Search for dissertations about: "market transformation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 130 swedish dissertations containing the words market transformation.

  2. 21. Tourism Development in Resource Peripheries : conflicting and Unifying Spaces in Northern Sweden

    Author : Joakim Byström; Dieter K. Müller; Rikard Eriksson; Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Tourism development; labor market transformation; related diversification; path dependence; resource periphery; pleasure periphery; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : The northern Swedish inland is a sparsely populated area with a historical dependence upon natural-resource extraction. Therefore, this region has traditionally been defined as a resource periphery for extractive purposes. However, the rise of tourism challenges this narrative by producing a pleasure periphery for touristic purposes. READ MORE

  4. 22. Studies in the Transformation of Post-Soviet Cities : Case Studies from Kazakhstan

    Author : Michael Gentile; Jan Öhman; Örjan Sjöberg; Thomas Lundén; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; Kazakhstan; former Soviet Union; urbanisation; survey method; post-Soviet cities; residential preferences; socio-spatial differentiation; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : Since the demise of central planning, post-Soviet cities have found themselves operating in a radically different economic climate. Contrary to the situation during the Soviet époque, market relations and the urban economy's adjustment thereto constitute the reality which urbanites face in their daily lives. READ MORE

  5. 23. Transformation of business collaboration in a digital age : Towards a multi-relation perspective

    Author : Jwan Khisro; Katarina L Gidlund; Thomas Persson Slumpi; Gustaf Juell-Skielse; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : Boundary object; digitalisation; enterprise architecture; enterprise interoperability; multi-relation collaboration;

    Abstract : The process of digitalisation is progressively transforming the way business is carried out and how enterprises collaborate. In this digital age, characterised by collaborations among a larger community of suppliers, customers, employees, and governments, all partners need to understand avariety of relations and how digitalisation transforms them. READ MORE

  6. 24. Labor Markets in Transformation: Case Studies of Latin America

    Author : Erik Jonasson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rural non-agricultural employment; economic geography; farm household model; earnings differentials; informal employment; social norms; government effectiveness; Latin America; Brazil; Peru;

    Abstract : This dissertation contains three independent studies that analyze labor markets in transformation. They focus on two central elements of labor markets in developing countries: non-agricultural employment in the rural economy and informal employment in the urban economy. READ MORE

  7. 25. Markets and marketplaces : Essays on access and transformation in remote rural economies

    Author : Tillmann von Carnap; Anna Tompsett; Jakob Svensson; Sam Asher; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; development economics; economic geography; remote sensing; transport infrastructure; climate change adaptation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Market access and agricultural intensification: Remotely-sensed evidence from Mozambican river crossingsMany believe that high transport costs are a significant constraint to agricultural intensification in rural Africa. Empirical evidence is limited, however, because areas with high agricultural potential may see more infrastructure improvements and data is rarely available at the necessary granularity. READ MORE