Search for dissertations about: "access barriers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 151 swedish dissertations containing the words access barriers.

  2. 1. Extending Access : Perspectives on Business Model Innovation in Water and Sanitation Service Provision

    Author : Caroline Jennings Saul; Anders Gustafsson; Nina Veflen; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business Innovation; Water business; WASH; Sanitation; Digitalization; Base of the pyramid; Business Administration; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Many organizations are attempting to improve the well-being of people living in poverty, whether it be philanthropic, through offering transformative services, or buying into the doing well by doing good ethos of corporate Base of the Pyramid (BoP) strategies. Some of these efforts are being directed towards extending access to safely managed water and sanitation services to everyone. READ MORE

  4. 2. Access Barriers - from a user´s point of view

    Author : Olof Nilsson; Sara Eriksén; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; User centred access; information society; access barriers; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : Abstract The aim of this thesis is to suggest a model to assist in the ability to judge access by private persons to Information Technology, IT, and to Public Information Sys-tems, PIS. It has its starting point in the Swedish Government´s endeavour to turn Sweden into the first information society for all. READ MORE

  5. 3. Towards Increased Energy Efficiency in Swedish Industry : Barriers, Driving Forces & Policies

    Author : Patrik Thollander; Mats Söderström; Magnus Karlsson; Jenny Palm; Paolo Bertoldi; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Industrial energy efficiency; barriers; driving forces; investment decision support; energy policies; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Industrial energy efficiency is one of the most important means of reducing the threat of increased global warming. A higheruse of electricity than their European competitors, together with increased energy costs due to increasing energy prices in Swedish industry have negative impacts on results and competitiveness. READ MORE

  6. 4. Full-adoption of digital payment methods? : Barriers and barrier-breakers from a Swedish bank customer perspective

    Author : Irina Dimitrova; Peter Öhman; Darush Yazdanfar; Niklas Arvidsson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cashless society; Digital payment methods; Full-adoption; Barriers; Barrier-breakers; Bank customers; Adopters-accepters; Adopters-resisters; Sweden;

    Abstract : Digitalisation and the Covid-19 pandemic have accelerated the decrease in demand for cash worldwide. This also concerns Sweden, which might be on its way to being the first cashless country in the world. The idea of a cashless society is motivated by various assumed benefits, although it also entails certain inherent challenges. READ MORE

  7. 5. Access to and participation in mammographic screening within a region in Sweden

    Author : Maria Norfjord van Zyl; Margareta Asp; Per Tillgren; Sharareh Akhavan; Christine Kumlien; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Access; experiences; mammographic screening; participation; perceptions; public health; qualitative content analysis; folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Sciences;

    Abstract : The population-based mammographic screening programme offers every woman in Sweden between 40 and 74 years of age a mammogram with the purpose of early detection of potential breast cancer. The programme is seemingly equal in its setup; however, approximately 20 percent of the women do not participate in the screening. READ MORE