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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 1598 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Technological.

1. 16. Technological Growth in the MNC : A Longitudinal Study of the Role of Advanced Foreign Subsidiaries

   Författare :Katarina Blomkvist; Ivo Zander; Rajneesh Narula; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Multinational corporation; foreign subsidiary; technology; capability emergence; capability diffusion; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis emphasizes the technological evolution of technologically advanced foreign subsidiaries of multinational corporations, in order to examine specific and related research questions as to what is the nature of the advanced modern MNC regarding technological growth. In particular, evolutionary paths and potential limits to the development of technological capabilities at the level of individual foreign subsidiaries, and to what extent these subsidiaries serve as significant sources of technological capabilities for other actors in the multinational group are highlighted. LÄS MER

3. 17. Technological Evolution in Foreign Subsidiaries : Among Average Joes, Superstars and the New Kids on the Block

   Författare :Philip Kappen; Uppsala universitet; []
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   Sammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with the ultimate limits for technological evolution among advanced foreign subsidiaries within the boundaries of the multinational corporation. It explores the theoretical drivers behind the evolution of foreign subsidiaries’ technological capabilities and empirically examines the long-run, evolutionary developments by investigating the patterns and pace of entering new technologies. LÄS MER

4. 18. Technological innovations in the context of public-private partnership projects

   Författare :Roine Leiringer; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :public-pprivate partnerships; technological innovation; construction procurement; project management; risk;

   Sammanfattning : The idea that the private sector can play an important partin the financing and creation of built assets and thesubsequent operation of public services has gained ground overthe last decade. This development has contributed to the risein public-private partnership (PPP) projects in many countriesand within many areas in the public sector. LÄS MER

5. 19. Technology Carriers: The Role of Engineers in the Expanding Swedish Shipbuilding System

   Författare :Lars O. Olsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sociotechnical systems; shipbuilding; engineering education; 20-th century; user-producer interaction; professional associations; engineers; technological systems; technological knowledge; history of technology; systems of innovation; industrial research;

   Sammanfattning : This study analyses the process which shaped the role or function of college-trained engineers within a technological system or innovation system during the period from the start of the 20th century until the 1950s and 1960s. With a conceptual framework of sociotechnical systems and of engineers as a social group of technology carriers this process is studied in one particular system, namely the Swedish shipbuilding system. LÄS MER

7. 20. Smart, Fast and Beautiful : On Rhetoric of Technology and Computing Discourse in Sweden 1955-1995

   Författare :Magnus Johansson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :rhetoric of technology; computing history; technological discourse; technological frame; actor network; STS; social construction; computerisation; information technology; computer science; government policy; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Sammanfattning : Ever since the computer was introduced some 50 years ago, its role in society has been increasing. From being a tool for scientists and technicians, the computer has become a concern for everyone. Different actors engaged in introducing — or denouncing — this technology, have used many strong words for winning others to the cause. LÄS MER