Search for dissertations about: "technical progress"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 89 swedish dissertations containing the words technical progress.

  2. 6. Modern Missionaries : An Ethnography of Social Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Legitimation in the Humanitarian Field

    Author : Wenderson De Lima; Birgitta Schwartz; Bengt Karlsson; Minna Halme; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Entrepreneurship; Modern Missionaries; Humanitarian Field; Legitimacy; Gift; Charity; Technical Assistance; Humanitarian Habitus; Unexpected Entrepreneurship; Third Sector; NGOs; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : In nearly six decades of international interventions, the question of how to promote societal progress in African societies is still the subject of lively debates. The persistence of wars, famine, political instability and economic underdevelopment on the continent continues to fuel spirited discussions about how to organize aid most efficiently and whether old forms of international assistance still work. READ MORE

  4. 7. On System Dynamics as an Approach for Manufacturing Systems Development

    Author : Gary Linnéusson; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; system dynamics; manufacturing systems development; operational; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP; Teknik; Technology;

    Abstract : Improvement work in manufacturing industry usually focuses on the utilisation of equipment. System dynamics simulation is a potential tool for increasing the utilisation of systems. By using group model building and simulation it facilitates a common view and better informed decisions for change. READ MORE

  5. 8. Actors in Collaboration: Sociotechnical Influence on Practice-Research Collaboration

    Author : Marisa Ponti; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Actor-Network Theory; Collaborative Work; Information Science; Practice-Research Gap; Socio-technical Paradigm; Virtual Organization; actor-network theory;

    Abstract : There has long been a concern about the research-practice gap within Library and Information Science (LIS). Several authors have highlighted the disconnection between the world of professional practice, interested in service and information system development, and the world of the academy, focused on the development of theory and the progress of the discipline. READ MORE

  6. 9. Technology Transfer: Dairy Industries in Sweden and Uruguay

    Author : Ruben Luis Tansini; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technology; transfer; adaptation; development; dairy industry; technical progress; frontier and average production funct;

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  7. 10. SMILETRAP I / II : Precision Improvements in Penning-Trap Mass-Spectrometry

    Author : Markus Suhonen Linné; Reinhold Schuch; Lutz Schweikhard; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Penning trap; Mass spectrometers; Instrumentation and methods for time-of-flight TOF spectroscopy; Highly charged ions; Atomic physics; Atomfysik; fysik; Physics;

    Abstract : This thesis describes the final precision mass measurements with SMILETRAP I, where a relative precision of < 1 ppb (10-9) was reached routinely, and the development of SMILETRAP II, aiming for measurements with < 0.1 ppb relative precision. READ MORE