Search for dissertations about: "strategy comparative"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 110 swedish dissertations containing the words strategy comparative.

  1. 1. Shaping and Exploiting Technological Opportunities: The Case of Renewable Energy Technology in Sweden

    Author : Anna Bergek; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; capital goods industry; renewable energy; policy; strategy; technological opportunity; innovation system; industrial dynamics; technology diffusion; industry development;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on how the Swedish capital goods industry exploits (or fails to exploit) opportunities within renewable energy technology to build new growth industries and how it, in that process, shapes the diffusion of such technologies on the market. The thesis consists of a covering paper and the work contained in four appended papers. READ MORE

  2. 2. Comparative studies of cognitive abilities in the Paridae : Evidence from laboratory studies

    Author : Utku Urhan; Evolutionär ekologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Comparative cognition; Spatial memory; Food hoarding; Observational spatial memory; motor self-regulation; Cognitive sex differences; foraging strategies;

    Abstract : The Paridae (tits, titmice and chickadees) is a bird family consisting of both food hoarding and non-hoarding species. Many studies have been conducted on birds that are considered to be cognitively advanced, such as parrots and corvids, whereas much less is known about these small passerines. READ MORE

  3. 3. Automation of Load Haul Dump machines : comparative performance analysis and maintenance modeling

    Author : Anna Gustafson; Sunniva Haugen; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Drift och underhållsteknik; Operation and Maintenance Engineering;

    Abstract : The Load Haul Dump (LHD) machine and its operating environment create a complex system. Mine productivity depends on the operation of the LHDs and on the mining environment, including fragmentation, size of boulders, navigation techniques etc. Traditional navigation techniques require a lot of infrastructure to accommodate automatic operation. READ MORE

  4. 4. The uniqueness of knowledge management in small companies : Managing knowledge as an employer strategy for lifelong learning

    Author : Ernesto Villalba; Ingemar Fägerlind; Robert Höghielm; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Knowledge management; lifelong learning; European Social Fund; SME; adult education; training; knowledge; Sweden; International education; Internationell pedagogik;

    Abstract : The present study explores the relationship between the ‘knowledge-enabling environment’ and the demand for training using a sample of 18 small private companies providing educational and consultancy services in Sweden. In this way, the dissertation is an exploration of the ways Swedish knowledge-intensive companies manage their knowledge. READ MORE

  5. 5. Constructing Historical Realism : International Relations as Comparative History

    Author : Martin Hall; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; theory; historical sociology; feudalism; Late Antiquity; Japan; Republican Rome; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Abstract : In this study the author seeks to develop Historical Realism as a new approach to International Relations. Drawing on recent theoretical developments in International Relations and Historical Sociology it is argued, first, that a distinction between constitutive and causal theory is necessary and, second, that this distinction makes comparisons at a high level of abstraction across time and space possible. READ MORE