Search for dissertations about: "thesis topic in construction management"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis topic in construction management.

2. 6. The discursive construction, reproduction and continuance of national cultures: A critical study of the cross-cultural management discourse

   Author : Agneta Moulettes; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national culture; cross-cultural management; postcolonial theory; neocolonialism; qualitative investigation; critical discourse analysis;

   Abstract : Considering that businesses, whether they operate on a global or a domestic market, are affected by globalization, cross-cultural management is without doubt an urgent topic in current management and education. However, despite this urgency and the commendable intention behind the endeavour to enhance people’s cultural knowledge, current models on national cultures are problematic since they rely on simplistic ideas and crude stereotypes which perpetrate prejudice representations of self and others. READ MORE

4. 7. Market orientation and public housing companies in the Swedish declining market

   Author : Zahra Ahmadi; Hans Lind; Akmal S Hyder; Agneta Sundström; Desalegn Abraha; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public housing companies; market strategies; market orientation; declining markets; private housing companies; Fastigheter och byggande; Real Estate and Construction Management;

   Abstract : The licentiate thesis consists of three papers with the particular topic in public housing. They discuss how the public housing companies manage the transition to higher economic demands meeting increased customer and market requirements. READ MORE

5. 8. A Spatial Scale Approach to Fish Habitat Ecology and Impacted Rivers

   Author : Henry H. Hansen; Eva Bergman; Max Lindmark; Dana Infante; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Fish Habitat Models; River Ecology; Novel Riverscapes; Spatial Scale; Fish Communities; Anthropogenic Impacts; Sustainability; River Management; River Restoration; Biology; Biologi;

   Abstract : Fish biodiversity in rivers is threatened by continual habitat loss. Evidence to support management and restoration of rivers requires information about the specific habitat requirements for entire fish communities. READ MORE

6. 9. Essays on Foreclosures and Housing Debt

   Author : Herman Donner; Mats Wilhelmsson; Han-Suck Song; Arno van der Vlist; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Real Estate Economics; Housing; Foreclosure; Mortgage; Hedonic Modeling; Propensity-Score Matching; Informational Asymmetries; Matching Theory; Real Estate and Construction Management; Fastigheter och byggande; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the field of real estate economics, and specifically, the market for single-family homes. The first three essays examine sales of foreclosed properties, while essay four is on the conversion process of rental apartments to owner-occupied units in the co-operative form. READ MORE

7. 10. Discursive Decision-making in Meetings of the Global Justice Movements: Cultures and Practices

   Author : Christoph Haug; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; meetings; social movements; decision-making; deliberation; face-to-face interaction; participant observation;

   Abstract : Based on audio-recordings of 8 and participant observation in about 200 activist meetings in the Global Justice Movements in Europe (especially Attac and the Social Forum process), the thesis addresses two main questions: 1. In what way do the constraints of the meeting-form influence the discussion and hence the decision-making process? 2. READ MORE