Search for dissertations about: "Linnéuniversitetet"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 471 swedish dissertations containing the word Linnéuniversitetet.

  2. 11. Complexity and Ambivalence in Ship Safety Inspection : The view of Swedish Port state control officers

    Author : Fredrik Hjorth; Carl Hult; Ulf Drugge; Michael Baldauf; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Inspection; Port state control; Detention; Deprofessionalization; Compliance; Maritime safety; Profession; Bureaucracy; Sjöfartsvetenskap; Maritime Science;

    Abstract : Despite an extensive system of Port state controls (PSC) on ships, inspection loopholes in European control functions have been reported. Furthermore, risk factors associated with fatigue, stress and a poorly developed safety culture on board ships have been identified in earlier research. READ MORE

  4. 12. Housing, labour market conditions and regional migration

    Author : Hans Jonsson; Lindh Thomas; Matz Dahlberg; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; employment; mobility; housing tenure; matching efficiency; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1: Swedish micro and macro data on internal migration indicate that home-owners on average have a higher propensity to migrate to other labour market areas in response to higher unemployment and job vacancy rates than renters and tenant-owners. This is evidence that owning your home does not constrain labour mobility across labour market areas in comparison to other forms of housing tenure. READ MORE

  5. 13. Issues of Complex Hierarchical Data and Multilevel Analysis : Applications in Empirical Economics

    Author : Joel Karlsson; Ghazi Shukur; Håkan Locking; Scott Hacker; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Multilevel modelling; Hierarchical modelling; Single farm payments; Part-time unemployment; Educational attainment; Performance evaluation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four individual essays and an introduction chapter. The essays are in the field of multilevel analysis of economic data. The first essay estimates capitalisation effects of farm attributes, with a particular focus on single farm payments (SFP), into the price of farms. READ MORE

  6. 14. Essays on statistical testing using Wavelet methodologies

    Author : Yushu Li; Ghazi Shukur; Håkan Locking; Golam B. M. Kibria; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five essays on the application of wavelet methodology to different tests in time series analysis. Essay I proposes a nonlinear Dickey-Fuller F test for unit roots against the first order Logistic Smooth Transition Autoregressive LSTAR (1) model. READ MORE

  7. 15. Transfer of brand associations over time : the brand extension of Nivea

    Author : Kaisa Lund; Helén Anderson; Tomas Müllern; Mats Urde; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Brand extension; Brand associations; Brand personality; Marketing; Marknadsföring;

    Abstract : Brand extension has been the source of strategic growth for many firms during recent decades. Introducing new products under existing brand names is one way to use the image of a brand name to enter new markets. READ MORE