Search for dissertations about: "standard setting"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 294 swedish dissertations containing the words standard setting.
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1. Gaining influence in standard-setting processes : a discussion of underlying mechanisms in 3G mobile telephony technology development
Abstract : The environment in which companies operate is such that standards become increasingly important due to the built-in rigidities resulting from previous technology investments and network externalities. The research question is: How can a market-leading company gain influence on the formation of standards perceived as vital for the company-s continued business? The purpose of the dissertation is to explore, describe, and characterise how such influence may be gained; it thus aims to reveal some of the mechanisms underlying a technology standard-setting process. READ MORE
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2. Regulating Vessel-Source Air Pollution - Standard-Setting in the Regulation of SOx Emissions
Abstract : Emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx) cause considerable global environmental and human health impacts including acidification, climate change, and increased premature deaths in human populations due to serious heart and lung diseases. Although recently revised regulations in MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI are expected to decrease SOx emissions from ships, it is clear that these regulations will need further development. READ MORE
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3. Finance, Shocks, Competition and Price Setting
Abstract : Essay I: The New Keynesian model augmented with the working capital channel predicts that (i) a rise in the policy rate increases producer prices, with a stronger impact on firms that use more working capital, (ii) the pass-through of policy rate changes to prices is gradual because of price rigidity and (iii) unanticipated policy rate changes have larger effects than anticipated changes. Using firm-level micro data, I test these predictions. READ MORE
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4. Today's perfect - tomorrow's standard : the role of consumers and the limits of policy in recycling
Abstract : In this study the mechanisms influencing recycling rates around the system maximum are deliberated. On the one hand, Policies, System design and how Citizens understand the two aforementioned are pitted against each other. READ MORE
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5. Accounting standard-setting through adaptation: Models and Contextual Factors in the Case of the Swedish Standard K3
Abstract : Back cover text: As an alternative to drafting standards from scratch, many accounting standard-setters make use of existing standards. Thereby, they adopt an existing standard or use an existing standard as a model subject to adaptation. In national accounting standard-setting, adoption typically proves neither desirable nor possible. READ MORE
