Search for dissertations about: "Handel och IT"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words Handel och IT.

  2. 11. The impact of big-boxes on local retail : What happens when IKEA comes to town?

    Author : Nilsson Helena; Niklas Rudholm; Mikael Svensson; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; General Microdata Analysis - retail; Allmänt Mikrodataaanalys - handel;

    Abstract : The development of large discount retailers, or big-boxes as they are sometimes referred to, are often subject to heated debate and their entry on a market is greeted with either great enthusiasm or dread. For instance, the world’s largest retailer Wal-Mart (Forbes 2014) has a number of anti- and pro-groups dedicated to its being and the event of a Wal-Mart entry tends to be met with protests and campaigns (Decamme 2013) but also welcomed by, for instance, consumers (Davis & DeBonis 2013). READ MORE

  4. 12. Climate Change, Dengue and Aedes Mosquitoes : Past Trends and Future Scenarios

    Author : Jing Liu-Helmersson; Joacim Rocklöv; Åke Brännström; Eduardo Massad; Richard Paul; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dengue; mathematical modelling; vectorial capacity; DTR; Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; climate change; Europe; vector invasion; abundance; dengue; matematisk modellering; vektorkapacitet; DTR; Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; klimatförändring; Europa; vektor invasion; epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

    Abstract : Background Climate change, global travel and trade have facilitated the spread of Aedes mosquitoes and have consequently enabled the diseases they transmit (dengue fever, Chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever) to emerge and re-emerge in uninfected areas. Large dengue outbreaks occurred in Athens in 1927 and in Portuguese island, Madeira in 2012, but there are almost no recent reports of Aedes aegypti, the principal vector, in Europe. READ MORE

  5. 13. Reducing Long Tail Latencies in Geo-Distributed Systems

    Author : Kirill Bogdanov; Dejan Kostic; Gerald Q. Maguire Jr.; Marc Shapiro; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Cloud Computing; Geo-Distributed Systems; Replica Selection Algorithms; Informations- och kommunikationsteknik; Information and Communication Technology;

    Abstract : Computing services are highly integrated into modern society. Millions of people rely on these services daily for communication, coordination, trading, and accessing to information. To meet high demands, many popular services are implemented and deployed as geo-distributed applications on top of third party virtualized cloud providers. READ MORE

  6. 14. Security in Physical Distribution Networks - A Survey Study of Swedish Transport Operators

    Author : Luca Urciuoli; Teknisk logistik; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; antagonistic threats.; supply chain security; cargo security; physical distribution security; transportation security; cargo theft; Quantitative Risk Assessment;

    Abstract : The objective of this study is to understand what factors influence the security of physical distribution networks. Thereafter it aims to bring to light what security measures exist today to enhance security and finally how to determine the profitability of security investments. READ MORE

  7. 15. Essays on Financial Technology and SME Finance : A Tale of Two Effects of the Global Financial Crisis: Financing SMEs and Innovative Financing

    Author : Ed Saiedi; Anders Broström; Ali Mohammadi; Felipe Ruiz Lopez; Tom Vanacker; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Global Financial Crisis; Financial Innovation; Small and Medium Enterprises; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

    Abstract : The financial crisis of 2008-2009 took place exactly half a century after the publication of the seminal Modigliani and Miller (M&M) theorem, often called the capital structure irrelevance principle. This timing is curious since the crisis has highlighted the significance of deviations from assumptions of this theorem, i.e. READ MORE