Search for dissertations about: "market regulation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 142 swedish dissertations containing the words market regulation.

2. 21. Enlightening Water : Science, market & regulation of mineral waters in eighteenth-century France

   Author : Armel Cornu; H. Otto Sibum; Hjalmar Fors; Sven Widmalm; Jakob Vogel; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mineral waters; Eighteenth century; French Enlightenment; History of science; History of chemistry; Social history; Société de Médecine; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

   Abstract : My thesis investigates the process through which French mineral waters were conceptually and materially transformed by the forces of market, regulation, and science during the Enlightenment. Tracing this process deepens current understandings of eighteenth-century societies, and presents a novel image of the development of medicine and chemistry. READ MORE

4. 22. Green Deserts or New Opportunities? : Competing and complementary views on the soybean expansion in Uruguay, 2002-2013

   Author : Matilda Baraibar; Ulf Jonsson; Ronny Pettersson; Cristóbal Kay; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Uruguay; Soybean expansion; Discourse analysis; Agrarian change; Development perspectives; Agrifood globalization; agro-ecology; public regulation; pro-market; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

   Abstract : In just over a decade, soybean production in Uruguay emerged from almost non-existence to second most important export product. The extraordinary rapid soybean expansion is often referred to as representing changes that go far beyond the mere substitution of one agrarian activity for another, but evolved into a broad societal concern. READ MORE

5. 23. Deregulation and regulation of electricity markets

   Author : Niclas Damsgaard; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays, mainly related to the fields of industrial organization and political economy. The focus is on deregulation of electricity retail markets and on the continued regulation of parts of such markets after the introduction of competition. The first essay is an empirical essay on the causes of deregulation. READ MORE

6. 24. The Quirky Character Camouflaged in the Conceptual Framework : A study of the financial statement user

   Author : Liesel Klemcke; Bino Catasús; Gustav Johed; Darlene Himick; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accounting; Financial reporting; Financial reporting conceptual framework; Financial statement user; User primacy; Regulation; Accounting profession; Fair value accounting; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Abstract : Much of accounting research implies that someone uses financial statements in making investment decisions, and assumes that the ones using the statements are financial analysts, investment bankers, fund managers, or the rational economic decision maker. However, these assumptions do not consider all potential investors, particularly those who have traditionally lacked access to information and technical savvy. READ MORE

7. 25. From Green Image to Green Practice : Normative action and self-regulation

   Author : Minna Gillberg; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; IPPC Directive; ISO 14001; EMAS; sustainability; norm world; ethical deliberation; phronesis; environmental management system; self-regulation; advanced practice; normative action; Environmental Protection Act; sociology of law; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Abstract : Ever since environmental issues appeared on the agenda of modern industrial society, through the work of whistle blowers such as Rachel Carson, Georg Borgström, Björn Gillberg and Hans Palmstierna, the Swedish state has exerted itself to project a green image. In practice this image has merely functioned as a defence for the legitimacy of industrial development. READ MORE