Search for dissertations about: "Invention"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 93 swedish dissertations containing the word Invention.
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1. Ritual Invention : A Play Perspective on Existential Ritual and Mental Health in Late Modern Sweden
Abstract : Is it possible to create rituals for meaning and belonging in a late modern context? Can the existential ritual become a place in which people today can develop a sense of being alive and real? In this thesis, four ritual contexts are identified in late modern Sweden, representing different ritual needs and possibilities. The two ritual contexts of change are focused, and thus people that are characterized as “ritually homeless”. READ MORE
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2. The roots of invention : empirical studies on knowledge recombination
Abstract : What drives technological invention? This dissertation examines one core mechanism of invention, namely knowledge recombination, in shaping invention outcomes across three studies. The first study reveals that inventors’ personality traits significantly affect their invention output, depending on their organizational knowledge context. READ MORE
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3. Konsten att uppfinna hjulet två gånger : om uppfinnandets teknik och estetik
Abstract : “There is no need to reinvent the wheel” – a cliché, often told when you want to come up with something new that in someway can be connected to something that already exist. This study shows the opposite – that inventions emanate from what is given. READ MORE
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4. Making ideas matter : gender, technology and women's invention
Abstract : Denna avhandling baseras på empiriska data om kvinnors uppfinnande och relaterar huvudsakligen till teorier från den teknofeministiska skärningspunkten mellan feministiska studier och teknik- och vetenskapsstudier, där såväl genus som teknik ses som skapade av människor i interaktion med vår förståelse av verkligheten och med verkliga aktörer. Data om kvinnors uppfinnande insamlade från patentregister och via intervjuer utgör den empiriska grund från vilken en alternativ bild av uppfinnandet begreppsliggörs, sätts samman och diskuteras. READ MORE
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5. Medical Device Innovation : The integrated processes of invention, diffusion and deployment
Abstract : An increased use of medical devices has been assumed to be a major cause of rising healthcare expenditures. Nations around the world are trying to keep costs down, but strong incentives still exist for the development and use of new devices. Innovation is, however, never exclusively good or bad and it is not easy to evaluate the net effect. READ MORE