Search for dissertations about: "Innovation Diffusion"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 89 swedish dissertations containing the words Innovation Diffusion.

  2. 21. Technological Discontinuities and Industrial Dynamics

    Author : Ellinor Ehrnberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; diffusion; radical innovation; bibliometrics; technological forecasting; patents; technological system; machine tools; technological discontinuity;

    Abstract : A technological discontinuity is a substantial change in the set of technological competences required to design and produce a product, often resulting in a significant change in the price/performance ratio of a product. Established firms often face severe difficulties in adjusting to a discontinuity. READ MORE

  4. 22. Worse than Complex

    Author : Petter Törnberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Evolutionary Developmental Theory; Complexity; Transitions; Naturalism; Innovation; Wicked Systems; Social Movements; Digital Trace Data; Innovation Society; Critical Realism;

    Abstract : This thesis engages with questions on the boundary between what has traditionally been understood as social and natural. The introductory essay contextualizes the specific contributions of the included papers, by noting and exploring a reinvigoration of "naturalism" (the notion of a continuity between the human realm and the rest of natural phenomena) under the banner of Complexity Science. READ MORE

  5. 23. The raison d'être of diffusion intermediaries in solar and wind power in Sweden

    Author : Joakim Aspeteg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; non-intermediation activities; solar PV; value creation; wind power; adopters; raison d être; diffusion intermediaries; renewable energy technologies; innovation intermediaries; intermediation activities;

    Abstract : Renewable energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind power are now mature enough to be utilized as a means to build a sustainable energy system. Regardless, the diffusion of these technologies is not always a seamless process since it involves many actors and complex implementation procedures. READ MORE

  6. 24. How knowledge diffusion in University-Industry Collaboration can foster ICT innovations in Sri Lanka

    Author : Chaminda Wijesinghe; Henrik Hansson; Love Ekenberg; Devinder Thapa; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; university-industry collaboration; ICT innovation; knowledge diffusion; technology acceptance; data- och systemvetenskap; Computer and Systems Sciences;

    Abstract : Collaboration between universities and the industry has long been regarded as critical for innovation through knowledge diffusion. Despite its long history, several barriers to such collaboration persist in Sri Lanka, a developing Asian country, and the ways to overcome them are unclear. READ MORE

  7. 25. Renewable energy technology : a new Swedish growth industry? : the influence of innovation systems on industrial development

    Author : Anna M. Johnson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; industrial devlopment; innovation systems; technology diffusion; technological systems; industrial growth; renewable energy technology;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE