Overcrowded emergency departments (EDs) are a critical problem in healthcare, and emerging technology presents new solutions to this problem. One solution is ambulatory in-home services, like Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) programs, offering care to patients inside of their homes using telehealth technology. For an ambulatory in-home service to cross the chasm and be accepted by a larger population, two aspects have to be investigated and developed for an earlystage implementation: 1) The product offering, and 2) stakeholder attraction. A case of a newly developed MIH program has been studied with the purpose to understand what aspects should be prioritized in the development of an ambulatory in-home service, such as the MIH program. Firstly, the product offering should have a niche approach using early triaging, to ensure that its selling promise gets fulfilled. Secondly, the generic product should consist of basic services that can be expanded after the service has proven trialability. However, the potential of the product should be researched and presented to the management with a realistic selling promise commitment. Lastly, the complexity, mostly associated with administrative tasks, should be minimized. To further increase the adoption rate, knowledge exchange with other programs should be utilized. Moreover, the study shows evidence that both patients and providers have a high satisfaction associated with ambulatory in-home services, and that they have a relative advantage in comparison to an ED visit. The diffusion will mostly be through word-of-mouth, making the product offering even more important. To achieve maximum diffusion the patients and providers have to know that the service is available to other individuals in their social system. During the early stages of adoption, external influence will also play an important role in creating awareness. Moreover, loyalty and continuous use of the service have to be promoted. / Överbelastade akutmottagningar är ett kritiskt problem i sjukvård, och utvecklingen av ny teknikger en lösning till detta problem. En lösning är akuta hemtjänster, liksom "Mobile Integrated Health" (MIH) program, som erbjuder vård till patienter inuti deras hem genom att använda "telehealth" teknologi. För att en akut hemservice ska korsa spridningsklyftan och bli accepterad av en större befolkning måste två aspekter undersökta och utvecklade i ett tidigt stadie: 1) produkterbjudande och 2) intressentattraktion. I denna studie har ett nyutvecklat MIH program studerats med avsikten att förstå vilka aspekter som ska prioriteras under utvecklingen av en akut hemtjänst, liksom MIH programmet. För det första så måste produkterbjudandet ha en nischad strategi, som använder sig av tidig triage för att säkerhetsställa att säljlöftet genomförs. För det andra så ska den generiska produkten bestå av bastjänster, vilka kan expanderas efter att provbarhet har bevisats. Dock så ska den potentiella produkten undersökas och presenteras för ledningen med ett realistiskt säljlöfte. Slutligen så ska komplexiteten, som är mestadels kopplad till administrativa uppgifter, minimeras. För ytterligare ökning av spridningsfrekvensen så ska kunskapsutbyten med andra program utnyttjas. Fortsatt, så visar studien på att både patienter och vårdgivare har en hög belåtenhet kopplat till akuta hemtjänster, och att de har en relativ fördel i jämförelse med besök på akutmottagningar. Spridningen sker mestadels genom "word-of-mouth" vilket gör produkterbjudandet ännu viktigare. För att nå maximal spridning måste patienter och vårdgivare veta att tjänsten är tillgänglig för andra individer i deras sociala system. Under den tidiga adoptionsfasen, är extern influens också viktigt för att sprida medvetenhet. Även lojalitet och fortsatt användning av tjänsten måste framhävas.

Venture Capitals and early stage companies are of fundamental importance for how the market operates and develops. In the last decade more focus has been put on the ESG strategies and governance of organizations. However, ESG is a relatively new and complex research area in which ignorance and measurement problems have led to inconsistency in applications of ESG concepts and strategies. Based on empirical data consisting of qualitative document analysis and interviews with Swedish Venture Capitals this thesis aims, from theoretical perspectives within decision-making and ESG strategies, to investigate which ESG strategies are used among Swedish Venture Capitals investing in tech, and how these are applied in, are weighted and impact the decision-making process. The result shows that the decision making process can be assumed to be based on bounded rationality tinged by fragmented application of ESG concepts and strategies in which diversity and CO2 impact are prioritized focus areas. The common perception was also that investing in tech created a natural aligning to ESG. Active Ownership, Positive- and Negative screening are the central strategies that were applied with the aim to develop and manage the lack of information and the risks that follows with early stage investing. / Venture Capitals och early stage bolag är av fundamental betydelse för hur marknaden fungerar och utvecklas och under det senaste årtiondet har större fokus riktats mot organisationers ESG strategier och styrning. ESG är dock ett relativt nytt och komplext forskningsområde där okunskap och mätningsproblematik har lett till att begrepp och strategier tillämpas inkonsekvent. Utifrån empiri baserad på kvalitativ dokumentanalys och intervjuer från svenska Venture Capitals avser denna studie, utifrån teoretiska perspektiv inom beslutsfattande och ESG strategi, att undersöka vilka ESG strategier som används bland svenska Venture Capitals och hur de tillämpas, viktas och påverkar beslutsfattandet vid investeringar i tech. Resultatet visade att beslutsprocessen kan antas baseras på begränsad rationalitet präglad av fragmenterad tillämpning av ESG begrepp och strategier där jämställdhet och CO2 påverkan var prioriterade fokusområden. Den gemensamma bilden var även att investering i tech skapade en naturlig förankring till ESG. Active ownership, Positive- och Negative screening var de centrala strategierna som tillämpades i syfte att utveckla och hantera den informationsbrist och de risker som medföljde early stage investering.

This dissertation examines the role of public investments in inducing small firms to develop risky, early-stage technologies. It contributes to expanding our understanding of the consequences of research, innovation, and entrepreneurship policies and programs by investigating in more depth the effect of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program on the innovation effort, ability to attract external capital, and other metrics of post-entry performance of small business start-ups using a new sample and estimation approach. Unlike prior R&D subsidy studies that concentrated almost exclusively on European countries, this dissertation focused on small business start-ups in the United States using a new scientific survey of new firms. It integrated the Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation with the SBIR recipient dataset from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and used advances in statistical matching to achieve better comparability between the treated and control groups of small business start-ups. The integrated KFS-SBA dataset, which contains both recipient and non-recipient small firms, and statistical matching allowed us to empirically construct the counterfactual outcomes of SBIR recipients. This dissertation balanced the pre-treatment characteristics of SBIR recipients and non-recipients through propensity score matching (PSM). It constructed the comparison sample by identifying non-recipients with nearly identical propensity scores as those of SBIR recipients. Consistent with the propensity score theorem, observations with the same distribution of propensity scores have the same distribution of observable characteristics. PSM made the comparison and treatment samples homogenous except in SBIR program exposure, making the fundamental assumption of ignorability of treatment assignment more plausible. Using the realized outcomes of observationally similar non-recipient start-ups as the counterfactual outcomes of SBIR recipients, we found empirical evidence of the input additionality effect of the SBIR program. Had they not applied for and granted SBIR R&D subsidies, recipient start-ups would have spent only $185,000 in R&D, but with SBIR their R&D effort was significantly increased to $663,000, on average. The treatment effects analyses also found a significant positive effect of SBIR on innovation propensity and employment. However, it appears that public co-financing of commercial R&D has crowded-out privately financed R&D of small business start-ups in the United States. A dollar of SBIR subsidy decreased firm-financed R&D by about $0.16. Contrary to prior SBIR studies, we did not find any significant "halo effect" or "certification effect" of receiving an SBIR award on attracting external capital. However, we discovered a different certification effect of the SBIR program: SBIR grantees are more likely to attract external patents. This finding also confirms that innovation requires a portfolio of internal and external knowledge assets as theorized by David Teece and his colleagues. This dissertation's empirical results may be relevant to the Small Business Administration, SBIR participating agencies, the U.S. Congress, other federal, state and local policymakers, small high-tech start-ups, and scholars in the field of science, technology, and innovation policy.

This dissertation examines the role of public investments in inducing small firms to develop risky, early-stage technologies. It contributes to expanding our understanding of the consequences of research, innovation, and entrepreneurship policies and programs by investigating in more depth the effect of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program on the innovation effort, ability to attract external capital, and other metrics of post-entry performance of small business start-ups using a new sample and estimation approach. This study integrated the Kauffman Firm Survey from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation with the SBIR recipient dataset from the U.S. Small Business Administration and used advances in the micro-econometrics of program evaluation to empirically construct the counterfactual outcomes of SBIR recipients. We found empirical evidence of the input additionality effect of the SBIR program. The treatment effects analyses also found a significant positive effect of SBIR on innovation propensity and employment. However, it appears that public co-financing of commercial R&D has crowded-out privately financed R&D of small business start-ups in the United States. A dollar of SBIR subsidy decreased firm-financed R&D by about $0.16. Contrary to prior SBIR studies, we did not find any significant “halo effect” or “certification effect” of receiving an SBIR award on attracting external capital. What we discovered is a different certification effect of the SBIR program: SBIR grantees are more likely to attract external patents. This finding confirms that innovation requires a portfolio of internal and external knowledge assets as theorized by David Teece and his colleagues.

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Due to digitalization, companies face a wide range of opportunities and challenges when it comes to attracting, recruiting and retaining talents. To meet these, companies need to present and achieve originality regarding values and corporate culture. One possible solution to this may be customized Human Resource tools.  Co-creation is an increasingly common product development strategy to create customized tools. It is based on collaboration and joint production of value between a supplier and customer. Cocreation may be a favorable strategy for early stage companies to gain customers and enter the market. While there are a variety of market entry strategies, this study is based on the insufficient attention among these to the customer as a possible collaborator when entering. This lack of attention is noteworthy since theory shows that the customer is gaining increased power over a supplier’s business decisions, largely due to digitalization.  There is a need to introduce a strategy that defines how companies co-create with their customers and regards them as an allied. This close relationship provides mutual benefits, sustainable relationships and networks. Consequently, this study aims to investigate if a co-creation strategy can be used to enter a market for an early stage company. The study is based on inductive reasoning and qualitative research methods. It uses semi- structured interviews, active participating observations and a literature study to collect primary and secondary data. The study proposes that co-creation is a new type of market entry strategy and suggests three key areas to consider for an early stage company when entering. These areas are: development approach, ownership and product protection, and expectation and communication. / Digitalisering har skapat både möjligheter och utmaningar för företag när det gäller att locka, rekrytera och behålla talanger. För att möta dessa måste företag presentera och uppnå originalitet kring företagskultur och värderingar. En lösning till detta kan vara företagsanpassade Human Resource-verktyg. Co-creation är en allt vanligare produktutvecklingsstrategi för att skapa företagsanpassade lösningar. Det bygger på samarbete och gemensamt utvecklande av värde mellan leverantör och kund. Co-creation kan vara en gynnsam strategi för ett företag i tidigt stadie att bygga kundrelationer och komma in på marknaden. Baserat på den akademiska litteraturstudien identifierades bristfälligt fokus på kunden som en möjlig samarbetspartner vid marknadsinträde. Detta är anmärkningsvärt eftersom teorin visar att kunden har fått en ökad makt över leverantörens affärsbeslut, till stor del tack vare digitalisering.  Det finns ett behov av att införa en strategi som definierar hur företag samverkar med sina kunder och anser dem som allierade. Denna nära relation ger ömsesidiga fördelar, hållbara relationer och nätverk. Följaktligen syftar denna undersökning till att undersöka om en strategi baserad på co-creation kan användas för att komma in i en marknad för ett företag i tidigt stadie. Studien bygger på induktiva resonemang och kvalitativa forskningsmetoder. Den är baserad på semistrukturerade intervjuer, aktivt deltagande observationer samt en litteraturstudie för att samla primär- och sekundärdata. Studien föreslår att co-creation är en ny typ av marknadsinträdesstrategi och föreslår tre viktiga områden att överväga för ett företag i tidigt stadie. Dessa områden är: produktutvecklingsmetod, ägande och skydd av produkt samt förväntan och kommunikation.

Product costing can be used to estimate potential future costs and revenues associated with a product. In the development of new products early cost estimates can be used to support decision making regarding which products are worth pursuing, and which production processes that are the most profitable. For a firm to make precise early cost estimates both technical and financial expertise is needed; however, in practice there is generally a gap between technology and cost. Process-Based Cost Modeling (PBCM) is a model developed to address this gap and generate costing estimates of higher precision. The model is especially developed for process production technologies. Although promising, PBCM is under researched and its applicability in new contexts are yet to be explored.  The purpose of this study was to explore the PBCM’s applicability in new context of process production. This was done through a case study at a multinational agricultural cooperative. The problematization presented by the Case Company was to make early cost estimation of the production process of a main product and its byproducts. Furthermore, the Case Company wanted to compare alternative production designs and use of different raw materials in the production process. To create a product costing model that fully captures the contextual depth of the problem both qualitative and quantitative data was gathered from internal documents, a series of interviews, and observation of one of the sub-processes.  The findings of the study resulted in development of a batch costing model, a hybrid between continuous operations and order costing systems. The batch costing proved to be dynamic and allowed comparison of different production and raw material alternatives. Furthermore, the PBCM methodology that resulted in the batch costing model was evident to give a deeper contextual understanding of the relationship between cost and production technology. For the Case Company, the outcome of the study highlighted key areas needing further investigation and process design features that lower operational costs. The results also provide recommendations how to increase the precision of the product costing models when more data are available. Finally, the academic outcome of the thesis provides trajectory in the further research on PBCM and gives new perspective on the use of batch costing in continuous operations. / Produktkalkylering kan användas för att uppskatta framtida kostnader och intäkter associerade med en produkt. Vid utveckling av nya produkter och produktionsprocess kan produktkalkylering således användas vid beslutsfattande i situationer där man ska välja vilka produkter som är värda att arbeta vidare med, och vid lönsamhetsberäkningar vid olika tillverkningsprocesser. För att företaget ska kunna göra precisa kostnadsuppskattningar behövs både teknisk och ekonomisk expertis. Detta överses dock ofta i praktiken, vilket leder till en klyfta mellan teknik och kostnad. Processbaserad kostnadsmodellering, eller Process-Based Cost Modeling (PBCM), är en metod som har tagits fram för att överkomma denna klyfta, framförallt inom processproduktion. Även om modellen är lovande så saknas forskning på området, därav behöver PBCM:s applicerbarhet prövas i nya kontexter. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka PBCM:s applicerbarhet i en ny kontext inom processproduktion. Detta gjordes genom att genomföra en fallstudie på ett multinationellt lantbruksföretag som har verksamhet inom livsmedelproduktion. Fallföretags problematisering byggde på att de ville göra en tidig kostnadsbedömning på tillverkningsprocess som producerar en huvudprodukt och ett antal biprodukter. Tillverkningsprocessen är ännu inte utvecklad och företaget vill således jämföra produktionskostnader vid användning av olika råmaterial och tillverkningsalternativ. För att utveckla en lämplig produktkalkyl till företaget samlades både kvalitativa och kvantitativa data in genom interna dokument, en serie av intervjuer, samt genom observation av en av de underliggande tillverkningsprocesserna. Studien resulterade i en hybridkalkyl som använder sig av både process- och orderkalkylering. Hybridkalkylen visade sig lämplig både för företagets produktionsteknologi, men framförallt tillät jämförelse mellan olika tillverkningsalternativ. Metodiken hos PBCM visade sig även användbar för att förstå hur kostnaden påverkas av produktionsteknologin. För fallföretaget påvisade resultaten områden som behöver undersökas ytterligare. Det ges även rekommendationer hur hybridkalkylen kan finslipas när företaget har mer data tillgängligt. När det kommer till det akademiska bidraget, så ger rapporten riktning för fortsatta forskningen på PBCM och ger nya perspektiv på hur hybridkalkylering kan användas i processproduktion.

Base flow recession curve during a dry period is a distinct hydrologic signature of a watershed. The base flow recession analysis for both streamflow and spring flow has been extensively studied in the literature. Studies have shown that the recession behaviors during the early stage and the late stage are different in many watersheds. However, research on the transition from early stage to late stage is limited and the hydrologic control on the transition is not completely understood. In this dissertation, a novel cumulative regression analysis method is developed to identify the transition flow objectively for individual recession events in the well-studied Panola Mountain Research Watershed in Georgia, USA. The streamflow at the watershed outlet is identified when the streamflow at the perennial stream head approaches zero, i.e., flowing streams contract to perennial streams. The identified transition flows are then compared with observed flows when the flowing stream contracts to the perennial stream head. As evidenced by a correlation coefficient of 0.90, these two characteristics of streamflow are found to be highly correlated, suggesting a fundamental linkage between the transition of base flow recession from early to late stages and the drying up of ephemeral streams. At the early stage, the contraction of ephemeral streams mostly controls the recession behavior. At the late stage, perennial streams dominate the flowing streams and groundwater hydraulics governs the recession behavior. The ephemeral stream densities vary from arid regions to humid regions. Therefore, the characteristics of transition flow across the climate gradients are also tested in 40 watersheds. It is found that climate, which is represented by climate aridity index, is the dominant controlling factor on transition flows from early to late recession stages. Transition flows and long-term average base flows are highly correlated with a correlation coefficient of 0.82. Long-term average base flow and the transition flow of recession are base flow characteristics at two temporal scales, i.e., the long-term scale and the event scale during a recession period. This is a signature of the co-evolution of climate, vegetation, soil, and topography at the watershed scale. The characteristics of early and late recession are applied for quantifying human impacts on streamflow in agricultural watersheds with extensive groundwater pumping for irrigation. A recession model is developed to incorporate the impacts of human activities (such as groundwater pumping) and climate variability (such as evapotranspiration) on base flow recession. Groundwater pumping is estimated based on the change of observed base flow recession in watersheds in the High Plains Aquifer. The estimated groundwater pumping rate is found consistent compared with the observed data of groundwater uses for irrigation. Besides streamflow recession analysis, this dissertation also presents a novel spring recession model for Silver Springs in Florida by incorporating groundwater head, spring pool altitude, and net recharge into the existing Torricelli model. The results show that the effective springshed area has continuously declined since 1988. The net recharge has declined since the 1970s with a significant drop in 2002. Subsequent to 2002, the net recharge increased modestly but not to the levels prior to the 1990s. The decreases in effective springshed area and net recharge caused by changes in hydroclimatic conditions including rainfall and temperature, along with groundwater withdrawals, contribute to the declined spring flow.

This, the first study at doctoral level of any white female jazz instrumentalist, provides an overview to the long, active and enduring musical career of British-born, New York-based jazz pianist, Marian McPartland (born 1918). For over six decades, besides being a pianist and a composer, she has been prominent in the professional roles of educator, writer, record producer and recording artist, radio broadcaster and advocate. The scope and impact of this multi-layered career are conveyed through the medium of a Website profiling significant aspects of her professional life through textual, aural and visual presentation. Although not claiming to be exhaustive, this Website brings together a comprehensive collection of data covering all aspects of Marian McPartland's career. Data have been gathered and collated from material in the public domain, and all such sources are acknowledged and referenced. The Website is navigable through three links at the bottom of the Home Page - 1) Historical Perspective; 2) Selected Analyses; and 3) Marian McPartland In Context. Part One of the Website provides access to Marian McPartland's various professional roles in jazz, as well as public profiles, and is consolidated by listings of support material. Part Two of the Website contains formal analyses of four of her compositions, each preceded by a short introduction. The analyses are based on scores transcribed from her recorded improvisations. A discussion of her stylistic approach follows the analyses. Part Three of the Website contextualizes Marian McPartland as a woman in jazz during its major historical and stylistic movements. An Introduction and a Conclusion provide the academic framework for this study. The Introduction outlines the rationale for the study, the dimensions of the study, the methodologies used, and the research process. The Conclusion provides critical commentary on Marian McPartland's musical career, and deductions are made about her significance in and contribution to jazz, based on the evidence presented in the Website. A CD of the entire Website completes the presentation of this thesis, included under Supplementary Material in the back pocket of the thesis. This overview of Marian McPartland's entire career makes an original contribution to knowledge on this jazz artist, and, in a broader sense, provides an important resource for future research in the area of jazz music and musicians.

High-performance materials such as stainless steels and nickel based super alloys are widely used in demanding applications where high mechanical and thermal properties are required. The applications of super alloys are mainly found in jet engines, power plants and gas turbines demanding high fatigue strength, corrosion and oxidation resistance as well as wear resistant properties. In order to use them, they go through various machining processes such as milling, turning, cutting, polishing etc. until the final product is achieved. Modern manufacturing industries employs various machining tools and technologies to improve the machining process of heat resistant super alloys. However, there are still challenges which needs to be addressed. Among them, adhesive wear of the machining tools is one of the main wear mechanism during the tribological interaction of tool and workpiece, preventing them to achieve the desired quality and surface finish of the end product. Moreover, it damages the tool reducing its lifecycle and in return, increasing the production cost. Among the cutting tools tungsten carbide (WC/Co) tools coated with TiAlN coating due to their good high temperature performance are extensively used. Nonetheless, these coatings still face issue like adhesive wear, abrasion, oxidation at higher temperature damaging the tools and subsequent machining. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the initiation mechanism of adhesive wear during the tribological interaction of super alloys and coated cutting tool material. In this research work, the tribological response of two coatings deposited by physical vapour deposition (PVD), having the composition Ti60Al40N and Ti40Al60N have been studied against two super alloys material, i.e. Inconel 718 and stainless steel 316L. A high temperature SRV (Schwingung (Oscillating), Reibung (Friction), Verschleiß (Wear)) reciprocation friction and wear test set up was employed to investigate the friction behaviour, wear rate and dominant wear mechanisms.  For Ti60Al40N coating, the experimental results revealed that generally, friction increases in case of sliding against Inconel 718 up to 400 °C and drops at 760 °C. A high wear volume at room temperature and a decrease to a minimum at 760 °C has been observed for Inconel 718. On the other side, Stainless steel 316L (SS 316L) faces a continuous rise in friction coefficient with highest value at 760 °C during sliding against Ti60Al40N coating. Wear is highest at 400 °C for SS 316L pin. The worn surfaces shows that both workpiece materials experience increase in material transfer due to adhesive wear with rise in temperature. At 400 °C, adhesion is the primary wear mechanism for both workpiece materials. A further rise in temperature to 760 °C promotes the adhesive wear through oxides formation on both material surfaces.  Similarly, Ti40Al60N coating shows the same friction behaviour with change in average steady state friction values for both material of Inconel 718 and SS 316L. Both workpiece materials responds in a similar way to wear volume loss, i.e. lowest at room temperature and highest at 760 °C. For Inconel 718, transfer of coating constituents on to the Inconel 718 pin surface was detected and associated with coating rupture and peeling, exacerbating with rise in temperature. Adhesion, abrasion, and oxidation are primary wear mechanisms at 400 °C and 760 °C. For SS 316L, coating transfer only happen at 400 °C. No damage of coating at 40 °C, a complete damage at 400 °C, and formation of dense porous oxides layers at 760 °C have been noticed. At 400 °C, adhesion, abrasion, and chipping while at 760 °C, adhesion, three body abrasion, ploughing and oxidation are the main wear mechanisms.