Search for dissertations about: "unpredictability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 56 swedish dissertations containing the word unpredictability.

  2. 1. Online music distribution and the unpredictability of software logistics

    Author : Maria Eriksson; Pelle Snickars; Patrick Vonderau; Jörgen Skågeby; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; music distribution; logistics; software studies; unpredictability; digital methods; media and communication studies; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This compilation dissertation examines the role of software in online music distribution and critically scrutinizes the increased influence of digital technologies in everyday life. In particular, it explores how software coordinates and arranges things, people, and information surrounding music and thereby exerts a logistical power that makes music calculable and governable online. READ MORE

  4. 2. Opportunity-based internationalization of SMEs : Foresee the unforeseeable and expect the unforeseen

    Author : Stylianos Papaioannou; Martin Johanson; Mikael Hilmersson; Heléne Lundberg; Roger Schweizer; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SME; internationalisation; international opportunity; business networks; opportunity novelty; serendipity; opportunity value; improvisation; unpredictability; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Resource restricted Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), face unpredictability when entering foreign business networks. However, some SMEs are better equipped to develop higher number of opportunities with better qualities than others, and come across to seemingly ‘surprises’ shaping distinct internationalization paths. READ MORE

  5. 3. Stress and the Offspring : Adaptive Transgenerational Effects of Unpredictability on Behaviour and Gene Expression in Chickens (Gallus gallus)

    Author : Daniel Nätt; Per Jensen; Berry Spruijt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Chicken; Red junglefowl; Domestication; Epigenetics; Transgenerational; Inheritance; Gene expression; Microarray; qRT-PCR; Immunogenetics; Immunoglobulin; Estradiol; Steriod hormones; Prenatal stress; Epigenetic inheritance; Adaptation; Stress; Behaviour; Ethology of domestic animals; Husdjurens etologi;

    Abstract : Environmental stress has shown to affect both the exposed individuals and the development of their offspring. Generally, it is thought that the stressed organism responds to stress by trying to adapt to it. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Conditions of Peasant Organisation : Fragmented Livelihoods and Social Memory in post-Independent Mozambique

    Author : Kajsa Johansson; Ola Agevall; Lars Buur; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mozambique; Niassa; peasants; peasant organisation; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : The thesis is an inquiry into peasants’ collective organisation inMozambique since the country’s Independence in 1975. It brings togetherfour published studies and aims to understand the historical and socioeconomic conditions for different forms of peasant organisation in postIndependence Mozambique. READ MORE

  7. 5. The art of bouncing back : Patient perspective on cancer rehabilitation

    Author : Ulrika Sandén; Innovationsteknik; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health behaviour; cancer patient; patient perspective; Rehabilitation;

    Abstract : Momentary contentment theory is a grounded theory explaining how to find safety and balance in life despite an awareness of life´s unpredictability. The theory is based on communion with others, proactivity and acceptance. It explains cognitive and emotional ways of finding a sense of safety and enjoyment despite illness and accidents. READ MORE