Sökning: "market practices"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 294 avhandlingar innehållade orden market practices.

1. 1. The exchange of cotton : Ugandan peasants, colonial market regulations and the organisation of international cotton trade, 1904-1918

   Författare :Torbjörn Engdahl; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; cotton; market; organisation; buying-practices; transaction costs; colonial; regulation; policy implementation; Uganda; marketing channel; peasant; chief; middlemen; free-standing company; cotton exchange; international trade; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

   Sammanfattning : Between 1904 and 1918, the British colonial administration in Uganda regulated the cotton industry in order to maintain and improve the quality of the exported cotton. The main topics of the dissertation are: Why were these regulations enacted and who initiated them? The dissertation analyses the impact of the organisation of the international cotton trade on the buying practices in the local Uganda cotton market. LÄS MER

3. 2. Artificial market actors : explorations of automated business interactions

   Författare :Richard Gatarski; Fred van Raaij; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Artificial intelligence; Electronic commerce; Marknadsföring; Artificiell intelligens; Elektronisk handel; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Digital machines (computer hardware and software) have been used to support business activities for over 50 years. During the past 10 years, these machines have changed profoundly in terms of numbers, types of application, and features. LÄS MER

4. 3. Buyers and Sellers on the Stockholm Housing Market

   Författare :Petter Bengtsson; Patrik Aspers; Magnus Bygren; Bengt Larsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; buyers of housing; sellers of housing; market practices; homes; housing markets; Stockholm County; switch-role markets; theory of modes; Sociology; sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : Buying and selling housing is for most a very important event that can strongly affect their financial situation. At the same time homes are recognized as places with great importance above and beyond financial matters and in everyday talk and in the previous literature homes are described as safe-havens, status symbols, influencing networks of friends and acquaintances, canvasses for projecting identity, tied to gentrification, segregation and much more. LÄS MER

5. 4. Marknadens väv : Svenska mekaniserade bomullsväverier i distribution och försäljning 1850-75

   Författare :Pernilla Jonsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; Textile; cotton; market; distribution; marketing channels; sale-practices; advertising; Sweden; 19th century; industrialisation; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

   Sammanfattning : The breakthrough for mechanized weaving in Sweden occured during the 1850's. Rapidly increasing quantities of cotton-textiles had to reach customers in a country with a scattered population and substansial social and economic differences between various parts of the country. LÄS MER

7. 5. Human development and institutional practices : Women, child care and the Mobile Creches

   Författare :Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child care; Communication; Construction workers; Development; Everyday learning; India; Institutional practices; Literacies; Migration; Mobile Creches; Nongovernmental Organizations; Participant observation; Urbanization; Women; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : This study presents an analysis of the everyday activities of an Indian Nongovernmental Organization (NGO), the Mobile Creches (MC). NGO' s - societal institutions which have grown in prominence in the post-World War II era - are primarily involved in providing services for marginalized sections of different southern nations. LÄS MER