Search for dissertations about: "Quality Competition"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 189 swedish dissertations containing the words Quality Competition.
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1. Providers and Profiteers: Essays on Profits and Competition in the Provision of Public Services
Abstract : Public services, such as education and health care, are provided by both public and private actors. In some countries, such as Sweden, these include for-profit organizations. In systems allowing the users to choose freely, the providers must compete, often by offering qualities that the users may care about. READ MORE
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2. Choice, competition, and interactions between episodes of sexual selection
Abstract : Choice and competition are essential parts of evolutionary biology. In an effort to pass their genes from one generation to the next, animals may carefully choose their mating partners, and/or compete for access to mates. READ MORE
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3. Icons of New Public Management : four studies on competition, contracts and control
Abstract : Public organizations have undergone major changes over the past few decades. The umbrella term used to characterize these changes in the style of public administration is ‘New Public Management’ (NPM). READ MORE
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4. Reforming a publicly owned monopoly : costs and incentives in railway maintenance
Abstract : The railway system is often considered to be an industry where a monopoly occurs “naturally”, which can explain the public ownership and the use of regulations. However, railways in Europe have been subject to reforms during the last three decades. READ MORE
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5. Customer value in commercial experiences : Expecting the unexpected
Abstract : To an ever greater extent, customers desire experiences that are highly emotional, personally designed and memorable. Today’s customer has an increasing need to be entertained and often searches for pleasurable offerings of hedonic value. READ MORE
