Search for dissertations about: "talent development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words talent development.

2. 1. Science Parks and talent attraction : a study on the development of Science Parks

   Author : Eduardo de Almeida Cadorin; Magnus Klofsten; Hans Löfsten; Mats Lundqvist; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Science Parks; Talent attraction; New technology-based firms; Students; University; University-external collaboration; Success factors; Parques científicos; Atração de talentos; Novas empresas baseadas em tecnologia; Estudantes; Universidade; Colaboração externa-universidade; Fatores de sucesso; Science Parks; Talangattraktion; Nya teknikbaserade företag; Studenter; Universitet; Universitet-externt samverkan; Framgångsfaktorer;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates the development of Science Parks (SPs) from the perspective of talent attraction activities. Studies on SPs often address only traditional services that parks provide tenant firms. READ MORE

4. 2. The Urban Turn : And the Location of economic Activities

   Author : Høgni Kalsø Hansen; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban Turn; Innovation; Business Climate; People Climate; Human Capital; Outer City; Creative Class; Talent; Regional Development; City Regions;

   Abstract : Competitiveness of city regions has gained a more and more central position in regional development and regional planning within the last decades. A reason for this is that globalisation has caused pressure on industrial structures forcing firms to increase their competitiveness by more actively promoting innovation and knowledge creation. READ MORE

5. 3. Locating Biotech Innovation : Places, Flows and Unruly Processes

   Author : Henrik Mattsson; Anders Malmberg; Dominic Power; Peter Dicken; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Social and economic geography; Biotech; Biotechnology; Innovation; Creativity; Clusters; Innovation systems; Technology policy; Regional development; Economic spaces; Time-geography; Time-space; Mobility; Knowledge; Knowledge workers; Agglomeration; Talent; Biotech firms; Innovation Policy; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : This thesis begins by making two observations. First, that the regional economic landscapes in which we all live our daily lives, and which provide the basis for employment and prosperity, are constantly changing. READ MORE

6. 4. Development of an Evidence-Based Sport Psychological Training Program for Young Elite Athletes

   Author : Johan Michael Wikman; Anne-Marie Elbe; Reinhard Stelter; Gertrud Pfister; Mette Krogh Christensen; Chris Harwood; Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen University Exercise and Sport Department of Nutrition; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sport psychology; talent development; intervention; mixed methods;

   Abstract : Sport psychological training seems to be a viable way of facilitating development and performance for adult athletes, and even though sport psychological training for young athletes is less investigated, research indicates that talented athletes can benefit from sport psychological training as well. The aim of this thesis is to review and add to the current knowledge on sport psychological training for young elite athletes, and to investigate sport psychological interventions for young elite athletes. READ MORE

7. 5. Phonetic Imitation, Accent, and the Learner

   Author : Duncan Markham; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sociolinguistics; talent; language acquisition; phonetics; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : This work is concerned with the acquisition of the phonetic characteristics of languages and dialects, and with the issue of learner talent or individual achievement in learning second languages. Following a survey of the literature on language learning limits, it is argued that the concentration on group trends in most of the existing literature, whilst convenient, serves more to obscure the reasons for the difficulties experienced by most non-child language learners than to explain them. READ MORE