Search for dissertations about: "Alf Rehn"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Alf Rehn.

  2. 1. Electronic Potlatch : A study concerning new technologies and primitive economic behaviors

    Author : Alf Rehn; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; general economy; gift economies; gifts; potlatch; warez; play; excess; software piracy; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

    Abstract : Economy - the very idea. In an age where the market economy seems to have achieved a total and omnipresent hegemony, there would seem to be little to discuss anymore. Going against this, the book argues for a sensitivity to other forms of economies,and the hybrids existing in our postindustrial society. READ MORE

  4. 2. Berg-och-dalbanan : jakten på den heliga G-kraften

    Author : Helena Csarmann; Claes Gustafsson; Alf Rehn; Rolf Solli; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Roller coaster; amusement ride industry; technologies of frivolity; agonistic play; competition.; Other industrial engineering and economics; Övrig industriell teknik och ekonomi;

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  5. 3. Industrial Phantasmagoria : Subcultural Interactive Cinema Meets Mass-Cultural Media of Simulation

    Author : Mikolaj Dymek; Mats Engwall; Claes Gustafsson; Alf Rehn; Saara Taalas; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; video game industry; computer game industry; video games; computer games; cultural industries; media industries; cultural economy; game studies; literary theory; ludology; narratology; interactive cinema; simulational media; ergodic literature; cybertext; interactive narrative; business studies; industrial economy; hardcore gaming; casual gaming; subcultural industries; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

    Abstract : The video game industry has in three decades gone from a garage hobby to a global multi-billion euro media industry that challenges the significantly older and established cultural industries. After decades of explosive growth the industry surprisingly finds itself in a crisis – in terms of sales, future trajectories and creative paradigms. READ MORE

  6. 4. Innovation in Municipal Welfare Services

    Author : Thomas Wihlman; Hélène Sandmark; Magnus Hoppe; Alf Rehn; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Working Life Studies; arbetslivsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates, analyzes and discusses innovation efforts and the use and understanding of the innovation concept and related policies in municipal welfare services. There are two main themes in the study, policy and practice. It is based on interviews with employees and managers in four Swedish municipalities. READ MORE