Search for dissertations about: "savings and investment"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words savings and investment.
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1. Life-Cycle Costing : Applications and Implementations in Bridge Investment and Management
Abstract : A well-maintained bridge infrastructure is a fundamental necessity for a modern society that provides great value, but ensuring that it meets all the requirements sustainably and cost-effectively is challenging. Bridge investment and management decisions generally involve selection from multiple alternatives. READ MORE
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2. The Investment Process for Capital Investments : The case of industrial energy-efficiency investments and non-energy benefits
Abstract : Capital investments play a crucial role for the business of every firm. In an industrial context, energy efficiency is an important means to meet future energy needs and in the same time reduce climate impact. READ MORE
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3. Savings, investment, and economic reforms in developing countries
Abstract : This dissertation consists of four chapters. Chapter 1: Introduction and summary of the thesis. This thesis consists of three essays (chapters 2-4) within the field of macroeconomics and development. The purpose of this first chapter is to provide an overview of the issues covered and the results obtained. READ MORE
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4. Investment Decisions and Risk Preferences among Non-Professional Investors
Abstract : I analyze a large number of investment decisions based on theories that have been developed and formalized over the past 50 years. Previous work in this field unveils a number of biases which affect ones choices when the outcome is uncertain. READ MORE
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5. Optimal Railroad Power Supply System Operation and Design : Detailed system studies, and aggregated investment models
Abstract : Railway power supply systems (RPSSs) differ mainly from public power systems from that the loads are moving. These moving loads are motoring trains. Trains can also be regenerating when braking and are then power sources. These loads consume comparatively much power, causing substantial voltage drops, not rarely so big that the loads are reduced. READ MORE