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- Hjalager, A-M, et al.
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Innovating and re-branding Nordic wellbeing tourism
- 2011
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this study is to draw a wider picture of what constitutes the wellbeing category of tourism in the overarching, transnational geographical context of Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. In addition, potential exploitation of special and even unique Nordic resources and advantages will be articulated in policy considerations for the emergence and support of a Nordic Wellbeing brand. Accordingly, the joint research will achieve a more profound understanding of the driving forces that could lead to the successful development of coherent wellbeing tourism in the Nordic region. The project involves researchers from each of the Nordic countries assigned the task to detail the innovative and entrepreneurial aspects of selected wellbeing tourism destinations. On the whole, the Nordic Wellbeing project takes an innovation perspective related to developing a particular Nordic content of wellbeing to be offered by tourism enterprises and destinations across the five Nordic countries.
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- Hjalager, A-M, et al.
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Innovation Systems in Nordic Tourism
- 2008
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This research is on tourism and innovation in the Nordic countries. The aim is to outline the constituents of success in the industry and what can be done to facilitate and maintain success through policy measures. The research draws on theories of innovation systems and review of innovation policy in the Nordic countries. This theoretical approach is combined with detailed case studies, two from each country, on a successful tourism venture or destination that has been in operation for a minimum of five years. Over 60 interviews were conducted and subsequently transcribed and analysed, whence emerged a picture of the innovation systems underpinning their success and material that could be used to substantiate a critique on current Nordic tourism policy measures. The conclusion details seven general policy frameworks that need to be further developed and researched. These are of value to both public policy makers, private entrepreneurs and academics as they give an outline for policy making, ideas for corporate development and areas of future research interests for tourism studies in the Nordic context. In addition the research is important to Nordic innovation studies generally, as it places tourism systems as a relevant and worthwhile focus area.
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- Glader, A, et al.
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Byggnadsrelaterad ohälsa : Kompetensutveckling inom hälsovården
- 2014
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Rapport (refereegranskat)abstract
- Det finns ett stort behov av utbildning om inomhusmiljö och byggnadsrelaterad ohälsa, både inom ramen för grundläggande yrkesutbildningar och som fortbildningskurser för yrkesverksamma. Hälsoproblem som beror på dålig inomhusluft på arbetsplatsen utreds av företagshälsovården. Dock har de som jobbar inom företagshälsovård idag inte alltid tillräcklig kunskap om inomhusmiljö och byggnadsrelaterad ohälsa och saknar ofta beredskap att som sakkunniga delta i utredningar på arbetsplatser. För att förbättra vården bör personalen utbildas om bl.a. riskfaktorer för dålig inomhusluft, vanliga hälsobesvär och inverkan på arbetsförmåga och produktivitet, de psykosociala faktorernas betydelse samt ansvarsfrågor och hälsoekonomiska konsekvenser. Öppna digitala lärresurser (OER) och kurser på nätet (MOOCs) kan med fördel användas vid fortbildning av vårdpersonal. Nätbaserad utbildning underlättar för vårdpersonalen att själv kunna välja tidpunkt och målsättning. Därtill utgör OER även ett hjälpmedel för att utveckla kunskapsöverföringen mellan Sverige och Finland.
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- Olofsson, I, et al.
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Initial Review and Evaluation of Process Technologies and Systems Suitable for Cost-Efficient Medium-Scale Gasification for Biomass to Liquid Fuels
- 2005
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The most promising routes for conversion of biomass to liquid (BTL) fuels are based on thermal processes, i.e. initial pyrolysis or gasification of the biomass and subsequent production of CO2-neutral methanol, ethanol, dimethylether (DME) or Fisher-Tropsh-diesel from the syngas. Swedish research groups have an extensive knowledge and experience of R&D on thermal conversion of biomass fuels in general, and also on gasification and pyrolysis processes. However, although much effort has been spent on the task during the last century and despite gasification is an emerging technology approaching a demonstration phase, there are very few if any successful commercial reference plants. The best reported cost-efficiencies are also still somewhat too high for market introduction. Most of the present knowledge gaps and technology development challenges seem to be more or less process chemistry related and actually quite suitable for the ETPC and BioFuelRegion (BFR) research groups. Recent work within the relatively unique area of thermal and especially molecular process chemistry have indicated that solutions to some of the previously identified major obstacles could potentially be developed by comparatively simple measures. In addition, the process complexity, many fuel-, process- and subprocess-variables governs a high potential for systematic process and system optimization, another expertise research area within UmU/ETPC and BFR.
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