Search for dissertations about: "Total productive manufacturing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words Total productive manufacturing.

2. 1. Sustainable Manufacturing through Material Efficiency Management

   Author : Sasha Shahbazi; Magnus Wiktorsson; Peter Ball; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

   Abstract : Material efficiency contributes to reduced industrial waste volumes, reduced extraction and consumption of virgin raw materials, increased waste segregation, decreased energy demand, and reduced carbon emissions, thereby generally mitigating the environmental impact of the manufacturing industry. However, the area of material efficiency in manufacturing is under-researched, and related knowledge is limited particularly at individual manufacturing sites and lower levels. READ MORE

4. 2. Factor Substitution, Capacity Utilization, and Total Factor Productivity Growth in the Peruvian Manufacturing Industry

   Author : Luis Cabezas Vega; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Factor substitution; price elasticity; technical change; structural change; capacity utilization; productive efficiency; ;

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5. 3. Impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing : individual and firm-level evidence from the 1990s

   Author : Nannan Lundin; Pär Hansson; Lars Lundberg; Jozef Konings; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nationalekonomi; export; firm-level productivity; reallocation; import discipline; market structure; mark-up; product differentiation; matched employer-employee data; inter-industry wage structure; nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers examining the impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing and labor market during the 1990s. By using detailed individual and firm-level information I aim to investigate how increased exposure to international trade, in terms of both export orientation and import penetration, affects technology development, profitability and wage structure. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Trade and Productivity: Case studies of manufacturing in Chile and Kenya

   Author : Mats Granér; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Trade liberalisation; productivity growth; productive efficiency; stochastic frontiers; manufacturing; learning-by-expor;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with various aspects of the relationship between trade and productivity in developing countries. It contains of a general introduction and four separate essays. The essays consist of case studies of the manufacturing sector in Chile and Kenya. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Efficiency, Productivity, and Impact of Policy

   Author : Pontus Mattsson; Jonas Månsson; Lars Behrenz; Almas Heshmati; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conditional difference-in-differences cDiD ; courts; data envelopment analysis DEA ; Malmquist index; horizontal mergers; impacts of policy; stochastic frontier analysis SFA ; subsidized employment; total factor productivity TFP ; Törnqvist TFP index; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained empirical essays centering on total factor productivity (TFP), efficiency, and impacts of policy.Essay I: “TFP Change and Its Components for Swedish Manufacturing Firms During the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis” (co-authored with Jonas Månsson and William H. Greene). READ MORE