Search for dissertations about: "small industries"

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2. 1. Barriers to growth and development in small firms

   Author : Henrik Barth; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Growth; Development; Innovation; Barrier; Small firms; SME;

   Abstract : The purpose of the extended summary is to develop the understanding of the existence and reasons behind barriers to growth and development in small firms. More specifically, four questions are addressed: (1) What do we know about the term barrier, how can it be defined? (2) What types of barriers to growth and development have been identified? (3) How can barriers to growth and development be addressed in a framework? and (4) How do the results of the appended papers (Papers I-V) contribute to the research field of barriers to growth and development?A literature review was undertaken to answer the first two questions. READ MORE

4. 2. Breaking information barriers through information literacy : A longitudinal and interventional study among small-firm managers

   Author : Agneta Lantz; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information utilization; information barriers; information literacy; small companies; managers; libraries; librarians;

   Abstract : The primary aim of this thesis is to contribute to an increased understanding of the information utilisation process through studying impeding process determinants, information barriers, and how they might be tackled by pedagogical means. This would be attained by studying the information situations of small-company managers. READ MORE

5. 3. Swedish industrial and energy supply measures in a European system perspective

   Author : Louise Trygg; Björn G. Karlsson; Thomas B. Johansson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Deregulated European Electricity market; Industries; Energy suppliers; CO2 emissions; Electricity reduction; European electricity prices; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : A common electricity market in Europe will in all probability lead to a levelling out of the electricity price, which implies that Swedish consumers will face higher electricity prices with a European structure. This new market situation will force industry and energy suppliers to take new essential measures as actors in a deregulated European electricity market. READ MORE

6. 4. Financing of Small and Cottage Industries in Bangladesh by Islamic Banks: An Institutional-Network Approach

   Author : Mohammed Alam; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial science; Bai-Muajjal financing mode; Small and cottage industry; Lender-borrower relationships; Institutional-Network; Bangladesh; Islamic banks; Finansiering;

   Abstract : This study is characterized by its development of an analytical framework for describing and explaining the lender-borrower financing relationships of rural-based small and cottage industries by including contextual conditions. It applies this framework to the socio- environmental conditions of Bangladesh with special emphasis on the role of Islamic banks. READ MORE

7. 5. Conceptual Product Development in Small Corporations

   Author : Per Nilsson; Högskolan Dalarna; []
   Keywords : Product Development; MFD; MIM; QFD; DFX; PMM; SME;

   Abstract : The main objective of the thesis “Conceptual Product Development in Small Corporations” is by the use of a case study test the MFD™-method (Erixon G. , 1998) combined with PMM in a product development project. (Henceforth called MFD™/PMM-method). READ MORE