Search for dissertations about: "Choice architecture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 80 swedish dissertations containing the words Choice architecture.

  2. 1. Architecture's Red Tape : Government Building Construction in Sweden, 1963-1973. The example of the National Board of Public Building, KBS (Kungliga Byggnadsstyrelsen)

    Author : Erik Sigge; Helena Mattsson; Sven-Olov Wallenstein; Reinhold Martin; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Architectural history; architecture; public administration; red tape; bureaucracy; regulations; building processes; organization; efficiency; rationalization; program budgeting.; Arkitektur; Architecture;

    Abstract : Architecture’s Red Tape is a critical study of the relation between public architecture and public administration in the 1960s and 1970s. The thesis focuses on the work of the Swedish National Board of Public Building, KBS, which was a government agency in charge of providing premises for the Swedish state at that time. READ MORE

  4. 2. Energy efficiency in heritage buildings : Conservation approaches and their impact on energy efficiency measures

    Author : Tomas Örn; Agatino Rizzo; Sofia Lidelöw; Andrea Luciani; Elena Lucchi; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Energy efficiency heritage buildings; Arkitektur; Architecture;

    Abstract : The impeding climate change challenge urges for a reduction of energy use in the built environment. Buildings account for nearly 40% of the total energy use and about 35% of the greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. READ MORE

  5. 3. Cues, Conformity, and Choice Architecture : Empirical Essays on Influence

    Author : Mathias Ekström; Yves Zenou; Robert Östling; Rupert Sausgruber; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social interactions; Peer effects; Conformity; Status quo bias; Default option; Choice architecture; Altruism; Cues; Reputation; Behavioral economics; Field experiment; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three papers summarized as follows. “Can Indifference Make the World Greener?” We test whether the default option can nudge people to save resources in a simple, non-dynamic, decision task with only two alternatives, and where people have been explicitly informed about the recommended course of action. READ MORE

  6. 4. Polygonal columns in Greek architecture

    Author : Therese Emanuelsson-Paulson; Arja Karivieri; Lena Sjögren; Henrik Gerding; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Column; Shaft; Capital; Base; Doric; Polygonal; Facet; Octagonal; Flute; Greek architecture; Classical archeology; Classical architecture; Geometric; Archaic; Classical; Hellenistic; Greece; Albania; Turkey; Cyprus; arkeologi med inriktning mot antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Archaeology and Classical Studies;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the use of polygonal columns in Greek architecture from the Geometric to the Hellenistic period. The main purpose of the research is to study the development, distribution, design, function and use of polygonal columns in order to create a new understanding on how they fit in the development of Greek architecture. READ MORE

  7. 5. Brand Architecture from Above : Understanding the Customer Disconnect

    Author : Per Åsberg; Henrik Uggla; Mats Urde; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Brand portfolio; Brand architecture; perceptual alignment; consumer perception; Brand Concept Map; Brand Portfolio Star; Conceptual Integrated Multi-dimensional Architecture CIMA model; Industrial Economics and Management; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

    Abstract : Global business is transforming. Information technology in general, and the Internet specifically, has globalized business and empowered the consumer with more information and choice than ever before. Consequently, academic research into brand portfolios and brand architecture is faced with new challenges to reflect this changing reality. READ MORE