Search for dissertations about: "prospect"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 164 swedish dissertations containing the word prospect.

  2. 1. Investigating the Reaction Kinetics of Tropical Wood Biomass : A Prospect for Energy Recovery

    Author : Kehinde Oluoti; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : Wood; Pyrolysis; gasification; char; kinetic parameters; SEM-EDX; AAEM; Resursåtervinning; Resource Recovery;

    Abstract : The utilization of wood biomass for energy recovery purposes is a phenomenon that is increasingly attracting attentions from researchers, companies and countries all over the world. The effect of climate change as largely represented by global warming leading to glacier ice melting and an unprecedented rise in sea level is a worrisome development. READ MORE

  4. 2. A Tale of Two Concepts : Exploring the Relationship between Firm Performance and Multinationality

    Author : Alice Schmuck; Katarina Lagerström; James Sallis; Mikael Hilmersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; multinationality; firm performance; paradigmatic bias; performance-multinationality relationship; resource-based view; prospect theory; internationalization process model; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Despite being a pivotal topic over the past 50 years, the benefits and costs of internationalization are not well understood. A substantial body of research in international business, strategy, and general management is devoted to understanding firm internationalization and its connection to a firm’s financial performance; however, results are inconclusive. READ MORE

  5. 3. Contextualization of Evolving Patterns in the Internationalization of Small Firms

    Author : Ya Zhang; Anna Öhrwall Rönnbäck; Christina Grundström; Magnus Holmström; Svante Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internationalization; evolving patterns; small firms; prospect theory; emerging markets;

    Abstract : The internationalization of SMEs has been recognized as one of the important paths to growth in SMEs. However, internationalization is also a resource and competence-demanding process. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays in Public Finance and Behavioral Economics

    Author : Arnaldur Stefánsson; Per Engström; Eva Mörk; Mats Persson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Frisch elasticity of labor supply; identification; elasticity heterogeneity; tax compliance; loss aversion; prospect theory; benefit take-up; similarity; distributive justice; moral decision-making; ambiguity attitudes; framing; consistency of choice; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: I study how individuals adjust their labor supply in response to a year with tax free income. Due to a transformation from a retroactive to a pay-as-you-earn tax system, income earned on the Icelandic labor market in 1987 was never taxed. READ MORE

  7. 5. Realistic prospect for continuous variable quantum computing in circuit-QED

    Author : Ingrid Strandberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Continuous variable quantum computing; quantum supremacy; quantum state engineering; negative Wigner function; quantum advantage;

    Abstract : This licentiate thesis is an extended introduction to the appended papers, which pertain to finding quantum states that are useful for continuous variable quantum computing. The useful states are characterized by a negative Wigner function. READ MORE