Search for dissertations about: "public universities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 52 swedish dissertations containing the words public universities.

  2. 1. A unified strategic business and IT alignment model : A study in the public universities of Nicaragua

    Author : Norman Vargas Chevez; Paul Johannesson; Lazar Rusu; Ambjörn Naeve; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; strategic alignment; business - IT alignment; public universities; AHP; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : A number of attempts have been made to define strategic business and information technology (IT) alignment; several representations of what it is are available in academic and practitioners’ fields. The literature suggests that firms need to achieve strategic business and IT alignment to be competitive. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Wealth of Urban Regions : On the Location of Creative Individuals and Firms

    Author : Charlotta Mellander; Charlie Karlsson; Börje Johansson; Maryann Feldman; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis consists of four individual chapters and an introduction to the thesis. The common feature of the four separate chapters is their focus on the location patterns of creative individuals and firms, the inter-relation between those actors and the regional development and how those actors in the end shape the wealth of urban regions. READ MORE

  5. 3. Women and Biological Research Careers in Higher Education in Mozambique : A Case Study of Two Public Universities

    Author : Juvencio Manuel Nota; Gabriele Griffin; Anita Hussénius; Louise Morley; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : women; biological research careers; higher education; institutional ethnography; inequality regimes; Gender Studies; Genusvetenskap;

    Abstract : The issue of women’s experiences in biological research careers in academia in Mozambique is under-researched. This lack of knowledge does not enable the country to design structural tools that can help women to overcome the obstacles and challenges they face and hence boost their career progression in academia. READ MORE

  6. 4. Performance Management, Rationality and Participation in Public Sector Organisation

    Author : Geoffrey Heath; Elisabeth Berg; Jim Barry; Suzana Grubnic; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Communicative; instrumental and value rationality; accounting and performance management; public sector organisations; public management and governance; participation; deliberation and democracy; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Sciences;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis critically examines the role of performance management in public sector organisations. In particular, it explores how performance management relates to different concepts of rationality (instrumental, value and communicative), including issues around rationality and power, and the relationship between these concepts and various models of participation and democracy. READ MORE

  7. 5. Exploring the black box of academia: University positioning, firm inventiveness and academic opportunities

    Author : Daniel Ljungberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Universities; academic patents; competition; opportunities; academics;

    Abstract : This PhD thesis analyzes the role and activities of universities and academics based on three over- arching themes. The first theme addresses how universities differentiate and compete. READ MORE