Search for dissertations about: "outsource"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the word outsource.
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1. Materials Supply and Production Outsourcing
Abstract : Supplier and customer markets have become more global and have forced companies to consider restructuring their supply chains to take advantage of opportunities in terms of costs, competence, etc. at different locations. One way to take advantage of opportunities in other locations is to outsource parts of the production to suppliers. READ MORE
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2. Improving strategic decisions for real estate investors : Perspectives on allocation and management
Abstract : Real estate is an attractive asset class in the mixed-asset portfolio due to favorable risk return characteristics and low correlations with other asset classes like stock and bonds. Unlike financial assets, real estate is a physical asset where large lot sizes/indivisibility, heterogeneity, low liquidity and high transaction costs make applying financial models like modern portfolio theory (MPT) challenging. READ MORE
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3. Contract Packaging and its Implications on the Supply Chain - The Case of a Contract Packager
Abstract : In trying to get products out to the market in promotional or display packaging, companies have the option of turning to a contract packager. The purpose of this thesis is to present the area of contract packaging, specifically discussing the internal factors that make a contract packager an attractive actor to outsource packaging of products to and also to find out how a contract packager can affect the supply chain of the company outsourcing to such an actor. READ MORE
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4. Outsourcing strategies for wood product manufactering firms : driving forces and strategic development
Abstract : In this thesis outsourcing in the wood product manufacturing sector (WPM) is studied. More specifically, the study aims to describe and analyse outsourcing strategies for firms in the WPM industries (door, floor and window). READ MORE
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5. Outsourcing Computations to a Cloud That You Don't Trust
Abstract : In many application scenarios, data need to be collected, stored and processed. Often sensitive data are collected from IoT devices, which are constrained regarding their resources, and, thus, remote, untrusted cloud servers are required to perform the computations. READ MORE