Sökning: "Scale Economies"

Visar resultat 41 - 45 av 89 avhandlingar innehållade orden Scale Economies.

  1. 41. A systems thinking approach to corruption and natural resources in the context of sustainability

    Författare :Johanna Gisladottir; Sigurbjörg Sigurgeirsdottir; Kristin Vala Ragnarsdottir; Ingrid Stjernquist; Birgit Kopainsky; Robert Klitgaard; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; naturgeografi; Physical Geography;

    Sammanfattning : With growing awareness of the current climate crisis, it has become better recognized that natural resource management has global as well as local implications.  Discourse on the importance of sustainability has followed. Natural resource sectors have been known as areas prone to corruption risks due to the usually high revenues involved. LÄS MER

  3. 42. Fields of Green and Gold : Territorial hunger, rural planning, and the political ecologies of high-end golf

    Författare :Erik Jönsson; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political ecology; Tourism; Leisure; Rural Planning; Golf;

    Sammanfattning : Fields of Green and Gold is a multiple case study analysing the placing and establishment of two large-scale, high-profile, upmarket golf developments with the aim of exploring a political ecology of high-end golf. The cases studied are Bro Hof Slott Golf Club in Upplands-Bro, opened in 2007, and Trump International Golf Links Scotland in Aberdeenshire, opened in 2012. LÄS MER

  4. 43. Firm dynamics and competition in the electricity market

    Författare :Aili Tang; Lars Hultkrantz; Magnus Lodefalk; Niklas Jakobsson; Robert Lundmark; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Firm growth; profitability; steady-state; market power; competition; Boone indicator;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four independent essays that deal with the firm dynamics and competition in the electricity market. Specifically, it addresses two important facets of firm dynamics, namely, firm performance (growth and profitability) and the change in competition intensity that Swedish electricity firms face, brought by the process of deregulation in Swedish electricity market. LÄS MER

  5. 44. Non-geological hydrogen storage for fossil-free steelmaking

    Författare :Joakim Andersson; Stefan Grönkvist; Simon Harvey; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; hydrogen storage; fossil-free; steelmaking; industrial decarbonization; hydrogen direct reduction; Chemical Engineering; Kemiteknik;

    Sammanfattning : In the last half-century, global steel use has increased more than threefold and further growth is expected, particularly in developing economies. However, steelmaking is currently responsible for 7% of the global net carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and any substantial further optimization of existing processes that utilize fossil fuels for iron ore reduction is infeasible. LÄS MER

  7. 45. Optimization of empty freight car distribution in scheduled railways

    Författare :Martin Joborn; Warren B. Powell; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : In a railway system, empty freight cars have to be repositioned to enable transportation demand to be fulfllled. These empty car movements are planned and implemented in the empty freight car distribution process. LÄS MER