Search for dissertations about: "TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER and economic development"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER and economic development.
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1. Landscapes of Technology Transfer : Swedish Ironmakers in India 1860–1864
Abstract : In the early 1860s three Swedes, Nils Wilhelm Mitander,Julius Ramsay and Gustaf Wittenström, were engaged by theBritish to build and run charcoal-based ironworks in India.These works, the Burwai Iron Works of the British Government inthe case of Mitander and the privately owned Kumaon Iron Worksin the case of Ramsay and Wittenström, were both to bebased on the most modern European technology. READ MORE
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2. Technology in a Controlled Economy : The Match Industry in India
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3. Essays on environmental and development economics : Public policy, resource prices and global warming
Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers, which are all related to important environmental and natural resource issues from a developing country perspective.Paper [I] concerns climate policy and addresses the potential welfare gains of introducing a technology transfer from the North (richer countries) to the South (poorer countries). READ MORE
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4. Design and development of a novel textile based bioreactor: : Ethanol and biogas production as case studies
Abstract : Bioreactors are designed to provide enabling conditions for the controlled growth of microorganisms, such as good heat and mass transfer, aeration, hydrodynamics, geometry for adequate gas holdup, pH and foaming control, conditions for optimal substrate consumption and product formation, as well as mechanisms for monitoring microbial conditions. Additionally, bioreactors are designed to handle stress that would be exerted on them by the weight of the fermenting media and by the high pressure used for sterilisation. READ MORE
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5. Water management and performance on local and global scales : A comparison between two regions and their possibilities of knowledge transfer
Abstract : The problem to secure safe water supply, good sanitation and a good watercourse and marine environment status has become increasingly complex and at the same time more and more important to meet. It has been recognized, that an integrated approach must be used to meet not only technical and scientific aspects, but the role should also be included of factors such as economics, acceptability, capacity building, and efficient management in the overall view. READ MORE