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Samverkan och gränser. Studier av samverkansprojekt i offentlig sektor
(2010-10-25)The collaboration projects studied in this thesis originate from national experiments that took place from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. In those experiments, attempts were made to determine whether collaboration ... -
Skinny white bitches: Female sexual agency in contemporary advertising
(2020-06-05)ABSTRACT This is a story about female representations in contemporary advertising. Following up on Rosalind Gill’s (2003; 2007; 2008) critical discussions on the shift in contemporary advertising from the sexual object ... -
Social Marketing through Events
(2017-05-19)In today’s society, events are used as a mens to achieve a variety of goals, including increased tourism and economic improvement. Events also offer opportunities for communication, both through the visitor experience ... -
Spänning i offentlig upphandling - Om användande av ett strategiverktyg
(2022-05-17)Tension in Public Procurement - The usage of a strategy tool: Public procurement is about public purchases, but also about sale of goods and services to the public sector. In research, public procurement is usually ... -
Steget till chefskap. Om läkare som verksamhetschefer
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Stora Investeringar i Mindre Kommuner, Scope, Scale och Stage Construction som strategier
(2013-11-21)Large investments in smaller local governments Scope, Scale and Stage Construction, as strategies The problem for smaller local governments undertaking large investments is that they may have too limited resources to ... -
Strategies for Environmental Sustainability of Municipal Energy Companies. Pathways of Sustainable Development between Business and Society.
(2012-11-12)Carbon emissions from energy production have a severe impact on the global climate. The slow transformation of the energy system towards low-carbon alternatives is thus a serious concern. Sweden is recognized as a forerunner ... -
Sustainable Supplier Selection in the Logistics Industry: A Comparison of Alternative Approaches
(2019-11-04)Supplier selection has become one of the most crucial tasks in supply chain management, especially in the procurement function. In recent years, the importance of selecting the best possible suppliers has been enhanced due ... -
The Business Model – Formation, description and definition
(2014-06-09)The business model is a new analytical concept in the field of strategy research that is frequently used when trying to explain the creation and capture of value by firms. This compilation thesis consists of three papers ... -
The internationalization Process of Online Service Providers – Geographical Perspectives on the Emerging Online Economy
(2016-12-08)This study is a compilation thesis consisting of an introduction and five separate articles. It explores the process of internationalization for Online Services Providers (OSPs) and its effect on the economic geography ... -
The Internet of Things: Projects-Places-Policies
(2017-10-03)The ongoing transition from the Internet age to the Internet of Things age is a paradigm shift of knowledge production and interactions: information and knowledge can be produced and disseminated either without or with ... -
The Logics of Healthcare – In Quality Improvement Work
(2017-03-17)Quality improvement (QI) has become a cornerstone in contemporary healthcare organizations with the aim of enabling management that facilitates efficiency and effectiveness, while providing a consistent correlation between ... -
The Practice of Strategy Formation – Opening the Green Box
(2011-05-16)This thesis reports the results from an in-depth longitudinal study of how a new strategy actually forms in practice. The focus is on a Swedish multinational firm called the “MECH Group” and its efforts to combine environmental ... -
The role of influencing organisations in promoting sustainability of urban freight transport
(2021-11-12)The research in this thesis focused on organisations that can contribute to increased sustainability development in urban freight transport activities. In this study, these organisations were identified, studied, grouped ... -
The Sustainability and Competitiveness of European Short-Sea Shipping
(2020-03-27)Several factors could improve the environmental performance of European short-sea shipping (SSS) and enhance its competitiveness, and in this thesis, some of those factors are explored. The purpose of this thesis is to ... -
The Value of Cultural Institutions – Measurement and Description
(2012-11-30)Resources are invested to maintain cultural institutions and society has an interest in the efficient allocation of these resources. To understand efficiency, the costs incurred in monetary units need to be compared to the ... -
Tillämpning av redovisningsnormer – intäkter och avsättningar
(2014-10-13)Harmonization of financial reporting standards is a goal shared by many countries around the world, with the aim of making companies’ financial information comparable. The view is that comparability between companies’ ... -
To Be or Not to Be… - Brand Affiliaton in the Hotel Industry
(2017-11-28)A large proportion of any business’s value comprises intangible assets, and for many businesses a considerable part of these assets' value is attributable to brands with which businesses affiliate. In light of increasing ... -
Tourism Impacts and Sustainable Development
(2014-05-06)Following the emergence of sustainable development as a new development paradigm, the scope of tourism impacts has increased. There is a call for a more holistic approach, incorporating environmental, sociocultural, and ... -
Trust and risk-taking: A study of consumer behaviour within a Swedish pension investment setting
(2014-03-19)Trust and risk-taking A study of consumer behaviour within a Swedish pension investment setting The study focuses on the Swedish pension system introduced in 2000. The study describes the evolution of a new pension ...