Sökning: "Quality Revolution"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 33 avhandlingar innehållade orden Quality Revolution.

1. 6. Gold, Coal and Iron : Essays on Industrialization and Economic Development

   Författare :Adrian Poignant; Niklas Bengtsson; Mounir Karadja; Ola Olsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; electricity; female employment; labor supply; artisanal mining; agriculture; displacement; industrialization; industrial revolution; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Essay I: How does electricity provision affect female employment? In theory, electrical household appliances can save labor in domestic production and divert it to the market. However, the empirical evidence has been inconclusive. LÄS MER

3. 7. Ecostrategies in theory and practice : Farmer's perspectives on water, nutrients and sustainability in low-resource agriculture in the dry zone of Sri Lanka

   Författare :Klas Sandell; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Attitudes towards nature; Alternative development; Carrying capacity; Development strategies; Development theory; Diffusion; Dry zone of Sri Lanka; Ecodevelopment; Ethnoperspective; Fertilizers; Green revolution; Human ecology; Human geography; Low-resource agriculture; Small-scale farming; Sustainable development; Village irrigation.; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : PROBLEMThe need for a sustainable man - nature relationship has long been a neglected aspect of development theory. The increasing awareness of this negligence has led to a search for development strategies alternative to conventional industrial growth. LÄS MER

4. 8. Effects of carbon dioxide and ozone on wheat crop yield and grain quality

   Författare :Malin Broberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; koldioxid; ozon; vete; skörd; protein; stärkelse;

   Sammanfattning : Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and ozone (O3) have steadily increased since the industrial revolution. CO2 and O3 directly affect plant physiology, CO2 being an essential substrate for photosynthesis, while O3 is an oxidative agent causing damage to plant tissues. LÄS MER

5. 9. Economic growth, energy consumption and CO2 emissions in Sweden 1800-2000

   Författare :Astrid Kander; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; energy intensity; Environmental Kuznets Curve; relative price analyses; standard calculations; technical change; structural changes; energy quality factors; consumers surplus; Social and economic history; forest management; CO2 intensity; Ekonomisk och social historia;

   Sammanfattning : Large transformations of technologies have occurred in the Swedish economy during the last two centuries, resulting in higher income, better quality of products and changing composition of GDP. An agrarian society has given way to an industrial society and lately to a post-industrial phase. LÄS MER

7. 10. Produktion och arbete i den tredje industriella revolutionen : Tarkett i Ronneby 1970-2000

   Författare :Staffan Stranne; Lars Olsson; Ingemar Norrlid; Annette Thörnquist; Växjö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; the third industrial revolution; globalization; technological development; management by objectives; class; contradictory class locations; local hegemony; flooring industry; History; Historia;

   Sammanfattning : The main research questions for this local study of Tarkett AB, a floor manufacturer, are based on the central characteristics of the third industrial revolution: globalization, technological development, and organizational change. As a background to the local development and change towards the end of the twentieth century, I have chosen to emphasize, on the one hand, the increasing need of the industry for internationalization, rationalization, and productivity development after fordism and the demise of the regulated “real wages capitalism” in the middle of the 1970s, and, on the other, the work rights offensive of the labor movement in the 1970s and its continued struggle for economic and industrial authority. LÄS MER