Search for dissertations about: "common-pool resources"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words common-pool resources.

  2. 16. Open Entrepreneurship: Investigating Entrepreneurship in Open Source Software Communities

    Author : Zeynep Yetis-Larsson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation seeks to fill a gap in the literature on entrepreneurship in open source software (OSS) communities. Although it is well documented that entrepreneurs can gain economic benefits from participating in OSS, limited attention has been paid to the dynamics and activities through which such benefits are realized and conditioned. READ MORE

  4. 17. Strategic and environmental uncertainty in social dilemmas

    Author : Therese Lindahl; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Social dilemmas constitute a broad class of quandaries, including, for example, common pool resource (CPR) dilemmas and public good (PG) dilemmas. CPR's are characterized by non-excludability and rivalry and are often associated with overexploitation. READ MORE

  5. 18. Exploring Cost Estimation Inaccuracy - Why do practitioners still fail to predict the actuals?

    Author : Ana Magazinovic; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Software Development Cost Estimation;

    Abstract : The purpose of this research is to further explore why practitioners’ ability to predict actual results is still not satisfactory. This problem was investigated from two perspectives. First, the practitioners view on causes of inaccurate cost estimates was explored in a quantitative multiple case study. READ MORE

  6. 19. Incentives and Forest Reform: Evidence from China

    Author : Yuanyuan Yi; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Forest devolution; Household management; Forest investment; Deforestation; Allocative efficiency; Household welfare; Forestland rental markets; Collective forest tenure reform; Managerial incentives; Environmental protection; State-owned forests; State-owned enterprises; Chinese-style federalism; Two-principal; one-agent model; China;

    Abstract : Chapter I: Forest Devolution Reform in China: A Trigger for Investment or Deforestation? I investigate whether and how the devolution of forestland to households in China triggered investment in forestland, and its effect on forest resource conditions. The investment analysis is based on a panel dataset of a two-round survey of 3,000 households in eight provinces before and after the implementation of the forest devolution reform, while the analysis of resource conditions is based on satellite imagery on forest cover and vegetation during 2001-2012. READ MORE

  7. 20. Co-management Challenges In The Lake Victoria Fisheries : A Context Approach

    Author : Adolphine G. Kateka; Per Wramner; Vesa-Matti Loiske; Yunus Mgaya; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Lake Victoria; co-management; Nile perch fishery; poverty; illegal fishing; multi-lvel analysis; neo-liberal policies; Bukoba; Tanzania; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines the challenges to co-management in the Tanzania part of Lake Victoria. The study mainly addresses the Nile perch fishery and uses the fishing communities of Bukoba Rural district, Tanzania as a case study. READ MORE