Search for dissertations about: "Capital investments"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 112 swedish dissertations containing the words Capital investments.
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16. Venture capital as a tool for regional development: Exit patterns and long-term consequences
Abstract : Venture capital (VC) funded high-tech startups are often cited drivers of economic impact and catalysts of regional growth. Public support of high-tech startups and investments into venture capital has thus been a popular focus for public policy globally in the past decades. READ MORE
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17. Buying behavior and long-term relationships in the metal mining industry : case studies of capital equipment buying
Abstract : This thesis deals with industrial buying behavior and long-term relationships in the metal mining industry. The mining environment is increasingly competitive as a result of globalization, deregulation and privatization, technological improvements, and eco-sensitivity. READ MORE
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18. Refugee Immigrants in Sweden - educational investments and labour market integration
Abstract : This thesis analyses educational investments and labour market attachment for refugee immigrants who received a permanent visa to Sweden during 1987-1991. It consists of five self-contained chapters. READ MORE
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19. Essays on investment in human capital
Abstract : Heterogeneous On-the-job Training: Implications for the Specification and Estimation of the human Capital Earnings FunctionDespite the centrality of heterogeneous on-the-job training in human capital theory, this is rarely accounted for in the estimation. The empirical findings indicate that individual-specific components in the earnings function are stochastic. READ MORE
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20. Social Capital and Regional Innovation Systems : Bridging approaches and broadening understanding of knowledge sharing and innovation
Abstract : This doctoral thesis takes as a starting point that geographical location remains fundamental to gain competitive advantage for some types of firms and activities even though economic activity in general has become more global. The region is seen as the key level in which the innovative capability of firms is shaped, coordinated and governed. READ MORE