Search for dissertations about: "Theory of Relationship Constraints"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words Theory of Relationship Constraints.

  2. 1. Opportunistic Behavior in Industrial Marketing Relationships

    Author : Raeesah Chohan; Esmail Salehi-Sangari; Leyland Pitt; John B. Ford; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Opportunistic behavior; moral hazard; adverse selection; principal-agent; Agency Theory; professional agent; Theory of Relationship Constraints; client-advertising agency relationship; ex-ante; ex-post; formal constraint mechanisms; social constraint mechanisms; Industrial Marketing; Industriell marknadsföring;

    Abstract : As humans beings, we act to our advantage. In some cases, this is done to the detriment of others; also known as opportunistic behavior. READ MORE

  4. 2. Enabling the performance of nurses in rural Guatemala : the role of relationships

    Author : Alison Hernández; Miguel San Sebástian; Kjerstin Dahlblom; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Bart Criel; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health workers; nurses; performance; health services management; health systems research; people-centered health systems; work environment; Guatemala; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Abstract : Background: Enhancing the performance of front-line health workers serving vulnerable populations is crucial for redressing inequities. Traditional approaches have focused on introducing technical solutions, such as guidelines and incentives, to modify performance outcomes. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Social Organization of Institutional Norms : Interactional Management of Knowledge, Entitlement and Stance

    Author : Lina Nyroos; Björn Melander; Erica Sandlund; Camilla Wide; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Institutional interaction; Institutional norms; Conversation Analysis; Seminar; Performance appraisal interview; Stance; Epistemics; Entitlement; Scandinavian Languages; Nordiska språk;

    Abstract : The present thesis explores talk in institutional settings, with a particular focus on how institutionality and institutional norms are constructed and reproduced in interaction. A central aim is to enhance our understanding of how institutional agendas are talked into being. READ MORE

  6. 4. Linear control of systems with actuator constraints

    Author : Stefan Rönnbäck; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Reglerteknik; Control Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the problem of how to design a linear and time invariant controller (continuous- or discrete-time) for a SISO- or SIMO-system with amplitude constraints in the actuator. One of the basic ideas is to model the constraints by means of a 'disturbance' δ acting at the input of the process. READ MORE

  7. 5. Negotiations as Usual. Putting Domestic Constraints on the Table in the Council of the European Union

    Author : Markus Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Negotiations; Council of the European Union; Domestic constraints; Two-level games;

    Abstract : The argument developed in this thesis is that negotiations in the Council of the European Union cannot be understood in isolation from the domestic politics of the member states. Building on the logic of Robert Putnam’s two-level game theory, and the fact that negotiated EU agreements need to gain support from vital parts of the governments’ domestic constituencies, government negotiators are constrained by their domestic political actors. READ MORE