Search for dissertations about: "Ability and Opportunity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 125 swedish dissertations containing the words Ability and Opportunity.
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1. Hand-arm vibration and working women : Consequences and affecting factors
Abstract : The use of hand-held vibrating tools may lead to hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS), a condition with vascular, neurological and musculoskeletal symptoms. Vibrating tools are used in several occupations in which women can be found, e.g. by metal- and wood workers, drivers, and dental personnel. READ MORE
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2. Entrepreneurial Opportunity Exploitation for New Venture Performance
Abstract : New ventures drive innovation and economic growththrough commercializingideas, products and businesses when the market has a need for it and create the market need to bring about socioeconomic development. However, most new ventures struggle with survival and achieving early stage financial performance. READ MORE
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3. Insurances against job loss and disability : Private and public interventions and their effects on job search and labor supply
Abstract : Essay I: Employment Security Agreements, which are elements of Swedish collective agreements, offer a unique opportunity to study very early job search counselling of displaced workers. These agreements provide individual job search assistance to workers who are dismissed due to redundancy, often as early as during the period of notice. READ MORE
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4. Bending mainstream definitions of sport, gender and ability : Representations of wheelchair racers
Abstract : Inspired by feminist post-structural thinking and with a discourse analytic approach, this study’s main theme is gendered identity, disability and sport. It consists of four separate, but interrelated, empirical studies and focuses on two research questions. READ MORE
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5. Learning strategies for international growth : On knowledge acquisition and opportunity realization
Abstract : Literature on firm internationalization has pointed out knowledge and learning as central components in the internationalization process. While much research has emphasized the development of experience in the firm as the main source of new knowledge, this notion has also been challenged. READ MORE