Search for dissertations about: "institutional thickness"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words institutional thickness.

  2. 1. Spatial clustering and industrial competitiveness : Studies in economic geography

    Author : Per Lundequist; Inge Ivarsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; economic geography; cluster; industrial competitiveness; institutional thickness; learning; music industry; regional policy; Sweden; North East England; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the causes and effects of spatial clustering of similar and related economic activity. The relationship between spatial clustering and industrial competitive-ness is analysed in a series of empirical studies, revolving around four research questions: How useful is an institutional approach in analyses of spatial clustering? Can the link between spatial clustering and industrial performance be empirically validated and measured by quantitative methods? In what sense does spatial clustering promote localised processes of learning and innovation? What role can industrial and regional policies play in promoting the type of localised processes emphasised in spatial clustering research?It proves to be a rather complicated matter to measure the impact of spatial clustering on firm performance. READ MORE

  4. 2. HEALTH DISPARITIES BETWEEN WHITES AND JAPANESE IN MEASURES OFDIABETES AND SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN AN INTERNATIONALPOPULATION-BASED STUDY

    Author : Vasudha Ahuja; United States Pennsylvania Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ealth disparities; race; HOMA-IR; disposition index; subclinical vascular disease;

    Abstract : This dissertation includes three manuscripts focusing on health disparities between whites and Japanese with regard to measures of diabetes and subclinical atherosclerosis in the EBCT and Risk Factor Assessment among Japanese and U.S. Men in the Post World War II Birth Cohort (ERA JUMP) study. READ MORE