inverted Icarus paradox in business history – Evidence from David and Goliath in the Swedish telecommunications industry 1981–1990

Eriksson, K.; Lakomaa, E.; Nykvist, R.; Sandström, C.

Publiceringsår

2024

Publicerat i

Business History, Advance online publication.

Sammanfattning

Previous research in business and management history has identified the Icarus paradox, which describes how organisations may fall due to overconfidence and hubris. We build upon previous research on paradoxes in business history and introduce the notion of an inverted Icarus paradox. Using rich archival sources coded in a relational database, we show how an entrant firm, Comvik, outmanoeuvred an established government monopoly in the non-market domain from 1980 to 1990, despite inferior resources and a weak market position. The government monopoly Televerket faced an inverted Icarus paradox; it could not leverage its strengths and political connections as they were stuck in a David versus Goliath narrative where public opinion was more sympathetic to the entrant firm Comvik.

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The state as a marketizer vs. the marketization of the state: Two organizational models of public sector corporatization

Fleischer, J., Danielsen, O. A., Neby, S., & Nykvist, R.

Publiceringsår

2024

Publicerat i

Public Organization Review

Sammanfattning

Governments engage in corporatization by creating corporate entities or reorganizing existing ones. These corporatization activities reflect an interplay between political agency and environmental pressures, including (changing) notions of state-market relations. This paper discusses two ideal-typed organizational models of corporatization: the state as a marketizer and the marketization of the state. Whereas the first emphasizes the role of political design and agency in corporatization, the second emphasizes the role of (actors in) the environment for corporatization. Both models are assessed across five corporatization episodes in Norway and Sweden, where we also demonstrate the interplay between political agency and environmental pressure.

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