Search for dissertations about: "Economic innovation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 255 swedish dissertations containing the words Economic innovation.

2. 1. Enabled by the past : understanding endogenous innovation in mature industries

   Author : Ksenia Onufrey; Anna Bergek; Thomas Magnusson; Lars Coenen; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mature industry; endogenous innovation; innovation mechanisms; exploitation; radical innovation; lighting industry; pulp and paper industry;

   Abstract : Mature industries have played and still play a crucial role in national and world economies. To survive and retain competitiveness, they need to innovate, as innovation is the driver of economics growth and industrial transformation. READ MORE

4. 2. On inter-industry relatedness and regional economic development

   Author : Kadri Kuusk; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic geography; relatedness; regional economic development; structural change; agglomeration economies; knowledge spillovers; labour mobility; path development; Sweden; innovation; economic growth; related variety; related diversification; regional growth; evolutionary economic geography; labour market;

   Abstract : The dissertation aims to advance our understanding about the role of local industry structure in regional economic development. More specifically, it investigates how relatedness between local industries (i.e. similarities in what kind of knowledge industries use) contributes to and constrains regional economic development. READ MORE

5. 3. Geographies of the Japanese Cultural Economy : Innovation and Creative Consumption

   Author : Jakob Nobuoka; Dominic Power; Anders Malmberg; Mark Lorenzen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Japan; Cultural Economy; Innovation; Consumption; Manga; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : What is the role of the consumer in the contemporary cultural economy? Where are culturaleconomy innovations and competitiveness created? This thesis aims to provide tentativeanswers to these questions by focusing on some illustrative examples from the Japanesecultural economy. However, rather than primarily describing firm strategies or industrialdynamics, emphasis is put on the places and practices of users. READ MORE

6. 4. 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

7. 5. Innovation and transformation in the Swedish manufacturing sector, 1970-2007

   Author : Karolin Sjöö; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; innovation; industrial transformation; manufacturing; structural change; third industrial revolution; literature-based innovation output; innovation indicator; economic history; Sweden;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis investigates changes in the volume and character of Swedish manufacturing sector innovation output between 1970 and 2007, a time span composed of both extended periods of relative prosperity and decline. More specifically, it examines whether changes in the number of innovations, the character of the innovating firms, and the distribution of innovations across industries are generally associated with any such period. READ MORE