Search for dissertations about: "innovation and performance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 284 swedish dissertations containing the words innovation and performance.

  2. 1. Managing the Collaborative Front End of Innovation in Manufacturing Firms : Requirements, Capabilities, and Conditions

    Author : Fabio Gama; Johan Frishammar; David Sjödin; Vinit Parida; Anders Fundin; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Entreprenörskap och innovation; Entrepreneurship and Innovation; front end of innovation;

    Abstract : The front end of innovation is critical to innovative efforts in firms yet it remains to be poorly understood. This especially important since innovation efforts in the front end are becoming increasingly open in line with the era of open innovation. READ MORE

  4. 2. Dancing innovation : How can we use knowledge from contemporary dance to enable innovation in organisations?

    Author : Nina Bozic Yams; Tomas Backström; Clive Holtham; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : innovation; enabling; contemporary dance; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

    Abstract : In today´s fast changing global environment, organizations from both private and public sectors are under an increased pressure to continuously change and adapt in order to survive and provide meaningful services and products to their users. Innovation has therefore become an on-going effort that is not only a matter of R&D and product development departments, but rather a responsibility of all employees. READ MORE

  5. 3. SME Performance and Its Relationship to Innovation

    Author : Adli Abouzeedan; Magnus Klofsten; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SME performance; performance evaluation; firm efficiency; SIV model; innovation capital; system capital; open capital; business models; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

    Abstract : Current SME performance models suffer from a number of disadvantages. The models use intensively a business ratio approach, they look at SMEs as a homogenous group, they consider firms to be closed systems, they do not directly incorporate the impact of an enterprise’s innovation activities, and finally they are complex and rely on sophisticated statistical refining methods making them unpractical to use by SME managers. READ MORE

  6. 4. Determinants and Effects of Innovation : Context Matters

    Author : Sam Tavassoli; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Innovation; Innovation determinant; Innovation effect; Firm; Region; Sweden; Industry life cycle; Cluster life cycle; Export;

    Abstract : Innovation and technological change is the major factor of production, renewal, and competitiveness of firms and nations in the contemporary “knowledge economy”. The overall purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the innovative behavior of firms in various sectors and regions. READ MORE

  7. 5. Locating Biotech Innovation : Places, Flows and Unruly Processes

    Author : Henrik Mattsson; Anders Malmberg; Dominic Power; Peter Dicken; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Social and economic geography; Biotech; Biotechnology; Innovation; Creativity; Clusters; Innovation systems; Technology policy; Regional development; Economic spaces; Time-geography; Time-space; Mobility; Knowledge; Knowledge workers; Agglomeration; Talent; Biotech firms; Innovation Policy; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : This thesis begins by making two observations. First, that the regional economic landscapes in which we all live our daily lives, and which provide the basis for employment and prosperity, are constantly changing. READ MORE