Search for dissertations about: "startup business"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words startup business.

  2. 1. Accessibility to bank branches and entrepreneurial dynamics : New firm formation and capital structure of SMEs in Sweden amidst a changing banking landscape

    Author : Cynthia Sin Tian Ho; Björn Berggren; Jonas Gabrielsson; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New firm formation; entrepreneurship; capital structure; leverage; financing; bank branches; proximity; spatial analysis; Sweden; Startup; entreprenörskap; kapitalstruktur; finansiering; bankkontor; närhet; spatialanalys; Sverige; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The overall objective of this thesis is to develop a better understanding of the impact of accessibility to bank branches on new firm formation and on the capital structure of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sweden. In this thesis, the accessibility to bank branches is measured by two proxies that are weighted by two different types of population—the labour population and the firm population. READ MORE

  4. 2. Cross-boundary knowledge work in innovation : Understanding the role of space and objects

    Author : Marta Caccamo; Karin Hellerstedt; Daniel Pittino; Sara Beckman; Robin Teigland; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cross-boundary knowledge work; knowledge management; knowledge sharing; knowledge integration; sociomateriality; boundary objects; affordances; material scaffolding; collaborative innovation; open innovation; business studios; corporate hackathons; startup accelerators;

    Abstract : This dissertation studies the topic of cross-boundary knowledge work from the perspective of sociomateriality. Cross-boundary knowledge work refers to the collaboration of actors belonging to different social worlds to achieve shared knowledge outcomes. READ MORE

  5. 3. Venture capital as a tool for regional development: Exit patterns and long-term consequences

    Author : Per Hulthén; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ecosystem.; Venture Capital; Startups; Entrepreneurship; Exit; Policy;

    Abstract : Venture capital (VC) funded high-tech startups are often cited drivers of economic impact and catalysts of regional growth. Public support of high-tech startups and investments into venture capital has thus been a popular focus for public policy globally in the past decades. READ MORE

  6. 4. Team Devotion in Entrepreneurship : Identity Fusion as a Behavioral Motivator within new Venture Teams

    Author : Emma Rui Lu; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This Ph.D. thesis is a collection of three papers. The author draws on entrepreneurial identity to explore motivations of entrepreneurial behavior. READ MORE

  7. 5. An App for Women?: Exploring the Performance of Gender and Diversity in Market Practice

    Author : Riikka Murto; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Marketing and consumer research has a long tradition of using gender to explain differences in consumer behavior. In recent decades, a more critical stream of marketing research has emerged to expose the essentializing of gender differences in marketing research and practice. READ MORE