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6. Digital Disconnection in Swedish News Media. A critical discourse analysis.
Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikationSammanfattning : The use of new information- and communication technologies, and social media platforms in particular, has rapidly increased from 2010-2012, when social media ‘boomed’ in Sweden. Thereafter, these platforms have become integrated in all aspects of everyday life – in the social as well as the functional, e.g. LÄS MER
7. Citizens resisting Smart Cities’ initiatives : The case of Concepción (Chile) and the R+D PACYT project.
Master-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Sammanfattning : Parque Científico y Tecnológico (PACYT, Science and Technology Park) is a large-scale R+D project that seems to be framed in a Smart City plan for Concepción, Chile, which the media has presented as “the Chilean Silicon Valley” (Araus, 2015; Tele13, 2019) and promises to bring not only research and development opportunities for the city but also thousands of direct and indirect jobs (Estudio Interdiseño, 2018; la Tercera, 2015) carried out by PACYT Corporation. Nonetheless, voices have raised to question the construction of the 91 hectares initiative, and some of them have even organized in citizen groups targeting the creation of the urban complex, which actively share information contesting the PACYT through social media, and coordinate activities to protest and spread the word. LÄS MER
8. The Effects of Non-Compete Agreements Enforceability on Entrepreneurship in the United States, 1995-2011
Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenSammanfattning : Restrictions of future employment in the form of non-compete agreements (agreements that restrict an employee from joining, forming, associating, or starting a competing firm) are commonly used in the American labor market. Yet their effects on entrepreneurship is not fully understood. LÄS MER
9. Crowdsourcing of Complex Problems in Industrial Firms : A Case Study Within the Packaging Industry
Master-uppsats, KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)Sammanfattning : This study takes root in the emergence of new crowdsourcing techniques that have made it possible to solve business problems of complex nature by reaching outside of traditional organizational boundaries. While crowdsourcing is not a new concept, emerging technological trends such as Industry 4. LÄS MER
10. The Silicon Valley darling suits up; The role of anchoring control practices in an entrepreneurial Fintech company expanding in a regulated market
D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringSammanfattning : This thesis aims to understand why challenges related to Management Accounting Systems arise for the accounting department when an entrepreneurial Fintech company expands in a regulated market. To address the issue, a single case study was conducted which builds on previous research within the field of management accounting (cf. LÄS MER
