Sökning: "Municipalities and regions"

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  1. 1. De motsträviga kommunerna : En studie av mellankommunal samverkan på regional nivå

    Författare :Freddy Kjellström; Annika Fredén; Mikael Granberg; Gissur Erlingsson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Municipalities; Inter-Municipal Cooperation; Regions; Institutions; Rational Choice; Institutionalism; Kommuner; Mellankommunal samverkan; Regioner; Institutioner; Rationella val; Institutionell teori; Statsvetenskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The achievement of more cost-effective welfare production and the improvement of investment coordination at the regional level are prominent topics in public debate in Sweden concerning the promotion of Inter-Municipal Cooperation. In 2002, legislation (SFS 2002:34) made it possible to establish an extended ‘Inter-Municipal Cooperation’ through a self-governing regional body (RSO) for the purpose of creating more space for municipalities to act on the regional level. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Företag i perifera regioner : Fallstudier av företagartradition, företagsmiljö och företags framväxt i Norrbottens inland

    Författare :Elisabeth Sundin; Leif Lindmark; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; buying behavior; case studies; dependency theory; developing industry; economic tradition; entrepreneurship; external control; growing firms; historical method; industrial environment; linkage patterns; local control; northern Sweden; peripheral regions; prefabricated houses; small firms; spirit of enterprise; staple theory; underdeveloped regions; Företag; Sverige; Norrbotten;

    Sammanfattning : This is a study of how industries develop in regions that are industrially weak, exemplified by Norrbotten, the northernmost province of Sweden. Developing industries are represented by three companies manufacturing prefabricated wooden houses, situated in the municipalities Övertorneå, Kalix (Morjärv) and Älvsbyn in the interior of Norrbotten. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Bank branches and Entrepreneurship : A spatial analysis of new firm formation in Swedish regions and industries in a changing financial landscape

    Författare :Cynthia Sin Tian Ho; Björn Berggren; Mikaela Backman; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New firm formation; entrepreneurship; financing; bank branches; proximity; spatial analysis; GWR; Sweden; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to analyse how bank branch closure has affected the formation of new firms and to explore the varying local relationships between the accessibility of bank branches and new firm formation in 290 Swedish municipalities. In the first paper, the effect of bank branch closure is examined through spatial econometric analysis, in particular, the fixed effects and the random effects spatial panel models. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Dementia, depression and delirium in the very old : prevalences and associated factors

    Författare :Johan Mathillas; Yngve Gustafson; Hugo Lövheim; Sölve Elmståhl; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dementia; depression; depressive disorders; delirium; aged; 80 and over; epidemiology; cross-sectional study; prevalence; risk factors; GDS-15; stroke; hypertension;

    Sammanfattning : Emotional suffering in old age is largely caused by a variety of psychiatric disorders which are often, however, undertreated and underrecognized. This leads to reduced quality of life and functional status and increased morbidity and mortality. Dementia, delirium and depression are common disorders in the very old, and are similar in several ways. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Cluster Dynamics and Industrial Policy in Peripheral Regions : a study of cluster formation as a local development process

    Författare :Cali Nuur; Staffan Laestadius; David Jacobson; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Peripheral regions; Industrial policy; regional development policy; cluster dynamics; call centress; Sweden; Hälsingland; Landsortsregioner; Industriell politik; Regional utvecklingspolitik; Klusterdynamik; Call centers; Sverige; Hälsingland; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : The rapid growth of the global economy in the last two decades has created a new economic reality in many municipalities in peripheral regions of Sweden. Having earlier relied on traditional industry as the source of employment, today municipalities in peripheral regions are struggling to survive in a completely changed economic landscape, with new conditions for development. LÄS MER