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  1. 11. Essays on Manufacturing Production in a Developing Economy: Kenya 1992-94

    Författare :Karl Lundvall; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Firm size; Kenya; manufacturing; stochastic frontier production functions; data envelopment analysis; technical efficiency; factor substitution; informal sector.;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation consists of five separate empirical papers based on panel data from Kenyan manufacturing firms in the food, wood, textile and metal sectors, collected during the early 1990s, and an overview of the economic literature on small firms in developing countries. The principal tools of analysis are the microeconomic theory of production and econometrics. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Workers, Firms and Welfare : Four Essays in Economics

    Författare :Niklas Kaunitz; Markus Jäntti; Matthew Lindquist; Erik Lindqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; payroll taxes; unemployment; labor demand; firm performance; subjective well-being; cash margin; aggregation; utilitarianism; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis comprises four chapters, in two parts. The first part examines the result of a Swedish payroll tax reduction; first from the perspective of the worker, then from that of the employer. The second half of the thesis concerns subjective well-being, both from an individual and from an aggregate viewpoint. LÄS MER

  4. 13. "The strength of the weakest link: Sickness absence, internal substitutability and worker-firm matching" and "Rising to the occasion? Youth political knowledge and changes in the voting age"

    Författare :Olof Rosenqvist; Oskar Nordström Skans; Lena Hensvik; Erik Lindqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

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  5. 14. Den rotfaste bonden - myt eller verklighet? Brukaransvar i Ramkvilla socken 1620-1820

    Författare :Magnus Perlestam; Historia; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modern historia ca. 1800-1914 ; Contemporary history circa 1800 to 1914 ; Tidig modern historia till ca. 1800 ; farmer; Modern history up to circa 1800 ; Sweden; Småland; Ramkvilla parish; gender; Age of Greatness; eighteenth century; inheritance practices; traditional peasant society; inter-generational relationships; myth creation; familial continuity; migration.; population registers; bönder; History subjects;

    Sammanfattning : For how many years was a farmer responsible for running a farm in Sweden’s old peasant society’? This is the question that underpins my research into life in Ramkvilla parish in the province of Småland for two hundred years (1623–1819). By conducting a detailed study of farm practice at the individual level, I have been able to analyse a complex theme that touches upon the issues of responsibility for work and taxes, relationships between the generations and sexes, and the crises of agrarian society. LÄS MER

  7. 15. The evolving role of customer focus in quality management: Using customer feedback to mobilize quality improvements in the age of digitalization and increased service delivery

    Författare :Andrea Birch-Jensen; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; quality improvements; digitalization; small data; customer feedback; customer focus; service improvements; manufacturing; quality management;

    Sammanfattning : Understanding customer needs is fundamental for being able to deliver high quality products and services, and, as a result, maintain and improve customer satisfaction. Achieving this has become a challenge, as rapid technological developments, market saturation, and increasingly skilled competition from low-cost economies have led to progressively more complex customer needs. LÄS MER