Search for dissertations about: "contract balance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words contract balance.

2. 1. Contract-theoretic analyses of consultants and trade unions

   Author : Per Sonnerby; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Why can junior management consultants bill four-digit dollar amounts a day for working with corporations and industries where they have no experience? Why do blue-collar workers organise in industry-specific unions involved in collective wage bargaining, while white-collars organise according to educational or professional background, offering résumé proof-reading, or don’t unionise at all? The doctoral thesis Contract-Theoretic Analyses of Consultants and Trade Unions consists of three self-containing essays in Economics of Organisation. What Do Consultants Do? asks why firms pay large fees to outsiders in core activities like management. READ MORE

4. 2. Electricity Market Design Strategies for Hydro-dominated Power Systems : Exploring Optimal Bidding, Planning, and Strategic Operation through Various Market Design Strategies

   Author : Abolfazl Khodadadi; Lennart Söder; Audun Botterud; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Nordic Balancing Model; Electricity Market Designs; Stochastic Optimization; Contract-for-Difference Contracts; Nordiska Balanseringsmodellen; Design av Elektricitetsmarknader; Stokastisk Optimering; Kontrakt- för-Skillnad Kontrakt; Electrical Engineering; Elektro- och systemteknik; Nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : The existing wholesale power markets in Nordic countries play a vital role in ensuring the planned balance between supply and demand. However, these markets do not guarantee real-time operational security of the power system. READ MORE

5. 3. Integrated Bridge Maintenance : Evaluation of a pilot project and future perspectives

   Author : Hans-Åke Mattsson; Håkan Sundquist; Jan Bröchner; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; bridge management; bridge maintenance; real service life; partnering; Building engineering; Byggnadsteknik;

   Abstract : The trend in many countries is to outsource maintenance with competitive tendering. The design of the tender is then a crucial issue. A new type of tendering contract, called "Integrated Bridge Maintenance", was introduced in one experimental area in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 4. How to promote innovation from an organizational control perspective : A case study of a public infrastructure client

   Author : Anna-Therése Järvenpää; Per-Erik Eriksson; Johan Larsson; Tina Karrbom Gustavsson; Kristian Widén; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; infrastructure; organizational control; promoting innovation; public client; Sweden; control systems; inter-organizational; principal-agent; Byggproduktion och teknik; Construction Management and Building Technology;

   Abstract : Within the infrastructure sector, a public client can have various roles and responsibilities that extend beyond its own organization, such as stimulating and supporting innovation. As an infrastructure project is seldom standardized, the client needs to procure each contract based on the relevant uncertainties and complexities for that specific context. READ MORE

7. 5. On the Snell envelope approach to optimal switching and pricing Bermudan options

   Author : Ali Hamdi; Boualem Djehiche; Henrik Hult; Said Hamadène; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of two papers related to systems of Snell envelopes. The first paper uses a system of Snell envelopes to formulate the problem of two-modes optimal switching for the full balance sheet in finite horizon. READ MORE