Essays about: "Schumpeter"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 24 essays containing the word Schumpeter.

  1. 11. An Inquiry into Entrepreneurship in The Public Sector : Case study: Policy Entrepreneurship in The Municipality of Örnsköldsvik

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Mohamed Mahieddine; [2013]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurship; Kirzner; Schumpeter; Institutions; New Public Management.;

    Abstract : Purpose: The study tries to drive back the concept of [policy] entrepreneurship to its basics according to Schumpeterian/Kirznerian approach by displaying its process of emergence and implementation in the public sector, and its interaction with institutions and their changes. Method: The study was conducted by using a qualitative content analysis examining the protocols of the board of the municipality Ö-vik under the current mandate period (2010 - 2013), internal documents related to policy acceptance, a citizen proposal and a proposition from a politician. READ MORE

  3. 12. Innovation and Venture Capital : - A minor case study on the Swedish venture capital industry's effect on innovation

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Fredrik Timell; [2013]
    Keywords : innovation; venture capital; finance; entrepreneurship;

    Abstract : A country’s economic growth is often related to its ability to be innovative. Innovation is unluckily difficult to measure and it is hard to find a specific source of innovation. Start-ups/new firms are however one of those specific sources. READ MORE

  4. 13. Product Development Processes in the Nordic Paper Packaging Companies : an assessments of complex processes

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

    Author : Louise von Ehrenheim; [2013]
    Keywords : Product development processes; Paper packaging companies; Complexity; Flexible dynamic processes; Team management; Organizational structures; Networks and alliances; Correlation to strategy ; produktutvecklingsprocesser; pappersförpackningar; komplexitet; flexibla och dynamiska processer; projektledning; organisationsstrukturer; samarbeten; strategi;

    Abstract : It is important for firms to continually develop their offerings as the business landscape develops in order to sustain their competitiveness (e.g. Schumpeter, 1934; Ansoff, 1979; Porter, 1985; Trott, 2012). READ MORE

  5. 14. The impact of HVDC innovations on the power industry

    University essay from KTH/Entreprenörskap och Innovation

    Author : Nikolaos Stenberg; [2013]
    Keywords : HVDC; transformation pressure; development blocks; creative destruction; reverse salient; innovation;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the potential impact of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) innovations on the power industry. A short historical review is provided on the so-called ‘War of the Currents’, which has placed alternating current (AC) as the dominant platform for power transmission. READ MORE

  6. 15. Conflicts over place between indigenous communities and modern capitalism. The case of the Niyamgiri hills, Orissa.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Tove Stenius; [2012]
    Keywords : place; space; economic development; indigenous; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This literature case study focus on a contemporary conflict between the mining company Vedanta Resources and the indigenous tribe of the Dongria Kondh within the Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa, India. The analysis is grounded in phenomenology, as humanistic geographical concepts of space and place are used in order to interpret the different meanings of space and place as they are expressed within the literature by the two conflicting parties. READ MORE