Sökning: "SME characteristics"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 15 avhandlingar innehållade orden SME characteristics.

  1. 1. Design of Product-Service Systems in SMEs : Exploring challenges and the influence of firm characteristics

    Författare :Jennie Åkesson; Glenn Johansson; Koteshwar Chirumalla; Angelina Sundström; Matilda Watz; Mälardalens universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Product-Service Systems; Small and medium-sized enterprises; Servitization; challenges; SME characteristics; manufacturing companies; circular economy; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

    Sammanfattning : The manufacturing industry is essential in the transition towards a Circular Economy and a more sustainable society. One way manufacturing companies can become more sustainable and contribute to a resource-efficient society is by offering Product-Service Systems (PSS). LÄS MER

  3. 2. Connecting the Nodes : An interactive perspective on innovative microenterprises in a mature industry

    Författare :CLARISSA SIA LJUNGSTRÖM; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; innovation; SME; business network; microenterprises;

    Sammanfattning : The emergent nature of the innovation process has always rendered it an elusive subject of study. Nonetheless, academics remained undeterred in their attempts to articulate the innovation process in academics terms as attested by the growing amount of research on the topic. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Revision och rådgivning : Efterfrågan, kvalitet och oberoende

    Författare :Tobias Svanström; Stefan Sundgren; Håkan Boter; Aasmund Eilifsen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; auditing; advisory services; non audit services; audit quality; auditor independence; SME; revisionskvalitet; revisorns oberoende; små och medelstora företag; revision; rådgivning; efterfrågan på revision; efterfrågan på rådgivning; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Auditing is common in many organizations and a legal requirement for all limited liability companies in Sweden (ABL 9:1). In directives from the government it is clearly stated that small firms will be exempted from the statutory audit requirement. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The uniqueness of knowledge management in small companies : Managing knowledge as an employer strategy for lifelong learning

    Författare :Ernesto Villalba; Ingemar Fägerlind; Robert Höghielm; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Knowledge management; lifelong learning; European Social Fund; SME; adult education; training; knowledge; Sweden; International education; Internationell pedagogik;

    Sammanfattning : The present study explores the relationship between the ‘knowledge-enabling environment’ and the demand for training using a sample of 18 small private companies providing educational and consultancy services in Sweden. In this way, the dissertation is an exploration of the ways Swedish knowledge-intensive companies manage their knowledge. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Organisational Adoption of Innovations : Management Practices and IT

    Författare :Erik Lundmark; Alf Westelius; Nils-Göran Olve; Pär Mårtensson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Innovation; adoption; Non Profit Organisations; NPO; SME; ISO 9000; information technology; IT; ICT; communication; Technology Acceptance Model; TAM; Sport; Information technology; Informationsteknik; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis describes effects of use and reasons for using three different organisational innovations: ISO 9000, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and an administrative tool (the YAF-module) in the Swedish Sports Confederation’s system Swedish Sports Online. This is done through three separate studies. LÄS MER