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  1. 1. Building Technological Capabilities of Local Auto Parts Firms under Contrasting Industrial Policies: A Comparative Study of Malaysia and Thailand 1960-2000

    Författare :Kamaruding Abdulsomad; Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Malaysia; progressive firms; major change capabilities.; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; Technological capability; minor change capabilities; investment capabilities; linkage capabilities; declining firms; production capabilities; Thailand; stagnant firms; progressing firms;

    Sammanfattning : This study deals with technological capability building of local auto parts firms in Malaysia and Thailand during the period 1960-2000. Malaysia introduced a national car programme in 1985 while Thailand has maintained its liberal economic policy and relies on foreign multinational automakers to operate in the country. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Pollution, green innovation, and firms

    Författare :Polina Karpaty; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis comprises three empirical studies centred around the theme of cleaning up production. All essays focus on the producers’ side, as their behaviour can have a significant impact not only on labour conditions and overall social welfare but also on the environment and climate change. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Labor market outcomes during the Russian transition

    Författare :Olga Lazareva; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Research questions/Empirical data. This thesis includes four papers that study selected aspects of the labor market transformation during the transition in Russia. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Family business portfolios : Enduring entrepreneurship and exit strategies

    Författare :Naveed Akhter; Francesco Chirico; Marcela Ramirez-Pasillas; Peter Rosa; Jönköping University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines how family business portfolios endure across time and investigates the entrepreneurial strategies that they engage in. The goal of this dissertation is addressed through five appended papers in which I have argued for the importance of business families owning multiple firms, that is, portfolio entrepreneurship. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Analysis of Mining Investments in Zimbabwe

    Författare :Ronald Chifamba; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Investment; minerals; natural resource; uncertainty; irreversibility; cost function; consumption; return; investment; risk premia; user-cost; capital; Zimbabwe;

    Sammanfattning : The papers in this thesis investigate issues related to investment with particular reference to the mining sector in Zimbabwe. Issues analysed are the levels of risk premia that attract investment in minerals in developing countries, whether firms in the sector manage to reduce operation to optimal levels consistent with theoretical predictions, and the extent to which irreversibility has reduced investment expenditures. LÄS MER