Sökning: "distance effects"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 462 avhandlingar innehållade orden distance effects.

  1. 1. Asymmetry and the moderating effects of formal institutional distance on the relationship between cultural distance and performance of foreign subsidiaries in Latin America

    Författare :Henrique Correa da Cunha; Svante Andersson; Mohamed Amal; Mikael Hilmersson; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Asymmetry; institutional distance; cultural distance; subsidiary; performance; Latin America;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates how Cultural and Formal Institutional distances and their interaction affect the performance of multinational foreign subsidiaries in Latin America. It is shown that using Kogut and Singh (1988) index or attributing the positive and negative signals to distances in opposite directions fail to capture asymmetric effects as it assumes either symmetry or opposing symmetry. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Firms, Employment and Distance: Essays on the Swedish Regional Economy

    Författare :Sara Åhlén; Rikard Forslid; Marius Brülhart; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regions; Firms; Employment; Distance; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three essays on the spatial relationships of economic activities in Swedish regions."Governmental Interventions and Market Potential - Determinants of Regional Variations in Firm Births"This paper examines determinants of regional variations in Swedish firm births over the period 1992-2002. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Phosphorus Emissions from Fish Farms : Observed and Predicted Effects

    Författare :Torbjörn Johansson; Kurt Pettersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Earth sciences; Fish farm; phosphorus; eutrophication; model; Geovetenskap; Earth sciences; Geovetenskap; Sedimentology; sedimentologi;

    Sammanfattning : During the last decades, fish farming has been a rapidly increasing industry in many European and North American countries. Sweden has a large potential for aquaculture, but there is also a strong concern about the effects on the environment that an increased aquaculture production may cause. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Environmental Effects from Wave Power : Artificial Reefs and Incidental No-take Zones

    Författare :Anke Bender; Jan Sundberg; Olivia Langhamer; Louise Kregting; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Marine renewable energy; Wave power; Environmental monitoring; Artificial reef; No-take zone; Decapods; Nephrops norvegicus; ROV; Cage fishing; Biologi; Biology;

    Sammanfattning : Marine renewable technologies have rapidly been developing over the past decade. Wave power is one of the renewable sources and has the potential securing the renewable electricity production. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Empirical Studies on Firm and Labor Market Dynamics

    Författare :Polina Knutsson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Human capital; occupational choice; sorting; new rms; worker mobility; import competition; distance; rm-product performance;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three self-contained papers. The first paper, Sorting on Unobserved Skills into New Firms, adds to the literature on worker characteristics and post-entry firm performance by putting the unobserved quality of workers in the center of analysis. LÄS MER