Search for dissertations about: "Transaction Costs"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 91 swedish dissertations containing the words Transaction Costs.

  2. 21. Scaling up solar photovoltaic use : A system-oriented assessment of experiences gained in deployment

    Author : Lars Strupeit; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
    Keywords : photovoltaic; deployment; soft costs; barriers; experience curve; innovation system; business model; network analysis; knowledge;

    Abstract : The transition towards low-carbon energy systems undeniably requires a strong scale-up in the diffusion of renewable energy technologies globally. Given its theoretical and techno-economic potential, solar photovoltaics (PV) is considered an important option. READ MORE

  4. 22. Chinese rural enterprises between plan and market

    Author : Gang Zhang; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Chinese rural enterprises (REs) have continued to grow rapidly since the end of the 1970s, and today these enterprises account for half of China’s industrial output, up from nine per cent in 1978. As a market-oriented nonstate sector, the development of the REs has significantly contributed to both China’s impressive post-reform economic growth and its transition away from a centrally planned economy. READ MORE

  5. 23. From Trade Preferences to Trade Facilitation

    Author : Maria Persson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Developing countries; EU trade preferences; Trade Facilitation; Gravity model; ACP; EU; Economic Partnership Agreements; Sample Selection; Extensive and Intensive Margins of Trade; Export Diversification; North-South Trade; Homogeneous and Differentiated Goods;

    Abstract : The main theme of the thesis is how to increase trade between the European Union (EU) and developing countries. Two available policy options are assessed: trade preferences and trade facilitation. READ MORE

  6. 24. Market orientation of the Swedish pork sector : the case of the demutualization of Swedish Meats

    Author : Lena W. Lind; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In 2007, the largest slaughterhouse in Sweden, the farmer cooperative Swedish Meats, demutualized. That was the end of cooperative dominance in the Swedish meat industry. Paper VI claims that Swedish Meats demutualized because members no longer perceived the benefits from dealing with the cooperative to exceed the costs. READ MORE

  7. 25. Staples, Institutions and Growth. Competitiveness of Guatemalan Exports 1524-1945

    Author : Lars Pira; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics of development; Guatemala; Primary exports; Staples; Economic development; Institutions; Utvecklingsekonomi;

    Abstract : In the integrated institutional-staples-‘vent for surplus’ approach, the opening of trade occurs because of initial demand. Once demand is determined, competitiveness is a function of transportation costs, entrepreneurship, capital, land and labour costs, as well as the role played by the State. READ MORE