Search for dissertations about: "Labour productivity in manufacturing"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words Labour productivity in manufacturing.

2. 11. Construction site productivity measurements : selection, application and evaluation of methods and measures

   Author : Jan Jonsson; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Construction Engineering and Management; Byggproduktion;

   Abstract : A construction company consists of a number of different sites where the physical production is taking place. This production is not always performed in the best possible way. There are numerous things such as organisation, logistics, co-ordination, technique, quality and others that can be improved. READ MORE

4. 12. Essays on Efficiency, Productivity, and Impact of Policy

   Author : Pontus Mattsson; Jonas Månsson; Lars Behrenz; Almas Heshmati; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conditional difference-in-differences cDiD ; courts; data envelopment analysis DEA ; Malmquist index; horizontal mergers; impacts of policy; stochastic frontier analysis SFA ; subsidized employment; total factor productivity TFP ; Törnqvist TFP index; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained empirical essays centering on total factor productivity (TFP), efficiency, and impacts of policy.Essay I: “TFP Change and Its Components for Swedish Manufacturing Firms During the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis” (co-authored with Jonas Månsson and William H. Greene). READ MORE

5. 13. Interpreting budget deficits and productivity fluctuations

   Author : Jyry Hokkanen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis includes four self-contained essays on budget deficits and productivity fluctuations:ESSAY I evaluates the effects of budget deficits on several key macroeconomic variables of the Swedish economy by estimating a vector autoregression model. The main finding is that - apart from a positive transitory real interest rate effect associated with a shock in the deficit - neither actual nor unexpected movements in deficits have any significant explanatory power for the determination of real non-fiscal variables. READ MORE

6. 14. Design for 3D Concrete Printing : Optimisation Through Integrated Workflows

   Author : Jose Hernández Vargas; Johan Silfwerbrand; Helena Westerlind; Roberto Naboni; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; 3D concrete printing; digital fabrication; concrete structures; additive manufacturing; robotic fabrication; design for manufacturing; structural optimisation; functionally graded concrete; topology optimisation.; 3D-betongutskrift; digital tillverkning; betongkonstruktioner; additiv tillverkning; robotstyrd tillverkning; design för tillverkning; strukturell optimering; funktionellt graderad betong; topologioptimering.; Betongbyggnad; Concrete Structures;

   Abstract : The transition from conventional cast concrete to 3D Concrete Printing (3DCP) marks a paradigm shift by directly depositing fresh concrete layer upon layer according to a digital model without the need for a formwork. This technology offers the possibility of achieving innovative and complex geometries in an automated process. READ MORE

7. 15. The impact of competition and innovation on firm performance

   Author : Andreas Poldahl; Lars Lundberg; Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall; Leo Grünfeld; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TFP growth; R D; R D spillovers; Competition; Absorptive capacity; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This PhD thesis consists of four papers analyzing the impact of competition and innovation on Swedish manufacturing firms’ performance. Paper [I] (co-authored with Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall) analyse determinants of firm R&D using matched Swedish employer-employee data spanning the period 1990-1999. READ MORE