Search for dissertations about: "long term contracts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words long term contracts.

2. 1. Valuation and hedging of long-term asset-linked contracts

   Author : Henrik Andersson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The five essays in this dissertation are all concerned with how commodity price uncertainty affects the valuation of real and financial assets.  Focusing on the stochastic process approximating the price process of the commodity, a time-inhomogeneous mean reverting process is suggested and used in the valuation of a pulp mill. READ MORE

4. 2. Procurement Contracts, Innovation and Productivity in the Construction Sector : Five Studies

   Author : Lena Borg; Hans Lind; Han-Suck Song; Johan Nyström; Anne Landin; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Procurement Contracts; Innovation; Productivity; Construction Sector; Incentives; Entreprenadkontrakt; Innovationer; Produktivitet; Byggsektorn; Incitament; Fastigheter och byggande; Real Estate and Construction Management;

   Abstract : With its size, large number of actors, and its impact on everyday life, the construction sector plays an important role in every nation’s economy and in the improvement of the built environment. The recognition of this fact by the sector, in combination with the reputation for being conservative, problematic, having low productivity growth, and low pressure for change leads to a focus on different strategies that can be used to improve of the sector. READ MORE

5. 3. Integrated Product Service Offerings for Rail and Road Infrastructure : Reviewing Applicability in Sweden

   Author : Sofia Lingegård; Mattias Lindahl; Niclas Svensson; Daniel Brissaud; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Integrated Product Service Offerings; Product Service Systems; long-term contracts; risk; life-cycle perspective; resource-efficiency;

   Abstract : This research aims to explore and propose a more effective management of rail and road infrastructure and the possibility of a more resource-efficient road and rail infrastructure by applying business models based on performance and a life-cycle perspective.There is a lack of efficiency in the Swedish rail and road infrastructure industries - at the same time as the availability of the rail tracks and roads is essential. READ MORE

6. 4. Doctors Behind Borders : The Ethics of Skilled Worker Emigration

   Author : Yusuf Yuksekdag; Elin Palm; Göran Collste; Kjersti Fjørtoft; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Brain drain; compulsory service; contracts; emigration; ethics; health workers; medical brain drain; skilled workers; responsibility; the right to exit; vulnerability; non-ideal theory; Etik; kontrakt; kunskapsflykt; mänskliga rättigheter; migration; moraliskt ansvar; obligatoriska vårdprogram; rättighet; utsatta grupper; vårdpersonal;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis within applied ethics consists of four articles together with a cover essay. All articles concern the ethics of skilled health worker emigration from under-served and resourcepoor regions, often referred to as ‘medical brain drain’. READ MORE

7. 5. Term structure estimation based on a generalized optimization framework

   Author : Marcel Ndengo Rugengamanzi; Torbjörn Larsson; Jörgen Blomvall; Kristoffer Hägglöf; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The current work is devoted to estimating the term structure of interest rates based on a generalized optimization framework. To x the ideas of the subject, we introduce representations of the term structure as they are used in nance: yield curve, discount curve and forward rate curve. READ MORE