Essays about: "verbal protocol analysis"

Found 4 essays containing the words verbal protocol analysis.

1. 1. TOWARD AN EVALUATION OF THE COGNITIVE PROCESSES USED BY SOFTWARE TESTERS

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Inbyggda system

   Author : Gerald Tukseferi; [2020]
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   Abstract : Software testing is a complex activity based on reasoning, decision making, abstraction and collaboration performed by allocating multiple cognitive resources. While studies of behaviour and cognitive aspects are emerging and rising in software engineering research, the study of cognition in software testing has yet to find its place in the research literature. READ MORE

3. 2. Untouched by an angel: A study of business angel rejection criteria during the deal screening process

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Su Lyn Cheng; Jonatan Tops; [2018]
   Keywords : business angels; Sweden; entrepreneurial financing; rejection criteria; verbal protocol analysis; angel characteristics; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates rejection criteria used by Swedish business angels in the screening phase of their decision-making process. A verbal protocol analysis was conducted on a sample of ten local business angels as they evaluate two different investment proposals and were encouraged to vocalize their thought process. READ MORE

4. 3. Finding paths or getting lost? : Examining the mental model construct and mental model methodology

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Jimmy Hammarbäck; [2017]
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   Abstract : Mental models have been a popular concept for more than 30 years and used to explain many phenomena of human life – from logical reasoning and problem-solving to narrative comprehension and the understanding of complex dynamic systems. As such, the mental model has been studied with a great variety of techniques, from the cognitive interview and verbal protocol analysis to observations and computer-based network algorithms. READ MORE

5. 4. Financing social enterprises: A study of private investors’ criteria to fund social ventures in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Morgan Fortier; Stefanie Smith; [2016]
   Keywords : social entrepreneurship; social enterprise; entrepreneurship; investment; motivation; private equity; impact investing; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Existing literature on investor motivations when financing social ventures is limited, despite a growing rise in the establishment of social enterprises and a growing interest in social entrepreneurship in Europe. The research presented in this paper, alongside the analysis that complements it, aim to provide new insights into the field of social venture financing, or what many business angels now refer to as impact investing. READ MORE