Search for dissertations about: "technological capabilities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 91 swedish dissertations containing the words technological capabilities.

  1. 1. Organizational Capabilities : A Study of Electrical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturers, 1878-1990

    Author : Fredrik Tell; Lars Lindkvist; Christian Knudsen; Keith Pavitt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational Capabilities; Electrical Manufacturers; Power Transmission; Business History; Technological Change; Knowledge-based Theory of the Firm; ABB; AEG; Alsthom; ASEA; Brown Boveri; CGE; GEC; General Electric; Siemens; Westinghouse; Business Studies;

    Abstract : Organizational capabilities of large industrial firms constitute a pillar in Alfred Chandler's theory of the emergence of managerial capitalism. Science based firms represent one important sector within such an economic context. READ MORE

  2. 2. Building Technological Capabilities of Local Auto Parts Firms under Contrasting Industrial Policies: A Comparative Study of Malaysia and Thailand 1960-2000

    Author : Kamaruding Abdulsomad; Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Malaysia; progressive firms; major change capabilities.; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; Technological capability; minor change capabilities; investment capabilities; linkage capabilities; declining firms; production capabilities; Thailand; stagnant firms; progressing firms;

    Abstract : This study deals with technological capability building of local auto parts firms in Malaysia and Thailand during the period 1960-2000. Malaysia introduced a national car programme in 1985 while Thailand has maintained its liberal economic policy and relies on foreign multinational automakers to operate in the country. READ MORE

  3. 3. A technological capabilities perspective on catching up : the case of the Chinese information and communications technology industry

    Author : Vicky Long; Staffan Laestadius; Edward Steinmueller; KTH; []
    Keywords : catching up; learning; capabilities; modularity in design; upgrading; appropriate technology; knowledge bases; patent thicket; appropriability; china; ICT; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Engineering and Management;

    Abstract : This dissertation provides a capability creation perspective on the story of China’s technological catching up, or resurgence, if viewed from a broader historical perspective.Since the first Asian tigers caught up to modern technological standards (e.g. READ MORE

  4. 4. Organizing the early project phases for frequent innovation in hypercompetitive industries

    Author : Thomas Biedenbach; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; hypercompetition; organizational change; organizational design; organizational structure; change capabilities; combinative capabilities; dynamic capabilities; project capabilities; multi-project capabilities; innovation; pharmaceutical R D; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This licentiate thesis contributes to the understanding of the early project phases and dynamic capabilities as key elements for frequent product innovation in the hypercompetitive pharmaceutical industry. The main purpose of the licentiate thesis is to investigate how organizations organize the early project phases of R&D in hypercompetitive environments for frequent innovation by utilizing a dynamic capabilities perspective. READ MORE

  5. 5. Technological Growth in the MNC : A Longitudinal Study of the Role of Advanced Foreign Subsidiaries

    Author : Katarina Blomkvist; Ivo Zander; Rajneesh Narula; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Multinational corporation; foreign subsidiary; technology; capability emergence; capability diffusion; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis emphasizes the technological evolution of technologically advanced foreign subsidiaries of multinational corporations, in order to examine specific and related research questions as to what is the nature of the advanced modern MNC regarding technological growth. In particular, evolutionary paths and potential limits to the development of technological capabilities at the level of individual foreign subsidiaries, and to what extent these subsidiaries serve as significant sources of technological capabilities for other actors in the multinational group are highlighted. READ MORE