PhD Dissertations
Online Lurking: Definitions, Implications, and Effects on E-participation
Author: Noella Edelmann
Supervisor: Professor Robert Krimmer, professor Peter Parycek (Danube University, Krems)
Defended: 2017
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Creating Shared Service Centers for Public Sector Accounting: The Case of Estonia
Author: Kaide Tammel
Supervisor: Professor Ringa Raudla
Defended: 2017
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Making (in) the Smart City: Urban Makerspaces for Commons-Based Peer Production in Innovation, Education and Community-Building
Author: Vasileios Niaros
Supervisors: Professor Wolfgang Drechsler, Dr. Vasilis Kostakis
Defended: 2016
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Financial Fragility and Economic Instability in the Context of Transition Economies: The Case of Estonia.
Author: Egert Juuse
Supervisor: Professor Rainer Kattel
Defended: 2016
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The Impact of the European Union Cohesion Policy on Multilevel Governance in Estonia: Subnational Empowerment and Mobilisation.
Author: Merit Tatar
Supervisor: Professor Tiina Randma-Liiv
Defended: 2016
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Energy Technology Innovation Systems in a Transnational Perspective: Small States, Public Ownership and Diverging Policy Rationales.
Author: Piret Tõnurist
Supervisor: Professor Rainer Kattel
Defended: 2016
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The Attribution Problem in Performance Measurement in the Public Sector: Lessons from Performance Audits in Estonia.
Author: Külli Taro
Supervisor: Professor Tiina Randma-Liiv
Defended: 2016
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Remote Electronic Voting in Estonia: legality, Impact and Confidence
Author: Priit Vinkel
Supervisors: Professor Ülle Madise, professor Robert Krimmer
Defended: 2015
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The Impact of Fiscal Crises on Public Administration: Cutback Management and Changes in Decision-Making
Author: Riin Savi
Supervisors: Professor Tiina Randma-Liiv, professor Ringa Raudla
Defended: 2015
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Estonian National Minorities' Cultures: Successes and Failures Policy Goals, Instruments and Organization
Author: Aleksandr Aidarov
Supervisor: Professor Wolfgang Drechsler
Defended: 2015
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Gender as an element of marriage capacity in the context of national and supranational law in European Union
Author: Kristi Joamets
Supervisors: Professor Tanel Kerikmäe, docent Lehte Roots
Defended: 2014
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Mapping and Explaining Post-Communist Development of Administrative Structure: The Case of Estonian Public Administration 1990-2010
Author: Külli Sarapuu
Supervisor: Professor Tiina Randma-Liiv
Defended: 2013
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The Evolution of E-voting: Why Voting Technology is Used and How it Affects Democracy
Author: Robert Krimmer
Supervisor: Professor Wolfgang Drechsler
Defended: 2012
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Strategic Human Resource Management in the Public Service: Evidence from Estonia and Other Central and Eastern European Countries
Author: Jane Järvalt
Supervisor: Professor Tiina Randma-Liiv
Defended: 2012
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Technology Foresight and the Catching-up Strategy in Small Countries: The Case of Estonia
Author: Marek Tiits
Supervisor: Professor Rainer Kattel
Defended: 2011
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The Political Economy of Information Production in the Social Web: Towards a ‘Partner State Approach’
Author: Vasileios Kostakis
Supervisor: Professor Wolfgang Drechsler
Defended: 2011
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Innovation and High-Technology Policy, Policy-Making and Implementation in Central and Eastern European Countries: The Case of Estonia
Author: Margit Kirs (Margit Suurna)
Supervisor: Professor Rainer Kattel
Defended: 2011
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Governance of Innovation Policy in Catching-up Context: Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies of Central and Eastern European Economies
Author: Erkki Karo
Supervisor: Professor Rainer Kattel
Defended: 2011
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Transformations in European R&D and Regional Policies within the Multi-Level Governance Framework: The Changing Nature of the European Union Ten Years after the Launch of the Lisbon Strategy
Author: Simon Lang
Supervisor: Professor Wolfgang Drechsler
Defended: 2010
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An Integrated Model of Audit, Control and Supervision of the Local Government Sector: The Case of Estonia
Author: Raivo Linnas
Supervisor: Professor Sulev Mäeltsemees
Defended: 2010
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Contracting-Out Public Services and Public Procurement for Innovation: Revisiting Contracting Limits in Estonia and Beyond
Author: Veiko Lember
Supervisor: Professor Wolfgang Drechsler
Defended: 2009
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Die Verschuldung deutscher Gemeinden: Präventionsansätze im Spannungsverhältnis von kommunaler Selbstverwaltung und staatlicher gesamtverantwortung
Author: Thomas Duve
Supervisor: Professor Wolfgang Drechsler
Defended: 2009
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Innovation Policy and Development in the ICT Paradigm: Regional and Theoretical Perspectives
Author: Tarmo Kalvet
Supervisor: Professor Wolfgang Drechsler
Defended: 2009
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Avaliku halduse detsentraliseerimine Eestis (Decentralisation of Public Administration in Estonia)
Author: Mikk Lõhmus
Supervisor: Professor Sulev Mäeltsemees
Defended: 2008
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Elections, Political Parties, and Legislative Performance in Estonia: Institutional Choices from the Return to Independence to the Rise of E- Democracy
Author: Ülle Madise
Supervisor: Professor Wolfgang Drechsler
Defended: 2007
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Patterns of Multi-Level Governance in Europe: The Challenge of the EU`s Enlargement
Author: Tarvo Kungla
Supervisor: Professor Wolfgang Drechsler
Defended: 2007
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