Search for dissertations about: "pricing decisions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words pricing decisions.

2. 1. Payment Efficiency and Payment Pricing : Four Essays

   Author : Magnus Willesson; Ted Lindblom; Björn Lantz; Mats Bergman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; payments; bank; efficiency; pricing; technical change; two-sided networks; price bundling; Payments; bank; efficiency; pricing; technical change; two-sided networks; price bundling;

   Abstract : The four essays in this Doctoral thesis provide new evidence of efficiency in electronic payments and banks due to the technological change in payment distribution systems and how banks can utilize and develop their pricing of payments in the presence of changing technology.“Benefits from a Changing Payment Technology in European Banking” identifies cost savings from technical change in European banking. READ MORE

4. 2. Diffusion Dynamics and the Pricing of Innovations

   Author : Fredrik Link; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Structural Equation Modeling; Telecommunication Product Domain; Technological Lock-in; Network Externalities; Perceived Product Value; Take-off; Innovativeness; Pricing; Adoption; Innovation; Diffusion; LISREL; Market study; Marknadsanalys;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis deals with two closely interconnected phenomena, the adoption and diffusion of innovations. The research aims at developing both the theory of individual adoption decisions and the theory of the diffusion of an innovation in society. READ MORE

5. 3. Empirical studies of pricing

   Author : Niklas Strand; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This dissertation contains four essays and is focused on evaluating, and to a lesser degree, extending, theories on monopoly and oligopoly pricing. The data in all of the essays originates from the Swedish daily newspaper markets. READ MORE

6. 4. Pricing Capability and Its Strategic Dimensions

   Author : Niklas Lars Hallberg; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Resource-based view; Organizational capabilities; Appropriation factors; Strategic management; Pricing capability; Value appropriation;

   Abstract : The notion of pricing as being of vital importance to firms is supported by a long line of publications that outline recommendations on how price should be managed in order to maximize long-term profits. This implies that pricing, or firm level pricing capability, should constitute an important area of research in the field of strategic management, a field which has as its prime objective to develop explanations of firm performance. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing

   Author : Jon Frank; Mikael Bask; Lars Forsberg; Dušan Isakov; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Finance; Asset Pricing; Founding family firms; Firm performance; Firm financing; Firm investments; Stock returns; Stock-bond correlation;

   Abstract : Essay 1 (with Mattias Hamberg): We study the performance of family firms with large controlling owners using unique hand-collected Swedish data; and consistent with previous studies, we find that founding family firms perform significantly better than other firms. The data allows us to also identify firms with long term non-founding owners (LTNFOs). READ MORE