Master theses: Recent submissions
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Open Minded Innovation: A Case Study on Crowdsourcing for Social Innovation
(2020-07-22)This master’s thesis explores how crowdsourcing and, in particular, crowdsourcing contests can be utilized for the advancement of social innovation. Crowdsourcing contests are growing in popularity as a means for generating ... -
The Organizational Facilitators and Barriers to the adoption of Cloud
(2020-07-22)Given the technological innovations and technological changes inside and outside of companies, the research carried out in this Master thesis focuses on one of the most important of these technological innovations, the ... -
Bilateral Innovation Partnerships as a policy tool to foster innovation on a public and private level - A case study of the Swedish-German Innovation Partnership
(2020-07-22)In recent years, the topics of societal challenges and innovation have become increasingly present, often in connection with digitalisation and ongoing globalisation. Sustainable solutions are needed – and governments as ... -
Seeing What’s Next in the Management Consulting Industry - A qualitative study of how the management consulting industry might become disrupted
(2020-07-22)The world we live in is in constant change, transforming the business landscape across industries. The rapid economic and social development is affecting all sources of activity, turning industrial change into one of the ... -
A SCENARIO ANALYSIS OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS WITHIN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY
(2020-07-22)Platinum Group Metals (PGM) are important components within the automotive industry, used for cleaning vehicles toxic gas emissions. An increasing demand of these metals have been observed, and simultaneously, mining ... -
Servitization in Manufacturing - The case of ABB Kabeldon
(2020-07-22)In this qualitative case study, the phenomenon of servitization is analysed for ABB Kabeldon, a conventional manufacturer located in Sweden, with the purpose of finding the factors that influence the servitization potential ... -
Agile Implementation on Department Level - A Case Study of a Large Organization
(2020-07-22)As established organizations are trying to combat the fast-moving and turbulent business environment and remain competitive, they are becoming aware of the importance to become more flexible and adaptive to changes. Firms ... -
A Race to the Top in the Era of Artificial Intelligence - A Qualitative Study examining challenges & opportunities for small and medium sized Swedish companies in AI adoption
(2020-07-22)Background & Purpose: This study focuses on challenges to AI adoption in small- and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sweden, as well as solutions to these challenges. The background, and the reason for studying the ... -
Enabling Business Transformation through Servitization: The role of Open Innovation and Collaboration Strategies in Commercial Real Estate - A multiple Swedish businesses empirical analysis
(2020-07-22)Commercial real estate industry is undergoing some major transformations that are disrupting its traditional dynamics and imposing to companies a proactive response. Technological advancements, new business models and ... -
Innovation Spaces for a Sustainable Survival - An exploratory multiple case study on the role of Innovation Spaces in shaping today’s dynamic environment
(2020-07-22)Today, there is an urge to find long-term sustainable solutions. The increasing emphasis on creativity, innovation and collaboration as key sources of competitive advantage make the spaces in which these solutions are ... -
ANALYSIS OF INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS IN MOBILITY AS A SERVICE NETWORKS
(2020-07-22)In transport and mobility industries, in recent years, there have been numerous innovations that have certainly had a major impact on the lives of citizens and their habits. The advent of new technologies and the importance ... -
A Case Study of the platform CLOSER – It gives more than it takes
(2020-07-22)Innovation is in many organisations the core of the growth and development process. In today´s world, many organisations have realised that working in silos is no longer efficient, hence the search for external sources ... -
A Balanced Scorecard Approach for Measuring a R&D Organization - A case study in collaboration with the R&D intensive company Swegon
(2020-07-22)In today’s rapidly and ever-changing competitive landscape, companies are racing to develop and commercialize innovative products and services. Successful organizations have realized that Research & Development (R&D) can ... -
Discussion of the gift-giving behavior in rural and urban area respectively: Empirical evidence in China
(2020-07-10)Sending gifts in specific festivals and events is a universal phenomenon. One major concern is the motivations behind the sizable and significant gift expenses. The purpose of this research is to compare the gift-giving ... -
Assessing the effectiveness of the 2011 feed-in tariff policy for wind power in Finland
(2020-07-10)In 2011, Finland implemented a feed-in tariff in order to accelerate investments in wind power production throughout the country, since the wind power industry was not meeting the target production volume. The Finnish ... -
Income, Insurance, and Happiness in China: Evidence from CHIP2013
(2020-07-10)By using the data from China Household Income Project 2013 (CHIP2013), an empirical analysis is made on the relationship among income, insurance and subjectively reported well-being (SWB) of Chinese people. The ordered ... -
What Is the Role of Environmental Concern on Positional Behaviour?
(2020-07-10)The main focus of this thesis is how concerns for environmental degradation relate to positional behaviour, and whether the association between subjective well-being and household income depend on individual level of ... -
Ungrouping Income Distributions - The Italian Doxa Survey of 1948
(2020-07-10)This paper investigates alternative statistical approaches to ungroup data in tabular form. After a theoretical discussion on the interpolation problem and on the features of ungrouping techniques, a non-parametric version ... -
A cross-country analysis of o shore wealth determinants
(2020-07-10)In this work, I investigate what are the elements that are associated with the amount of individual financial wealth held offshore by a country. To do so, I exploit a novel dataset constructed by Alstadsaeter, Johannesen ... -
Export Diversification Effects of Aid for Trade Facilitation
(2020-07-10)Improving developing countries' export performance is a current policy priority, and the initiative Aid for Trade (AfT) has become an increasingly popular concept as a response to this. The purpose of this thesis is to ...