A l'heure où la demande en quantité d'informations et le nombre d'utilisateurs explosent, toujours avec des limitations en allocation en fréquence et bande passante, les systèmes de télécommunication tendent à optimiser la gestion de leur capacité en s'orientant vers des systèmes reconfigurables. Dans le cas des filtres d'OMUX, apporter de l'accordabilité en conservant d'excellentes performances électriques, thermiques et mécaniques soulève de nombreuses difficultés.Nous avons dans un premier temps démontré la faisabilité sur un filtre à saut de canal à bande passante constante par le biais d'une cavité métallique chargée par un perturbateur en alumine en mouvement de rotation. Ensuite, nous avons proposé des solutions pour avoir un contrôle de la fréquence et de la bande passante en se basant sur la translation de matériaux diélectriques. Les facteurs de qualité mis en jeu sont de l'ordre de la dizaine de milliers. Enfin nous avons tiré profit de l'évolution des technologies d'impression plastique 3D pour valider différents concepts de filtres accordables. / At a time when the amount of information and the number of users go through the roof in telecommunication market, the telecommunication systems tend to improve the management of their capacity by moving toward reconfigurable RF devices. However frequency and bandwidth allocated are still restricted. Regarding tunable OMUX filters, the actuation systems generally degrade the overall performances of the device and raise questions in terms of mechanic and thermic.We first demonstrated the feasability of a two state filter with constant narrowband, using a dielectric material (alumina) in rotation inside a metallic housing. Then, we suggested solutions to control both frequency and bandwidth with the translation of a ceramics. We deal with quality factor in the range of ten of thousands for these applications. Eventually, we validated some principle for tunable filters thanks to the efficiency of 3D plastic printer.

A model of Teacher Child Interaction Therapy (TCIT) was implemented in two kindergarten classrooms of students (n = 2) who successfully completed Parent Child Interaction Therapy, but continued to demonstrate disruptive behaviors in the classroom. The current study first indicated that TCIT was implemented with integrity by both the therapists and teacher participants. Next, the effects of this intervention on the teacher’s skills, students’ disruptive behaviors, teacher’s stress, and teacher-child relationships were investigated. The treatment acceptability was also examined. Both visual and statistical analyses found a treatment effect in both cases was seen for both teachers’ increased use of positive interaction skills and decrease of negative interaction skills during the intervention session. However, these skills generalized to the interactions between the teacher and student during classroom instruction. Mixed results were found related to teachers’ use of effective commands. Results from visual analysis indicated that one child participant demonstrated a decrease in disruptive behaviors according to both teacher rating scales and classroom behavior observations. Neither teacher indicated significantly reduced stress over the course of TCIT. Teacher-child relationships improved for both students; however, one teacher also reported increased conflict in the relationship. Both teachers expressed high levels of treatment acceptability for the intervention. Further research should investigate the underlying causes for the nuances in the findings of this study. Additional research is also warranted to determine whether these results can be generalized to other students as well as best practices for implementing this intervention in schools.

Emotional intelligence (EI) has been reliably associated with better mental health (Martins, Ramalho, & Morin, 2010) however the nature of this relationship in adolescence remains largely unexplored. The small body of existing adolescent research is disproportionately focussed upon the ‘trait’ versus ‘ability’ EI perspective and the association with mood (versus behavioural) disorders in the form of simple, descriptive relationships that reveal little about the processes underpinning such adaptive outcomes. This research redresses this imbalance and advances the field by examining how (whether directly or indirectly linked to known stress-illness processes) and when (under which stress conditions) EI (in both ‘forms’) might be associated with better adolescent mental health, whilst simultaneously exploring the conceptualisation of EI within this developmental period. Adult literature is equivocal on both fronts. Firstly, evidence points to differential incremental contributions from ability and trait EI in the prediction of internalising versus externalising symptomatology beyond known correlates of performance, i.e., personality and cognitive ability (e.g., Gardner & Qualter, 2010; Peters, Kranzler, & Rossen, 2009). Secondly, whilst there is some evidence to suggest that trait EI may directly attenuate the effects of chronic and acute stressors to promote adaptation (e.g., Mikolajczak, Roy, Luminet, Fillée, & de Timary, 2007), the role of ability EI in this regard appears unclear (e.g., Matthews et al., 2006). Indirect links to adjustment are also hinted at; coping mediates trait EI-health outcomes in youth though not all EI-influenced ‘adaptive’ coping styles (e.g., problem-focussed) appear to contribute to this effect (e.g., Downey, Johnston, Hansen, Birney, & Stough, 2010). Using cross-sectional, self-reported data from 1,170 adolescents (mean age = 13.03 years; SD = 1.26) the present research aimed to address this lack of clarity. Preliminary regression analyses found that collectively, EI made a significant, incremental contribution to the prediction of depression and disruptive behaviour in youth beyond the influence of higher-order personality dimensions and general cognitive ability. However, of the two, trait EI appeared the stronger predictor. Structural equation modelling of conditional indirect effects found that whilst both forms of EI can buffer the effects of stressors (family dysfunction, negative life events, socio-economic adversity) on disorder, the mechanisms by which this beneficial effect operates differs substantially according to context - effects appear contingent on stressor, health outcome and level of EI. For depression, ability EI influences the selection of avoidant coping when facing family dysfunction and negative life events, whilst trait EI modifies the effectiveness of active coping under family dysfunction only. In contrast, EI directly attenuates the effects of stressors on disruptive behaviour. Nevertheless, the results of supplementary path analyses augur for the importance of both forms of EI in adaptational processes; actual emotional skill (as ability EI) appears dependent on perceived competency (trait EI) to realise advantageous outcomes. Implications for the EI construct and related intervention programmes are discussed together with recommendations for progression of the field.

The reflective game design theory outlined by Rilla Khaled (2018) argues for designing disruptive experiences to promote reflection within the player. We decided to design and produce a game based on her theory to then engage with Khaled’s theory critically. We define the act of making a game as a three-step process consisting of ideation (influenced by Khaled’s theory), articulation of the design based on a framework (SGDA Framework by Mitgutsch & Alvarado, 2012), and finally the implementation of it (based on principles outlined by Swink, 2009 and Boyer, 2010). We make a theoretical argument for our design decisions, test the game in a user study, and then discuss the successes and shortcomings of our design. To conclude we tie our discoveries to the steps taken in the application of theory into practice. We discover that the best design intentions often cannot reach the player because their interaction with the game is hindered by un-polished implementation. We identify further gaps between theory and practice and are stating what designers should watch out for when making reflective games. / I Rilla Khaled´s (2018) teori Reflective game design theory, argumenterar hon för fördelen med att skapa omvälvande upplevelser i syfte att uppmana spelaren till reflektion. Vi beslöt oss för att designa och utveckla ett spel baserat på hennes teori, för att sedan undersöka och utvärdera teorin. Vi definierar spelutvecklande som en process i tre steg, bestående av ”ideation” (grundat ur Khaleds teori), artikulering av designen baserat på ett ramverk s.k. ”SGDA Framework” ( Mitgutsch & Alvarado, 2012), och slutligen realisering (grundat på principer framtagna av Boyer, 2010 och Swink, 2009). Vi argumenterar för besluten som ligger bakom vår design, utför praktiska test av spelet i en användarstudie och diskuterar sedan framgångar samt eventuell tillkortakommanden med vår design. Slutsatsen består av en redogörelse för hur våra upptäckter står i förhållande till applikationen av teori till praktik. Vi upptäckte att genomtänkta och välmotiverade beslut inom spelutveckling inte alltid når spelaren, då interaktionen mellan spelare och spel hindras av tillkortakommanden i hur dessa beslut tillämpats. Vi identifierade ytterligare klyftor mellan teori och realisering, och konstaterar vad spelutvecklare bör vara uppmärksamma på under utveckling av s.k. ”reflective games”.

L’innovation est une variable souvent discutée en droit de la concurrence. L’innovation prédatrice l’est beaucoup moins. Peut-être est-ce dû au fait que les termes sont euphémiques : l’innovation est généralement conçue comme étant prédatrice par nature dans la mesure où son objectif est la création ou l’amélioration d’une chose existante dans le but qu’elle surpasse la chose d’un tiers. Peut-être est-ce parce qu’étudier l’innovation et ses mécanismes est un exercice souvent décrit comme étant complexe. Peut-être est-ce parce que le développement rapide des marchés liés aux nouvelles technologies s’est accompagné d’un courant doctrinal, en Europe comme aux États-Unis, qui prône la nécessité de retirer le droit de la concurrence de cette matière. Peut-être, enfin, est-ce parce que les décisions de justice n’ont que trop peu utilisé ce vocable d’innovation prédatrice, ce qui a conduit la doctrine à n’y consacrer que peu d’études, limitant d’autant plus son utilisation par les juridictions et autorités de concurrence.Reconnaître un régime à l’innovation prédatrice est pourtant l’une des nécessités de ce début de 21ème siècle en terme de droit de la concurrence. Les pratiques qui s’y rattachent surviennent régulièrement et visent à supprimer la compatibilité des technologies d’un tiers avec celles d’une entreprise dominante ou à altérer le fonctionnement de technologies concurrentes. Le droit de la concurrence doit y apporter une réponse. L’enjeu est considérable, mais il n’en demeure pas moins que le concept d’innovation prédatrice – que nous définissons comme l’altération d’un ou plusieurs éléments techniques d’un produit afin de restreindre ou éliminer la concurrence – est aujourd’hui ignoré ou mal compris du plus grand nombre.Les règles ainsi imaginées doivent être communes à plusieurs systèmes juridiques dans la mesure où les pratiques d’innovation prédatrice sont généralement mises en œuvre sur plusieurs continents à la fois. Notre étude prend le parti d’analyser les droits européen et nord-américain de la concurrence parce que leurs racines sont homologues et parce que les pays concernés justifient du PIB le plus élevé au monde.Le régime que nous exposons s’articule autour de deux étapes principales. Il s’agit pour commencer de rejeter toutes les règles per se en la matière, parce qu’elles ne répondent pas aux défis nouveaux du droit de la concurrence. Seule l’application d’une règle de raison structurée organisée autour de trois filtres permet le prononcé de décisions adaptées dans chaque cas d’espèce tout en éliminant les demandes pour lesquels aucun risque concurrentiel n’est envisagé.Un test amélioré de l’absence de justification économique doit ensuite être mis en œuvre pour toutes les pratiques qui ont un effet anti-concurrentiel au moins possible sur le plan théorique – celles qui ont passé les filtres – et qui méritent donc d’être analysées. Ce test, qui permet de ne condamner que les seules pratiques anti-concurrentielles, autorise par conséquent l’élimination des erreurs de type I et II. Il participe également d’une simplification d’un droit de la concurrence devenu parfois illisible. Une nouvelle étude – sur la base du test proposé – des plus grandes affaires européennes et nord-américaines en matière d’innovation prédatrice permet d’illustrer son efficacité.Il nous est enfin apparu nécessaire de traiter de la question de la sanction – ou remèdes – des pratiques d’innovation prédatrice. Il ressort de notre étude que le respect du choix stratégique de l’entreprise en matière d’interopérabilité doit être reconnu comme un principe immuable. Également, les modes alternatifs de sanction ne doivent pas être systématisés et le développement de la « soft law » doit prendre une direction nouvelle qui soit davantage centrée sur l’accompagnement des entreprises très innovantes. / Innovation is often discussed in antitrust law. Predatory innovation is less considered. Perhaps it is because predatory innovation is considered euphemistic: innovation is generally seen as being predatory by nature insofar as its objective is the creation or improvement of an existing product in order to surpass the product -another. Perhaps it is because studying innovation and its mechanisms is often described as a complex exercise. Perhaps it is because the rapid development of high-tech markets, in Europe and in the United States, was accompanied by a doctrinal movement, which preached the need to remove antitrust laws. Perhaps, finally, since court and competition authorities have only minimally termed predatory innovation, this has led the doctrine to devote minimal studies, thus resulting in the limiting of its use by courts and competition authorities.Recognizing the existence of predatory innovation is one of the great necessities of the early 21st century regarding antitrust law. Predatory innovation practices occur regularly and aim at removing the compatibility of third party technologies with those of a dominant firm or at impairing the functioning of competing technologies. As of today, antitrust law provides no answer to these strategies. The stakes are high; the concept of predatory innovation – which we define as the alteration of one or more technical elements of a product to limit or eliminate competition – is currently ignored and/or misunderstood greatly.This thesis focuses on European and North American antitrust laws because their roots are homologous and these countries represent the highest GDP in the world. With predatory innovation practices frequently implemented on several continents at once, overarching rules need to be extended to several legal systems.The regime we exhibit is organized around two main stages:The first implies to reject every related per se rule because they do not meet the new challenges met by antitrust law. Only the diligent implementation of a structured rule of evaluation organized around three filters will ensure appropriate decisions and the elimination of requests for which no antitrust issues are envisaged.Once evaluated by the three filters, an improved test of no economic sense must then be applied to all practices which have theoretical anti-competitive effects and determined fit to be further analyzed. This test, which specifically condemns anti-competitive practices, is a simplification of currently unreadable antitrust law and when applied will lead to the elimination of type I and type II errors. A new study – based on the proposed test – of the most notorious European and North American predatory innovation cases illustrates its effectiveness.The second addresses sanctions – or remedies – to predatory innovation practices. It appears that respecting the strategic choice of companies in terms of interoperability should be recognized as an immutable principle. Also, negotiated procedures shall not be systematized and the development of "soft law" must take a new direction aiming at supporting highly innovative companies.

Cette thèse porte sur l’implémentation d’algorithmes événementiels, en utilisant, dans un premier temps, des données provenant d’une rétine artificielle, mimant le fonctionnement de la rétine humaine, pour ensuite évoluer vers tous types de signaux événementiels. Ces signaux événementiels sont issus d’un changement de paradigme dans la représentation du signal, offrant une grande plage dynamique de fonctionnement, une résolution temporelle importante ainsi qu’une compression native du signal. Sera notamment étudiée la réalisation d’un dispositif de création de cartes de profondeur monoculaires à haute fréquence, un algorithme de tri cellulaire en temps réel, ainsi que l’apprentissage non supervisé pour de la reconnaissance de formes. Certains de ces algorithmes (détection de flot optique, construction de cartes de profondeur en stéréovision) seront développés en parallèle sur des plateformes de simulation neuromorphiques existantes (SpiNNaker, TrueNorth), afin de proposer une chaîne de traitement de l’information entièrement neuromorphique, du capteur au calcul, à faible coût énergétique. / This thesis is about the implementation of neuromorphic algorithms, using, as a first step, data from a silicon retina, mimicking the human eye’s behavior, and then evolve towards all kind of event-based signals. These eventbased signals are coming from a paradigm shift in the data representation, thus allowing a high dynamic range, a precise temporal resolution and a sensor-level data compression. Especially, we will study the development of a high frequency monocular depth map generator, a real-time spike sorting algorithm for intelligent brain-machine interfaces, and an unsupervised learning algorithm for pattern recognition. Some of these algorithms (Optical flow detection, depth map construction from stereovision) will be in the meantime developed on available neuromorphic platforms (SpiNNaker, TrueNorth), thus allowing a fully neuromorphic pipeline, from sensing to computing, with a low power budget.

This thesis investigates whether the phenomenon of companies that seek to disrupt markets through innovation play a role in the rise of coworking spaces. The city of Cape Town in South Africa was selected as the location for this study due to an increase in the establishment of coworking spaces and the appearance of the aforementioned phenomenon. The premise for this thesis is based on the demands for commercial real estate, which has changed as a result of the implementation of new technologies and the sharing economy. This change is argued to have altered the way companies utilise working environments which, in turn, amended the requirements of these companies. The study seeks to establish whether coworking spaces serve as adequate supply to these demands or whether the increase in the establishment of coworking spaces is unaffiliated. Grounded theory was used as the research method in this study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven respondents that were all active founders of coworking spaces at the time of the study. Additional documentary evidence was collected in cases where it was available. An analysis of the responses indicates that there is a strong relationship correlation between the rise of disruptive innovation and the increase in available coworking spaces. This relationship correlation was based on the value that flexibility, affordability and community facilitation held for companies that associate with disruptive innovation. These companies were mainly start-ups, skunkworks teams, research and development departments and other forms of companies that primarily work within the industry of technology. Limitations to the study included that additional documentary evidence was limited due to poor record-keeping of active memberships by coworking space operators, in addition to restrictions that were placed on accessing company information such as revenue statements. The research findings provide academic support and market-related evidence to developers and investors within the real estate sector that could enable them to make more informed decisions relating to the supply of coworking spaces. Moreover, the findings shed light on the general views shared by the founders of the coworking spaces. These views should provide insight to those interested in the industry, and more specifically within the Cape Town region.

Med en utvecklingstakt som ökar exponentiellt, där ny teknologi och globalisering ärframåtdrivande faktorer, är det inte konstigt att det har blivit viktigare för företag att förändraoch utveckla sig om de vill fortsätta vara konkurrenskraftiga. Att kontinuerligt innovera ärnumer vitalt för att långsiktigt lyckas på en marknad. Som nästan alla sektorer och branscherså har den finansiella sektorn erfarit stora förändringar. Ny teknologi har gjort det möjligt förföretag att erbjuda smarta finansiella tjänster, något som hotar de traditionella storbankernasvinster och marknadsinnehav. Innovation management är ett forskningsämne som handlar omhur organisationer strukturerat kan styra, och arbeta med, sitt innovationsarbete och viidentifierade ett forskningsgap avseende hur svenska företag, inom den finansiella sektorn,arbetar med innovation management. Genom en komparativ fallstudie, baserad på primärtsemistrukturerade intervjuer med en efterföljande tematisk analys, undersökte vi hur svenskastorbanker och fintechbolag gör detta. Den teoretiska utgångspunkten skedde i Tidd ochBessants (2018) modell över innovation management och vi identifierade både likheter ochskillnader mellan de undersökta fallen. Resultaten tyder på att samtliga undersökta företagaktivt arbetar med innovation management, i olika mån. Exempelvis återfanns det likhetermellan företagens innovationsfaser, hur de betonade vikten av kontinuerlig innovation och enbalans mellan att utforska och utnyttja. Men fintecbolagen applicerade exempelvis flermetoder för att uppnå ett högt innovationsengagemang medan storbankerna fokuserade merpå inkrementell innovation internt och hämtade mer disruptiva komponenter från den externamiljön. Flera skillnader mellan storbankerna och fintechbolagen sinsemellan identifieradesockså. Resultaten bidrar till att öka förståelsen för innovation management och bidrar såledesbåde till teorin och praktiken.

Abstract Background The major mobile infrastructure incumbent vendors form an oligopoly of mobile technology leaders that have not changed their business models significantly as new mobile technology generations have been introduced since 1980. The introduction of 5G and research in 6G have created uncertainty calling for openness, disaggregation of software from hardware, and variety of industrial customers. The incumbent vendors need to innovate technology and business model (BM) to increase their chances of survival. Objectives This thesis aims to investigate how mobile network infrastructure incumbent vendors use business model innovation (BMI) in context of uncertainties related to 5G & 6G disruptive innovation. The purpose of the thesis is to refine the extant theory of BMI and to provide practitioners with recommendations on how to use BMI in the nascent phase of disruptive innovation. Methodology The grounded theory research process based on an exploratory qualitative single-case holistic study is used. The primary data is collected from thirteen semi-structured interviews while supportive secondary data is publicly available and collected via the Internet. Using inductive reasoning the study data analysis process produced first-order concepts, second-order themes and aggregate dimensions used to refine and extend the initial theoretical framework for BMI process usage. Findings When faced with uncertainty of disruptive innovation, the industry incumbents use the scenario-driven thinking to simultaneously develop a portfolio of BMs both by in-house diversification and by mergers and acquisitions. The management of BMI process leads to foreseeing and leveraging of both the internal resources and external resources. The internal resources are developed using BM ambidexterity, double ambidexterity, and intra-organizational learning, The external resources are developed via business ecosystems development and open BM innovation. Development of the resources creates unique managerial challenges related to ambidexterity, coopetition, and cultural transformation. Conclusions Our study provides the empirical grounds for a model of BMI usage by industry incumbents. Our model extends the scope of the extant theoretical discussions and provides details supported with rich empirical evidence from the nascent phase of technological disruption. The emphasis is on the firm’s dynamics that deal with multiple BMs and their innovation. We argue that while studying the process of single BMI is beneficial, the full understanding of BMI can be achieved only by covering the management of interactions and interdependencies among multiple simultaneous BMIs. Recommendations for future research Multiple-case studies to cover other industries would be beneficial to achieve generalization. Also, the longitudinal approach should be used in future studies to understand the impact of the BMI process management choices in the nascent phase on the survival and performance of the incumbents.

Service innovation is an important component for service business through its applicability in development and accretion that promotes business operations. The service innovation process can be created and maintained through interaction between the actor and the customer, where mutual value is being created through collaboration. However, disruptive external forces that reconfigure businesses environment and changes behavior of customers can have an impact on the conditions for service processes, where the need for innovative solutions increases to continue to reach customer satisfaction. In addition, it may further impact the underlying processes of innovating services, not at least within the facility service sector since interacting and operating within customer’s sites. Therefore, the authors want to contribute with knowledge regarding how service innovation processes are being affected by disruptive external forces, investigated through a single case study. The empirical data has been collected through semi-structured, in-depth interviews with six respondents within a global market-leading provider of facility services where the study has addressed the Swedish market. The empirical findings acknowledged that a changed customer behavior imposed by disruptive external forces causes challenges and changes to the business environment of facility services. The collected data highlighted disruptive forces such as technological, environmental and, especially prominent, the pandemic as particularly influential to the processes of facility service innovation. Business environment in a reconfigured state has, among other, affected the parts of developing, testing, and implementing innovative solutions, thereby influencing the implementation process of service innovation. In conclusion, disruptive external forces imposed new areas of focus and requirements from customers, leading to customers becoming more involved in the process of facility service innovation. The case company has been required to adopt a form of Service-Dominated (S-D) logic on the approach of developing value propositions, implicating that the customers are taking an increased and active part in the facility service innovation process. In relation to a changing customer need imposed by disruptive external forces, psychological senses and perceptions have been distinguished to be a requirement of facility service innovation and have therefore constituted an active component of the innovation process.