Search for dissertations about: "informality"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the word informality.

  2. 21. Essays on Industrial Development and Political Economy of Africa

    Author : Eyerusalem G. Siba; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agglomeration economies; African manufacturing; Credit constraints; Darfur; Ethiopia; Ethnic cleansing; Growth; Informal sector; New firms; Poverty trap; Prices; Productivity; Resource struggle; Returns to capital; Survival; Skills.;

    Abstract : Paper 1: Returns to Capital and Informality. We study the pattern of returns to capital in the formal and informal manufacturing sectors in Ethiopia. We use a rich panel dataset of manufacturing firms in the formal sector for the period 1996-2006 and two rounds of repeated cross-sectional data of the urban informal sector firms. READ MORE

  4. 22. Management Control Systems in Entrepreneurial Organisations : A Balancing Challenge

    Author : Eva Lövstål; Olov Olson; Jönköping University; []
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    Abstract : This thesis deals with management control systems in entrepreneurial organisations. It particularly pays attention to medium-sized growing companies, since they are argued to be in an interesting situation of overall tensional requirements. READ MORE

  5. 23. Contributions to the Industrial Use of Design of Experiments

    Author : Pia Sandvik Wiklund; Goh Thong Ngee; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

    Abstract : A great variety of statistical methods are important for facilitating the continuous improvement of customer-oriented processes and products, and Design of Experiments (DoE) has proven to be one efficient approach. The considerable industrial interest together with substantial research have revealed further possibilities of development in DoE to increase the attractiveness of the method. READ MORE

  6. 24. Organizational identity construction in family businesses a dualities perspective

    Author : Börje Boers; Leif Melin; Mattias Nordqvist; Majken Schultz; Thomas Zellweger; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation is about organizational identity construction with a dualities perspective. By taking a dualities perspective the focus shifts from assuming that organizational identity actually is in place towards organizational identity construction where identities are socially constructed. READ MORE

  7. 25. ”Completely Headless”. Modification of adjectives in Swedish advanced learners' English

    Author : Viktoria Börjesson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish advanced learners; written English; spoken English; degree modification; adjectives; modifiers; reinforcers; attenuators; collocation; learner corpora; learner English; formal register; informal speech; genre awareness; academic writing; comparative study; contrastive interlanguage analysis;

    Abstract : This is a corpus-based, empirical study, which investigates Swedish advanced learners’ written and spoken English with regard to modification of adjectives, both reinforcing (e.g. totally different, very nice) and attenuating (e.g. READ MORE