Search for dissertations about: "alternative investments"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 65 swedish dissertations containing the words alternative investments.
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1. Institutional Real Investments : Real Estate in a Multi-Asset Portfolio
Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyze real estate investments from the vantage point of an institutional multi asset investor perspective, both in terms of the potential benefits real estate can bring as well as the challenges it can pose. The thesis consists of six papers and approaches the research question from three distinct perspectives. READ MORE
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2. Land Reform, Trust and Natural Resource Management in Africa
Abstract : Four self-contained papers constitute this thesis. Paper I investigates what impact Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme, launched in 2000 as part of an ongoing land reform and resettlement programme aimed at addressing a racially skewed land distribution, has had on its beneficiaries’ perceptions of land tenure security and subsequent decisions to invest in soil conservation. READ MORE
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3. Environmental Assessment of Emerging Technologies: The Case of Alternative Transport Fuels
Abstract : There are several methods to evaluate the environmental performance of new technologies. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the methodological development of environmental assessments, with contributions from life-cycle assessment (LCA), theories on technical change and socio-technical scenarios. READ MORE
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4. Integration of the Nordic electricity grids : incentives, cost sharing and regional perspective in transmission investments
Abstract : The overall purpose of this thesis is to study how the development of the electricity transmission grids in the Nordic countries can be given a stronger international perspective. This is a relevant issue for the further development of the regional Nordic electricity market. READ MORE
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5. Towards computational materials design and upscaling of alternative binder cemented carbides
Abstract : Increasing demands on economic, social and environmental sustainability throughout society is putting pressure on the development of new and improved materials for resource efficiency, improved component life-time and substitution of toxic or rare elements. For the cemented carbide industry, as a major provider of tools for e.g. READ MORE