Search for dissertations about: "leverage"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 267 swedish dissertations containing the word leverage.

  2. 21. Essays on corporate risk, U.S. business cycles, international spillovers of stock returns, and dual listing

    Author : Iryna Ivaschenko; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays on the various topics in finance. The first essay, The Information Content of The Systematic Risk Structure of Corporate Yields for Future Real Activity: An Exploratory Empirical Investigation, constructs a proxy for the systematic component of the risk structure of corporate yields (or systematic risk structure), and tests how well it predicts real economic activity in the United States. READ MORE

  4. 22. Open Entrepreneurship: Investigating Entrepreneurship in Open Source Software Communities

    Author : Zeynep Yetis-Larsson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation seeks to fill a gap in the literature on entrepreneurship in open source software (OSS) communities. Although it is well documented that entrepreneurs can gain economic benefits from participating in OSS, limited attention has been paid to the dynamics and activities through which such benefits are realized and conditioned. READ MORE

  5. 23. The Promise of Public Value Co-Creation in Open Government : Designing IT Services for Open Government and Public Value Co-Creation

    Author : Elin Uppström; Christer Magnusson; Paul Johanesson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Value Co-Creation; Open Government; Inhibitors; Design; IT-services; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : The engagement of citizens in governmental actives is the future of publicsector reforms. The private sector has already started to leverage onlinetechnology to innovate and to reinvent businesses. READ MORE

  6. 24. Purchasing Power and Purchasing Strategies - Insights From the Humanitarian Sector

    Author : Ala Pazirandeh; Teknisk logistik; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Humanitarian logistics; Purchainsg; Resource dependency theory; Buyer-supplier power;

    Abstract : In this dissertation, we discuss how buyers practice purchasing strategies in an asymmetric power situation favoring suppliers, and how their purchasing strategies practiced impact their purchasing power and buyer-supplier relationships. Organizations enter exchange relationships to access required resources not produced internally, and are exposed to uncertainty from not being able to fully control or predict flow of resources. READ MORE

  7. 25. Universal Electricity Access in Remote Areas : Building a pathway toward universalization in the Brazilian Amazon

    Author : Maria F Gómez; Semida Silveira; Hisham Zerriffi; KTH; []
    Keywords : Rrural electrification; remote areas; human development; universal access; last mile; Amazon region; landsbygdselektrifiering; avlägsna områden; mänsklig utveckling; allmän tillgång; den sista kilometern; Amazonasregionen; Energy Technology; Energiteknik;

    Abstract : Worldwide, policymakers face important challenges in relation to the provision of reliable electricity services in remote areas. Brazil is not an exception. READ MORE