Search for dissertations about: "Matti Kaulio"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words Matti Kaulio.

2. 6. Concept decisions in product development process

   Author : Ingrid Kihlander; Margareta Norell Bergendahl; Sofia Ritzén; Jenny Janhager; Matti Kaulio; KTH; []
   Keywords : concept evaluation; decision making; product development;

   Abstract : Successful concept decisions are crucial for product development organisations. Failure in theconcept decision-making process means costly rework, requiring resources that could havebeen spent on innovative work with new products instead. This licentiate thesis tackles theconcept decision-making process and how to improve it. READ MORE

4. 7. Innovation and Design Processes in Small Established Companies

   Author : Lars Löfqvist; Lars Bengtsson; Jenny Janhager Stier; Matti Kaulio; Anna Öhrwall-Rönnbäck; Högskolan i Gävle; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Innovation process; Design process; Small companies; Novelty; Context; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis examines innovation and design processes in small established companies. There is a great interest in this area yet paradoxically the area is under-researched, since most innovation research is done on large companies. READ MORE

5. 8. Product innovation in small established enterprises : Managing processes and resource scarcity

   Author : Lars Löfqvist; Lars Bengtsson; Jenny Janhager-Stier; Matti Kaulio; Helena Forsman; KTH; []
   Keywords : innovation process; small enterprises; product innovation; resources; resource scarcity; SMEs; bootstrapping; cash flow; commercialization; design process; lead users; motivation; NPD; small companies; small firms; innovation management; Penrose; resource dependence theory;

   Abstract : This thesis examines product innovation processes in small established enterprises. The research questions are: (1) what motivates small established enterprises to innovate, (2) how do small established enterprises perform product innovation, and (3) how do small established enterprises manage resource scarcity in their product innovation processes? To answer the research questions, a multiple case study approach was chosen with three small established enterprises as cases and different product innovation processes as embedded units of study. READ MORE

6. 9. A Brave New Workplace: Disclosing the smart and the dark sides of the alternative office spaces

   Author : Claudia Manca; Matti Kaulio; Mercedes Grijalvo; Miguel Palacios; Viviane Sergi; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; alternative workplace; workplace flexibility; new ways of working; activity-based work; collaborative space; tensions; paradoxes; space production; social space; alternativ arbetsplats; flexibilitet på arbetsplatsen; nya arbetssätt; aktivitetsbaserat arbete; samarbetsutrymme; spänningar; paradoxer; skapande av rum; socialt utrymme; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

   Abstract : In recent decades, several knowledge work organizations have introduced alternative workplaces (AWs) that are implemented through flexible and collaborative office models. Their rapid diffusion has been prompted by the deterministic assumption that these may influence workers’ relations and behaviors in the office, in a way that is conducive to greater collaboration and adaptive flexibility. READ MORE

7. 10. Project Becoming and Knowing Trajectories. : An Epistemological Perspective on Human and Nonhuman Project Making

   Author : Camilla Niss; Lars Bengtsson; Matti Kaulio; Fredrik Tell; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; project; knowing; project making; nonhuman agency; knowing trajectory; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

   Abstract :   In our ‘projectified’ and ‘knowledge-intensive’ society, industrial projects have been proposed as important “journeys of knowledge creation” or “places for knowledge integration”. To date, such perspectives have mainly used traditional cognitive and contextual theories of knowledge and have thus mostly been focused on human actors and their interaction. READ MORE