Search for dissertations about: "innovation and leadership"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 swedish dissertations containing the words innovation and leadership.
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1. Leadership : person-centred care and the work situation of staff in Swedish nursing homes
Abstract : Background: Swedish nursing home managers, who constitute the empirical focus of this thesis, hold overall operational responsibility for the nursing homes, which includes the care of residents, direct care staff and work environment. Aged care organisations are also expected to provide person-centred care. READ MORE
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2. Operationalizing Industrial Ecology in the Waste Sector : Roles and tactics for circular value innovation
Abstract : The take-make-waste approach to resource management in human production and consumption systems is contributing to a variety of environmental and social problems worldwide. Additionally, as the world’s population and affluence increase, so do the negative impacts of poor resource management. READ MORE
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3. Leadership and Innovation in R&D Teams
Abstract : This thesis focuses on the members of industrial research and development (R&D) teams and their leaders. The field of individual innovation is fragmented and lacks research that coherently integrates psychological factors that explain why antecedent variables affect individual innovation. READ MORE
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4. Governance for Innovation – Board Leadership and Value Creation in Entrepreneurial Firms
Abstract : This dissertation has identified, developed and empirically tested concepts associated with the capacity of chairpersonship to promote innovation in entrepreneurial small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A multi-methodological approach is applied in five studies, comprising a systematic literature review, three empirical studies and a concluding conceptual paper. READ MORE
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5. The Dynamics of Innovation and Knowledge-Based Regional Development
Abstract : Geographical regions as diverse as Silicon Valley, California and Linköping, Sweden have been the sources of new technology and endogenously created innovations. Scholars and policymakers recognise that specific regions or clusters of businesses have the capability to engage in more innovative activities and new business formation and to experience higher employment growth than others. READ MORE