Search for dissertations about: "transaction costs"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 91 swedish dissertations containing the words transaction costs.

  2. 16. Essays on quality evaluation and bidding behavior in public procurement auctions

    Author : Johan Y. Stake; Mats Bergman; Lars Hultkrantz; Anders Lunander; Stéphane Straub; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public procurement; quality evaluation; bidding behavior; cartels; SMEs; transaction cost; litigation; spatial econometrics; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : In this dissertation, I investigate how different aspects of the procurement process and evaluation affect bidding behavior.In essay 1, we attempt to map public procurements in Sweden by gathering a representative sample of procurements. READ MORE

  4. 17. Governance structures for promoting renewable energy sources

    Author : Ole Langniss; Miljö- och energisystem; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; regulation; transaction cost economics; renewable energy;

    Abstract : This study seeks to find answers to the question of how much competition is introduced by different types of regulation aimed at promoting electricity generated with renewable energies. For this purpose the partial equilibrium model is applied. READ MORE

  5. 18. A Political View on the Internationalization Process

    Author : Francisco Figueira de Lemos; Amjad Hadjikhani; Mats Forsgren; Mohamed Yamin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internationalization Process; Uppsala Model; Transaction Cost Economics; Institutional theory; Firm; Multinational; Government;

    Abstract : The role of governments in the internationalization of the firm had early recognition in prominent seminal studies in international business, such as Hymer’s thesis or the Uppsala Model, though the interaction between multinationals and governments has attracted scarce attention. As such, the main stream of economics and management studies have focused on internationalization essentially as an issue of the firm, wherein the multinationals’ interaction with the environment is limited to a business-industrial scope of suppliers, clients, and competitors. READ MORE

  6. 19. 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

  7. 20. Impacts of Climate Policy and Natural Disasters: Evidence from China

    Author : Ruijie Tian; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; carbon pricing; directed technological change; innovation; heterogeneous firms; independence property; transaction costs; emissions reduction; allowances; production networks; resilience; diversification; shock transmission; supply chains; natural disasters;

    Abstract : The last decade has seen heightened interest in carbon pricing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions responsible for anthropogenic climate change. Over the past decade, China–responsible for over a quarter of global carbon emissions–has aimed to reduce its emissions through an ambitious Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) which charges certain firms for the greenhouse gases they emit. READ MORE