Search for dissertations about: "second-hand"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the word second-hand.

2. 1. Performing second-hand retail : organizing the material re-circulation of goods

   Author : Lars Hedegård; Peter Dobers; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Second-hand retail; Material re-circulation; ReTuna; Textile management; Shopping mall; Actor-Network Theory; Textil och mode generell ; Textiles and Fashion General ;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns second-hand retail and efforts to prepare used goods for re-circulation. Second-hand retail is one of the most promising forms of alternative retail. However, second hand retailers struggle to attract mainstream consumers and often fail to commercialize most of the used goods donated. READ MORE

4. 2. Reuse-based Reverse Value Chain for Sustainable Apparel Industry

   Author : Manoj Kumar Paras; Anca Draghici; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Reverse value chain; Reuse; Value creation; Apparel industry; Second hand clothing; Omvänd värdekedja; Återanvändning; Värdetillverkning; Klädindustri; Second-hand kläder; Textil och mode generell ; Textiles and Fashion General ;

   Abstract : The reverse value chain is a concept that maximizes the utility of a product after end-of-life or end-of-use. Its main components are reuse, repair, up-cycling and down-cycling. This thesis has investigated the business of apparel ‘reuse’ to develop a reuse-based reverse value chain model for apparel industry. READ MORE

5. 3. Used Clothes and Social Goods: Two economic problems

   Author : Rick Wicks; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Paper 1: used clothes; second-hand; imports; exports; LDCs; development aid.Paper 2: altruism; caring behavior; club goods; communitarian; communities; complete markets; complete contracting; economic ideology; economic theology; general equilibrium theory; inherent non-marketability; methodological individualism; neoclassical economics; rational choice; religion of the market; rhetoric of economics; separability; social capital; social economics; social environment; social goods; social institutions; social realm; social values; social wealth; social welfare; three realms; universal market;

   Abstract : PAPER 1: Used Clothes As Development Aid: The political economy of rags Report of a study for Sida (the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) by Rick Wicks and Arne Bigsten Abstract: Should Swedish used-clothes exports continue to be subsidized as development aid? Theoretical analysis and review of empirical evidence regarding effects of both commercial and charitable (subsidized) used-clothes imports in LDCs. Includes statistics on the world used-clothes trade, including 127 gross used-clothes-exporting countries and 181 importing countries in 1990 (with values, weights, average prices, and weights-per-capita), and some specifics of U. READ MORE

6. 4. Coping with Misbehavior in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks

   Author : Sonja Buchegger; Jean-Yves Le Boudec; EPFL; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; mobile ad-hoc networks; incentives; cooperation; reputation systems; Bayes; SRA - ICT; SRA - Informations- och kommunikationsteknik;

   Abstract : n this work, we address the question of how to enable a system to operate despite the presence of misbehavior. Specifically, in a mobile ad-hoc network, how can we keep the network functional for normal nodes when other nodes do not route and forward correctly? Node misbehavior due to selfish or malicious reasons or faulty nodes can significantly degrade the performance of mobile ad-hoc networks. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on redistribution and local public expenditures

   Author : Mikael Witterblad; Thomas Aronsson; Tomas Sjögren; Lars-Erik Borge; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; optimal taxation; unemployment; durable goods; flypaper effects; intergovernmental relations; demand system; local government spending; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of a summary and four papers. The first two papers are theoretical contributions within the area of optimal taxation and public expenditures under asymmetric information between the government and the private sector, and the last two are empirical contributions to the literature on local public expenditures. READ MORE