Search for dissertations about: "TRANSACTION COST"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the words TRANSACTION COST.
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1. Transaction cost and transparency on the owner-occupied housing market : An international comparison
Abstract : This dissertation consists of four essays with specific objectives. The overall objective is, however, to seek a further understanding of the issue of cross-border residential transaction markets. READ MORE
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2. Process-based transaction cost analysis: a cost management exploration in SCA Packaging
Abstract : Firms compete with each other to earn the highest profit. A wide range of issues needs to be considered in order to do so – decisions about products, markets, customers and, not to forget, organisation have to be made. READ MORE
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3. Policy Analysis for Different Types of Decision-Making Situations
Abstract : This thesis seeks to contribute to decision support for policy makers in the transport sector. In order to frame the papers and to relate them to the broad field of “policy analysis”, I have structured the papers around a simple framework with three decision levels: responsibility, policy gap, and policy measure. READ MORE
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4. An integrative perspective of social exchange theory and transaction cost theory on the antecedents of trust and trust-performance relationship in international joint ventures : Evidence from Nordic Multinational Firms
Abstract : A great deal of attention has been paid to the performance of international joint ventures (IJVs) and trust has been suggested as a key determinant of it. However, limited empirical evidence exists to substantiate a positive relationship between trust and performance of IJVs. Also, there is a limited understanding of the antecedents of trust. READ MORE
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5. Planning Metropolitan Regions : Institutional Perspectives and the Case for Space
Abstract : This thesis aspires to advance understanding of how actor choices relate to embedded structures of rules in communicative planning practice, using insights from the institutional literature developed in organizational science, economics, sociology and planning. Specifically, the thesis argues that a spatial institutional perspective can help planners understand the complex patterns of interaction among actors, and between actors and rules. READ MORE