Search for dissertations about: "policy entrepreneurship"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 60 swedish dissertations containing the words policy entrepreneurship.

  2. 21. Financial Bootstrapping as Relational Contract : Linking resource needs, bootstrapping behaviors, and outcomes of bootstrapping exchanges

    Author : Tanya Kolyaka; Entreprenörskap; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial Bootstrapping; Entrepreneurship; Relational contracting; Contractual Norms; Bootstrapping’s Conditions; Bootstrapping’s Outcomes; Longitudinal Case Study;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to develop a conceptual model for understanding conditions for and outcomes of bootstrapping behaviors. Recent literature on financial bootstrapping in new firms acknowledges the necessity to consolidate and conceptualize the existing knowledge. READ MORE

  4. 22. Stimulating Industrial Development in Uganda Through Open Innovation Incubators

    Author : Joshua Mutambi; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Clusters; Entrepreneurship; Innovation Systems; Industrialization; Open Innovation; incubators; Small and Medium Enterprises SMEs ;

    Abstract : Uganda’s economy is agro-based; although the country is land locked it has great potential for industrial development. It is well endowed with natural resources and salubrious climate, but with little success in transforming its agricultural and mineral wealth into processed commodities for local, regional and international markets. READ MORE

  5. 23. Inertia and practice change related to greenhouse gas reduction : Essays on institutional entrepreneurship and translation in Swedish agri-food

    Author : Herman Stål; Karl Johan Bonnedahl; Jessica Eriksson; Peter Dobers; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Inertia; climate change; sustainability; agriculture; institutional entrepreneurship; institutional logics; convergent change; divergent change; practice; translation; Tröghet; klimatförändring; hållbarhet; jordbruk; institutionellt entreprenörskap; institutionella logiker; konvergent förändring; divergent förändring; praktik; översättning; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

    Abstract : To avoid dangerous climate change a massive reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is required in a relative short time span. However, as development is moving in the wrong direction, there appears to be great inertia in changing activities. READ MORE

  6. 24. E-government and e-governance : Swedish case studies with focus on the local level

    Author : Irene Bernhard; Hans Westlund; Agneta Ranerup; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; governance; e-government; e-governance; New Public Management; municipal contact centres; planning; policy entrepreneurship; networks; implementation; translation; Sweden; Public administration; Political science;

    Abstract : The concepts of e-government and e-governance are used interchangeably in most research and there is no single definition of these terms. The objective of this licentiate thesis is to provide a deeper understanding of these concepts through empirical studies in a Swedish context. READ MORE

  7. 25. Working Together : Exploring Relational Tensions in Swedish Academia

    Author : Tobias Fridholm; Anders Malmberg; Anders Waxell; Per Lundequist; Oliver Ibert; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic geography; Relational tensions; Academic research; Academic entrepreneurship; Research commercialization; Creativity; Creative milieus; Innovation; Innovation systems; Trust; Authority; Research policy; Triple helix; Biotechnology; Swedish research; Universities; Expertise; Professionalism; Professions; Research collaboration; Collaborations; Research funding; Ekonomisk geografi; Relationella spänningar; Akademisk forskning; Akademiskt entreprenörskap; Forskningskommersialisering; Kreativitet; Kreativa miljöer; Innovation; Innovationssystem; Tillit; Auktoritet; Forskningspolitik; Trippel helix; Bioteknik; Svensk forskning; Universitet; Expertis; Professioner; Professionalism; Samverkan; Tredje uppgiften; Forskningsfinansiering; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : This study explores the basic social conditions for high-quality university research, and focuses on research in science and technology in Sweden. Swedish research policy has adopted more of a market perspective on academic research and its role in society. READ MORE