Search for dissertations about: "user roles"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 65 swedish dissertations containing the words user roles.

  2. 1. Leveraging user relationships for innovation within sustained producer-user ecosystems : Observations from the medical technology industry

    Author : Carl Wadell; Mats Magnusson; Fredrik Hacklin; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Producer-user ecosystems; User involvement; Innovation; Boundary-spanners; Social networks; Medical technology; Machine Design; Maskinkonstruktion;

    Abstract : Today we can see how companies are making significant investments in various methods and tools to access and utilize the users’ knowledge for the purpose of innovation efforts. What many highly innovative companies try to accomplish with these investments is to develop and establish sustained producer-user ecosystems. READ MORE

  4. 2. Legitimizing the knowledge of mental health service users in shared decision making : Promoting participation through a web-based decision support tool

    Author : Katarina Grim; Ulla-Karin Schön; David Rosenberg; Malin Tistad; Magnus Karlsson; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; User knowledge; SDM; Shared decision making; User involvement; User participation; Mental health services; Psychiatry; Health and Welfare; Hälsa och välfärd;

    Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the manner in which user knowledge and user perspectives can be included and supported in shared decision making (SDM) in mental health services.The thesis consists of four studies. READ MORE

  5. 3. User-involved service innovation : Three participating perspectives on co-creation

    Author : Carina Sjödin; Magnus Wiktorsson; Bengt Köping Olsson; Anna-Lena Carlsson; Per Kristensson; Mattias Elg; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; open innovation; user involvement; co-creation; service logic; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

    Abstract : The involvement of customers and other stakeholders in the innovation process is proposed to be a key success factor and something that makes companies more competitive. As a consequence, more and more organizations alter their innovation strategy accordingly. READ MORE

  6. 4. Bling? Roles and Contradictions in Design

    Author : Despina Christoforidou; Industridesign; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Designers’ roles; Bling; breach; contradictions; cultural norms and values; informed provocation.;

    Abstract : In their professional practice, designers serve different roles as experts in user behaviour, taste experts and conveyors of symbolic meaning. Combining these roles, however, is not necessarily unproblematic, especially so in contexts that are incongruent with the personal preferences of the designer. READ MORE

  7. 5. Learning English in a Multi-User Virtual Environment : Exploring Factors Affecting Participation

    Author : Airong Wang; Mats Deutschmann; Mercedes Rico Garcia; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Activity theory; Conversational Analysis; Discourse analysis; Ecology of language learning; Model of factors affecting participation; Multi-User Virtual Environment; Participation; Second Life; The sociocultural perspective on learning; Technology adoption;

    Abstract : Online language learning and teaching is a field that has received a significant amount of research attention. What factors could affect student participation in simpler online learning environments has been investigated by researchers, but there has been limited study of factors affecting participation in complex Multi-User Virtual Environments. READ MORE