Search for dissertations about: "fair value"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 50 swedish dissertations containing the words fair value.

  2. 6. The Quirky Character Camouflaged in the Conceptual Framework : A study of the financial statement user

    Author : Liesel Klemcke; Bino Catasús; Gustav Johed; Darlene Himick; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accounting; Financial reporting; Financial reporting conceptual framework; Financial statement user; User primacy; Regulation; Accounting profession; Fair value accounting; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : Much of accounting research implies that someone uses financial statements in making investment decisions, and assumes that the ones using the statements are financial analysts, investment bankers, fund managers, or the rational economic decision maker. However, these assumptions do not consider all potential investors, particularly those who have traditionally lacked access to information and technical savvy. READ MORE

  4. 7. Fair Enough? : Ecologically Unequal Exchange, International Trade, and Environmental Justice

    Author : Martin Oulu; Humanekologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Capitalism; ecologically unequal exchange; environmental justice; ecomodernism; Global South; Global North; international trade; LCA; neoliberalism; political ecology; postcolonial; socio-metabolism; sustainability; science; world-system;

    Abstract : The theory of ecologically unequal exchange (EUE) posits that contemporary international trade facilitates a net flow of resources from the peripheral global South to feed industrial processes and capital accumulation in the core North. This situation, it is argued, imperils the development of the South. READ MORE

  5. 8. Innovation and Intellectual Property: Strategic IP Management and Economics of Technology

    Author : Marcus Holgersson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; open innovation; innovation economics; research and development; Intellectual property right; technology management; licensing; value appropriation; strategy; theory of the firm; governance;

    Abstract : Innovations and technological developments have been recognized for their central importance for economic success and growth at least since the 1930s. Intellectual property (IP) and intellectual property rights (IPRs), such as patents, trade secret rights, and copyrights, have during more recent decades caught increasing attention, and, mainly due to various developments at macro level, IP has become an important source of competitive advantage at micro level in many industries. READ MORE

  6. 9. Risk policy : trust, risk perception, and attitudes

    Author : Mattias Viklund; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The role of trust in social, economic, political, and organizational relations is a research topic that has received much attention during the last decade. Trust has been considered a key variable in various contexts, although it should be noted that many theorists pay little attention to empirically testing their arguments about the importance of trust. READ MORE

  7. 10. Efficient Use of Exponential Size Linear Programs

    Author : Lukas Polacek; Johan Håstad; Nikhil Bansal; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; approximation algorithms; linear programming; allocation problems; Computer Science; Datalogi;

    Abstract : In the past decades, linear programming (LP) has been successfully used to develop approximation algorithms for various optimization problems. In particular, the so-called assignment LP has lead to substantial progress for various allocation problems, including scheduling unrelated parallel machines. READ MORE