Search for dissertations about: "saving motives"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words saving motives.

  2. 1. Understanding the relationships between bank-customer relations, financial advisory services and saving behavior

    Author : Cecilia Hermansson; Kent Eriksson; Lars Engwall; KTH; []
    Keywords : Saving behavior; consumer finance; consumer financial decision making; financial services; relationship marketing; exchange forms; saving motives; risk attitudes; financial literacy; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

    Abstract : While the saving environment has become more complex in recent years, so has the demand for individual activity. Important impetuses include financial deregulation, globalization, technological change, and reformed pension systems. READ MORE

  4. 2. Farm business development: the motives and effects of diversification strategies

    Author : Georgios Miaris; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the factors underlying farm business development in Sweden, and the economic and social implications related to different development strategies. The thesis consists of four papers. Paper I uncovers the values that underlie farmers’ strategic choices for business development. READ MORE

  5. 3. Behavior Change Towards a Sustainable Lifestyle – Effects of Interventions and Psychological Factors on Pro-Environmental Behaviors

    Author : Kerstin Weimer; Richard Ahlström; Francisco Esteves; Tommy Gärling; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; values; attitudes; moral judgment competence; locus of control; sense of coherence; pro-environmental behavior; energy conservation; feedback; Relational Frame Theory; motives and barriers to behavior change; food consumption; organically produced food; nudging; värderingar; attityder; moralisk bedömningskompetens; kontroll-lokus; känsla av sammanhang; miljövänligt beteende; energibesparing; feedback; Relational Frame Theory; motiv och hinder för beteendeförändring; matkonsumtion; ekologiskt odlad mat; nudging;

    Abstract : Climate changes due to human-caused global warming are serious challenges for the planet. Changes in individual human behavior towards more pro-environmental actions are thus highly necessary. Human behavior is complex, however, and promoting behavior change requires a solid understanding of how people behave in different situations and contexts. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays in Entrepreneurial and Household Finance

    Author : Fatemeh Sadat Hosseini Tash; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : ''This doctoral thesis consists of three independent papers in entrepreneurial, household and corporate finance. The first paper, Family Wealth and Entrepreneurship, explores the relation between the financial resources in an individual’s extended family and her decision to initiate a business and become an entrepreneur. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays in empirical finance

    Author : Egle Karmaziene; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays on empirical.Motives for Entrepreneurial Saving: Evidence from Sweden evaluates the drivers of a high saving rate of entrepreneurs in Sweden. READ MORE