Search for dissertations about: "success"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 1544 swedish dissertations containing the word success.

  2. 6. Radical Right Success - Shaped by the Mainstream?

    Author : Kalle Ekholm; Kåre Vernby; Hanna Bäck; Stefan Dahlberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; radical right parties; mainstream parties; political success; immigration; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Radical right parties have changed the political landscape throughout Europe. These parties are challenging the very idea of a modern and liberal European continent. Scholars, and society as a whole, have tried to understand the success of this party family for decades. READ MORE

  4. 7. Success factors in asset management

    Author : Stefan Engström; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays on the topic of asset management. The first essay, Performance and Characteristics of Swedish Mutual Funds studies the relation between fund performance and fund attributes in the Swedish market. READ MORE

  5. 8. Information Technology Outsourcing in Large Companies in Sweden : A Perspective on Risks, Relationships and Success Factors

    Author : Georg Hodosi; Lazar Rusu; Björn Johansson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; IT outsourcing; risk factors; important factors; ITO relationships; success factors; transaction cost theory; IT outsourcing decision makers; design science research; survey research; large companies; private companies; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates large private companies in Sweden that have outsourced their information technology (IT). A considerable proportion of IT outsourcing (ITO) is unsuccessful. READ MORE

  6. 9. Essays on Determinants of Individual Performance and Labor Market Outcomes

    Author : Olof Rosenqvist; Oskar Nordström Skans; Lena Hensvik; Ghazala Azmat; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Confidence; success; failure; performance; regression discontinuity design; golf; gender differences; glass ceiling; voting age; political knowledge; civic interest; dynamic effects; sickness absence; production disruption; coworker substitutes; hiring decisions; separations; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1 (with Oskar Nordström Skans): This paper provides field evidence on the causal impact of past successes on future performances. Since persistence in success or failure is likely to be linked through, potentially time-varying, ability it is intrinsically difficult to identify the causal effect of succeeding on the probability of performing well in the future. READ MORE

  7. 10. The cultural context of business : A study of firms in a northern Nigerian society

    Author : Yakubu Zakaria; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Culture; Values; Norms; Behaviour; Rationality; Cross-cultural; Islam; Modernization; Entrepreneur; Manager; Trust; Risk; Organization; Control; Strategy; Perception; Business; Profit; Success; Development; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : This study is about entrepreneurial adaptations to modem manufacturing activities in a semi-industrial society of Northern Nigeria. It embodies both general and micro-institutional perspectives of business behaviour and seeks to examine the multidimensional influences ofcultural values on business patterns. READ MORE