Search for dissertations about: "the opening of production"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 72 swedish dissertations containing the words the opening of production.
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1. Opening Up Design : Engaging the Layperson in the Design of Everyday Products
Abstract : This dissertation in industrial design focuses on the gap between the context of design and the context of use. It aims to open up design to the layperson and investigate an active role for the layperson in the design of everyday products. READ MORE
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2. Making Commons : attempts at composing prospects in the opening of production
Abstract : This thesis accounts for a designerly inquiry into the swamp of the opening of production. The “opening of production” refers to the rising of openness, collaboration and sharing in processes through which things are made and service delivered. READ MORE
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3. The unexpected implications of opening up innovation : A multi-perspective study of the role of Open Innovation practices in mature industries
Abstract : The way firms innovate has notably changed in recent years. A clear example is the manufacturing sector which has been experiencing a new revolution in production and innovation. Linked to this industrial shift, manufacturing firms have been adopting more open and collaborative practices to innovate. READ MORE
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4. Contact Space: Shanghai : The Chinese Dream and the Production of a New Society
Abstract : Within the context of understanding the opening up of the People’s Republic of China and the city of Shanghai, the aim of the study is to explore ‘space’ in Chinese Communist Party rhetoric, Shanghai spatial planning discourse and personal intercultural engagements. By the term ‘space’, the author refers to an understanding of societal production that integrates space as part of the analysis, taking into account the interplay between official statements on nation building, regional and urban planning, concrete built environments and people’s situated understandings of space. READ MORE
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5. Culture and Transmission : The Technological and Cultural Reach of International Syndicated Radio
Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to study the technological and cultural reach of internationally syndicated radio from the vantage point of the radio programme Solid Steel between 2000 and 2006. Solid Steel is a weekly two-hour music show originally produced and aired in London but today also broadcast by a large number of stations around the world, as well as via the Internet. READ MORE