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Innovation and transformation in the Swedish manufacturing sector, 1970-2007

This doctoral thesis investigates changes in the volume and character of Swedish manufacturing sector innovation output between 1970 and 2007, a time span composed of both extended periods of relative prosperity and decline. More specifically, it examines whether changes in the number of innovations, the character of the innovating firms, and the distribution of innovations across industries are g

Regulating energy use in existing buildings - two models for legal implementation of energy use reduction measures

This thesis investigates how regulatory instruments, and specifically requirements rules, targeting energy use in existing residential buildings could be made part of the forceful intervention that is required to reduce the use of energy in existing residential buildings. Two approaches to the design of requirement rules are analyzed: a detail-steering approach and a target-oriented approach. The

A High-Speed QR Decomposition Processor for Carrier-Aggregated LTE-A Downlink Systems

This paper presents a high-speed QR decomposition (QRD) processor targeting the carrier-aggregated 4 × 4 Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) receiver. The processor provides robustness in spatially correlated channels with reduced complexity by using modifications to the Householder transform, such as decomposing-target redefinition and matrix real-valued decomposition. In terms of hardware desig

Electromagnetic wave propagation in dispersive and complex material with time domain techniques

In this paper a time domain formulation of the first and second precursor in a dispersive materials is reviewed. These precursors are determined by the susceptibility kernel of the medium, which characterizes the medium in a time domain formulation. The propagator operators of the fields are corner stones in the formulation. These operators are then approximated by a pertinent factorization procedur

The neo-liberal turn in education policy: Teacher licensing and the status of teachers as pedagogic experts

The teacher license has been introduced at a time when the content and institutional framing of teacher education and the conditions of the teaching profession have changed radically. New forms of political, administrative and financial control have changed the governing and staffing of schools. By analysing recent school policy we show how a neoliberal logic concerning a free school market was do