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  1. 1. Innovation Activity and Stock Price Effects in the Retail Industry. a case study of the relationships created through the product development process

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Karl Antonsson; Linda Vestman; [2015-07-13]
    Keywords : Innovation; Innovation management; Innovation measurement; Performance; Performance indicators; Performance measurement; Retail industry; Stock price; Generalised least square regression;

    Abstract : Issue of study. Several attempts have been made to connect innovation activities to firm performance measurements with the hope of providing a “one size fits all” for how to do innovation. Enormous amounts of money are invested each year into firm innovation portfolios. READ MORE

  3. 2. Magic Kingdoms beyond Disneyland: Medievalism in George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" and Mary Gentle's "Ash: A Secret History"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Linda Antonsson; [2015-04-24]
    Keywords : Litteraturvetenskap; Magisteruppsats; Fantasy; world-building; history; medievalism; narratology; historiography;

    Abstract : Much of the fantasy genre – in particular, much of the literature that defines public perception of the genre – takes place in worlds inspired by the Middle Ages, or at least by the common ideas and conceptions of the era. This thesis examines two works of fantasy –George R. READ MORE

  4. 3. The structuring of management control in Swedish home care units : An explorative discourse study

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Linda Lindström; [2014]
    Keywords : management control; elderly care; home care; health care management; public management; Ouchi; Giddens’ structuration theory; bureaucracy; clan control; discourse analysis; case cluster analysis; interpretative repertoires; NVivo; hemtjänst; styrning;

    Abstract : Background. The research on management in Swedish home care has been conductedmainly from sociological perspectives where structural conditions have been of interest (see for example Hagerman et al., 2013; Andersson, 2014; Österlind, 2013). READ MORE