Search for dissertations about: "the capabilities approach"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 491 swedish dissertations containing the words the capabilities approach.

2. 16. Breaking the chains : A technological and industrial transformation beyond papermaking: Technology management of incumbents

   Author : Michael Novotny; Staffan Laestadius; Lars Coenen; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Technological and industrial transformation; development block; incumbents; pulp and paper industries; wood-based biorefinery; diverging innovations of non-assembled products; Teknologisk och industriell omvandling; utvecklingsblock; etablerade företag och industrier; massa- och pappersindustrin; vedbaserade bioraffinaderier; divergerande innovationer av icke-sammansatta produkter.; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Engineering and Management;

   Abstract : In recent years, the necessity and opportunity for transforming pulp and paper mills into integrative units for large-scale output of biochemicals, biomaterials, and biofuels have come up in discussions of industrial renewal in the Northern hemisphere (mainly in Canada, Sweden and Finland). This transformation is related to technology shifts as well as changing business models based on new bioproducts due to profoundly new market conditions. READ MORE

4. 17. The ubiquitous interactor : Mobile services with multiple user interfaces

   Author : Stina Nylander; Bengt Sandblad; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot människa-datorinteraktion; Computer Science with specialization in Human-Computer Interaction;

   Abstract : This licentiate thesis addresses design and development problems that arise when service providers, and service end-users face the variety of computing devices available on the market. The devices are designed for many types of use in various situations and settings, which means that they have different capabilities in terms of presentation, interaction, memory, etc. READ MORE

5. 18. Unfolding Evolutionary Growth Within a Subsidiary: The Case of a Sales Subsidiary in the Middle East

   Author : Johan Jakobsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Evolutionary Growth; Capabilities; Multinational Corporation; Resource Management; Subsidiary; Subsidiary Charter; Subsidiary Evolution;

   Abstract : Subsidiaries are important entities in multinational corporations and are typically established with predetermined business responsibilities. A subsidiary responds to actors in the internal network (e.g. , HQs and other subsidiaries) as well as actors in the external network (e. READ MORE

6. 19. Deep learning applied to system identification : A probabilistic approach

   Author : Carl Andersson; Thomas B. Schön; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Electrical Engineering with specialization in Signal Processing; Elektroteknik med inriktning mot signalbehandling;

   Abstract : Machine learning has been applied to sequential data for a long time in the field of system identification. As deep learning grew under the late 00's machine learning was again applied to sequential data but from a new angle, not utilizing much of the knowledge from system identification. READ MORE

7. 20. The planner's dilemma : An ethical investigation of adaptation to sea level rise

   Author : Anna Döhlen Wedin; Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Per Wikman-Svahn; Niklas Möller; Behnam Taebi; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; adaptation; climate change; sea level rise; planning; ethics; applied ethics; value sensitive design; planning for uncertainty; Philosophy; Filosofi;

   Abstract : This is a thesis on the ethics of adaptation to sea level rise, with a focus on proactive adaptation planning. The research, which has been conducted within a transdisciplinary research project, takes a bottom-up approach to applied ethics, and has been conducted in close collaboration withadaptation planners and other project partners. READ MORE