Search for dissertations about: "Cooperation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 774 swedish dissertations containing the word Cooperation.

2. 6. Accounting for cooperation : case study of swedish vertical supply relationships

   Author : Zita Ambrutyte; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : During the last decades a combination of business trends has caused companies to rely increasingly on relationships with other firms. Despite the popularity of inter-organizational relationships, evidence shows that many inter-organizational relationships fall short of meeting the expectations of their participants or fall for other reasons. READ MORE

4. 7. Conflict in the Eye of the Storm : Micro-dynamics of Natural Disasters, Cooperation and Armed Conflict

   Author : Colin Walch; Cecilia Albin; Ashok Swain; Richard Matthew; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : armed conflict; natural disaster; rebel group; micro-dynamics of civil war; resilience; disaster risk reduction and management; rebel group recruitment; conflict analysis; climate change; cooperation; conflict resolution; negotiation; ripeness; the Philippines; India; Colombia.; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : Many of the most destructive natural disasters have taken place in situations characterized by armed conflict and insecurity: the Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka and Indonesia in 2004, the floods in Pakistan in 2011, the drought in Somalia in 2011 and typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013. Surprisingly little research has systematically explored how armed conflict affects natural disaster management, and how shocks from natural disaster influence conflict dynamics. READ MORE

5. 8. Swedish tribalism and Tanzanian agency : preconditions for trust and cooperation in a small-business context

   Author : Malin Tillmar; Lars Lindkvist; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Trust; cooperation; small business; Tanzania; business development; indigenous institutions; the rules of the game; Samarbete; Sverige; Tanzania; Småföretag; Företagssamarbete; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : Small-business cooperation has increasingly been recognized as important for economic development, not only in Sweden but also in developing countries like Tanzania. This dissertation deals with preconditions for horizontal small-business cooperation, taking a point of departure in the literature on trust. READ MORE

6. 9. The Conditions for Multi-Level Governance : Implementation, Politics, and Cooperation in Swedish Active Labor Market Policy

   Author : Martin Lundin; PerOla Öberg; Jörgen Hermansson; Tomas Bergström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Political science; Governance; Intergovernmental relations; Implementation; Cooperation; Political parties; Active labor market policy; Sweden; Statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : How can the central state direct local public units to work effectively towards public sector goals? In an effort to understand the conditions for governance, the three self-contained essays housed in this thesis examine the role of central and local government agencies in implementation of active labor market policy (ALMP) in Sweden. The study is based on new and unique quantitative data. READ MORE

7. 10. France, Germany and the United Kingdom Cooperation in Times of Turbulence

   Author : Gunilla Herolf; Kjell Goldmann; Janne Haaland Matlary; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : France; Germany; United Kingdom; United States; United Nations; OSCE; WEU; NATO; European Union EU ; Afghanistan; Macedonia; cooperation; foreign and security policy; CFSP; ESDP;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with cooperation between France, Germany and the United Kingdom within the area of foreign and security policy. Two case studies are presented, one of them concerning cooperation between the three states within and outside institutions in 1980 following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the other dealing with cooperation concerning the crisis in Macedonia in 2001. READ MORE