Search for dissertations about: "Maria Carlsson"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words Maria Carlsson.
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1. Informational support for patients with gynaecological cancer and their families
Abstract : The main purpose of the present thesis was to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of the informational need by women with gynaecological cancer and their families. The studies evaluate the experience of different kind of information giving; a telephone-help line; a 3 years educational group support programme; and information givings in ordinary care. READ MORE
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2. Essays on Macroeconomics: Wage Rigidity and Aggregate Fluctuations
Abstract : Essay I: I use Swedish micro data to analyze how firms adjusted their labor costs in response to the large drop in aggregate demand during the Great Recession. For identification, I exploit that the recession primarily hit export-dependent firms in Sweden. READ MORE
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3. Beyond IT and Productivity : Effects of Digitized Information Flows in the Logging Industry
Abstract : The IT and productivity paradox has been the subject of considerable research in recent decades. Many previous studies, based mainly on macroeconomic statistics or on aggregated company data, have reached disparate conclusions. Consequently, the question whether IT investments contribute to productivity growth is still heavily debated. READ MORE
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4. The importance of psychological and physical stressors on diabetes-related immunity in a young population – an interdisciplinary approach
Abstract : Background: The prevalence of immunological disorders such as type 1 diabetes (T1D) is increasingly common amongst children, adolescents and young adults. There is also an increase in psychosomatic symptoms (depression, insomnia, anxiety, headaches and fatigue etc. READ MORE
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5. From Customer Satisfaction to Citizen Interaction : a cooperation model for community development based on Total Quality Management
Abstract : Current problems with unemployment and the consequences of cut-down in the public sector need appropriate solutions, where private citizens perhaps take on more active roles than today, individually or in groups. The aim with this doctoral thesis is to contribute to one such solution, which is a cooperation model for societal development in local communities, based on Total Quality Management (TQM) and on the participation of many residents. READ MORE