Advanced search

Showing result 1 - 5 of 191 swedish dissertations matching the above criteria.

  1. 1. The Openness Buzz : A Study of Openness in Planning, Politics and Political Decision-Making in Sweden from an Institutional Perspective

    Author : Anna Lundgren; Hans Westlund; Marie-Louise von Bergmann-Winberg; Thomas Denk; KTH; []
    Keywords : Openness; New Institutional Theory; Planning; Governance; Saliency; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Abstract : In today’s society of increased globalization and digitalization openness has become a buzzword. This raises questions about what we mean by openness and how it is interpreted in various contexts. READ MORE

  2. 2. Fundamental openness : an enquiry into Raimundo Panikkar's theological vision and its presuppositions

    Author : Kajsa Ahlstrand; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE

  3. 3. Knowledge Closure and Knowledge Openness : A Study of Epistemic Closure Principles

    Author : Levi Spectre; Peter Pagin; Åsa Wikforss; Stewart Cohen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; knowledge; principle of epistemic closure; knowledge openness; evidence; epistemic principles; skepticism; fallibilism; principles of evidence; evidence openness; dogmatism; safety; chance; Bayesianism; Carnap; Cohen; Dretske; Hawthorne; Hempel; Kripke; Nozick; Pagin; Vogel; Williamson; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : The principle of epistemic closure is the claim that what is known to follow from knowledge is known to be true. This intuitively plausible idea is endorsed by a vast majority of knowledge theorists. There are significant problems, however, that have to be addressed if epistemic closure – closed knowledge – is endorsed. READ MORE

  4. 4. Exploring Tensions between Appropriability and Openness to Collaboration in Innovation

    Author : Ioana Stefan; Lars Bengtsson; Frishammar Johan; Högskolan i Gävle; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Appropriability; Openness; Tensions; Open Innovation; Performance; Intellectual Property Rights; Territoriality; Location; Intellectual Property Protection Mechanisms; Paradox; Dilemma; Dialectic; Intelligent industri; Intelligent Industry; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

    Abstract : Researchers, policy makers and practitioners alike have in recent years acknowledged a growing tendency towards opening up the innovation process by combining internal organizational assets with external actors’ resources. However, opening up the innovation process usually also entails revealing ideas, which may result in misappropriation. READ MORE

  5. 5. Openness as Political Culture : The Arab Spring and the Jordanian Protest Movements

    Author : Arvid Lundberg; Johan Lindquist; Mark Graham; Daniele Cantini; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; activism; Arab Spring; democracy; Jordan; political culture; aktivism; arabiska våren; demokrati; Jordanien; politisk kultur; socialantropologi; Social Anthropology;

    Abstract : This study is an exploration of the origins of the Arab Spring in Jordan and across the region. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among the leadership of the Jordanian protest movements, it suggests a new way of understanding why these movements fell apart. READ MORE