Search for dissertations about: "small medium sized it organizations"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words small medium sized it organizations.

2. 6. The role of the entrepreneur in the international new venture – opening the black box

   Author : Navid Ghannad; Svante Andersson; Karin Jonnergård; Per Servais; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International New Venture INV ; entrepreneur; international entrepreneurship; internationalization process; psychic distance; innovation; sense-making; opportunity recognition; opportunity exploitation; childhood experience; mental model; small and medium-sized enterprises SME ;

   Abstract : Despite significant research output in recent decades on international new ventures (INVs),little attention has been paid to understanding the processes and conditions under whichthe entrepreneur identifies and exploits an opportunity and subsequently creates valuewithin the firm. As a result, the dynamics involved in the role of the entrepreneur during theestablishment and internationalization of INVs remain in a black box. READ MORE

4. 7. 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. 8. Extending Access : Perspectives on Business Model Innovation in Water and Sanitation Service Provision

   Author : Caroline Jennings Saul; Anders Gustafsson; Nina Veflen; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business Innovation; Water business; WASH; Sanitation; Digitalization; Base of the pyramid; Business Administration; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Many organizations are attempting to improve the well-being of people living in poverty, whether it be philanthropic, through offering transformative services, or buying into the doing well by doing good ethos of corporate Base of the Pyramid (BoP) strategies. Some of these efforts are being directed towards extending access to safely managed water and sanitation services to everyone. READ MORE

6. 9. University-Industry Educational Collaboration : Knowledge spillovers and spillins through student-written cases and MSc theses

   Author : Carl-Johan Asplund; Innovation; []
   Keywords : University-Industry collaboration; University-Industry Educational collaboration; Knowledge spillover; knowledge spilling; Knowledge transfer; Collaborative capabilities;

   Abstract : Most companies and organizations are primarily interested in universities' educational activities and to a lesser extent in universities' research activities. Against this background, it is strange that the research on collaboration between universities and the surrounding society is primarily directed towards research collaboration between universities and companies/organizations and to a lesser extent towards educational collaboration between universities and companies/organizations. READ MORE

7. 10. Outsourcing of new product development : a decision framework

   Author : Jonas Rundquist; []
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   Abstract : The focus of the thesis is the outsourcing of activities in the New Product Development (NPD) process. Outsourcing of NPD refers to the outsourcing of development activities for developing new products (goods and/or service), where all or the innovative part of the NPD process is purchased externally according to a contract from organizational units separate from the outsourcing firm. READ MORE