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11. Making Accounting Matter : A Study of the Constitutive Practices of Accounting Framers
Sammanfattning : The idea of accounting as a constitutive means, making people think and act in particular ways, is well established in the social strand of accounting literature. In professional organisations, for example, accounting is claimed to be critical to processes of turning people into rational and responsible economic actors. LÄS MER
12. Four Papers on Top Management's Capital Budgeting and Accounting Choices in Practice
Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes to an understanding of capital budgeting and accounting practice. The factors affecting practice are of special research interest. It is also investigated whether practice diverges from what is prescribed by finance text books and accounting standards/frameworks. LÄS MER
13. The Proliferation of Evidence-based Medicine : Ideas, Translations and Advocates
Sammanfattning : In the last few decades, the idea of evidence-based medicine (EBM) has proliferated throughout the world. EBM is, in its essence, an idea that is based on the assumption that doctors need to integrate evidence from clinical research into their patient care. LÄS MER
14. China's Creation of Biopharmaceutical Drugs : Combining Political Steering, Military Research, and Transnational Networking
Sammanfattning : Not only the Western world is focused on creating new innovations based on scientific discoveries; this is also the case in China where discoveries in biotechnology science are aimed at creating new biopharmaceutical drugs in order to create a future biotechnology industry and in the end generate economic growth. The focus to invest in high-tech industries such as biotechnology can be traced to the “open-door policy” issued in 1978 with the aim to modernize China and transform China into a “socialistic market economy. LÄS MER
15. The Art of Communication : Investigating the Dynamics of Work Group Meetings in a Natural Environment
Sammanfattning : Meetings in work groups are important organisational arenas to form ideas, share knowledge, and co-ordinate and develop work. Therefore, meetings are a potential source to innovation and efficiency in organisations, as well as to a means to improve interpersonal relationships in the workplace. LÄS MER
