Search for dissertations about: "university administration"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 739 swedish dissertations containing the words university administration.

  2. 1. Costs and Benefits of Delegation : Managerial Discretion as a Bridge between Strategic Management and Corporate Governance

    Author : Yuliya Ponomareva; Sven-Olof Yrjö Collin; Ruth Aguilera; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Managerial discretion; board of directors; agency theory; delegation; control; transition economy; Sweden; Ekonomistyrning; Ekonomistyrning;

    Abstract : This dissertation addresses the question of effective delegation, exploring it through the concept of managerial discretion (i.e., a latitude of managerial actions, which lie in the zone of shareholders’ acceptance). READ MORE

  4. 2. Students in Academic Entrepreneurship : Entrepreneurship Education and Key Actors Facilitating Student Start-ups in the University Context

    Author : Eva Berggren; Jeaneth Johansson; Diamanto Politis; Einar Rasmussen; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Student entrepreneurs; academic entrepreneurship; university spin-offs; student start-up; entrepreneurship education;

    Abstract : The ongoing discussion about academic research not being sufficiently commercialized has overlooked the individual actors in the university context, not least students as potential entrepreneurs. The purpose of this thesis is to enhance our understanding of student entrepreneurs by exploring how entrepreneurship education and key actors in the university context facilitate the formation of student start-ups. READ MORE

  5. 3. Science Parks and talent attraction : a study on the development of Science Parks

    Author : Eduardo de Almeida Cadorin; Magnus Klofsten; Hans Löfsten; Mats Lundqvist; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Science Parks; Talent attraction; New technology-based firms; Students; University; University-external collaboration; Success factors; Parques científicos; Atração de talentos; Novas empresas baseadas em tecnologia; Estudantes; Universidade; Colaboração externa-universidade; Fatores de sucesso; Science Parks; Talangattraktion; Nya teknikbaserade företag; Studenter; Universitet; Universitet-externt samverkan; Framgångsfaktorer;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the development of Science Parks (SPs) from the perspective of talent attraction activities. Studies on SPs often address only traditional services that parks provide tenant firms. READ MORE

  6. 4. Cross-Sector Strategists. Dedicated Bureucrats in Local Government Administration

    Author : Petra Svensson; Göteborgs universitet; Göteborgs universitet; Gothenburg University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public administrators; horizontal; governance; administration; traditions; value conflict; situated agency;

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  7. 5. Paper meets web : how the institution of news production works on paper and online

    Author : Elena Raviola; Jönköping University; Göteborgs universitet; Gothenburg University; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The dissertation investigates the institution of news production at work, on paper and online, through an ethnographic study at the largest Italian financial newspaper Il Sole-24 Ore. Building on institutional theory and taking inspiration from Bordieu’s theoretical apparatus describing how cultural capital works, the dissertation presents a framework for the way institutions work, a framework that echoes Mary Douglas’ How Institutions Think (1987). READ MORE