Search for dissertations about: "import and export"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the words import and export.

2. 1. Trade, Innovation, and Gender

   Author : Josefin Videnord; Oskar Nordström Skans; Teodora Borota Milicevic; Andreas Moxnes; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International Trade; Gender Wage Gap; Export; Import; R D; Innovation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay I (with Olga Lark): We examine whether exposure to gender inequality at export destinations affects the gender wage gap in exporting firms. We motivate the analysis through a stylized model where wages depend on worker productivity, and men have a comparative advantage when trading with gender-unequal countries due to customer discrimination. READ MORE

4. 2. Labour productivity and international trade

   Author : Lihong Yun; Lars Lundberg; Adam Szirmai; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labour productivity; labour demand; inter-industry wage premium; export; import penetration; FDI; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The aims of the four treatises contained in here are to investigate the determinants of export (and FDI) and possible impacts of international trade on labour productivity, labour demand and inter-industry wage premiums. Paper [1] uses shift-share method and augmented production function-approach. READ MORE

5. 3. International and export behavior of firms : a critical review and empirical assessment

   Author : Dafnis Coudounaris; Arthur Money; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industriell marknadsföring; Industrial Marketing;

   Abstract : The current thesis examines exporting as a leading discipline in International Business and sheds light into various exporting issues which have not been thoroughly investigated in the past. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part includes two studies based on literature review, specifically on International Management and Exporting. READ MORE

6. 4. Harbours and Hinterlands : Landscape, Site Patterns and Coast-Hinterland Interconnections by the Corinthian Gulf, c. 600-300 B.C

   Author : Anton Bonnier; Gunnel Ekroth; James Roy; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Corinthian Gulf; Archaic and Classical-Early Hellenistic Greece; landscape archaeology; site patterns; settlement patterns; harbours; interconnections; connectivity; coastal zones; trade; mountain economies; pastoralism; Archaeology; classical; Arkeologi; klassisk; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

   Abstract : The thesis examines interconnections between the Corinthian Gulf and its surrounding hinterlands during the Archaic and Classical-Early Hellenistic period, c. 600 to 300 B.C. Interconnections have been studied through site patterns in the surrounding regions. READ MORE

7. 5. Globalization, Gender Inequality, and Firm Innovation

   Author : Olga Lark; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; foreign ownership; internationalization; export; contract intensity; interpersonal contacts; gender inequality; gender wage gap; gender norms; gender inequality index; customer discrimination; import competition; innovation; patents; ; manufacturing capabilities;

   Abstract : This thesis comprises four self-contained papers that rely on applied micro-econometric methods to understand which factors are important in shaping the gender wage gap in globalized firms and how firms innovate when exposed to trade-induced shocks. In the first paper, we study how the within-firm gender wage gap in Sweden is affected by the degree of gender inequality in the home country of foreign investors. READ MORE