Search for dissertations about: "contingency"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 106 swedish dissertations containing the word contingency.

  2. 21. Noncontractual Governance Strategies of Business Angels in the Post-Investment Venture Relationship

    Author : Andreas Fili; Björn Berggren; Jaan Grünberg; Kent Eriksson; Jonas Gabrielsson; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; business angels; post-investment; relationship; governance; role contingency; mentoring; investor roles; venture; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Business angels fulfil an important economic role in society by getting involved in early-stage ventures. This dissertation aspires to advance our knowledge of the governance strategies used by business angels in the venture relationship, based on the idea that the choice of governance strategies depends on the individual venture but is also shaped by the strategies adopted by any business angel network (BAN) the business angel is part of. READ MORE

  4. 22. Process management in product development

    Author : Mats A. Lundqvist; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; process management; project management; contingency theory; efficiency; sociotechnical; product development; systems theory; organizational learning systems;

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  5. 23. Quo vadis? Insights into the determinants of evolutionary dynamics

    Author : Alexandre Rêgo; Rike Stelkens; Dmitri Petrov; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; natural selection; selection; genetic drift; evolutionary rescue; historical contingency; adaptation; complex environments; evolutionary predictability; parallel evolution; populationsgenetik; Population Genetics;

    Abstract : Predicting future evolutionary outcomes and explaining past and current patterns of biodiversity are fundamental goals in evolutionary biology. Trajectories of evolving populations are determined by evolutionary mechanisms (natural selection, mutation, genetic drift, and gene flow) and the environment in which the populations are found. READ MORE

  6. 24. On the Application of the Bootstrap : Coefficient of Variation, Contingency Table, Information Theory and Ranked Set Sampling

    Author : Saeid Amiri; Silvelyn Zwanzig; Rolf Larsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Bootstrap method; Categorical data; Coefficient of variation; Entropy; Exponential family; Monte Carlo investigation; Informational energy; Ranked set sampling; Variance-stabilization transformation; Statistics; Statistik;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the bootstrap method. Three decades after the seminal paper by Bradly Efron, still the horizons of this method need more exploration. The research presented herein has stepped into different fields of statistics where the bootstrap method can be utilized as a fundamental statistical tool in almost any application. READ MORE

  7. 25. Turn-taking and early phonology : Contingency in parent-child interaction and assessment of early speech production

    Author : Ulrika Marklund; Francisco Lacerda; Iris-Corinna Schwarz; Barbro Bruce; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; parent-child interaction; turn-taking; parental responsiveness; phonological development; phonological complexity; assessment of speech production; Phonetics; fonetik;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on contingency in parent-child interaction, investigating it in the light of the linguistic capacity of the child and the status of the caregiver. Further, the thesis covers the development of two tools to assess the developmental maturity level of expressive phonology. READ MORE