Search for dissertations about: "Blue economy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Blue economy.

  2. 1. Seaweeds as a future protein source: innovative cultivation methods for protein production

    Author : Kristoffer Stedt; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Macroalgae; Saccharina latissima; Ulva fenestrata; Ulva intestinalis; Chaetomorpha linum; Cultivation conditions; Nitrogen content; Amino acids; Heavy metals; Food safety; Wastewater; Process water; Circularity; Blue economy;

    Abstract : As the global population is projected to reach approximately 10 billion people by 2050, it is estimated that we will need to produce up to 60% more food compared to 2010. Although the current food production system contributes to 25% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, accounts for 70-80% of eutrophication and freshwater usage, and occupies half of all ice- and desert-free land, it fails to meet the global nutritional needs. READ MORE

  4. 2. Wage formation in a unionized economy

    Author : Eva Uddén-Jondal; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Around 85 percent of all blue-collar workers in Sweden are organized in an all-encompassing union, Landsorganisationen (LO). During the last decade, this fact has given rise to quite lively research on centralized wage formation. READ MORE

  5. 3. Möten med marknaden. Tre svenska fackförbunds agerande under perioden 1945-1976

    Author : Carina Gråbacke; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; trade unions; the textile industry; the building industry; the retail sector; encompassing and narrow interests; the politics of productivity; innovation; economic change; structural adjustment; rationalization; competition; regulation; deregulation; bargained economy; free trade; protectionism; labor market policy; public housing corporations; union controlled firms; radicalization; organization costs; opening hour regulation;

    Abstract : This is a study of how trade unions act when they are confronted with the consequences of innovations in their own sector of the economy. The framework in which this is studied, basically consists of Mancur Olson's distinction between encompassing/broad and narrow interest organizations, here represented by the peak organization of the blue-collar workers (LO) and the separate trade unions within LO, respectively. READ MORE

  6. 4. Labour Market Behaviour in a Transition Economy: The Czech Experience

    Author : Henrik Huitfeldt; John Earle; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. Essay I presents and characterizes the fluctuations in the flows of workers in the Czech Republic in 1994-2001.The results indicate that most of the re-allocation of workers took place in the first half of the 1990s. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Immigrant Experience: Changing Employment and Income Patterns in Sweden, 1970 - 1993

    Author : Kirk Scott; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; immigrant; Social and economic history; cultural distance; technological change; Ekonomisk och social historia; integration; Sweden; labor market; income; migration; assimilation;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the changing patterns of employment and income assimilation among male immigrants to Sweden. In brief, the results of this work are that immigrants have been facing an increasingly difficult time integrating into the Swedish economy. READ MORE