Search for dissertations about: "Knowledge transfer"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 618 swedish dissertations containing the words Knowledge transfer.

  2. 16. Transfer of cost estimating expertise through a knowledge-based system

    Author : Bjarni G. P. Hjarðar; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; knowledge engineering; expert systems; experience transfer; conceptual cost estimating; case-based reasoning; construction expertise;

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  4. 17. European knowledge transfer reflected by research collaboration and patent citations indicators

    Author : Pauline Mattsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Knowledge transfer;

    Abstract : Knowledge transfer consists of activities that aim to capture and transmit knowledge, skills and competence from those who generate them to those who will transform them into socio-economic outcomes. In the context of the March 2000 Lisbon strategy and its aim to make the European Union the “world's most dynamic and competitive knowledge economy”, knowledge transfer is considered to play an important role in helping to overcome obstacles such as a weak environment to stimulate high quality research and exploit research results. READ MORE

  5. 18. Industry Dynamics and Relatedness of Knowledge: Knowledge Transfer Through Labor Mobility and Entrepreneurship in the West Swedish Textile Industry

    Author : Snöfrid Börjesson Herou; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Relatedness; knowledge transfer; industry dynamics; labor mobility; entrepreneurship; cognitive proximity; industry life-cycle phases;

    Abstract : This PhD thesis investigates how industry dynamics are influenced by knowledge transferred through labor mobility and entrepreneurship by focusing on the role of relatedness of the knowledge. The empirical setting is the textile industry in the West Swedish region Västra Götaland, which encompasses the sub-industries Manufacturing of textiles and Wholesale and retail trade of textiles. READ MORE

  6. 19. The Conundrum of Home-country Political Embeddedness : Impact on Reverse Knowledge Transfer in Emerging-market Multinationals

    Author : Cong Su; Francesco Ciabuschi; Ulf Holm; BENT PETERSEN; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; emerging-market multinational corporations; political embeddedness; reverse knowledge transfer; headquarters; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Emerging-market multinational corporations (EMNCs), particularly state-owned ones, have been increasingly active players in the global arena and have become a significant feature of the global business landscape. Research on EMNCs has focused on their distinctive features, particularly on their politically embedded nature in home institutions. READ MORE

  7. 20. Landscapes of Technology Transfer : Swedish Ironmakers in India 1860–1864

    Author : Jan Af Geijerstam; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of technology; industrial heritage studies; industrial archaeology; technology transfer; diffusion; technological systems; landscapes of technology; iron and steel; charcoal iron; direct and indirect ironmaking; bloomeries; 19th century; indu; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; History of Science; Technology and Environment;

    Abstract : In the early 1860s three Swedes, Nils Wilhelm Mitander,Julius Ramsay and Gustaf Wittenström, were engaged by theBritish to build and run charcoal-based ironworks in India.These works, the Burwai Iron Works of the British Government inthe case of Mitander and the privately owned Kumaon Iron Worksin the case of Ramsay and Wittenström, were both to bebased on the most modern European technology. READ MORE