Essays about: "micro-perspective"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 essays containing the word micro-perspective.

  1. 16. Rural demographic change over space and time - the case of Vilhelmina municipality

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

    Author : Celia Yoshida Ahlin; [2015]
    Keywords : rural; population assessment; demographic change; diversity; settlement; micro-scale; municipality; village; time and space; evolution; and historical events; and fragmented development;

    Abstract : Since the 1960s the literature on demography of rural northern Sweden has focussed on 'decline' - noting loss of population, population ageing, yourth outmigration and other 'negative' demographic developments (Friedlander, 1969; Hjort, 2009; Stone 1971); recent studies suggest that such generalizations may overlook the diversity of experiences of rural areas (D. Carson and Koch, 2013; Cernic-Maly, Koch and Koch, 2014; Hedlund, 2014; Hoggart and Paniagua, 2001; Koch and Carson, 2012). READ MORE

  3. 17. The Intermediation Functions Connected to the Phases of a New Product Development Process : An Investigation of a Public and a Private Intermediary in a Micro Perspective

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Projekt, innovationer och entreprenörskap; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

    Author : Malin Ekerå; Sophie Hallbert; [2015]
    Keywords : intermediary; innovation; intermediation functions; new product development;

    Abstract : The process of innovation remains challenging for companies in general and for small firms in particular. Limited resources constitute an obstacle on the small firm’s path towards market launch and the need for supportive measures is evident. READ MORE

  4. 18. Important Factors for a High Degree of Supply Chain Maturity - A Study at a Swedish Retailer Firm in the Food Industry

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

    Author : Sara Ersoy; Jeanette Engzell; [2014]
    Keywords : supply chain maturity; supply chain flexibility; supplier selection criteria; cost savings;

    Abstract : The food industry is facing a high degree of competition from both international and private-label competitors, which has increased the importance of generating cost savings. Previous research show there is a significant relationship between the purchasing unit's maturity level and cost reductions. READ MORE

  5. 19. A Comparative Study on Syntactic Transfer in L2 and L3 school-aged English learners in Sweden : The acquisition of the English existential expletive subject

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Carles Fuster Sansalvador; [2014]
    Keywords : transfer; cross-linguistic; expletive; existential; there-construction; L1; L2; L3; L2-status; acquisition; foreign-language; SLA; second language; third language; micro-perspective; external supplier language; typology; psychotypology; transfer; tvärspråkligt; L1; L2; L3; tredjespråksinlärning; andraspråksinlärning; psykotypologi;

    Abstract : Various studies have indicated during the past decade that language transfer in L3 may not only stem from L1 but from L2 as well, and that it might sometimes even be stronger from L2, depending on certain factors that facilitate or inhibit transfer. This phenomenon of L2 as the main transfer source in L3 has often been referred to as the ”L2 status factor” (Hammarberg, 2001). READ MORE

  6. 20. "Love Thy Hindu Neighbor as Thyself" - A Field Study of North Indian Pentecostals' Perceptions of Hindu-Christian Relations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Author : Julia Kuhlin; [2014]
    Keywords : Hindu-Christian relations; Pentecostalism; North India; Social Identity Theory; Hindu nationalism; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to better understand Hindu-Christian relations in the experience of North Indian Pentecostals. The study proceeds from a social identity theory (SIT) framework and is guided by three research questions. READ MORE