Search for dissertations about: "university-industry relationships"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words university-industry relationships.

2. 1. How knowledge diffusion in University-Industry Collaboration can foster ICT innovations in Sri Lanka

   Author : Chaminda Wijesinghe; Henrik Hansson; Love Ekenberg; Devinder Thapa; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; university-industry collaboration; ICT innovation; knowledge diffusion; technology acceptance; data- och systemvetenskap; Computer and Systems Sciences;

   Abstract : Collaboration between universities and the industry has long been regarded as critical for innovation through knowledge diffusion. Despite its long history, several barriers to such collaboration persist in Sri Lanka, a developing Asian country, and the ways to overcome them are unclear. READ MORE

4. 2. Strategists and Academics

   Author : Anders Broström; Hans Lööf; Björn Hårsman; Reinhilde Veugelers; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public research; spillovers; university-industry; innovation; R D interaction; rationales for interaction; geographic proximity; R D strategy; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis consists of five self-contained essays on interaction in R&D between university researchers and private firms. Together, these essays explore the conditions under which private firms benefit from spillovers from publicly funded and organised research. READ MORE

5. 3. The Lived Experience of Academic Entrepreneurship: The interplay between practice, identity, and context

   Author : Marouane Bousfiha; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; phenomenology; grounded theory.; context; academic entrepreneurship; university-industry relationships; Self and identity; practice; identity work; role-transitions;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how academic entrepreneurs experience and practically manage the combination of research and business, with special emphasis on the interplay between practice and identity and the effects of institutional context. Empirical focus is on university researchers who co-found companies while remaining in academia. READ MORE

6. 4. FOSTERING INCLUSIVE INNOVATIVE PROCESSES WITHIN A BOLIVIAN CLUSTER INITIATIVE

   Author : Wendy Sofia Sanzetenea Ramirez; Pirjo Elovaara; Andreas Larsson; Gabriela Dutrénit; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Bolivia; Cluster Development; Triple Helix; Knowledge Production; Participatory Action Research.; Technoscience studies; Teknovetenskapliga studier;

   Abstract : The main theme in this licentiate thesis is the focus on strengthening institutional capacities to promote cooperation within a cluster initiative between public and private sectors in Latin American contexts, especially in Bolivia. The argument is the need to generate spaces for interaction through participatory practices in order to incorporate different points of view, academic and non-academic, which can lead to a more critical production and appropriation of knowledge. READ MORE

7. 5. Technology Transfer and Technological Capability Building in Informal Firms in Tanzania

   Author : Astrid Szogs; CIRCLE; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technology transfer; informal firms; technological capability building; Tanzania;

   Abstract : Technology transfer is important to understand how knowledge is transformed to economic value. Applying a case study approach, this thesis investigates the technology transfer efforts from the University of Dar Es Salaam to indigenous informal SMEs in Tanzania and examines the impact of one of their technology transfer mechanisms on the specific technological capabilities that were acquired at the firm level. READ MORE