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Showing result 6 - 10 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words SOCIAL SCIENCES Business and economics Human geography.

  2. 6. Corporate spatial restructuring within forest-based industries

    Author : Urban Lindgren; Einar Holm; Anders Malmberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

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  4. 7. The effects of external ownership : a study of linkages and branch plant location

    Author : Bo Malmberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  5. 8. Valuing environmental benefits using the contingent valuation method : an econometric analysis

    Author : Bengt Kriström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; environmental benefits; contingent valuation; econometrics; discrete response data; continuous and discrete valuation questions; cost-benefit analysis;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate methods for assessing the value people place on preserving our natural environments and resources. It focuses on the contingent valuation method, which is a method for directly asking people about their preferences. READ MORE

  6. 9. Behind the Scenes of Rural Tourism : A Study of Entrepreneurship in Micro-Firms

    Author : Jonathan Moshe Yachin; Dimitri Ioannides; Susanna Heldt Cassel; Szilvia Gyimóthy; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Tourism entrepreneurship; rural tourism; micro-firms; entrepreneurial behaviours; spatial bricolage; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis; Komplexa system - mikrodataanalys;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of entrepreneurship in tourism micro-firms in rural areas. It provides a close, behind-the-scenes look at how owner-managers of tourism micro-firms generate value, overcome limitations, and promote change through interactions with their customers, their local environment and actors in their social networks. READ MORE

  7. 10. Local government expenditures and regional growth in Sweden

    Author : Johan Lundberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Deficit shocks; local authorities; local public expenditures; tax base; externalities; spatial econometrics; regional growth; migration; Kommunal ekonomi; Sverige;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five papers, which concern expenditure decisions and economic growth within Swedish local government.Paper [1] explores the hypothesis that local fiscal shocks have short run effects on revenue and expenditure decisions made within local government. READ MORE