Search for dissertations about: "informal firms"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words informal firms.

  2. 1. Technology Transfer and Technological Capability Building in Informal Firms in Tanzania

    Author : Astrid Szogs; CIRCLE; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technology transfer; informal firms; technological capability building; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Technology transfer is important to understand how knowledge is transformed to economic value. Applying a case study approach, this thesis investigates the technology transfer efforts from the University of Dar Es Salaam to indigenous informal SMEs in Tanzania and examines the impact of one of their technology transfer mechanisms on the specific technological capabilities that were acquired at the firm level. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on Industrial Development and Political Economy of Africa

    Author : Eyerusalem G. Siba; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agglomeration economies; African manufacturing; Credit constraints; Darfur; Ethiopia; Ethnic cleansing; Growth; Informal sector; New firms; Poverty trap; Prices; Productivity; Resource struggle; Returns to capital; Survival; Skills.;

    Abstract : Paper 1: Returns to Capital and Informality. We study the pattern of returns to capital in the formal and informal manufacturing sectors in Ethiopia. We use a rich panel dataset of manufacturing firms in the formal sector for the period 1996-2006 and two rounds of repeated cross-sectional data of the urban informal sector firms. READ MORE

  5. 3. Understanding the Role of Ownership in Strategizing : A Study of Family Firms

    Author : Mattias Nordqvist; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This dissertation deals with the role of ownership in strategizing in family firms. More closely, it examines how ownership is channeled through different actors and arenas in the everyday work on strategic issues. READ MORE

  6. 4. Managing the fuzzy front end of product and process development : case studies of process firms

    Author : Monika Kurkkio; Maria Elmqvist; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Redovisning och styrning; Accounting and Control;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses different aspects of how to manage product development and process development. Two research studies have been conducted, both within the process industry. READ MORE

  7. 5. Barriers to growth in small firms

    Author : Henrik Barth; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
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    Abstract : It has been indicated in literature that growth of small firms is essential for job creation, for the national economy and for development as a whole. In order for small firms to realise their growth potential, it is essential that the small firms manage to overcome various barriers to growth along the way. READ MORE