Search for dissertations about: "adoption"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 625 swedish dissertations containing the word adoption.

  2. 16. Developing governance structures in family firms : From adoption to institutionalization

    Author : Maria José Parada Balderrama; Leif Melin; Lloyd Steier; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation deals with family business governance. More specifically it focuses on why and how family businesses develop their governance structures.This is an important topic because governance plays an essential role in the business world, as it links ownership and management and defines its relationships. READ MORE

  4. 17. International organizations and children’s rights : Norm adoption, pressure tactics and state compliance

    Author : Johanna von Bahr; Jonas Tallberg; Lisa Dellmuth; Jean Grugel; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international organizations; children’s rights; European Union; United Nations; norm adoption; pressure tactics; state compliance; development aid; foreign policy; non-governmental organizations; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Since the adoption of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the attention given by international organizations (IOs) to children’s rights has increased. This dissertation seeks to identify what this means for the global promotion of children’s rights, by addressing three interrelated questions: 1. READ MORE

  5. 18. Innovation adoption and the product life cycle

    Author : Charlie Karlsson; Börje Johansson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; automation; engineering industry; information networks; information technology; innovation adoption; innovation diffusion; process development; product development; product life cycle theory; regional; skills; spatial; vintage models;

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  6. 19. OPEN DATA AND INNOVATION ADOPTION: Lessons From Sweden

    Author : Serdar Temiz; Terrence Edison Brown; Kent Thorén; Daniel Örtqvist; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Open data; open innovation; innovation adoption; modes of innovation; eGovernment; open government; digital government; PLS-SEM; Industrial Economics and Management; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Informations- och kommunikationsteknik; Information and Communication Technology;

    Abstract : The Internet has significantly reduced the cost of producing, accessing, and using data, with governments, companies, open data advocates, and researchers observing open data’s potential for promoting democratic and innovative solutions and with open data’s global market size estimated at billions of dollars in the European Union alone (Carrara, Chan, Fischer, & Steenbergen, 2015). This thesis explores the concept of open data, describing and analyzing how open data adoption occurs to better identify and understand key challenges in this process and thus contribute to better use of the available data resources and valuable services for citizens. READ MORE

  7. 20. Plug & Play? Stakeholders’ co-meaningmaking of gamification implementations in workplace learning environments

    Author : Adam Palmquist; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; gamification; stakeholder; design; implementation; adoption; workplace learning; gamification stakeholder design implementation adoption workplace learning;

    Abstract : This dissertation discusses the implementation process of gamification in organisations’ workplace learning environments, focusing on four stakeholder groups: Administrators, Leaders, Providers and Users. These stakeholder groups are represented across the dissertation’s five articles, which present the results of my investigation of the groups’ meaning attributions to the gamification implementations in their organisations’ learning environments. READ MORE