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Väl fungerande undervisning med IT-stöd ger bättre resultat och betygssnitt samt höjer elevers motivation och engagemang. Glosboken är ett av flera CALL-verktyg som används för glosinlärning med hjälp av spel och övningar.Syftet är att identifiera faktorer som bidrar till att elever väljer att adoptera CALL-verktyget Glosboken, samt att bedöma hur dessa faktorer påverkar adoptionsgraden. Bedömningen görs utifrån Rogers (2003) variabler vilka avgör graden av adoption; relativa fördelar, kompatibilitet, komplexitet, testmöjlighet samt observabilitet.En kvalitativ undersökning utfördes, ett kriterieurval bestående av språkelever i årskurs 8 användes för djupgående intervjuer. Resultatet visar att fördelar med CALL-verktyget är att det är enkelt, smidigt och roligt. Ett nytt sätt för glosträning, vilket dock inte upplevs som en betungande förändring.  CALL- verktyget uppfattas som lätt att använda. Testmöjligheten i skolan begränsades av brist på lediga datorer. Hemma är testmöjligheten bättre. Uppfattningen kring CALL-verktyget skapades under lektionen men påverkades även av kompisars positiva kommentarer.Dessa resultat visar att CALL-verktyget har stora relativa fördelar, hög kompatibilitet, goda testmöjligheter och stor observabilitet, i förhållande till låg komplexitet, vilket innebär att Glosboken har en hög grad av adoption hos den undersökta elevgruppen.

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Denna studie har som utgångspunkt att studera arbetsmiljöer som kan påverka kreativitetsgraden. Författarna, som läser Innovationsprogrammet på Mälardalens högskola i Eskilstuna, har reagerat på lokalernas utformning på högskolan. Vi frågade oss varför de ser ut som de gör och om det funnits någon tanke bakom utformningen. Vidare funderade vi på hur arbetsmiljöer kan utformas för att främja kreativitet. Denna fundering skulle senare komma att ta form i vår forskningsfråga. Syftet med studien är att studera och ta reda på vilka parametrar som kan vara viktiga för att stimulera kreativiteten hos människor vid utformning av arbetsplatser. Med hjälp av en undersökning där tio personer deltog och utformade sin drömarbetsplats fick författarna material till att analysera och diskutera hur de olika parametrarna påverkar kreativiteten. Studien visar att den fysiska utformningen av en arbetsplats starkt påverkar kreativitetsgraden. Vid utformning av en arbetsplats behövs det bland annat en balans mellan neutrala och färgstarka färger vid utformning av arbetsplatser. En överdos av färgstarka färger kan ha negativ inverkan på kreativiteten. Om det inte förekommer några färger upplevs arbetsplatsen enformig och livlös. Det gäller även att hitta en bra balans mellan färg och ljus för att kunna främja kreativiteten på bästa sätt. Nyckelord: Arbetsplats, Arbetsmiljö, Kreativitet, Innovation, The Sims 3

This thesis examines the process by which innovative new products come to be accepted and adopted in the marketplace. As these products are inherently uncertain and not readily accepted and adopted, market intermediaries play an important role in the validation and subsequent diffusion of innovations. In this thesis I demonstrate that these social processes have significant impact on the spatial organization of the market development process. Drawing on a diverse but complementary set of literatures – including the economic geography of innovation, communities of practice, social networks, the sociology of scientific knowledge and reception studies – I sketch out an adoption-centric approach to understanding the social dynamics of the innovation process. Using comparative case studies of musical theatre and pharmaceutical vaccines, this research finds that the process of market development involves a range of participants that are each embedded in their own distinctive community. The social and geographic configuration of these intermediaries varies for different knowledge-intensive products: validating expertise for cultural products such as theatre is situated predominantly in ‘global nodes of excellence’, whereas for science-based goods such as vaccines this is situated in the local marketplace. These findings have implications for marketplaces in ‘beta-cities’ such as Toronto, which are not global nodes of excellence. Without these validating intermediaries, what role do beta cities play in the development and diffusion of cultural products? Akin to research on users’ involvement in the development of innovations, findings suggest there are qualities that make beta cities important sites for experimentation and the testing of new theatrical works. An adoption-centric perspective such as the one developed in this thesis sheds light on the social and geographic forces that shape the uptake of innovations. Application of this perspective has potential to significantly strengthen policy initiatives in support of the demand-side of regional innovation systems.

The industrial restructuring and technological change in the agriculture industry has limited employment opportunities and income in some rural areas. Food processing is one of the ways proposed to add value to agricultural products and provide employment opportunities and economic growth in rural areas. Worldwide, the food processing has seen growth stagnate, and the Canadian food processing industry is no exception. For long term growth, food processing firms must adopt innovation.<p>The development and implementation of innovation by food processing firms is influenced by six main factors. Access to product markets, labour availability and the network of a firm are some of the factors that influence innovation activity. The attributes of a firm, the competitive conditions a firm faces and the characteristics of the region where the firm locates also influence the innovation decisions of food processing firms. The innovation survey developed by the Canadian Agricultural Innovation Research Network, and distributed to 1,200 food processors in Western Canada links these factors and innovation activity.<p>Access to a large population and household amenities, such as skilled labour and business services, increases the probability that food processors in Western Canada will participate in innovation activities. Newer, larger firms and firms that could access knowledge spillover from other firms and industries also had a greater probability of introducing innovation. Therefore food processing firms within 400 km of an urban center are more likely to participate in innovative activities then food processing firms in remote rural areas.

Denna rapport avhandlar arbetet som lett fram till det slutliga förslaget på formgivning. De problem som arbetet försökt lösa har varit hur vidareutvecklingen av en befintlig produkt kanutföras på ett smidigt och tillfredställande sätt. Att med hjälp av import och inköp av komponenterkunna försöka hitta alternativa designlösningar gentemot befintlig konstruktion. Den befintliga konstruktionen är konstruerad uteslutande utifrån att designen är en produkt avfunktionen. Solö har tagit över projektet från en tidigare konstruktör då maskinens uppfinnare varmissnöjd med hur den byggts. Den tidigare konstruktören har för att lösa vissa funktioner gjortlösningar som inte varit optimala ur ett större perspektiv, montering och kostnad t.ex.Vissa lösningar har enbart tillkommit för att lösa bristfälliga lösningar, andra för att det inte fannsnågot annat att välja på, vilket resulterat i en design som inte varit optimal. Konceptet som presenteras i slutet av denna rapport har haft som utgångspunkt att ge förslag pådesign som kan optimera monteringsarbetet och få till en kompaktare design då den befintligamaskinen består mestadels av tom volym. Fokus har legat på att ha argument för varje beslut och kunna visa på att lösningarna är baserade påverklig fakta snarare än vilda antaganden som är tagna ur luften. / Vidareutveckling av befintlig produkt

This thesis examines the process by which innovative new products come to be accepted and adopted in the marketplace. As these products are inherently uncertain and not readily accepted and adopted, market intermediaries play an important role in the validation and subsequent diffusion of innovations. In this thesis I demonstrate that these social processes have significant impact on the spatial organization of the market development process. Drawing on a diverse but complementary set of literatures – including the economic geography of innovation, communities of practice, social networks, the sociology of scientific knowledge and reception studies – I sketch out an adoption-centric approach to understanding the social dynamics of the innovation process. Using comparative case studies of musical theatre and pharmaceutical vaccines, this research finds that the process of market development involves a range of participants that are each embedded in their own distinctive community. The social and geographic configuration of these intermediaries varies for different knowledge-intensive products: validating expertise for cultural products such as theatre is situated predominantly in ‘global nodes of excellence’, whereas for science-based goods such as vaccines this is situated in the local marketplace. These findings have implications for marketplaces in ‘beta-cities’ such as Toronto, which are not global nodes of excellence. Without these validating intermediaries, what role do beta cities play in the development and diffusion of cultural products? Akin to research on users’ involvement in the development of innovations, findings suggest there are qualities that make beta cities important sites for experimentation and the testing of new theatrical works. An adoption-centric perspective such as the one developed in this thesis sheds light on the social and geographic forces that shape the uptake of innovations. Application of this perspective has potential to significantly strengthen policy initiatives in support of the demand-side of regional innovation systems.

The impact of Web 2.0 technologies has crossed the Internet borders and is increasingly af-fecting not only individuals but also organizations as entities. The emergence of the Enter-prise 2.0 concept, which presumes the application of Web 2.0 tools within the organiza-tional context, is being intensively adopted by many organizations of all types and sizes world-wide. Authors suggest that there is a direct impact of Enterprise 2.0 system on such organizational aspects as communication, collaboration, cooperation, co-creation and even innovation activities. There is though a sort of informational gap in the literature that would address these concepts (Enterprise 2.0 and Innovation) simultaneously and this was one of the main reasons that motivated the authors of this master thesis to investigate this topic. In conducting this research all kinds of informational resources were used and these find-ings were combined with the results obtained from a real business case study, which is an example of an Enterprise 2.0 platform (Incentive) implemented within an organization (IBS). The overall research can be described in three main parts. In the first part analysis of the theoretical aspects related to Innovation and Enterprise 2.0 is made. A preliminary re-search framework is build based on these findings and this framework represents an at-tempt to bridge these theoretical dimensions. In the second part the investigation of the „Colin‟ case study was presented. With this case investigation the research gains access to primary data and information. This strengthens the initial research framework and also de-livers new insights and perspectives in connection to the highlighted topic. The findings re-lated to the impact of Enterprise 2.0 on Innovation processes are analyzed and discussed in the final part of the research from theoretical and empirical perspectives. An enhanced framework, representing the result of the theoretical and empirical studies, is ultimately suggested. This model represents an attempt to portray how can an Enterprise 2.0 system support innovation activities in a more generic way, addressing together major factors that are critical for an innovation process. This investigation has also determined that such Enterprise 2.0 tools as Wikis, Blogs, Social Networking, Micro-blogging, Forums &amp; Discussions, Search Engines, Tagging etc. are having the highest impact on innovation related activities. Additionally, the managerial aspect in relation to Enterprise 2.0 influence on Innovation has proved to be extremely important, especially during the implementation phase.