Search for dissertations about: "technological change"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 361 swedish dissertations containing the words technological change.

2. 16. Essays on the Political Economy of Land Use Change

   Author : Johanna Jussila Hammes; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; land tax; technological change; land use; deforestation; agricultural trade liberalization; Doha round; Dutch disease; perceived comparative advantage; EU-15; panel data;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three articles. The two first ones construct theoretical models for land use change between agriculture and forestry in the presence of lobbies representing both sectors. The third article tests empirically the hypothesis forwarded in the first essay. READ MORE

4. 17. Peasants and Policymakers, Agricultural transformation in Java under Suharto

   Author : Tobias Axelsson; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; development policy; agriculture; Indonesia; technological change; institutional change; Economic History; equity;

   Abstract : Following the East Asian success story Indonesia also subscribed to a model with increased productivity, income and equity through modernisation of agriculture. When it was hit by a severe crisis in 1997, Indonesia was regarded as one of the up and coming tigers of Southeast Asia. READ MORE

5. 18. Becoming a keystone: How incumbents can leverage technological change to create ecosystems

   Author : Gouthanan Pushpananthan; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Innovation ecosystem; discontinuous technological change; modularity; case study;

   Abstract : The proliferation of digital technology and automation in the 21st century has created a need to revisit established theories on value creation. Exponential advances in Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are dismantling firm- and industry-specific value creation processes. READ MORE

6. 19. Automation and the Consequences of Occupational Decline

   Author : Sofia Hernnäs; Georg Graetz; Per-Anders Edin; Sebastian Findeisen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technological change; automation; routine-biased technological change; skill prices; skill bundling; occupations; inequality; health; death of despair; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay I. Automation affects workers because it affects the return to their skills when performing different tasks. I propose a general equilibrium model of occupational choice and technological change which takes two important labor market features into account: (i) automation happens to tasks and (ii) workers have bundled skills. READ MORE

7. 20. The Change from Feature Focus to Customer Focus in Packaging Development

   Author : Annika Olsson; Förpackningslogistik; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Individual Organizational Learning; Packaging Development; Customer Orientation; Perspective Change; Teknik; Technological sciences; Customer Value; Action Research; Innovation;

   Abstract : The paper and packaging industry is a major and important industry in Sweden. The industry is capital intensive with a large investment base and long cycles for renewal and replenishment of machine platforms and other production equipment. READ MORE