Search for dissertations about: "institution ownership"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words institution ownership.

  2. 1. Västsvensk petroleumindustri 1945-2000 : etablering och tillväxt

    Author : Kurt Johnsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; technological systems; petroleum industry; fuel refinery; innovation; institution; industrial network; petrochemicals;

    Abstract : The purpose of the study has been to describe and analyse the establishment and growth of the petroleum industry in western Sweden during the second half of the twentieth century. Empirical data shows that the development of refineries has in large part been governed by environmental changes where belonging to an international concern with large financial resources, and a determined investment in FoU in order to be at the forefront, has been advantageous. READ MORE

  4. 2. To Own the Phone : Spatial Diffusion, Ownership and Regulation of Telephone Service in Argentina, 1878-1990

    Author : Andrés Pedro Lesko; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social geography; supply and demand; development; monopoly; competition; Argentina; spatial diffusion; telecommunications; telephone service; Socialgeografi;

    Abstract : Telephone service in Argentina has since its beginning been characterized as one of the most developed in South America. Regarding its development, two distinct periods can be identified. An initial period of private ownership extended from 1878 to 1946. READ MORE

  5. 3. Socio-cultural viability of international intervention in war-torn societies : a case study of Bosnia Herzegovina

    Author : Dzenan Sahovic; Jan Engberg; Donna M Schlagheck; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bosnia Herzegovina; peacebuilding; war-torn societies; High Representative; cultural theory; socio-cultural viability; conditionality; Bonn powers; local ownership; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores the ‘socio-cultural dilemma’ facing international peacebuilders in war-torn societies through a case study of the post-conflict process in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is done with the help of a typological approach of the grid-group Cultural Theory framework, which defines four social solidarities – or ideal type cultures – of individualism, egalitarianism, fatalism and hierarchy. READ MORE

  6. 4. Empirical Essays in Finance

    Author : Jan Schnitzler; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Stock Price Elasticity and Control Ownership. Stocks included in the S&P 500 experience abnormal returns. Supporting a demand pressure explanation, this paper documents that the price impact is larger for stock of which a significant fraction is held by controlling shareholders. READ MORE

  7. 5. School networks and active investors

    Author : T. Daniel Sunesson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Alma mater matters: The value of school ties in the venture capital industry. This paper examines the role and estimates the economic value of social networks tied to academic institutions in the venture capital industry. READ MORE