Search for dissertations about: "financial costs"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 222 swedish dissertations containing the words financial costs.

2. 16. Energy simulation and life cycle costs : estimation of a building's performance in the early design phase

   Author : Jutta Schade; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Construction Engineering and Management; Byggproduktion;

   Abstract : Sustainable development and the protection of the environment are key issues in our society today. The building stock in Europe accounts for over 40% of the final energy consumption, CO2 emissions and generation of waste. A large part of the life cycle performance is determined early. READ MORE

4. 17. Towards a Business Model for Viable City Logistics Initiatives : The role of financial continuity, externalities and stakeholders

   Author : Konstantina Katsela; Förpackningslogistik; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; City logistics; Business Model; Stakeholders; Financial Continuity; Cost Structure; Revenue Streams; Externalities; Cost of Externalities; Economy of Scale;

   Abstract : Viable city logistics are built on a sound business model that considers the financial viability and performance, and the role of externalities and stakeholders. To this end, the purpose of this dissertation is to increase understanding of how a business model can contribute to achieving viable city logistics initiatives. READ MORE

5. 18. Competition, regulation and integration in international financial markets

   Author : Jens Nystedt; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Chapter I - Derivative Market Competition: OTC Markets Versus Organized Derivative Exchanges Recent regulatory initiatives in the United States have again raised the issue of a ''level regulatory and supervisory playing field'' and the degree of competition globally between over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and organized derivative exchange (ODE) markets. This chapter models some important aspects of how an ODE market interrelates with the OTC markets. READ MORE

6. 19. From Welfare to Work : Financial Incentives, Active Labor Market Policies, and Integration Programs

   Author : Lillit Ottosson; Eva Mörk; Anna Sjögren; Ulrika Vikman; Alexander Willén; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social assistance; Welfare; Labor supply; Public sector employment programs; Cost-shifting; Dynamic inverse probability weighting; Refugees; Integration; Active labor market policies; Language support; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay I: I study the effects of increased social assistance (SA) generosity by exploiting exogenous variation induced by a ruling in the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court in 1993, mandating local governments to provide a minimum level of untied SA payments. The new rule forced some local governments to increase their SA generosity, while others were unaffected as they already complied with the stricter standards. READ MORE

7. 20. Bank-Industry Networks and Economic Evolution : An Institutional-Evolutionary Approach

   Author : Thomas Marmefelt; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Schumpeterian bank-entrepreneur interaction; Bank-industry networks; Innovation; Economic evolution; Endogenous growth; Entropy; Financial institutions; Governance; Conventions; Institutional change; Network commitment; Spontaneous order; Collective action; Evolutionary game theory; Economic history;

   Abstract : The links between institutions and economic evolution, especially between financial institutions and industrial innovation, are poorly understood. Having Schumpeter´s theory of economic evolution as starting point, this study gives an outline of an institutional-evolutionary theory of institutional change, innovation, and financial systems, based on learning-by-financing within bank-industry networks. READ MORE