Sökning: "structural contingency theory"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden structural contingency theory.
1. A model of contextual factors and inter-organizational integration : A Ground Theory study of two supply chains
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to understanding of the effect of organizational context on supply chain integration. One result is a context- based model that can provide support for practitioners regarding what level of integration to establish with suppliers and customers. LÄS MER
2. The Egyptian Uprising of 2011: Tracing the Role of the Cairo-Based Political Opposition
Sammanfattning : It is the aim of this study to understand the mobilization process leading up to and the diffusion of collective contentious behavior during the Egyptian Uprising of 2011. Using process tracing and focusing on the role of the so-called Cairo-based political opposition, this study contributes to debates on social movement theory and contentious politics by elaborating on the causal mechanisms that facilitate mobilization and diffusion processes in periods of heightened social conflict. LÄS MER
3. Land rent, capital, rate of profit : A critique of Harvey’s model of urban land rent
Sammanfattning : This study critically evaluates David Harvey’s model of urban land rent and its centrality in his explanation of the material forces that underlie and limit urban land policies, strategies, planning decisions, and investment choices. Harvey emphasizes structural forces of capital in relating economic urbanization processes to uneven patterns of capitalist development, recurrent economic crises of overaccumulation, and the need to produce spaces of accumulation to absorb surplus capital that creates crises. LÄS MER
4. In the Wake of the General Hospital : Focus and Scale in Healthcare Operations
Sammanfattning : This thesis tackles the changing landscape of healthcare delivery, with an increasingly fragmented set of healthcare providers and where speciality hospitals increasingly replace or complement traditional general hospitals. There is a need for guidance to policymakers and healthcare providers, on how different set-ups of healthcare delivery facilities, in terms of the scale and the focus of each facility, impacts performance. LÄS MER
5. Emergence and structuring of social insurance institutions : comparative studies on social policy and unemployment insurance
Sammanfattning : The Strengths and Limits of Generalizing Theory inAccounting for Comparative Welfare State Development: An IntroductoryEssay. This essay discusses some central theoretical, empirical and inferentialproblems in comparative welfare state research, and summates the results ofstudies pursued here. Frontiers for further research are indicated. LÄS MER
