Search for dissertations about: "companies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1558 swedish dissertations containing the word companies.

2. 1. Information Technology Outsourcing in Large Companies in Sweden : A Perspective on Risks, Relationships and Success Factors

   Author : Georg Hodosi; Lazar Rusu; Björn Johansson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; IT outsourcing; risk factors; important factors; ITO relationships; success factors; transaction cost theory; IT outsourcing decision makers; design science research; survey research; large companies; private companies; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates large private companies in Sweden that have outsourced their information technology (IT). A considerable proportion of IT outsourcing (ITO) is unsuccessful. READ MORE

4. 2. Market orientation and public housing companies in the Swedish declining market

   Author : Zahra Ahmadi; Hans Lind; Akmal S Hyder; Agneta Sundström; Desalegn Abraha; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public housing companies; market strategies; market orientation; declining markets; private housing companies; Fastigheter och byggande; Real Estate and Construction Management;

   Abstract : The licentiate thesis consists of three papers with the particular topic in public housing. They discuss how the public housing companies manage the transition to higher economic demands meeting increased customer and market requirements. READ MORE

5. 3. Innovation and Design Processes in Small Established Companies

   Author : Lars Löfqvist; Lars Bengtsson; Jenny Janhager Stier; Matti Kaulio; Anna Öhrwall-Rönnbäck; Högskolan i Gävle; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Innovation process; Design process; Small companies; Novelty; Context; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis examines innovation and design processes in small established companies. There is a great interest in this area yet paradoxically the area is under-researched, since most innovation research is done on large companies. READ MORE

6. 4. Multinational Companies and Host Partnership in Rural Development : A Network Perspective on the Lamco Case

   Author : Mohammad Latifi; Mats Åkerblom; Amjad Hadjikhani; Mo Yamin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Multinational Companies; Rural Development; Less Developed Countries; Network Theory; Lamco; Intermediary Organizations; Private Voluntary Organizations; Community Development; Liberia; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Multinational companies (MNCs) in less developed countries (LDCs) are regularly contracted to undertake rural development around their sites. Likewise, they regularly fail. READ MORE

7. 5. VALUE CO-CREATION FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT SERVICE SYSTEM DESIGN : OPPORTUNITY FOR GLOBAL MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

   Author : Yan Zhang; Tobias Larsson; Andreas Larsson; Kent R Johansson; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Product-Service System; Manufacturing company; Innovation Framework; PSS design; Value Co-creation; Case study; Maskinteknik; Mechanical Engineering; Maskinteknik; Mechanical Engineering;

   Abstract : There is a gradually spreading servitization trend that is forcing industrial manufacturing companies acting in the global market to rethink their business. Manufacturing companies that were traditionally perceived as product-centered, are today increasingly influenced by a service-oriented theory, which claims that manufacturing companies are driven to shift their business focus towards a strategy where customer-perceived value is in the spotlight, and where products are bundled with services to offer Product-Service Systems (PSS). READ MORE