Search for dissertations about: "Community development corporations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Community development corporations.

2. 1. Conceptual Product Development in Small Corporations

   Author : Per Nilsson; Högskolan Dalarna; []
   Keywords : Product Development; MFD; MIM; QFD; DFX; PMM; SME;

   Abstract : The main objective of the thesis “Conceptual Product Development in Small Corporations” is by the use of a case study test the MFD™-method (Erixon G. , 1998) combined with PMM in a product development project. (Henceforth called MFD™/PMM-method). READ MORE

4. 2. Climate Change and Industrial Technology Transfer. A Study of Chinese Conditions

   Author : Joakim Nordqvist; Miljö- och energisystem; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Environment; Emissions; China; Development; Bureaucracy; Cement; Miljöteknik; kontroll av utsläpp; pollution control; Environmental technology; Technology management; Sustainability; Policy; Energy; Modernisation;

   Abstract : Motivated by concerns about anthropogenic climate change, this thesis contributes to the better appreciation of mechanisms that would allow actors in China, foreign as well as Chinese, to exert a positive influence on the country's industrial technology status. China is the world's second largest emitter of greenhouse gases - the lions' share of which emanates from industrial and electricity production. READ MORE

5. 3. Indirect Exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights By Corporations and Investors: IP Privateering & Modern Letters of Marque & Reprisal

   Author : Thomas Ewing; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; equity; non-practicing entity NPE ; innovation system; unclean hands; indirect exploitation; Intellectual property IP ; patent troll; patent misuse; privateer; intellectual property right IPR ; patent; operating company; tortious interference; corporate formalism; antitrust; investor; competition;

   Abstract : Competitive pressures and rent-seeking behaviors have motivated companies and investors to develop indirect techniques for beneficially exploiting third-party intellectual property rights (IPRs) that qualitatively depart from the slate of direct exploitation tools whose usage has been honed during the past 30 years of the pro-patent era. Companies have increasingly realized that they do not need to create IPRs themselves to exploit them beneficially, which has been the conventional usage pattern. READ MORE

6. 4. Conceptual ProductDevelopment in SmallCorporations

   Author : Per Nilsson; Torsten Kjellberg; KTH; []
   Keywords : TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The main objective of the thesis “Conceptual Product Development inSmall Corporations” is by the use of a case study test the MFD™-method(Erixon G. , 1998) combined with PMM in a product development project.(Henceforth called MFD™/PMM-method). READ MORE

7. 5. Supply Chain Governance for Social Sustainability : A Study of the Ready-Made Garment Industry in Bangladesh

   Author : Nandita Farhad; Heiko Gebauer; Jakob Rehme; Marie Bengtsson; Chris Ellegaard; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social sustainability; supply chain governance; multi-stakeholder initiatives; ready-made garment industry.; social hållbarhet; leverantörsstyrning; multi-intressentinitiativ; klädindustrin;

   Abstract : This PhD thesis approaches the phenomenon of supply chain governance for social sustainability in the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh. This research is based on a study of eight large multinational corporations (e.g. clothing brands and retailers) and their ready-made garment suppliers. READ MORE