Search for dissertations about: "knowledge strategy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 801 swedish dissertations containing the words knowledge strategy.

2. 1. The uniqueness of knowledge management in small companies : Managing knowledge as an employer strategy for lifelong learning

   Author : Ernesto Villalba; Ingemar Fägerlind; Robert Höghielm; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Knowledge management; lifelong learning; European Social Fund; SME; adult education; training; knowledge; Sweden; International education; Internationell pedagogik;

   Abstract : The present study explores the relationship between the ‘knowledge-enabling environment’ and the demand for training using a sample of 18 small private companies providing educational and consultancy services in Sweden. In this way, the dissertation is an exploration of the ways Swedish knowledge-intensive companies manage their knowledge. READ MORE

4. 2. Managing offshoring of complex products : Strategy and capabilities

   Author : Petra Edoff; Christer Norström; Jayakanth Srinivasan; Stefan Cedergren; Peter Ørberg Jensen; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : Strategy; organizational capabilities; offshoring; product development; India; China; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

   Abstract : Offshoring is a hot topic in the industrial and academic community over the last few years, evolving from a focus on manufacturing to product development and R&D. Offshoring refers to the process of sourcing and coordinating tasks across national borders and can include both in-house and outsourced activities performed by a supplier. READ MORE

5. 3. Knowledge Sharing Across Borders - A Study in the IKEA World

   Author : Anna Jonsson; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; global strategy; experiential knowledge; IKEA; internationalization; case study; knowledge flows; knowledge sharing; MNC; retail industry;

   Abstract : To enter new markets is not easy. The most obvious challenge, at least judging from the majority of literature on internationalization, is to understand the new market thus taking a market(ing) perspective. READ MORE

6. 4. Knowledge Dissemination in Multinational Corporations

   Author : Dan Paulin; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; obstacles; knowledge sharing; influencing factors; inhibitors; knowledge transfer; MNCs; product realization; facilitators; Knowledge dissemination;

   Abstract : Today’s globalization trend in industry is of major importance for world economy. One effect of the globalization trend is that international companies are exposed to a broadened knowledge base. A major competitive advantage for a multinational corporation (MNC) is its ability to utilize knowledge that is situated at the different locations. READ MORE

7. 5. Common Knowledge : lowland Maya urban farming at Xuch

   Author : Christian Isendahl; Luis Alberto Barba Pingarrón; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Ecological settlement archaeology; Maya; urbanism; agriculture; architecture; ceramics; geochemistry; vegetation; soils; archaeoclimatic modelling; Preclassic; Classic; Postclassic; Colonial; Xuch; Puuc; Campeche; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : During the second half of the first millennium AD, several large urban communities developed in the Puuc region of the northwest Yucatán Peninsula. Investigations of architecture and ceramics at Xuch provide a spatio-chronological framework demonstrating the rapid growth of an urban settlement culminating in the Terminal Classic, and its subsequent decline. READ MORE