Search for dissertations about: "LU Innovation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 150 swedish dissertations containing the words LU Innovation.

2. 11. Faraway, so Close! : The Changing Geographies of Regional Innovation

   Author : Lars Coenen; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regions; Innovation; Regional Innovation Systems; Clusters; Biotechnology; Social sciences; Social geography; Samhällsvetenskaper; Socialgeografi;

   Abstract : Innovation, the act and outcome of making something novel, is unevenly distributed across the geographical landscape. This uneven distribution has a profound impact on the differential success of regional economies. READ MORE

4. 12. Sites and Modes of Knowledge Creation: On the Spatial Organization of Biotechnology Innovation

   Author : Jerker Moodysson; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; epistemic communities; biotechnology; communities of practice; geography; proximity; knowledge; localization; globalization; innovation systems; Innovation; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social sciences;

   Abstract : The accelerated speed and intensity of global interconnections in all segments of society during the last couple of decades have had a profound impact on the workings of contemporary capitalism. Increased pressure is put on national and regional economies to continuously upgrade their competitive advantages, at the same time as new learning opportunities occur at a faster rate than ever. READ MORE

5. 13. Exploring retail innovation management: Perceptions and practices in Swedish retail organizations

   Author : Karla Marie Batingan Paredes; Innovationsteknik; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; retail; innovation; innovation management; Sweden;

   Abstract : Innovation plays an important role in organization survival and longevity. This is especially true in the retail industry; there is a growing acknowledgment of the role of innovation in retail practice, as maintaining the status quo might prove insufficient, especially for traditional retailers, in addressing the enormous challenges they are facing driven by technological developments and evolving consumption patterns. READ MORE

6. 14. Innovation in an urban context

   Author : Heidi Wiig Aslesen; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regional innovation systems; Social geography; Social sciences; Head-office-corporate-service complex; KIBS-client interaction; KIBS; Urban agglomerations; Innovation activity; Socialgeografi; Samhällsvetenskaper;

   Abstract : The dissertation is based on a collection of papers addressing different aspects of regional innovation systems in an urban context. The overall aim is to find explanatory factors behind the workings of regional innovation systems in urban agglomerations by looking at the innovation dynamics and innovation outcomes of the Oslo region, and secondly, by analysing how two diverse subsets of economic activity in the Oslo region (and other urban agglomerations) are able to exploit a regional innovation system (clustered manufacturing SME's and Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS). READ MORE

7. 15. Innovation as Creative Response. Determinants of Innovation in the Swedish Manufacturing Industry, 1970-2007

   Author : Josef Taalbi; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Innovation; creative response; structural change; development blocks; transformation pressure; industrial transformation; manufacturing industry; Sweden;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines the driving forces of product innovations in the Swedish manufacturing industry during the period 1970-2007. Specifically it examines whether and how innovations have been the creative response to positive factors, such as new opportunities and obstacles related to their exploitation, and negative factors, such as economic, environmental and organizational problems. READ MORE