Search for dissertations about: "interaction between government and business"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words interaction between government and business.

2. 1. Developing Technology Transfer Processes in rural contexts : The case of Cauca in Colombia

   Author : Deycy Janeth Sanchez Preciado; Magnus Holmén; Daniel Ljungberg; Eugenia Perez Vico; David Bennett; Richard Blundel; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technology transfer; rural developing countries; intermediate technologies; cooperatives;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis addresses the technology transfer process in rural developing economies. Technology transfer refers to the movement of physical artifacts and knowledge from a transferor (e.g. a university) to a recipient (e. READ MORE

4. 2. China's Creation of Biopharmaceutical Drugs : Combining Political Steering, Military Research, and Transnational Networking

   Author : Åse Linné; Alexandra Waluszewski; Enrico Baraldi; David Ford; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; innovation; biotechnology; China; resource interfaces; commerciali-zation; Chinese government; command network economy; biopharmaceutical drugs; military research;

   Abstract : Not only the Western world is focused on creating new innovations based on scientific discoveries; this is also the case in China where discoveries in biotechnology science are aimed at creating new biopharmaceutical drugs in order to create a future biotechnology industry and in the end generate economic growth. The focus to invest in high-tech industries such as biotechnology can be traced to the “open-door policy” issued in 1978 with the aim to modernize China and transform China into a “socialistic market economy. READ MORE

5. 3. Puzzle or Mosaic? : On Managerial Information Patterns

   Author : Cecilia Gullberg; Alf Westelius; Pär Mårtensson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; information patterns; information behaviour; information systems; management information; management control; governance; management control as a package; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

   Abstract : Managers and information are key components in most management control literature, and a range of tools and concepts have been developed to better accommodate the information needs of managers so as to ensure efficient action and intelligent decisions. At the same time, the managerial work is often described as highly fragmented, unstructured and interpersonal, with little time for planning and isolated reflection. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on the Political Economy of Protection and Industrial Location

   Author : Magnus Wiberg; Rikard Forslid; Pascalis Raimondos-Møller; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic geography; Trade policy; Political economy; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays in the fields of the political economy of international trade.Location Equilibrium with Endogenous Rent Seeking:This paper analyzes the location of manufacturing activities when regional policy is determined by endogenous rent seeking. READ MORE

7. 5. International inter-firm transfer of technology : decisions and interactions : case studies from Swedish firms' joint ventures and licensing operations in China

   Author : Manucher Farhang; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industriell marknadsföring; Industrial Marketing;

   Abstract : The technological assets of a firm are one of the main sources of its competitive power. In recent decades, the transfer of technology has become an important element of international business, sometimes as the explicit objective of international transaction, at other times, as the side effect of the sale/purchase of goods. READ MORE