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1. The Present Future : How anticipations of the future shaped through path creation affect present innovation
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates how visions created to enable change inside organizations or society affect the ability to fulfill these visions. Radical innovation often requires both change and investment and to enable this, knowledge is needed. Visions can create a sense of knowledge and help overcome knowledge gaps by creating unity. LÄS MER
2. The Investment Process for Capital Investments : The case of industrial energy-efficiency investments and non-energy benefits
Sammanfattning : Capital investments play a crucial role for the business of every firm. In an industrial context, energy efficiency is an important means to meet future energy needs and in the same time reduce climate impact. LÄS MER
3. Evaluation of emerging forest-industry integrated biorefineries : Exploring strategies for robust performance in face of future uncertainties
Sammanfattning : Biorefineries have been promoted to reduce dependency on fossil resources, increase self-sufficiency, and revitalise rural areas. Commercial deployment of forest-based biorefineries has been slow, although academic research has identified several technology options as promising in terms of both costs and resource usage. LÄS MER
4. Att lära sig konstens regler. En sociologisk studie av osäkra framtidsinvesteringar. : Learning the rules of art - A sociological study of uncertain future investments
Sammanfattning : This dissertation illuminates approaches to artistic professional fields with uncertain conditions and work markets. The aim is to examine eleven actors' career paths in terms of position-taking and capital accumulation. LÄS MER
5. The EU investment court system. A viable reform initiative?
Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the Investment Court System - the EU’s response to the backlash against investor-state arbitration, and its contribution to the ongoing multilateral reform initiative in UNCITRAL. It includes, on the one hand, an investigation of the EU legal framework governing the conclusion of agreements with third countries that feature the Investment Court System, and examines, on the other hand, whether this permanent and court-like structure addresses common concerns over the legitimacy of investor-state arbitration and its central actors. LÄS MER