Search for dissertations about: "competition"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 1276 swedish dissertations containing the word competition.

  2. 21. Biomass in the energy system : resource requirements and competition for land

    Author : Göran Berndes; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; food; bioenergy; scenario; Biomass; competition; scarcity; land; energy balance; net energy; water; biofuel; climate change; labor;

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  4. 22. Parallel Trade, Reference Pricing and Competition in the Pharmaceutical Market: Theory and Evidence

    Author : Miyase Yesim Köksal-Ayhan; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; parallel trade; pharmaceuticals; price competition; reference pricing; therapeutic competition; moral hazard; EU enlargement.;

    Abstract : Paper I. Reference Pricing: Making Parallel Trade in Pharmaceuticals Work This paper shows that parallel trade makes pharmaceutical manufacturers reduce their prices in the home (importing) country more when it is combined with the healthcare reimbursement policy of reference pricing, requiring consumers to pay the full extra cost if they don’t buy cheaper parallel imported drugs. READ MORE

  5. 23. On the origin of polymorphism - consequences of competition and predation in heterogeneous environments

    Author : Jennie Holmér; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; source-sink dynamics; predation; competition; dispersal; polymorphism; evolution; crypsis; adaptive dynamics;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I have studied when an initially monomorphic population can diverge into two morphs in a heterogeneous environment. Evolution is driven by competition for resources or predation. In Paper I, we studied source-sink dynamics during evolution in an environment with two types of resource of different abundance in two habitats. READ MORE

  6. 24. Providers and Profiteers: Essays on Profits and Competition in the Provision of Public Services

    Author : Sebastian Larsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public Services; Competition; Quality; Education; Spatial Econometrics; Panel Data econometrics; Grade inflation;

    Abstract : Public services, such as education and health care, are provided by both public and private actors. In some countries, such as Sweden, these include for-profit organizations. In systems allowing the users to choose freely, the providers must compete, often by offering qualities that the users may care about. READ MORE

  7. 25. Behind the scenes of land grabbing : conflict, competition, and the gendered implications for local food production and rural livelihoods in Cameroon

    Author : Frankline Ndi; Simon Batterbury; Australia Victoria University of Melbourne; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Land grabbing; conflict; competition; access to land; gender; food production; rural livelihoods; political ecology; Cameroon;

    Abstract : Large-scale land acquisitions or land grabbing are widespread – cutting across almost all parts of the developing world – Asia, Latin America and Africa. In recent years, this phenomenon has grown at unprecedented rates with Africa being the most targeted continent. READ MORE