Search for dissertations about: "Mats Engwall"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Mats Engwall.

  2. 1. Low-Energy Ion Escape from the Terrestrial Polar Regions

    Author : Erik Engwall; Anders I. Eriksson; Mats André; Thomas Moore; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; space physics; ion outflow; polar wind; auroral upflows; atmospheric escape; magnetotail lobes; spacecraft wake; electric field measurements; Geocosmophysics and plasma physics; Geokosmofysik och plasmafysik; Space and Plasma Physics; rymd- och plasmafysik;

    Abstract : The contemporary terrestrial atmosphere loses matter at a rate of around 100,000 tons per year. A major fraction of the net mass loss is constituted by ions, mainly H+ and O+, which escape from the Earth’s ionosphere in the polar regions. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Missing link : Business Models Lock-in in Sociotechnical Transitions

    Author : Rami Darwish; Mats Engwall; Vinit Parida; KTH; []
    Keywords : Business Models; Sociotechnical Transitions; Lock-in; Resource Dependence; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

    Abstract : Societal and environmental challenges present challenges for our current industrial systems. In order to respond to these difficulties, various alternative systems have been suggested, as they promise sustainability and increased societal quality of life enabled by innovative technologies. READ MORE

  5. 3. Industrial Phantasmagoria : Subcultural Interactive Cinema Meets Mass-Cultural Media of Simulation

    Author : Mikolaj Dymek; Mats Engwall; Claes Gustafsson; Alf Rehn; Saara Taalas; KTH; []
    Keywords : ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; video game industry; computer game industry; video games; computer games; cultural industries; media industries; cultural economy; game studies; literary theory; ludology; narratology; interactive cinema; simulational media; ergodic literature; cybertext; interactive narrative; business studies; industrial economy; hardcore gaming; casual gaming; subcultural industries; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

    Abstract : The video game industry has in three decades gone from a garage hobby to a global multi-billion euro media industry that challenges the significantly older and established cultural industries. After decades of explosive growth the industry surprisingly finds itself in a crisis – in terms of sales, future trajectories and creative paradigms. READ MORE

  6. 4. When Innovation Is Not Enough

    Author : Jonatan Freilich; Mats Engwall; Katarina Nordqvist; Anette Hallin; Paul Nightingale; KTH; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; established firm challenge; technology change; R D management; architectural process innovation; drug development; biomarkers; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Engineering and Management;

    Abstract : Innovation is not always enough. In the beginning of the 2000s established pharmaceutical firms had developed several drugs, yet these new products were far too few. Patents of many blockbuster drugs were to soon expire and substantial profit would then be lost. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Role of Production Topology in Information Based Structuring of Organizations : The design of craft-based and industrialized construction firms

    Author : Robert Gerth; Bengt Lindberg; Mats Engwall; Lars Stehn; KTH; []
    Keywords : Organization structure; organization development; production system; production topology; engineer-to-order; manufacture-to-order; assembly-to-order; make-to-stock; customer-order-the-coupling-point; information processing; information storage; industrial construction; housing; cybernetic; management; SRA - Production; SRA - Produktion;

    Abstract : Industrialization of construction is a business strategy to significantly improve competitiveness. However, the organization structure of the construction firms needs to support the new production system. The knowledge on why and how this business development can be accomplished is scarce, both within academia and in business practice. READ MORE