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  1. 1. Det datoriserade biblioteket : Maskindrömmar på 70-talet

    Författare :Lena Olsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Library information systems; Information Technology and Libraries; professionalization; the social shaping of technology; Swedish research libraries; documentalists; LIBRIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : During the 1950s and 60s research libraries faced the problem of coping with the escalating growth of scientific publishing. During the same periodadministrative innovations were introduced in order to modernize institutions such as libraries. LÄS MER

  3. 2. District heating comes to town : The social shaping of an energy system

    Författare :Jane Summerton; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; district heating; municipal technology; energy system; pipeline; large t<:chnical system; actor network; multiorganization; grid; grid-based energy system; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the introduction of district heating in an "ordinary" Swedish town: Mjölby. The process was initiated in 1974 and the decision to build was taken in 1979. In the following years pipelines were laid down and the system was gradually built. In 1987, a permanent heat plant was ready to assume operation. LÄS MER

  4. 3. It-retorik og hverdagsliv : Et studie af fødevarehandel over Internet

    Författare :Kristine Thorsted; Sociologiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social sciences; social shaping of technology; consumer behaviour; family; feeding work; consumer skills; domestication of technology; gender; Internet grocery shopping; everyday life; Sociology; Samhällsvetenskaper; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : From a social constructivist point of view this thesis investigates how e-commerce of grocery develops in the period 1998-2003. The empirical research is done in Sweden. Most Swedish grocery concerns that have had e-commerce and have been forced to shut down as a result of lack of demand. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Constructing Transit Corridors : The Politics of Public Transport Policy and Planning in Malmöhus and Skåne 1970-2020

    Författare :Jens Portinson Hylander; Robert Hrelja; Jamil Khan; Fredrik Pettersson-Löfstedt; Jane Summerton; Jonathan Metzger; Miljö- och energisystem; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public transport; Rationality; power and politics; Planning theory; policy studies;

    Sammanfattning : Planning local and regional public transport in so-called ’transit corridors’ – i.e., to concentrate infrastructure and resources to few, but more attractive corridors in a city or a region – is commonplace in contemporary public transport planning. This has not always been the case, however. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Instrumentality of Talk : On the Creation of Sustainable Organizations Through Social Interactions

    Författare :Jens Hemphälä; Jan Forslin; Tomas Backström; Manfred Moldaschl; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; social interaction; sustainable competitive advantage; knowledge exchange; social network; feedback; sustainable work systems; Work sciences and ergonomics; Arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Working conditions are increasingly unpredictable, complex, and ungovernable creating severe health risks for employees and potential negative economic consequences for both corporations and society. Considering the growth in understanding human psychology and sociology, and the progression in measuring working conditions and health, this phenomenon is most perplexing. LÄS MER