Search for dissertations about: "innovativeness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 swedish dissertations containing the word innovativeness.

  2. 1. Innovativeness in product development-Studies on industrial project work

    Author : Per Sundström; Margareta Norell Bergendahl; Annika Zika-Viktorsson; Helén Anderson; Christian Berggren; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Innovativeness; creativity; project work; product development; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : For many organizations, efficiency in product development is a question of accel¬erating project operations and being innovative in products and technical solutions, and this has interesting consequences for project work. This thesis aims to study technical development work in project groups in order to identify factors that support innovativeness. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Economics of Technology-Related Ownership Changes. A study of innovativeness and growth through acquisitions and spin-offs

    Author : Åsa Lindholm; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; R D; innovativeness; quasi-integration; acquisition; entrepreneurs; integration; spin-off; technology-related; growth;

    Abstract : The study reported in this thesis describes and analyzes technology-related acquisitions and spin-offs. The basic idea is that an economic system where large and small firms interact through technology-related ownership changes is highly conducive to overall innovativeness and long-term growth, given certain conditions. READ MORE

  5. 3. Not all green innovations are created equal : Consumer innovativeness and motivations in the adoption of shared micromobility

    Author : Phil Flores; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Shared micromobility; Green innovations; Innovation adoption; consumer innovativeness; domain-specific innovativeness; e-bikes; e-scooters; motivations;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to understand how consumer innovativeness and motivations relate to the decision to adopt green innovations. This thesis examines two forms of green transport innovations, shared e-bikes and e-scooters, which are part of the shared micromobility phenomenon. READ MORE

  6. 4. Diffusion Dynamics and the Pricing of Innovations

    Author : Fredrik Link; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Structural Equation Modeling; Telecommunication Product Domain; Technological Lock-in; Network Externalities; Perceived Product Value; Take-off; Innovativeness; Pricing; Adoption; Innovation; Diffusion; LISREL; Market study; Marknadsanalys;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis deals with two closely interconnected phenomena, the adoption and diffusion of innovations. The research aims at developing both the theory of individual adoption decisions and the theory of the diffusion of an innovation in society. READ MORE

  7. 5. Competition and innovation in the Swedish pharmaceutical market

    Author : Mats Ekelund; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays in economics related to the pharmaceutical market. The first essay, Pharmaceutical Pricing in a Regulated Market, compares the pricing of new pharmaceuticals in the Swedish market where prices are regulated, with the results of Lu and Comanor who studied the pricing of new pharmaceuticals in the US market. READ MORE