Search for dissertations about: "utility value"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 138 swedish dissertations containing the words utility value.
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1. Reuse-based Reverse Value Chain for Sustainable Apparel Industry
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
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2. Public Land Development for Sustainability-Profiled Districts : A value co-creation perspective
Abstract : Swedish municipalities are developing sustainability-profiled districts incollaboration with private actors to achieve their public sustainability objectives.These districts are comparable to developments found in many other Europeancountries and the wider world. READ MORE
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3. Bookonomy : The Consumption Practice and Value of Book Reading
Abstract : In contemporary society, book readers are increasingly being valued as consumers. Literacy and reading are often subjected to an economic logic and seen as constituting economic operations in themselves. READ MORE
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4. Measure for measure. Outcome assessment of arthritis treatment in clinical practice
Abstract : Objective: To investigate (i) the performance and agreement between various activity indices and response criteria in TNF-blockade of RA; (ii) the predictive ability of different response criteria and disease activity states regarding continuation of anti-TNF treatment of RA; (iii) Euro-QoL-5-dimensions utility development during TNF blockade of RA, PsA and SpA. Also, (iv) to develop a simple, utility-based outcome measure, the number needed to treat per quality adjusted life year gained (NNQ) and apply it in RA, PsA and SpA patients on anti-TNF treatment. READ MORE
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5. Effective and efficient design and provision of product-service systems : challenges, opportunities, and solutions
Abstract : The world manufacturing companies operate in is changing. In the past, these companies relied on the design and sale of products. Today, this linear model of business is becoming increasingly insufficient. As customers are more and more focused on their core business, buying and operating machinery and other goods becomes unattractive to them. READ MORE