Search for dissertations about: "Bank history"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words Bank history.

  2. 1. Taming exotic beauties : Swedish hydropower constructions in Tanzania in the era of development assistance, 1960s-1990s

    Author : May-Britt Öhman; Arne Kaijser; Kjell Havnevik; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science and technology; Hydropower; Electrification; Postcolonial Theory; Feminist Theory; Science and Technology Studies; Colonialism; Development assistance; Africa; Tanzania; Southern Highlands; Great Ruaha River; Vetenskapshistoria; Teknikhistori; Vattenkraftsutbyggnad – Tanzania; Kolonialism – Tanzania; Utvecklingsbistånd – Tanzania; History of technology and industry; Teknik- och industrihistoria; Historia;

    Abstract : This study analyses the history of a large hydroelectric scheme – the Great Ruaha power project in Tanzania. The objective is to establish why and how this specific scheme came about, and as part of this to identify the key actors involved in the decision-making process, including the ideological contexts within which they acted. READ MORE

  4. 2. Fasta förbindelser : En studie av låntagare hos sparbanken och informella kreditgivare i Sala 1860-1910

    Author : Hilda Hellgren; Mats Larsson; Gunilla Petersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; Informal lenders; private bankers; savings banks; Sala; personal relationships; credit; borrowers; lenders; local credit market; probate inventories; trust; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia;

    Abstract : The major question in this thesis is where private persons borrowed on a local credit market in 1860-1910. This study has focused on informal lenders (in other research often referred to as private bankers), from whom most of private persons borrowed during the 19th century, and the savings bank in Sala. READ MORE

  5. 3. Financialization in Swedish Capitalism : Debt, inequality and crisis in Sweden, 1900-2013

    Author : Lars Ahnland; Rodney Edvinsson; Jonathan Feldman; Jan Bohlin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; debt; inequality; financialization; financial crisis; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : This dissertation adresses financialization – the increasing role of financial activities in the overall economy – in Sweden in 1900-2013. The focus is on the long run relationships between private debt, asset markets, inequality and financial crisis during this period. READ MORE

  6. 4. Kreditmarknad i omvandling : en studie av sparbanksverksamhet på lokal nivå : Oppunda härads sparbank och stationssamhället Katrineholm 1881-1916 (Credit market in transformation. A study of savings bank activity on the local level: the savings bank of Op

    Author : Tom Petersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia;

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  7. 5. Commercial Banking and Economic Development The Lebanese Experience 1856-1974

    Author : Ali Abou-Zeinab; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic history; banking history; Lebanon; Commercial banking; Free banking; Ekonomisk och social historia;

    Abstract : This thesis emphasises the role of commercial banks as financial intermediaries. It is primarily concerned with the development of the commercial banking system of Lebanon in the period 1856-1974, and assesses the role of the commercial banking system in Lebanon, as capital provider to economic development. READ MORE