Search for dissertations about: "industrialisation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 swedish dissertations containing the word industrialisation.
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1. Management of the industrialisation process in distributed geographical and organisational contexts
Abstract : Management of new product development (NPD) is one of the most critical capabilities of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The industrialisation process plays a major role in NPD, where the final verification of the product and production system takes place. READ MORE
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2. Becoming Jinja : The Production of Space and Making of Place in an African Industrial Town
Abstract : The years immediately preceding and following W.W.II marked a turning point in British colonial policy in Africa. In this doctoral thesis, which focuses on colonial and post-colonial Uganda, this turning point is approached in terms of a shift in would-be hegemonic socio-spatial diagrams of power. READ MORE
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3. Learning and Returning : Return Migration of Swedish Engineers from the United States, 1880-1940
Abstract : This thesis examines different aspects of international migration and return migration among Swedish engineers – particularly to and from the United States between 1880 and 1940. The social, geographical, and educational backgrounds of these engineers and their role in diffusing technological knowledge in Sweden in addition to being a possible source of technical development during the country’s second industrial breakthrough is of particular interest. READ MORE
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4. Aspiring to a higher rank: Swedish factor prices and productivity in international perspective, 1860-1950
Abstract : This dissertation consists of four chapters which expand on the Swedish economic development in an international perspective between 1860 and 1950. The overarching theme is how the Swedish rise, from backwardness to prosperity, is best understood. READ MORE
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5. Water for the Many : Health, neighbourhood change and equality of access during the expansion of Swedish urban water networks
Abstract : During the course of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, conditions for life in the city changed drastically. Investments in infrastructure, health and education coincided with economic growth, urbanisation and mortality decline. READ MORE