Essays about: "Hermeneutic Cycle"

Found 2 essays containing the words Hermeneutic Cycle.

  1. 1. The Swedish SMEs’ road to sustainable innovation : A qualitative multiple case study on how Swedish SMEs use, and can use, open innovation to promote innovative sustainability initiatives

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Företagsekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Sofia Carlsson; Nikita Ekman; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainability; open innovation; SMEs; sustainable innovation; resources;

    Abstract : Background: 20% of the world's population is responsible for about 80% of the life-cycle impacts of consumption and the per-capita footprint of developed countries is at least double than that of developing countries. This is why there is an urgent need for companies in industrialized countries to find more sustainable production methods and encourage sustainable consumption. READ MORE

  3. 2. Migrating from integrated library systems to library services platforms : An exploratory qualitative study for the implications on academic libraries’ workflows

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

    Author : Efstratios Grammenis; Antonios Mourikis; [2018]
    Keywords : Migration; Migrating; Integrated library systems; library services platforms; academic libraries; workflows; implications; exploratory qualitative study; exploratory; qualitative; qualitative research; librarian; Next Generation Integrated Library Systems; Workflow; Greece; Library Management System; Library Information System; Integrated Library System as a Service; ILSaS; Hellenic Academic Library Link; HEALLink; Hermeneutics; Hermeneutic Cycle; Transition; Digital capability; Research design; Observation; Electronic Resources Librarian; Acquisitions; Cataloguing; Circulation; Interlibrary loan; Electronic Resources Management; ERM; transition; Ενοποιημένα βιβλιοθηκονομικά συστήματα; βιβλιοθηκονομικά συστήματα; Βιβλιοθηκονομικά συστήματα νέας γενιάς; ροές εργασίας; βιβλιοθηκονόμος; Ενιαίο Ολοκληρωμένο Σύστημα Βιβλιοθήκης ως Υπηρεσία; Ενιαίο Ολοκληρωμένο Σύστημα Βιβλιοθήκης; Ελληνικές Ακαδημαϊκές Βιβλιοθήκες; Ακαδημαϊκές Βιβλιοθήκες; Ολοκληρωμένο Πληροφοριακό Σύστημα Βιβλιοθήκης; ΟΠΣΒ; Μετάπτωση; Μετάβαση; Ηλεκτρονικές πηγές; Διαχείριση ηλεκτρονικών πηγών;

    Abstract : The present master thesis is an exploratory qualitative study in academic libraries regarding the transition from the integrated library systems to the next generation integrated library systems or library services platforms and the potential implications in their internal workflows. Nowadays, libraries all over the world are facing up with a number of challenges in terms of acquiring, describing and making available to the public all the resources, both printed and electronic, they manage. READ MORE