Search for dissertations about: "phd dissertation on industrial management"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words phd dissertation on industrial management.

  2. 1. Learning at Work and Productivity in Swedish Business Firms : Based on the Swedish MEADOW Survey 2009/2010

    Author : Annette Nylund; Matti A. Kaulio; Annika Härenstam; Hans-Olof Hagén; Edward Lorenz; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; productivity; management; learning; competence; development; practices; at work; bundles; factor analysis; regression analysis; produktivitet; ledning; lärande; kompetens; utveckling; i arbete; grupper; praxis; bundles; faktoranalys; regressionsanalys; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

    Abstract : The background of the thesis is the ongoing struggle for better understanding of driving forces for economic growth. Some important and rewarding new steps have been taken the last decades in the research of economic growth theory. READ MORE

  4. 2. OPEN DATA AND INNOVATION ADOPTION: Lessons From Sweden

    Author : Serdar Temiz; Terrence Edison Brown; Kent Thorén; Daniel Örtqvist; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Open data; open innovation; innovation adoption; modes of innovation; eGovernment; open government; digital government; PLS-SEM; Industrial Economics and Management; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Informations- och kommunikationsteknik; Information and Communication Technology;

    Abstract : The Internet has significantly reduced the cost of producing, accessing, and using data, with governments, companies, open data advocates, and researchers observing open data’s potential for promoting democratic and innovative solutions and with open data’s global market size estimated at billions of dollars in the European Union alone (Carrara, Chan, Fischer, & Steenbergen, 2015). This thesis explores the concept of open data, describing and analyzing how open data adoption occurs to better identify and understand key challenges in this process and thus contribute to better use of the available data resources and valuable services for citizens. READ MORE

  5. 3. Managing migration in modern welfare states : Essays on the development, causes, and effects of policies regulating family immigration

    Author : Anton Ahlén; Joakim Palme; Karin Borevi; Axel Cronert; Christian Albrekt Larsen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family immigration; Migration policy; Welfare state; Conditionality; Progressive dilemma; Civic integration; Stratification; Policy configurations; Eligibility criteria; Qualifying conditions; Time-series cross-country analysis; Europe; OECD; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : Being the main channel of migration into advanced industrial democracies, family migration has been the subject of increasing contestation in political debate. While previous studies have noted that many OECD countries have introduced more restrictive policies on family immigration during the last few decades, we still know little about how cross-country policy configurations in this area have evolved and varied over time, or about how policies affect inflows and why they differ between countries. READ MORE