Essays about: "Tight and Loose coupling"

Found 4 essays containing the words Tight and Loose coupling.

  1. 1. Healthy measuring: The use of performance measures in the Swedish healthcare system

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Malin Lidforss; Robert Nyberg; [2016]
    Keywords : performance measures; public sector performance management; loose coupling; healthcare policy; use;

    Abstract : Ever since the rise of New Public Management in the 1970s, public sector performance management has been increasingly important around the world. Despite many critics, the use of performance measures (PMs) as a solution to measure the impact of reforms and public sector performance has increased especially in the healthcare sector. READ MORE

  3. 2. The sustainability report as a reflection - A multiple case-study of three Swedish governmentally owned companies

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Maria Rendahl; Sandra Wahlström-Jonsson; [2015]
    Keywords : sustainability reporting; social and environmental reporting; sustainability accounting; tight coupling; new institutionalism;

    Abstract : This thesis explores whether the sustainability report is a reflection of company objectives and activities within three Swedish governmentally owned companies. Through a multiple case study and an application of the concept of couplings from the theory of new institutionalism, it aims to explore couplings in the context of sustainability reporting. READ MORE

  4. 3. Using GeoTools to Implement the Multi -Criteria Evaluation Analysis : Weighted Linear Combination Model

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Salem Jamal-Uddeen; [2014]
    Keywords : Multi-Criteria; Java; GeoTools; FOSS GIS; open source; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; GIS; MCEA; Weighted Linear Combination; WLC.; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Business and Economics; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Multi-Criteria Evaluation Analysis (MCEA) is a decision making method employed to solve optimization problems that require the evaluation of a set of criteria to build an optimal decision. Where MCEA is integrated with GIS, optimization problems with spatial aspects, such as finding the best location of a facility across an area, could be solved. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Mechanistic Framework for Foreign Direct Investment in the case of Albania

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Entela Kaleshi; Madhup Kumar Singh Solanki; [2010]
    Keywords : Foreign Direct Investment; FDI; Albania; Loose coupling theory; Double interacts; Investment Promotion Intermediary; Albinvest;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate if it is possible to predict the outcome of the execution of an FDI initiative in Albania through the use of a mechanistic framework which has been developed as part of this research project. Presented here is a new framework to understand the success or failure of foreign direct investment by investigating the micro-level mechanisms that are common to all FDI ventures. READ MORE