Search for dissertations about: "austrian"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the word austrian.

  2. 1. Austrian Economics as Political Philosophy

    Author : J. Mikael Olsson; Magnus Reitberger; Mats Lundström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The Austrian school of economics is an unorthodox approach to economics whose adherents have mostly been libertarian in their political outlook. This dissertation explores the connections between Austrian economic theory and libertarian political philosophy, and casts doubt on the claim often propounded that Austrian economics itself naturally leads to libertarianism. READ MORE

  4. 2. Empire and identity. Biographies of Austrian identity in an age of imperial dissolution

    Author : Fredrik Lindström; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Contemporary history circa 1800 to 1914 ; Friedrich Naumann; Mitteleuropa; Karl Renner; Leopold von Andrian; Heinrich Friedjung; Josef Redlich; Hugo von Hofmannsthal; Ernest von Koerber; biography; Habsburg empire; Austrian identity; Modern historia ca. 1800-1914 ; Contemporary history since 1914 ; Nutidshistoria från 1914 ;

    Abstract : This study deals with the problem of Austrian identity in the late Habsburg empire. The investigation departs from an understanding of this problem as situated in the juncture between the historical Austrian imperial experience and the process of modern Austrian identity formation. READ MORE

  5. 3. Prefabrication strategies in the timber housing industry : a comparison of Swedish and Austrian markets

    Author : Tomas Nord; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Träbyggnad; Timber Structures;

    Abstract : The functional-based building regulations issued in 1994/95, made it possible to once again build higher buildings with timber structures in Sweden. At the same time there was a need to make the traditional project- oriented construction process more efficient, with prefabricated building systems and products as one possible solution. READ MORE

  6. 4. Customer-geared competition : a socio-Austrian explanation of Tertius Gaudens

    Author : Anders Liljenberg; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Ever since the inception of market economy, competition is the propellant of such economic systems. This is most notably so at present with global economies on the verge of a so called ‘new’ market logic. Competition nevertheless remains an elusive phenomenon, something holding true in particular when it is said to coexist with cooperation. READ MORE

  7. 5. Today's perfect - tomorrow's standard : the role of consumers and the limits of policy in recycling

    Author : Jonas Kågström; Bo Öhlmér; Tage Klingberg; Daniel Matisoff; Högskolan i Gävle; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Recycling; Social marketing; Public marketing; Communitarianism; Austrian Economics; Praxeology; Decision making; Symbolic Regression; Compliance; Self Determination Theory; SDT;

    Abstract : In this study the mechanisms influencing recycling rates around the system maximum are deliberated. On the one hand, Policies, System design and how Citizens understand the two aforementioned are pitted against each other. READ MORE