Search for dissertations about: "Institutional Complementarities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Institutional Complementarities.

2. 1. Roads from Unemployment : Institutional Complementarities in Product and Labor Markets

   Author : Karl-Oskar Lindgren; Torsten Svensson; Jörgen Hermansson; Lars Calmfors; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Unemployment; Wage Bargaining; Wage Coordination; Corporatism; Labor Market Institutions; Institutional Complementarities; Varieties of Capitalism; Wage Inequality; Political Economy; Path Dependence; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; statskunskap;

   Abstract : Bringing down unemployment is a top priority for governments across the industrialized world, regardless of ideological bent. What is at issue in the political debate is not if unemployment should be combatted, but by what means. READ MORE

4. 2. Evolution of Techno-Economic Systems - An Investigation of the History of Mobile Communications

   Author : Sven Lindmark; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; mobile data communications; application diversification; mobile telephony; standards; complementarities; diffusion; techno-economic systems; convergence; competition; technological change;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of how techno-economic systems emerge and evolve and how such processes can be analyzed. To these ends, the history of mobile communications is investigated, seen as a complex techno-economic system with two rapidly evolving and interacting subsystems - mobile telephony and mobile data communications - which are described, dissected and compared in case studies. READ MORE

5. 3. Institutional Tensions and Complexity in the Digital Innovation of Incumbent Business Models

   Author : Erdelina Kurti; Anita Mirijamdotter; Jeff Winter; Åkesson Maria; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; business model; digitalization; digital business model innovation; digital technologies; institutional logics; complexity; newspaper industry; Informatik; Information Systems;

   Abstract : Digitalization has influenced all areas of our lives, including businesses. It has provided numerous opportunities to organisations; at the same time, it has significantly challenged established business models in many sectors that were traditionally proven to be stable and successful, thus a need to innovate was called for. READ MORE

6. 4. Exploiting cross-level linkages to steer the bioenergy transition

   Author : Francis X Johnson; Semida Silveira; Geert Verbong; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; energy transition; modern bioenergy; traditional biomass; cross-level linkages; institutional design; regional development; alternative fuels; Energy Technology; Energiteknik;

   Abstract : This thesis develops the notion of the bioenergy transition as the long-term transformation of biomass from a local resource into a global commodity. An historical assessment is combined with interdisciplinary analysis that focuses especially on liquid biofuels and highlights the environmentally innovative case of bioethanol. READ MORE

7. 5. Institutional Variety: Exploring the Interplay Between Context and Agency in Korean and Japanese Business Systems

   Author : Ji-Won Song; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores institutional changes in which multiple agents may engage with the cases of Korean and Japanese business systems. With the question “who drives what change?”, this dissertation aims to bring dynamics into the comparative capitalism (CC) literature; it has been severely criticised for its static characteristics due to its emphasis of institutional complementarities and its lack of consideration of internal diversity and agent-led institutional change. READ MORE