Search for dissertations about: "research funding reform"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words research funding reform.
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1. Adoption of the Innovation System Concept in Sweden
Abstract : In 2001 Sweden founded the government agency of VINNOVA, named after the OECD-endorsed innovation system concept. Criticising the common assumption that countries are passive and uncritical recipients of the approaches promoted by the OECD, this dissertation tries to show that Swedish actors were in fact very active and strategic as they contributed to the national adoption of the concept. READ MORE
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2. Expansion Governance of the Integrated North Seas Offshore Grid
Abstract : The expansion of offshore power transmission and generation in the North Seas of Europe is accelerating rapidly. This is due to several drivers, including the decarbonization and reform of the European power system, and innovations in offshore wind and high-voltage direct current transmission. READ MORE
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3. The Absent Entrepreneur : Exploring the Role of the Entrepreneur in Economics
Abstract : Economics as an academic discipline has often found it difficult to formally model the Entrepreneur. As Baumol (1968) noted, “The theoretical firm is entrepreneurless—the prince of Denmark has been expunged from the discussion of Hamlet. READ MORE
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4. Registered nurses with a PhD : an asset in clinical care
Abstract : Background: Shortcomings in providing health care may cause otherwise preventable patient harm and suffering, while also increasing the cost of healthcare delivery. Approximately one-third of all patients do not receive scientifically based care and about one-quarter receive care that is either unnecessary or associated with risk of injury. READ MORE
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5. Academics and Politics : Northern European Area Studies at Greifswald University, 1917–1991
Abstract : The decision to institute Area Studies in German universities in 1917, was born out of a perceived need to widen the intellectual horizon of the public and academia alike. At Greifswald University this ambitious reform programme saw the foundation of a Nordic Institute, charged with interdisciplinary studies of contemporary Northern Europe. READ MORE