Search for dissertations about: "technological persistence"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words technological persistence.
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1. Essays on the Transmission of Human Capital and the Impact of Technological Change
Abstract : Essay 1: If grandparents have an independent impact on their grandchildren's schooling, intergenerational correlations estimated using two generations will underestimate the true level of intergenerational persistence in education. Recent research has found such multi-generational effects, but there is still no consensus on whether these estimates are due to a direct impact of grandparents on their grandchildren, or if they arise because of measurement error or model misspecification. READ MORE
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2. Technology Dynamics in Multi-Technology Industries : Selection and Variety Creation through the Lens of Path Dependency and Path Generation
Abstract : This thesis studies technological development in multi-technology industries, or industries characterized by co-existence of several technological alternatives that are used in the same or largely overlapping applications and markets. Although a lot of industries can be considered as multi-technological, they are understudied in the current research. READ MORE
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3. Duplicate systems : investigating unintended consequences of information technology in organizations
Abstract : The organizational consequences of information technology (IT) constitutes a core focus in information systems (IS) research. The relationship between organizations and IT has received considerable attention by IS researchers in order to develop knowledge related to how and why organizations and IT are related. READ MORE
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4. Local immune responses in tuberculosis : cytolytic effector functions at the site of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Abstract : Despite recent advances in tuberculosis (TB) research, shortage of knowledge still exists that limits the host-pathogen interactions in human TB. Cell-mediated immunity has been shown to confer protection in TB, although the relative importance of cytolytic T cells (CTLs) expressing granule-associated effector molecules perforin and granulysin is debated. READ MORE