Search for dissertations about: "digital technology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 3470 swedish dissertations containing the words digital technology.

  1. 1. Digital Capability : Investigating Coevolution of IT and Business Strategies

    Author : Johan Sandberg; Holmström Jonny; Ola Henfridsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Digital capability; IT strategy; coevolution; IT innovation; digital innovation; organizational evolution; practice research; strategy-as-practice; evolutionary theory;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the role of information technology (IT) in organizational strategy. Specifically, it examines how organizations can persist in turbulent competitive landscapes characterized by IT innovations. READ MORE

  2. 2. Technology in Absentia : A New Materialist Study of Digital Disengagement

    Author : Cristina Ghita; Claes Thorén; Mats Edenius; Jenny Eriksson Lundström; Magnus Mähring; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; digital disengagement; diffractive digital use; ethnography; new materialism; technology non-use; digital disconnection; digital detox; Information Systems; Informationssystem;

    Abstract : The rhetoric associated with society-wide digitalisation promises benefits such as increased quality of life, democracy, or sustainability, which point towards normative trajectories of increased automation and digitalisation of nearly all aspects of society. Meanwhile, there is evidence of a disenchantment with digital use, forming a movement that challenges the pervasiveness of digital artefacts such as the smartphone. READ MORE

  3. 3. Industrial Digital Fabrication Using Inkjet Technology

    Author : Ingo Reinhold; Carl-Mikael Zetterling; Matti Mäntysalo; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; inkjet printing; droplet formation; digital fabrication; sintering; nanoparticles; printed electronics; Industrial Information and Control Systems; Industriella informations- och styrsystem; Media Technology; Medieteknik; Informations- och kommunikationsteknik; Information and Communication Technology;

    Abstract : The use of acoustic waves initiated by the deformation of a microchannel is one method for generating monodisperse, micrometer-sized droplets from small orifices and is employed in piezo-electric inkjet printheads. These printheads are used in both graphical printing and digital fabrication, where functionalities, such as optical, biological, electrical or mechanical, are being produced locally. READ MORE

  4. 4. Fall prevention exercise for older adults : self-management with support of digital technology

    Author : Beatrice Pettersson; Marlene Sandlund; Maria Wiklund; Rebecka Janols; Lillemor Lundin-Olsson; Anne Söderlund; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; eHealth; digital health; fall prevention; self-management; smartphone; digital technology; behavioural change support; Self-determination theory; Fallprevention; eHälsa; egenvård; digital teknik; beteendeförändring; självbestämmandeteorin; physiotherapy; fysioterapi; Public health; folkhälsa;

    Abstract : Background: Falls are a major public health issue, which can cause physical and psychological suffering for the individual as well as large costs for the society. To increase access and adherence to evidence-based fall prevention exercise, utilisation of older adults’ own capabilities and digital health offers promising solutions. READ MORE

  5. 5. Disentangling digital transformation : mechanisms of change in institutional logics

    Author : Hugo Hedlund; Katrin Jonsson; Johan Sandberg; Tina Blegind Jensen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Digital transformation; Digital innovation; Institutional logics; Critical realism; Mechanisms; Public sector;

    Abstract : Digital transformation (DT) is en vogue, but vague: while consultants, policymakers and researchers stress that it is a major challenge to organizations of all kinds and sizes, how DT unfolds, or even what it entails, remains elusive. Previous research on DT frames it as a problem of strategic technology adoption or information technology (IT)-related change associated with business models and processes. READ MORE