Search for dissertations about: "new markets"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 377 swedish dissertations containing the words new markets.

  2. 1. Empirical essays on financial markets, firms, and derivatives

    Author : Niclas Hagelin; Ingrid M. Werner; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial markets; Stock markets; Future markets; Options; Derivates; Hedging; Derivathandel; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained studies. The first three investigate the impact of derivatives on the markets for the underlying assets, while the other two examine how and why firms use derivatives. A summary of each of the five studies follows. READ MORE

  4. 2. Assessing New Economic Activity : Process and Performance in New Ventures

    Author : Jonas Dahlqvist; Jönköping University; []
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    Abstract : According to Joseph Schumpeter, entrepreneurs introduce new combinations that create market disequilibria. However, entrepreneurs also create their businesses by acting on already existing opportunity, thereby moving markets towards equilibrium. In any case, entrepreneurs change the economy by creating new economic activity. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Financial Markets

    Author : Hans Byström; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Electricity Futures; Option Pricing; Compass Rose; Covariance Matrix; Chaos; Stochastic Volatility; Financial Markets; GARCH; Financial science; Finansiering;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five empirical essays dealing with different issues related to financial markets. Chapter 2 studies a new multivariate technique, Orthogonal GARCH, of forecasting large covariance matrices based on GARCH models. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Emergence of Markets for Technology : Patent Transfers and Patenting in Sweden, 1819–1914

    Author : David E. Andersson; Fredrik Tell; Mats Larsson; Patricio Sáiz; Maureen McKelvey; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Patent transfers; patents; markets for technology; patent markets; patent agents; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the emergence of markets for technology and studies the evolution of patent transfers and its determinants, patent agencies and independent versus firm patenting in Sweden during the 19th century and the turn of 20th century. It explores how and why markets for technology emerge and under what circumstances by investigating the evolution of Swedish patent legislation and the patterns of patent transfers between individuals and firms. READ MORE

  7. 5. Markets and marketplaces : Essays on access and transformation in remote rural economies

    Author : Tillmann von Carnap; Anna Tompsett; Jakob Svensson; Sam Asher; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; development economics; economic geography; remote sensing; transport infrastructure; climate change adaptation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Market access and agricultural intensification: Remotely-sensed evidence from Mozambican river crossingsMany believe that high transport costs are a significant constraint to agricultural intensification in rural Africa. Empirical evidence is limited, however, because areas with high agricultural potential may see more infrastructure improvements and data is rarely available at the necessary granularity. READ MORE