Sökning: "old industrial region"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden old industrial region.
1. Change agency in (old) industrial regions : Shaping new futures
Sammanfattning : The aim of the dissertation is to develop a better understanding of the role of local agency in the transformation of old industrial regions. Theoretically the dissertation builds on concepts which are important in the debate on regional development in old industrial regions such as path dependency, negative lock-ins, the role of institutions, and new path development, while exploring and unpacking the role of agency. LÄS MER
2. Parents, children and their families : living arrangements of old people in the XIX century, Sundsvall region, Sweden
Sammanfattning : This study deals with the intergenerational coresidence during the nineteenth century. The main focus is placed on the possible differences in the coresidences among parents and children and whether demographic transition and industrialization changed this relation. LÄS MER
3. Från industrier till upplevelser : en studie av symbolisk och materiell omvandling i Bergslagen
Sammanfattning : In old industrial regions traces from historical mining and production of iron and steel have become a valuable resource in developing a tourism industry and other experience-oriented industries in the post-industrial society. The so called Experience Industry became a buzz-word in regional development programs during the 2000´s. LÄS MER
4. Still searching the best way... : a multiple-case study in small industrial organizations
Sammanfattning : The purpose of my studies was to get a deeper understanding of small companies’ organization logic and to find out if they had adopted new management concepts such as Just-In-Time, Total Quality Management, Time Based Management, Business Process Reengineering, Lean Production and concepts of Learning Organization, or if they were influenced by these concepts in their way to organize production and labor. More specific research questions were: What are the opportunities and obstacles for implementation of new management concepts in small industrial organizations? What management strategies are used in small companies? How do small companies deal with learning and training? How does flexibility manifest itself in small companies? How do small companies relate themselves to the environment and are they cooperating with other companies? The results are presented in seven papers. LÄS MER
5. Wind power wake modelling : Development and application of an actuator disc method for industrial utilization
Sammanfattning : As a wind turbine extracts energy from the wind it creates a region downstream where the wind velocity is decreased and the urbulence intensity is increased, this region is commonly called the wake region. Today’s wind farms include a large number of wind turbines position in tight layouts. LÄS MER
