Master theses / Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi: Recent submissions
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FROM PIPELINE TO PLATFORM A study of eHealth platformization
(2020-09-03)Digital platforms dominate the global, contemporary economy. Therefore, incumbent firms must transform their existing business, often structured as a pipeline, into a platform business. This study investigates the process ... -
UNDERSTANDING HOW PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMS DENTAL SPECIALTY CONSULTATIONS
(2020-09-03)Like many other industries, dentistry is undergoing a digital transformation. New technologies are influencing the work practices of dental professionals and specialists. Digital platforms, in particular, are becoming ... -
SUCCESSFUL CHANGE COMMUNICATION IN LARGE ORGANIZATIONS A Qualitative Case Study on a Planned Change in a Swedish County Council
(2020-01-14)This qualitative case study explores a planned change project and its current change communication used to mediate change within one of Sweden’s largest county councils. A study on change communication is a relevant ... -
Discursive Construction in Media. A critical discourse analysis of how BBC World vs. Al Jazeera English Constructed Yemen’s 2011 Uprising Coverage
(2015)The way in which different media portrayed and constructed the notion of the Arab Spring has received a great deal of scholarly attention since the start of these revolutions in late 2010. However, the role of media in ... -
KOLLEGA, PEDAGOG ELLER EXPERT - vad förväntas av en superanvändare?
(2019-11-06)Studien har följt inledningen av införandeprocessen av ett nytt IT-stöd på tre kommunala gymnasieskolor med fokus på superanvändarnas roll i och för implementeringen. Genom en metodtriangulering bestående av intervjuer, ... -
PRIVACY MATURITY IN SWEDISH MUNICIPALITIES: A Quantitative Survey Based on a Privacy Maturity Framework
(2019-09-23)Municipalities of Sweden are facing challenges complying with the GDPR. New and changed management processes need to be implemented. We used an inductive quantitative approach applying a privacy maturity framework in a ... -
The dynamic balancing act Enacting ambidextrous IT Governance within the public sector
(2019-08-08)The fourth industrial revolution standing at societies’ doorstep brings new technologies creates both threats and opportunities alike. Having a governance model able to cope with these changes are now as, if not more, ... -
SCOPING DIGITAL BUSINESS STRATEGY IN BANKING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ITALY, SWEDEN AND SWITZERLAND
(2019-08-08)Digitalization is profoundly impacting the banking industry. Banks are no longer the sole providers of financial services as they face competition from fintech startups and firms from other industries entering the financial ... -
MANAGING THE SYSTEMIC INTERRELATING OF COMPETING CONCERNS
(2019-08-08)Incumbent firms that undergo digital transformations in an attempt to remain rele-vant in an increasingly digital world often find themselves having to deal with com-peting concerns as the existing logics of the firm clash ... -
MAKING SENSE OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: How sensemaking is used to drive early stage change
(2019-08-08)This thesis investigates sensemaking in an IT company that undergo change in connection with digital transformation. The study focuses on the managerial perspective in the early stage of change where the main challenge ... -
EMBRACING INTERNET OF MEDICAL THINGS A multiple case study of contextual factors’ influence on the implementation of IoT healthcare solutions
(2019-08-08)With the growing trend of digitalization, new opportunities to disrupt the way value is created, offered and defended have arisen in the healthcare industry. One of the emerging concepts of digitalization is the Internet ... -
EXPANDING THE CONCEPT OF DIGITAL COMPETENCE A Case Study on How Digital Competence is Portrayed in a Company Transforming to Digital Service Orientation
(2019-08-08)Digitalisation requires new ways for businesses to innovate in order to meet contemporary customer needs. Manufacturers are adopting digital servicebased business models to enhance competitive advantage. To address these ... -
Not just a kvinnofråga A content analysis of Swedish press portrayals of men & #MeToo
(2019-08-07)With its sudden outbreak in October 2017, the anti-harassment movement #MeToo quickly created a vast, worldwide impact on social media, in the traditional press as well as in everyday lives. In Sweden especially, a country ... -
COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN IMMIGRANT MOTHERS AND NURSES IN CHILD HEALTH CENTERS IN SWEDEN (Nurses and Doulas’ perspectives)
(2019-08-07)The aim of this project is to describe and to analyze the perceived communication challenges and cultural differences (from nurses and doulas' points of view) in meetings between Swedish nurses and immigrant mothers in ... -
How the most liked brands on Facebook interact with their customers
(2019-08-06)This paper investigates how the 15 most liked brands on Facebook communicate with customers on this social networking site (SNS). The content shared as well as the engagement received in different posts are analysed through ... -
SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNAL CONTRACTS A case study in the Public Sector
(2019-03-20)The implementation of internal contracts in three elderly care facilities in the southwest coast of Sweden has been proven to achieve multiple benefits over the past years. Previous research about the success of different ... -
CONSIDERATIONS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WHEN IMPLEMENTING COPRODUCTION An investigation of enabling dimensions on real world cases within healthcare
(2018-08-13)This study investigates what considerations that need to be addressed when implementing coproduction. Because of a growing demand for care, the healthcare sector was applied within this study, to investigate if co-production ... -
The link to lending: Blockchain Selecting what type of blockchain to deploy for a cooperative lending platform
(2018-07-04)A new foundational technology is emerging expected to bear great impact and reshape the financial industry. This technology is called blockchain. Further, blockchain is challenging the status quo of business models by ... -
Public blockchain communities A study on how governance mechanisms are expressed within blockchain communities
(2018-07-04)Blockchain technology is rapidly growing and can in the near future disrupt industries such as finance, cyber security, and political voting systems. The interest in the phenomenon has increased the past years, and as a ... -
MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE TO BECOME INVINCIBLE Towards a method for mapping a business ecosystem to design a digital business platform
(2018-07-04)Literature concerning business ecosystems, and digital platforms give an extended range of guidelines on how to design a digital platform and transit towards a digital platform business. The literature assumes and already ...