This is a paper-based dissertation, consisting of a 'cape' and three articles, one of which is singleauthored. The topic is servitization at work. Servitization is a competitive strategy that, typically, Western industrial manufacturing companies implement in order to secure their continued...

Dieser Beitrag erklärt Multilokalität aus der Perspektive der Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie (ATN). Denn multilokales Wohnen ist nicht ausschließlich durch eine reine Sicht auf das Individuum erklärbar. Vielmehr spielen hier soziomaterielle Praktiken in Netzwerken eine entscheidende Rolle....

Dieser Beitrag erklärt Multilokalität aus der Perspektive der Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie (ATN). Denn multilokales Wohnen ist nicht ausschließlich durch eine reine Sicht auf das Individuum erklärbar. Vielmehr spielen hier soziomaterielle Praktiken in Netzwerken eine entscheidende Rolle....

This is a paper-based dissertation, consisting of a 'cape' and three articles, one of which is singleauthored. The topic is servitization at work. Servitization is a competitive strategy that, typically, Western industrial manufacturing companies implement in order to secure their continued...

Concerned with the management and control of the forces that drive the "knowledge economy" - the research question of the thesis is: How can individual knowledge become operable in dispersed, global contexts to support knowledge-based management decisions at a distance? The conceptual part of...

Part 1. Governance as an interaction space -- Chapter 1. The hidden side of co-creation in a complex multi-stakeholder environment: when self-organization fails and emergence overtakes -- Chapter 2. Perspectives on hybridity -- Chapter 3. Bringing Society Back in: Actors, Networks, and Systems...

Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has over the past few decades developed into a practical, challenging and intriguing tool for studying organizing. Its unique approach brings to light the multiple ways that people, artifacts, institutions and organizations become intertwined. ANT-inspired studies...

Universities are central actors in scientific knowledge production. Public policies are emphasising knowledge transfer through a set of supporting mechanisms to promote innovation. One of these mechanisms is the establishment of innovation intermediaries. This article departs from an extended...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is the only organisation of the United Nations with a clear mandate related to communication and information. This thesis closes a gap in research about UNESCO and its involvement in international communication debates...

Die Zivilgesellschaft in Form von NGOs/NPOs, öffentliche Einrichtungen und private Unternehmen sind die am häufigsten beteiligten Akteure in sozialen Innovationen und bilden den inneren Kern, der diese initiiert und realisiert. Forschungs- und Bildungseinrichtungen (z.B. Hochschulen)...

National governments are increasingly sharing the stage with many other forms of empowered social actors and authoritative players. Worldwide, alongside governmental bureaucracies, we witness the proliferation of non-for-profit and voluntary associations, business organizations and corporations,...

"This book covers a wide range of topics related to actor-network theory and its use as a means of exploring socio-technical phenomena. It also includes topics relating to technological innovation, both those using actor-network theory as an explanatory framework and those using other approaches"--

The need for actor and strategy models -- A framework for actor and strategy modelling -- Scanning your actor network as part of problem diagnosis -- Identifying, structuring and measuring values : value-focused thinking -- Making a move : analysis of options and conflict graphs -- Appraising...

Der Band enthält die wichtigsten Beiträge des Autors zur Theorie rationaler politischer Akteure. Ihr Grundthema betrifft die Möglichkeiten des Umgangs mit Unsicherheit, sei es im Bemühen um konsequenzenbedachte Entscheidungen, sei es im Wege der Organisationsgestaltung. Die einzelnen Kapitel...

Der Aufsatz beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, ob eine Systemtheorie, in deren Zentrum die funktionelle Differenzierung steht, einen analytischen Rahmen für eine über die deskriptive Auflistung einzelner Faktoren hinausgehende Erklärung der zu der jüngsten internationalen Krise des...

"This book applies the novel approach of actor-network theory to media studies, addressing the current trends in international media studies by presenting ANT as the new theoretical paradigm through which meaningful discussion and analysis of the media, its production, and its social and...