Search for dissertations about: "piracy"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the word piracy.

  2. 6. Hydrology and Bed Topography of the Greenland Ice Sheet : Last known surroundings

    Author : Katrin Lindbäck; Rickard Pettersson; Francisco Navarro; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; climate change; Greenland Ice Sheet; radio-echo sounding; digital elevation models; ice thickness; bed topography; spectral analysis; roughness; subglacial hydrology; water piracy; englacial features; drainage catchments; meltwater runoff; ice dynamics; klimatförändringar; Grönlands inlandsis; markbaserad radar; digitala höjdmodeller; istjocklek; bottentopografi; spektralanalys; subglacial hydrologi; englaciala strukturer; avrinningsområden; isdynamik;

    Abstract : The increased temperatures in the Arctic accelerate the loss of land based ice stored in glaciers. The Greenland Ice Sheet is the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere and holds ~10% of all the freshwater on Earth, equivalent to ~7 metres of global sea level rise. READ MORE

  4. 7. Electronic Potlatch : A study concerning new technologies and primitive economic behaviors

    Author : Alf Rehn; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; general economy; gift economies; gifts; potlatch; warez; play; excess; software piracy; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

    Abstract : Economy - the very idea. In an age where the market economy seems to have achieved a total and omnipresent hegemony, there would seem to be little to discuss anymore. Going against this, the book argues for a sensitivity to other forms of economies,and the hybrids existing in our postindustrial society. READ MORE

  5. 8. "Income Opportunities and Sea Piracy in Indonesia" and "Extractive Industries, Production Shocks and Criminality"

    Author : Sebastian Axbard; Mikael Lindahl; Niklas Bengtsson; Konrad Burchardi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

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  6. 9. Deterrence Games for the 21st Century : Representation, Theory and Evidence

    Author : Karl Sörenson; Till Grüne-Yanoff; Jan Ångström; Damon Coletta; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Deterrence Theory; Game Theory; Theory of Science; Philosophy; Filosofi; Krigsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Deterrence is the backbone of military strategy. Dissuading an opponent from taking a specific action by threat of violence is the definition of deterrence. From the outset of the Cold War there has been a strong link between the study of deterrence and game theoretic analysis. READ MORE

  7. 10. In Search of Lost Deterrence – Two essays on deterrence and the models employed to study the phenomenon

    Author : Karl Sörenson; Till Grüne-Yanoff; Magnus Öberg; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Deterrence; Game Theory; Philosophy; Filosofi; Philosophy; Krigsvetenskap;

    Abstract : To deter is central for strategic thinking. Some of the more astute observations regarding the dynamics of deterrence were made during the Cold War by game theorists. This set the stage for how deterrence has come to be studied. READ MORE