Search for dissertations about: "competitive ability"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 190 swedish dissertations containing the words competitive ability.
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1. Utilizing research in the practice of personnel selection : General mental ability, personality, and job performance
Abstract : Identifying and hiring the highest performers is essential for organizations to remain competitive. Research has provided effective guidelines for this but important aspects of these evidence-based processes have yet to gain acceptance among practitioners. READ MORE
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2. Phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation in tadpoles
Abstract : Amphibian larvae are plastic in many traits. Can plasticity buffer population divergence, so that local adaptation is more common in non-plastic traits? I argue that this may be the case for adaptive plastic responses. READ MORE
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3. The long-term injured competitive athlete : A study of psychosocial risk factors
Abstract : The thesis includes five separate studies concerned mainly with psychosocial aspects of the problems that athletes afflicted with long-term sport injuries face. The first study deals with relationships between personality variables, coping strategies and mood-levels, both in athletes participating in competitive sports and in a non-athlete reference groups. READ MORE
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4. Critical Operations Capabilities for Competitive Manufacturing : A High-Cost Environment Perspective
Abstract : Manufacturing companies operating in a high-cost environment are facing many challenges attempting to achieve a competitive advantage. These challenges have encouraged manufacturing companies to relocate their manufacturing operations from a high-cost to low-cost environment, creating issues for the western social welfare. READ MORE
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5. Allies Yet Rivals : Input Joint Ventures and Their Competitive Effects
Abstract : Essay I explores the competitive effects of input joint ventures, more precisely the connection between horizontal product differentiation and competition. Four quantity-setting downstream firms jointly and symmetrically own two upstream firms in pairs. READ MORE