Search for dissertations about: "knowledge exchange"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 332 swedish dissertations containing the words knowledge exchange.

  1. 1. In search of known unknowns : an empirical investigation of the peripety of a knowledge management system

    Author : Leon Michael Caesarius; Jan Lindvall; Lars Engwall; Jannis Kallinikos; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; knowledge management systems; knowledge management endeavours; knowledge management; knowledge; knowledge creation; information technology; automating; informating; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : In their quest to secure their level of competitiveness, organizations have turned their attention to a specific type of information technology (IT) solution referred to as knowledge management systems (KMS). Research recurrently views and defines such system as IT-tools that mainly enable the collection, storing and diffusion of knowledge within the boundaries of the organization. READ MORE

  2. 2. Knowledge use in business exchange : Acting and thinking business actors

    Author : Jonas Dahlqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : How could we describe the process by which business knowledge is mediated, developed, shared, and applied during interaction between business actors? This is the main question around which the discussion in this thesis about industrial business exchange revolves. The purpose of the thesis is twofold. READ MORE

  3. 3. From Higher Education To Professional Practice : A comparative study of physicians' and engineers' learning and competence use

    Author : Staffan Nilsson; Per-Erik Ellström; Kenneth Abrahamsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; higher education; professional practice; use value; exchange value; generalist; specialist; profession; physician; engineer; knowledge; competence; knowledge base; högre utbildning; professionell praktik; bruksvärde; bytesvärde; generalist; specialist; profession; läkare; civilingenjör; kunskap; kompetens; kunskapsbas; Education; Pedagogik;

    Abstract : The focus of this thesis is on describing and analysing recently graduated physicians’ and engineers’ experiences of the relationship between the professional education programs and the respective professional practices. The aim is to explore the professionals’ reasons for their educational and career choices, what they learn in professional education, the demands they encounter in the workplace, and the perceived needs and opportunities for learning and further development in their professional practices. READ MORE

  4. 4. Dutch experts in the early modern Swedish state : Employment strategies and knowledge building, 1560–1670

    Author : Håkan Jakobsson; Leif Runefelt; Mats Hallenberg; Peter Lindström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; administration; change agents; commerce; competence; diplomacy; Dutch; early modern state; expertise; fishing; institutional memory; knowledge; shipbuilding; the Dutch Republic; trade; History; historia;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the role played by Dutch experts in various enterprises and organisations managed or administered by the early modern Swedish state. The work demonstrates how and why Dutch experts were introduced to Sweden, in what manner they were employed by the Swedish state and how their knowledge was utilised in state-controlled organisations. READ MORE

  5. 5. Knowledge based perceptual anchoring : grounding percepts to concepts in cognitive robots

    Author : Marios Daoutis; Silvia Coradeschi; Amy Loutfi; Angelo Cangelosi; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; anchoring; knowledge representation; cognitive perception; symbol grounding; common-sense information; Datavetenskap; Computer and Systems Science;

    Abstract : A successful articial cognitive agent needs to integrate its perception of the environment with reasoning and actuation. A key aspect of this integration is the perceptual-symbolic correspondence, which intends to give meaning to the concepts the agent refers to { known as Anchoring. However, perceptual representations alone (e.g. READ MORE