Search for dissertations about: "circumstance"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 52 swedish dissertations containing the word circumstance.
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1. An inquiry into Minimalist phrase structure
Abstract : This thesis takes as its starting point the proposal in Kayne (1994) that all syntactic structures are underlyingly spec-head-complement, and that they are right-branching. I will investigate this proposal taking data from English degree constructions, namely result clauses and comparatives. READ MORE
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2. Adverbials as semantic and pragmatic operators : a functional approach to the analysis of English fiction language
Abstract : Adverbials as Semantic and Pragmatic Operators. A Functional Approach to the Analysis of English Fiction Language investigates the function and use of some English adverbials as tools for creating literary meaning and effect. READ MORE
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3. Essays on Inequality, Gender and Family Background
Abstract : We explore the equality of opportunity in long-run income among Swedish men and women by investigating to what extent income inequality is due to differences in circumstances, i.e., factors beyond individuals’ control, such as parental income and gender. READ MORE
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4. The Advantage Paradox : Managing Innovation Processes in the Multinational Corporation
Abstract : Two important ways that a subsidiary can contribute to the multinational corporation’s (MNC) competitive advantage are innovation development and transfer activities. However ‘the advantage paradox of the MNC’ calls into question a subsidiary’s ability to effectively and efficiently carry out both innovation development and transfer activities. READ MORE
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5. Industrial design - engineering design interaction: Studies of Influencing Factors in Swedish Product Developing Industry
Abstract : Worldwide competition with focus on customer and market needs have initialised new demands on product design and development. Form design aspects can be of decisive importance in the choice of technical principle. However, the integration of industrial design and engineering design activities is not trivial. READ MORE