Search for dissertations about: "innovations and investment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words innovations and investment.

2. 1. Traps and transformations : Exploring the potential of water system innovations in dryland sub-Saharan Africa

   Author : Elin Enfors; Line Gordon; Christian Valentin; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : smallholder farming; water system innovations; agricultural droughts; multi-functional landscapes; development trajectories; uncertainty; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

   Abstract : In semi-arid and dry sub-humid sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), high poverty levels and a heavy reliance on small-scale rainfed agriculture make rural livelihoods difficult. Upgrading current farming systems, in a way that safeguards productivity beyond field-scale, is urgent. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Financial Technology and SME Finance : A Tale of Two Effects of the Global Financial Crisis: Financing SMEs and Innovative Financing

   Author : Ed Saiedi; Anders Broström; Ali Mohammadi; Felipe Ruiz Lopez; Tom Vanacker; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Global Financial Crisis; Financial Innovation; Small and Medium Enterprises; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

   Abstract : The financial crisis of 2008-2009 took place exactly half a century after the publication of the seminal Modigliani and Miller (M&M) theorem, often called the capital structure irrelevance principle. This timing is curious since the crisis has highlighted the significance of deviations from assumptions of this theorem, i.e. READ MORE

5. 3. Sustainability Transitions in Established Industries : The case of European Commercial Transport Vehicles

   Author : Behbood Borghei; Thomas Magnusson; Lars Coenen; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Sociotechnical transitions; Multilevel Perspective; System Innovations; Environmental Innovation; Systems of Innovation; Institutions; Environmental policy; Environmental regulation;

   Abstract : With the increasing trends in trade of goods and services as well as the expansion of road infrastructure and networks, commercial road transport has dominated a significant share of inland and urban logistics in the world and particularly in Europe. This includes not only the basic supply of citizens’ needs through long-haul traffic and short-distance city trucks but also by providing urban services such as courier delivery, household waste  pickup and refuse collection as well as passengers movements by public bus transport and inter-city coach transit. READ MORE

6. 4. US Equity REIT Returns and Digitalization

   Author : Birger Axelsson; Han-Suck Song; Herman Donner; Peter Palm; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; REITs; quantitative easing; quantitative tightening; deep learning; LSTM; REITs; kvantitativa lättnader; kvantitativ åtstramning; djupinlärning; LSTM; Fastigheter och byggande; Real Estate and Construction Management;

   Abstract : This licentiate thesis is a collection of two essays that utilize time-series econometric methods in real estate finance. The first essay applies econometric modelling on Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) index returns, focusing on estimating the effect of the quantitative easing (QE) and quantitative tightening (QT) programmes on U.S. READ MORE

7. 5. Efficiency Implications of Innovations in Administering TransportInfrastructure

   Author : Jan-Eric Nilsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This dissertation is concerned with issues directly and indirectly associated with reform of the way that transport infrastructure is managed. It consists of four separate papers. The dissertation summary also provides a unified framework for the otherwise self-contained papers. In abstract, the papers have the following content. READ MORE