Search for dissertations about: "operation management business"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the words operation management business.
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1. Offset Management for Large Systems : A Multibusiness Marketing Activity
Abstract : Offset, an advanced form of countertrade, is common in the international marketing of large infrastructure and defence systems. Offsets are activities that benefit the buying country for example in the form of local content, support of exports, subcontracts and technology transfer. READ MORE
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2. In the Wake of the General Hospital : Focus and Scale in Healthcare Operations
Abstract : This thesis tackles the changing landscape of healthcare delivery, with an increasingly fragmented set of healthcare providers and where speciality hospitals increasingly replace or complement traditional general hospitals. There is a need for guidance to policymakers and healthcare providers, on how different set-ups of healthcare delivery facilities, in terms of the scale and the focus of each facility, impacts performance. READ MORE
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3. Experiential knowledge in the internationalization process of service firms
Abstract : Service firms constitute an important sector of today's world economy. Recently, many service firmshave begun to operate in foreign markets. This thesis focuses on the internationalization process of awide range of industrial service firms, e.g. READ MORE
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4. The social organization of energy efficiency in shipping: a practice-based study
Abstract : The central research question explored in this study is how energy efficiency is organized onboard large merchant ships. The dominant techno-economical approach within energy research and policy, in general, and shipping research and policy, in particular, is reviewed and criticized as being too limited for understanding the challenges and opportunities related to the organization and management of energy efficiency in shipping companies. READ MORE
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5. Empirical Essays on Retail Logistics and Customer Behavior
Abstract : Retail logistics is responsible for making products available to end customers. Traditionally, this was facilitated through a network of brick and mortar stores that customers visit to buy items. However, the advent of online and omnichannel retail started to challenge this established system. READ MORE