Sökning: "Success and failure factors"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 37 avhandlingar innehållade orden Success and failure factors.
1. Handling severe uncertainty in strategic project appraisal : Methods and applications of context analysis
Sammanfattning : The long-term success or failure of a strategic project is largely shaped by its context. Therefore, the assessment of the external factors influencing the fulfilment of project long-term goals is vital for the effective project appraisal and planning. LÄS MER
2. To work or not to work in an extended working life? Factors in working and retirement decisions
Sammanfattning : In most of the industrialised world, the proportion of older and retired people in the population is continuously increasing. This will have budgetary implications for maintaining the welfare state, because the active working section of the population must fund the non-active and old population. LÄS MER
3. Six Sigma management. Action research with some contributions to theories and methods
Sammanfattning : Many companies around the world have implemented Six Sigma as a problem solving methodology especially useful for dealing with recurring problems in business processes. Since the 1980s when it was developed at Motorola, many companies have tried to implement Six Sigma to fit their own company’s culture and goals. LÄS MER
4. Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Hip : Cause and Effect
Sammanfattning : Every year, 18 000 patients in Sweden and more than 1 million worldwide undergo total hip arthroplasty (THA). The operation is of great benefit to patients, but is associated with several complications. LÄS MER
5. Health economic evaluation of community-based cardiovascular disease prevention : some theoretical aspects and empirical results
Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses the health economic evaluation of community-based interventions against cardiovascular disease (CVD), with special emphasis on the Västerbotten Intervention Project (VIP), run since 1985.The framework is a simple evaluation model consisting of two parts; the selection and measurement of empirical consequences caused by the project under evaluation (e. LÄS MER