Search for dissertations about: "Institutions"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 941 swedish dissertations containing the word Institutions.

  2. 26. Conditions for Corruption : Institutions, Executive Power, and Privatization in Argentina and Chile in the 1990s

    Author : Viviana Stechina; Hans Blomkvist; Fredrik Uggla; Staffan Andersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; corruption; political power; political elites; executive power; institutions; rules of law; accountability; transparency; political economy; governance; privatization; developing countries; Latin America; Argentina; Chile.; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The question posed in this dissertation is why high-level corruption has been less widespread in Chile than in Argentina. It explores the hypothesis that political-institutional conditions have made Chile less vulnerable to high-level corruption than its neighbor. READ MORE

  4. 27. "Institutions", What Is In a Word? A Critique of the New Institutional Economics

    Author : Daniel Ankarloo; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic history; history matters as if-economic history ; hierarchy; market; capitalism; transactions costs; Institutions; property rights; Ekonomisk och social historia;

    Abstract : This thesis is a critique of the New Institutional Economics (NIE) in economic history. The focus is on explanations to the origin and development of capitalist institutions within NIE. After a methodological discussion in chapter 1 the author investigates into how well NIE succeeds in explaining capitalist institutions. READ MORE

  5. 28. Why Firms Grow : The Roles of Institutions, Trade, and Technology during Swedish Industrialization

    Author : Vinzent Ostermeyer; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industrialization; Firms; 19th Century; Institutions; Trade; Technology; Growth; Development; Factory; Corporations; Steam Power; Tariffs; Employment Multiplier; Services; Causal Inference; Sweden; USA; Great Britain;

    Abstract : Industrialization and the emergence of a manufacturing sector are generally perceived as key drivers for countries to see economic growth and increases in living standards. Only 200 years ago, most countries were relatively poor and had similarly low living standards. READ MORE

  6. 29. Institutions, learning and labour : state policy, management strategies and worker response

    Author : Graham Symon; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Livslångt lärande;

    Abstract : The thesis considers the interplay of institutions, lifelong learning and workplace relations. Learning has become a prominent notion in contemporary considerations of the workplace, particularly in the accounts of managerialists and policy makers (Keep & Rainbird, 2000). READ MORE

  7. 30. Institutions, technology and growth : a competence bloc approach

    Author : Ann-Charlotte Fridh; KTH; []
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