Search for dissertations about: "THESIS FOR PHD sustainable development"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 96 swedish dissertations containing the words THESIS FOR PHD sustainable development.

2. 11. Financial performance measurement supporting the transition towards circular business models

   Author : Amal Kanzari; Lars Witell; Henrik Nehler; Josefine Rasmussen; Emelie Havemo; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial performance measurement; Circular business models; Management accounting practices; Circular strategy; Result-oriented business models; Sufficiency solutions; Finansiell prestationsmätning; Cirkulära affärsmodeller; Styrningspraktiker; Cirkulära strategier; Resultatdrivna affärsmodeller;

   Abstract : Financial performance measurement plays an important role in leading decision-makers through strategic innovation, such as business model innovation. To convey relevant information, it is important that the practices used to measure financial performance are appropriate to what is being measured. READ MORE

4. 12. Cultural activities and health : Singer, patient, and healthcare staff perspectives. From feelings to biology

   Author : Christina Grape Viding; Eva Bojner Horwitz; Töres Theorell; Walter Osika; Johan Hallqvist; Camilla Kylin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : arts; burnout; cultural activities; focus groups; health; healthcare staff; joy; singers; stress; wellbeing; women; Family Medicine; Allmänmedicin; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

   Abstract : Objectives. The aim of this thesis was to explore and illuminate possible associations between various cultural activities and assessments of well-being, health, stress and emotions in a didactic setting and healthcare settings for singers, patients, and healthcare staff. Material and methods. READ MORE

5. 13. Simulation-based Evaluation of Fixed to Flexible Transit

   Author : David Leffler; Erik Jenelius; Wilco Burghout; Oded Cats; Chris Tampère; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Transportsystem; Transport Systems;

   Abstract : Emerging technologies have inspired a wide array of flexible public transit system designs characterized by varying degrees of demand-responsive routing and scheduling. The availability and synthesis of new data sources with higher degrees of spatial and temporal richness brought on by advancements in Intelligent Transport Systems allow for monitoring and responding to evolving supply-demand imbalances in real-time. READ MORE

6. 14. Nature Routines of Children as Leverage Point for Sustainable Social-Ecological Urbanism : Connecting childhood and biosphere to design sustainable civilizations in the human habitat

   Author : Matteo Giusti; Stephan Barthel; Lars Marcus; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Nature routines; strong sustainability; sustainable social-ecological urbanism; connection to nature; children; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling; Sustainability Science;

   Abstract : Strong sustainability requires enhanced knowledge and understanding of complex social-ecological interactions, but it also implies a ‘novel’ conceptualization of the relationship between humans and nature, one in which individuals perceive themselves as embedded members of the Biosphere. The aim of this Licentiate thesis is to investigate the validity of a strategy that is centered on designing the urban green infrastructure to nurture such human-nature relationship in children’s attitudes. READ MORE

7. 15. Towards strategic development of maintenance and its effects on production performance : A hybrid simulation-based optimization framework

   Author : Gary Linnéusson; Amos H. C. Ng; Tehseen Aslam; Daniel Tesfamariam Semere; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Strategic development; maintenance behavior; maintenance management; sustainable change; tradeoff optimization; system dynamics; discrete event simulation; problem structuring; multi-objective optimization; decision support; Production and Automation Engineering; Produktion och automatiseringsteknik;

   Abstract : Managing maintenance in manufacturing within an economical short-termism framework and taking the consequential long-term cost effects into account is hard. The increasing complexity of managing maintenance and its impact on the business results calls for more advanced methods to support long-term development through effective activities in the production system environment. READ MORE