Sökning: "Sharing"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 985 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Sharing.

1. 16. Sharing Water in Africa : Comparative Analysis of the Limpopo and Orange-Senqu River Basins in SADC and the Juba and Shabelle River Basins in the Horn of Africa

   Författare :Abdullahi Elmi Mohamed; Jan-Erik Gustafsson; Ashok Swain; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Shared water; international river basins; river cooperation; water resources; conflicts; SADC and Horn of African regions; Land and Water Resources Engineering; Mark- och vattenteknik;

   Sammanfattning : As water resources management becomes increasingly critical and many countries in the arid and semi-arid regions are increasingly forced to consider the possibilities of utilizing the water that is available in international rivers. Thus, the concerns relating to the use of international waters in shared rivers are becoming more important. LÄS MER

3. 17. Caring, Sharing, and Childbearing : Essays on Labor Supply, Infant Health, and Family Policies

   Författare :Anna Norén; Erik Grönqvist; Matz Dahlberg; Katarina Steen Carlsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Informal care; Elderly; Labor supply; Alcohol prevention; Brief intervention; AUDIT; Antenatal care; Child health; Childcare; Parental leave; Gender equality; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Essay I: I study the consequences on labor market outcomes and sick leave of having an elderly parent in need of care. Caring for an elderly parent may be associated with opportunity costs such as productivity loss on the labor market if informal caregivers are of working age. LÄS MER

4. 18. From consumption to sharing: Generating knowledge to support urban governance of the sharing economy

   Författare :Divia Jimenez Encarnacion; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban governance; sharing economy; sustainable consumption; statistical analysis; survey methodology; qualitative analysis; household consumption;

   Sammanfattning : The increasing rates of household consumption and their environmental effects highlight the urgency of transitioning to more sustainable consumption patterns. The Sharing Economy (SE) has emerged as a potential pathway to sustainable consumption in cities, allowing households to access products without making private purchases. LÄS MER

5. 19. Understanding information sharing in supply chains - Identifying contingency factors that impact benefits of information sharing

   Författare :Joakim Kembro; Teknisk logistik; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Logistics; Supply chain; Supply chain management; Information sharing; Information flow; Demand data; Contingency theory; Contextual factor;

   Sammanfattning : To increase our understanding of information sharing in supply chains the purposeof this licentiate was threefold: to review and analyze existing academic literature to describe and structure the research field; to empirically explore information sharing in a supply chain representing more than three tiers; and to explore contingency factors through literature reviews and empirical data collection. Thereby this licentiate thesis addresses several gaps identified in academic literature. LÄS MER

7. 20. Remittances, regions and risk sharing

   Författare :Kristin Bernard Magnusson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis in economics includes three self-contained papers united by a common theme: the importance of economic fluctuations within and between countries for capital flows and risk sharing inside and across national borders. The first two papers study the determinants of workers’ remittances, as well as the consequences for macroeconomic volatility for the countries that receive them, using econometric methods and a general equilibrium model. LÄS MER