Sökning: "Paradigm shifts"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 26 avhandlingar innehållade orden Paradigm shifts.

  1. 1. Radical Innovation: Management and policy for electric and hybrid electric vehicle development

    Författare :Hans M Pohl; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; first-mover; hybrid; policy; electric vehicle; interparadigmatic; innovation; evolutionary; radical; Paradigm; automotive;

    Sammanfattning : Technological change can be divided into two categories: in line with the mainstream trajectory or paradigm (continuous, incremental), or breaking with it (discontinuous, radical). This thesis aims to increase understanding of the latter type: paradigmatic shifts in technology. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Conciencia y temporalidad : Un estudio sobre la concepción del tiempo en seis poemarios de José Hierro

    Författare :Fredrik Sörstad; Roland Lysell; Diana Bravo; Juan José Lanz Rivera; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; time; temporality; theme; paradigm; discourse; imaginary universe; energetic tensions; existential structures; phenomenology; hermeneutics; existence; essence; consciousness; poetry and philosophy; Spanish language; Spanska språket; Spanish; spanska;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the present study is to analyze the conception of time in six books of poems by José Hierro (1922-2002): Tierra sin nosotros (1947), Alegría (1947), Con las piedras, con el viento… (1950), Quinta del 42 (1952), Cuanto sé de mí (1957) and Libro de las alucinaciones (1964). It is suggested that the theme of time in Hierro´s poetry can be approached from three different points of view: existence, essence and consciousness. LÄS MER

  4. 3. From Common Market to Social Europe? : Paradigm Shift and Institutional Change in European Union Policy on Food, Asbestos & Chemicals, and Gender Equality

    Författare :Marcus Carson; Barbara Hobson; Neil Fligstein; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Policy paradigm; public policy; European Union; new institutionalism; food safety; BSE; chemicals policy; gender equality; domestic violence; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation takes up developments in European Union policymaking that indicate important shifts from an emphasis on prioritizing markets and economic arrangements to a greater recognition and competing prioritization of what can be broadly characterized as "social" concerns. Potentially sweeping changes are taking place in EU policy in the areas of food safety, chemicals, and gender equality. LÄS MER

  5. 4. On Institutions, Economic Growth and the Environment

    Författare :Susanna Lundström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Carbon dioxide; Cross-country regressions; Cycles; Decomposition; Democracy; Economic freedom; Economic growth; Environmental quality; Innovations; Institutions; Natural resources; Paradigm shifts; Political freedom; Technological opportunities;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyzes economic growth and the environment by including institutional aspects and specific innovation mechanisms. It contains an introduction and five separate studies. Paper 1: The Effect of Democracy on Different Categories of Economic Freedom Many empirical studies conclude that democracy increases economic freedom. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Rethinking Russian Federalism : The Politics of Intergovernmental Relations and Federal Reforms

    Författare :Johnny Rodin; Daniel Tarschys; Olav Knudsen; Anders Uhlin; Andrei Makarychev; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Federalism; federation; intergovernmental relations; Russia; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : In Russia federalism and the design of federal institutions have been greatly debated topics ever since the beginning of the 1990s. When the newly elected Russian president Vladimir Putin introduced a number of federal reforms in May 2000 it represented the culmination of a debate on federalism that had been triggered by the political and economic crisis of 1998. LÄS MER