Search for dissertations about: "strategic framework"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 312 swedish dissertations containing the words strategic framework.
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1. Strategic Colonels : The Discretion of Swedish Force Commanders in Afghanistan 2006–2013
Abstract : This dissertation examines the role of military officers as policy implementers by investigating the discretion of Swedish force commanders in the multinational military campaign in Afghanistan between 2006 and 2013. By developing an analytical framework that takes both an outside-in and an inside-out perspective, and that encompasses both the objective implications that structural factors project on force commanders as well as their subjective perceptions of those structural factors, and applying that framework to a range of official documents as well as unique interview data, the thesis describes the discretion that force commanders have had in interpreting, choosing and shaping their mission and concept of operations. READ MORE
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2. Service Provider Flexibility : A Strategic Perspective
Abstract : This thesis is about service provider flexibility and how provider flexibility facilitates customer value creation in contexts where customer processes and activities change. Provider flexibility is delineated as a mechanism of value creation and defined as the ability of the service provider to respond to changes or to bring about changes that support its customers’ value creation. READ MORE
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3. The Politics of Combat : The Political and Strategic Impact of Tactical-Level Subcultures, 1939-1995
Abstract : This dissertation argues that lower-level military leaders, commanding between a dozen and a few hundred troops, can have a major political and strategic impact. Furthermore, it is argued that the decisions made by these lower-level military leaders are shaped by subcultures, in particular under conditions of stress and uncertainty. READ MORE
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4. Towards strategic development of maintenance and its effects on production performance : A hybrid simulation-based optimization framework
Abstract : Managing maintenance in manufacturing within an economical short-termism framework and taking the consequential long-term cost effects into account is hard. The increasing complexity of managing maintenance and its impact on the business results calls for more advanced methods to support long-term development through effective activities in the production system environment. READ MORE
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5. Logistics Service Providers Going Green : A Framework for Developing Green Service Offerings
Abstract : Environmental impact has increasingly become a “buzzword” and an important topic. This topic has been integrated into the agenda of many companies worldwide, and this dissertation focuses on the transportation and logistics industry. READ MORE