Browsing Master's theses in Innovative Governance and Public Management by Issue Date
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The Relationship between Public Value and Change : Case Study on Public Value Creation in Relation to the Regional Government, Health and Social Services Reform in Pirkanmaa
(Master thesis, 2019)A break first from Traditional Public Administration (TPA) and later New Public Management (NPM) has gradually offered new angles to the governance. For instance, Moorecreated an analogue to the ... -
Innovations and Ecosystems : A Characterization of Smart Tampere Innovation Ecosystem
(Master thesis, 2019)The following thesis focuses on innovation ecosystem. As described in thefirst section, innovations are of great importance for tackling global challenges such as climate change andthus,of relevancy for the regional economic ... -
PUBLIC TRUST IN CHARITIES : EVIDENCES FROM FINLAND AND SWEDEN
(Master thesis, 2019)Public sector across the globe is currently experiencing a decline in public trustand this issue has been widelydiscussed across the globe. While working as a fundraiser in summer 2018, the author discovered that ... -
Socially Responsible Sector : B Lab Certification of For-Benefit Organizations
(Master thesis, 2019)This is a study of the motivations of organizations to become certified B Corps through thenon-profit B Lab. The Abilities, Motivations and Opportunities framework, rooted in behavioraland organizational management literature ... -
CO-CREATING THE PLACE BRAND OF FINNISH LAPLAND : Mental associations and visual representations
(Master thesis, 2019)Brands are living in an era of customer-centric life where alltheir potential, present and former customers are regardedas co-creators. The center of attention is in customers’ daily lives and they have an ... -
Does gender matter? : A Case Study of the Lack of Female Sport Managers in the Football Associations of Finland and Norway
(Master thesis, 2019)The aim of this research is to address why there are fewer female leaders in the football associations of Finland and Norway and what are the underlying factors influencing the phenomenon. The research problem is approached ... -
The obstacle race to institutional change : the slow path to policy change of a coalition advocating for sexuality education in Norway
(Master thesis, 2019)Developing schoolsexualityeducation policies is a complex matterdue to the controversial and politicized nature of sexuality. This thesisaims at understanding the development of institutional change in the ... -
Organising civil preparedness in Finland, Sweden and Norway : comparing national approaches
(Master thesis, 2019)Our security environment hasbecome more complex during the past years and the variety of threats and vulnerabilities that emerge have become more unpredictable and transboundary. Civil prepared-nessis aconceptwhich is used ... -
Can Money buy Love? : The Impact of the Cohesion Policy of the European Union on European Identity
(Master thesis, 2019)This Master thesis explores the relationship between Cohesion policies of the EU and European identity. After first describing the history and context of Cohesion policies of the EU, the literature on European ... -
«We must go in the same direction» : Understanding the promotion of the Northern Sámi language in Gáivuotna/Kåfjord and Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino in a multi-actor and multi-level perspective
(Master thesis, 2019)The general endangered status of indigenous languages worldwide is a reality that demands quick action from authorities belonging to different governmental spheres to safeguard their use, protection and further ... -
Breaking off the engagement : A case study about the decision to stand alone in a time of mergers in the Higher Education sector
(Master thesis, 2019)The development in the Higher Education (HE) sector hasfor the past decade been characterized by structural changes in form of government-initiated mergers. The aim of such structural changes was to enhance the quality by ... -
Between institutions and agency : How tensions shape the trajectory of governance
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To be or not to be : Collaborative Governance and The Case of Continuous Master Planning in Lahti
(Master thesis, 2020)The benefits of collaborative actions between different stakeholders has been recognized broadly and has been admitted as one of the key factors in regional development. However, the research has so far focused ... -
The formal organization structure of research innovation centers : a case-study in search of characteristics and an explanation
(Master thesis, 2020)This study sheds light on research innovation centers in a Norwegian setting. Research innovation centers are a hybrid of research groups and innovation centers and belong to the higher education (HE) sector. The aim of ... -
Organisational responses to regulatory pressure: A case study of a Norwegian Research University’s strategic compliance to GDPR
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis study seeks to test Oliver’s (1991) theory for prediction of Strategic Responses to Institutional Processes, against the case of initial responses taken by a Norwegian research university when ...