Search for dissertations about: "role distance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 272 swedish dissertations containing the words role distance.

  2. 1. Managing Distance : Small Firm Networks at the Geographic Margins

    Author : Alexandre Dubois; Brita Hermelin; Andrew Copus; Dimitris Skuras; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; globalisation; periphery; small firms; embeddedness; extralocal networks; proximity; kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

    Abstract : Small businesses located in the most sparsely populated and peripheral parts of Europe are frequently believed to be marginalised with respect to the processes of economic globalisation. This thesis proposes to explore an alternative perspective for understanding how small businesses that are located at the geographical margins engage with the globalised economy. READ MORE

  4. 2. Proximity and distance : challenges in person-centred care for diabetes specialist nurses in primary health care

    Author : Eva Boström; Åsa Hörnsten; Ulf Isaksson; Berit Lundman; Inger Ekman; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Diabetes specialist nurse; professional role; self-management support; type 2 diabetes; caring relation; power relation; person-centred care; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : Background Type 2 diabetes demands self-management over time, to maintain health and reduce the risk for diabetes complications. However, despite efforts, many persons with type 2 diabetes are not reaching the treatment targets. In diabetes, person-centred care and group education are recommended. READ MORE

  5. 3. Does distance matter? : On geographical dispersion in organisations

    Author : Jörgen Lindström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer science; Datavetenskap; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

    Abstract : In the discussion on organisations and organisational form, several concepts have appeared to denote what is said to be new organisational forms. These concepts many times imply a geographical dispersion of organisations. READ MORE

  6. 4. Firms, Employment and Distance: Essays on the Swedish Regional Economy

    Author : Sara Åhlén; Rikard Forslid; Marius Brülhart; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regions; Firms; Employment; Distance; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays on the spatial relationships of economic activities in Swedish regions."Governmental Interventions and Market Potential - Determinants of Regional Variations in Firm Births"This paper examines determinants of regional variations in Swedish firm births over the period 1992-2002. READ MORE

  7. 5. The changing role and importance of the built environment for daily travel in Sweden

    Author : Erik Elldér; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; built environment; travel; distance; daily; commuting; telework; residential location; Sweden; activities; mobility; spatiotemporal constraints;

    Abstract : Geography, in terms of the built environment and location patterns, was traditionally, and still is, emphasized by many scholars, policymakers, and planners as greatly influencing people’s daily travel behaviour. However, taking recent decades of rapidly increasing mobility capabilities (physical as well as virtual) into account, and the related increase in individual choice opportunities, others argue that the importance of geographic factors has gradually dissolved. READ MORE