Sökning: "internal and external actors and factors"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 22 avhandlingar innehållade orden internal and external actors and factors.
1. Translation, Teamwork, and Technology : The Use of Social and Material Scaffolds in the Translation Process
Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores translators’ interactions with social and material resources in the translation process. The general aim of the study is to contribute to the knowledge about cognitive translation processes in naturalistic settings, with a specific focus on the ways in which translators interact with social actors and technological resources. LÄS MER
2. Narratives of energy incumbents - Unravelling perspectives on municipal electric utilities
Sammanfattning : The dominant narrative in sustainability transitions studies frames electric utilities as incumbents and “villains” who hinder the diffusion of niche innovations (Johnstone et al., 2017; Turnheim and Sovacool, 2020). LÄS MER
3. Determinants and Effects of Innovation : Context Matters
Sammanfattning : Innovation and technological change is the major factor of production, renewal, and competitiveness of firms and nations in the contemporary “knowledge economy”. The overall purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the innovative behavior of firms in various sectors and regions. LÄS MER
4. Evaluation and Modelling of Short Haul Intermodal Transport Systems
Sammanfattning : Conventional intermodal rail freight transport systems have proved themselves competitive and able to offer cost-leadership on long distances and in endpoint relations between two nodes. Several studies within intermodal transports have made contributions in finding the minimum distance, the “break-even” distance that an intermodal door-to-door shipment can compete with unimodal road. LÄS MER
5. Networking as a tool for competitive advantage : evidence from Swedish new ventures
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to increase our understanding of factors influencing new venture performance, and ultimately survival. The focus of this research is to study how network relationships, and a new venture's ability to initiate, develop and utilise the relationships that affect the firm's entrepreneurial strategy (here defined as the firm's entrepreneurial orientation) when seeking competitiveness. LÄS MER