Search for dissertations about: "Industrial engineering and economy - Other industrial engineering and economics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the words Industrial engineering and economy - Other industrial engineering and economics.
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1. Industrial Networks : Purposes and Configurations in the Circular Economy
Abstract : Today, it is common knowledge that mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution require sustainability transitions. An essential sustainability transition, for mitigating and adapting to resource depletion, is the shift from unsustainable to sustainable production and consumption patterns. READ MORE
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2. Accumulation, Boundaries, Capabilities and Dynamics - Explaining Firm Growth
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to further develop the theoretical understanding of the growth of knowledge intensive business organizations. The overall aim is to understand the growth challenges of emerging firms in the knowledge-based economy. In particular this thesis addresses several aspects of the growth of small bioscience based firms. READ MORE
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3. Co-Creators of Scope of Action : An exploration of the dynamic relationship between people, IT, and work in a nursing context
Abstract : Information Technology (IT) is today widespread in our work places, in our spare time and in our society overall. Implementations of IT in organizations come with high expectations on effectiveness, revenue, smoother work processes and so on. READ MORE
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4. Environmental management systems – a way towards sustainable development in universities : ”It was difficult at first … then we started talking with our colleagues and we saw it in a longer perspective”
Abstract : The economic development in the world today makes increased consumption of goods and travelling available for more people around the world than ever before. This results, however, also in increased production and spreading of substances that are hazardous both to human health and to the ecosystem globally. READ MORE
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5. Cluster Dynamics and Industrial Policy in Peripheral Regions : a study of cluster formation as a local development process
Abstract : The rapid growth of the global economy in the last two decades has created a new economic reality in many municipalities in peripheral regions of Sweden. Having earlier relied on traditional industry as the source of employment, today municipalities in peripheral regions are struggling to survive in a completely changed economic landscape, with new conditions for development. READ MORE