Search for dissertations about: "new concept"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1875 swedish dissertations containing the words new concept.

2. 1. New technology - new jobs? : The case of mobile telecommunications in Sweden

   Author : Esa Manninen; Charles Edquist; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Technological Change; Product Innovation; Process Innovation; Employment Effects; Job Creation; Job Destruction; Labour Productivity; Mobile Telecommunications; Telekommunikationsteori; Mobiltelefoni; Teknikutveckling; Produktutveckling; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : This is a study about employment effects of technological change. The concept of employment effects here refers to changes in number of employees in economic activities as a result of technological change. Technological change, in turn, refers to product innovation and process innovation. READ MORE

4. 2. Service concept design

   Author : Fred Persson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Datorstödd maskinkonstruktion; Computer Aided Design;

   Abstract : Manufacturing companies are continuously experiencing tougher competition; to meet this challenge a trend is to offer functional products. A functional product is a total care offer consisting of capital intensive hardware integrated with its accompanying services needed to keep it operational. READ MORE

5. 3. Out of Site : Landscape and Cultural Reflexivity in New Hollywood Cinema 1969-1974

   Author : Henrik Gustafsson; Astrid Söderbergh Widding; Asbjørn Grønstad; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cultural identity; film analysis; film and nation; genre revisionism; intermediality; landscape in art; landscape in cinema; New Hollywood; new realism; nostalgia film; reflexivity; road movies; Film; Filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies; filmvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines landscape as a concept for analysis and interpretation in film studies by considering the New Hollywood cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Contextualized within the contested notion of nationhood at the time as well as the concern among filmmakers to probe the properties, practices and traditions of American cinema, this was also a period when landscape underwent widespread redefinition as a field of artistic and academic practice. READ MORE

6. 4. Concept decisions in product development process

   Author : Ingrid Kihlander; Margareta Norell Bergendahl; Sofia Ritzén; Jenny Janhager; Matti Kaulio; KTH; []
   Keywords : concept evaluation; decision making; product development;

   Abstract : Successful concept decisions are crucial for product development organisations. Failure in theconcept decision-making process means costly rework, requiring resources that could havebeen spent on innovative work with new products instead. This licentiate thesis tackles theconcept decision-making process and how to improve it. READ MORE

7. 5. Icons of New Public Management : four studies on competition, contracts and control

   Author : Roland M Almqvist; Ernst Jonsson; Björn Brorström; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; competition; decentralization; management by contract; management control system; mechanisms of change; new public management; organizational reform; threat of competition; transformation; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Public organizations have undergone major changes over the past few decades. The umbrella term used to characterize these changes in the style of public administration is ‘New Public Management’ (NPM). READ MORE