Search for dissertations about: "Offentliga sektorn"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the words Offentliga sektorn.

  2. 16. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CRISES IN SIERRA LEONE : The Role of Small-scale Entrepreneurs in Petty Trading as a Strategy for Survival 1960-1996

    Author : Fouday Kamara; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Sierra Leone; Social Networks and Survival Strategies; Family Business; Poverty alleviation; Petty Trading; Entrepreneurship; Business Culture; Development Issues; Economic Political and Social crises; Social economics; Economics of development; Sierra Leone; Sociologi; Social ekonomi; Utvecklingsekonomi;

    Abstract : Sierra Leone is a small country with rich mineral resources such as diamonds, bauxite, gold and iron ore. Other resources include fishing, forestry and fertile agricultural land, which enable people to farm without any sophisticated methods of mechanization. READ MORE

  4. 17. Economic Growth and Fiscal Policy

    Author : Pontus Hansson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nationalekonomi; economic policy; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; public debt; Economics; tax harmonization; financial lending; economic growth; fiscal policy; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Financial science; Finansiering;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the two subjects economic growth and fiscal policy. The first three chapters after the introduction are theoretical approaches to the determination of long-run growth. In each of these chapters, the ability of fiscal policy to influence long-run growth is examined as well. READ MORE

  5. 18. A metric culture in academia : The influence of performance measurement on the academic culture of Swedish universities

    Author : Johan Söderlind; Lars Geschwind; Mats Benner; Peter Dahler-Larsen; KTH; []
    Keywords : Technology and Learning; Teknik och lärande;

    Abstract : This thesis studies how the proliferation of performance measurement within Swedish universities has affected the way university actors perceive academic work. The wide diffusion of performance measures in academia is conceptualised as a reflection of changes in the wider societal culture that may be attributed to comprehensive public sector reforms, the globalisation of the higher education sector and novel perspectives and expectations on universities. READ MORE

  6. 19. Hybrid Governance in Practice : Public and Private Actors in the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism

    Author : Emma Lund; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; effectiveness; private actors; multilateral environmental agreements; hybrid governance; global governance; climate regime; UNFCCC; Kyoto Protocol; CDM; Clean Development Mechanism;

    Abstract : It is commonly argued that the private sector needs to become actively involved for society to stand a chance of solving the most pressing global problems. This thesis, consisting of five articles previously published in refereed journals and an introductory essay, studies one case of private actor participation in global environmental governance: the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). READ MORE

  7. 20. Why is it difficult to design innovative IT? : An agential realist study of designing IT for healthcare innovation

    Author : Siri Wassrin; Karin Axelsson; Ida Lindgren; Katarina Gidlund; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; IT design; innovation; sociomateriality; agential realism; healthcare; IT-design; innovation; sociomaterialitet; agentiell realism; hälso- och sjukvård;

    Abstract : It may seem strange to claim that it is difficult to design innovative information technology (IT) in a time when the technological progress leaps forward like never before. However, despite the numerous opportunities that this rapid progress provides, we often design IT that is similar to existing artifacts, making IT design incremental rather than radical. READ MORE