Search for dissertations about: "Capital goods"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 59 swedish dissertations containing the words Capital goods.

2. 1. Integrated Solutions in the Capital Goods Sector : Exploring innovation, service and network perspectives

   Author : Charlotta Windahl; Christian Berggren; Nicolette Lakemond Ebbers; Andrew Davies; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Integrated solutions; Innovation; Capital goods; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

   Abstract : With varying degrees of success, a number of firms in the capital goods sector are experimenting with different ‘integrated solutions’ initiatives. Integrated solutions include product innovations which enable increased process control that allows the optimisation of the customers’ processes, as well as business innovations which change the firms’ business models and customer approach. READ MORE

4. 2. The Place of Conventional Economics in a World with Communities and Social Goods

   Author : Rick Wicks; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; assumptions; communities; general equilibrium; meta-economic efficiency; relational models theory; separability; social capital; social goods; social sphere; three spheres; universal markets; used clothes;

   Abstract : Paper 1: Should Deliveries of Used Clothes to LDCs Be Supported? This is the journal version of a study of the worldwide used-clothes trade – with focus on Sweden’s participation in it – undertaken for Sida (the Swedish foreign aid agency). We looked at both theoretical and empirical effects of the commercial used-clothes trade, and at the effects of subsidizing it. READ MORE

5. 3. Men in Politics : Revisiting Patterns of Gendered Parliamentary Representation in Thailand and Beyond

   Author : Elin Bjarnegård; Maria Heimer; Axel Hadenius; Erik Melander; Martha Blomqvist; Georgina Waylen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; clientelism; political parties; representation; candidate selection; Thailand; gender; masculinities; democratization; social capital; homosociality; homosocial capital; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : Male parliamentary dominance, rather than the corresponding female parliamentary underrepresentation, is the object of study in this thesis. This shift in focus implies a gendered analysis centered on men and men’s practices. READ MORE

6. 4. Fairness, Reciprocity and Inequality: Experimental evidence from South Africa

   Author : Martine Visser; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; inequality; cooperation; punishment; public goods; experimental economics; social norms; inequality aversion; altruism; reciprocity; stake size; social capital; South Africa;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of six papers, related to artifactual field experiments, conducted in South Africa. The main focus of the thesis is the effect of different forms of heterogeneity on cooperation and punishment within groups. READ MORE

7. 5. Prosocial Behavior, Social Interaction and Development: Experimental Evidence from Vietnam

   Author : Nam Pham Khanh; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Voluntary contribution; local public goods; social influence; default contribution; conditional cooperation; disclosure; social preferences; preferences for relative position; preference stability; moral licensing; moral cleansing; adaptation to climate change; social capital; field experiment; natural experiment; lab experiment; Vietnam.;

   Abstract : Paper 1. Funding a New Bridge in Rural Vietnam: A Field Experiment on Conditional Cooperation and Default Contributions The ability to provide public goods is essential for economic and social development, yet there is very limited empirical evidence regarding contributions to a real local public good in developing countries. READ MORE