Sökning: "reform motivation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade orden reform motivation.

1. 1. Essays on Saving, Borrowing and Intangible Capital

   Författare :Maria Sandström; Nils Gottfries; Johan Lyhagen; Torben Mideksa; David Domeij; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intangible Capital; Markups; Economic Profit; Household Savings; Pension Reform; Heterogeneous Agents; Monetary Policy Shocks; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Essay I: Can an increasing importance of intangible capital in the economy explain increases in markups and profits? I use a heterogeneous firm model to show how intangible capital is related to markups and profits at the industry level. The uncertainty and scalability properties of intangible capital imply that firms that succeed in their intangible capital investment can charge high markups relative to other firms, whereas firms that fail will exit. LÄS MER

3. 2. On the Limits of Nonprofit Firms

   Författare :Manuel Echeverria; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hierarchy; Nonprofits; Intrinsic Motivation; Culture;

   Sammanfattning : DescriptionThis thesis consists of two papers. The first gives a game-theoretical treatment of the institutional homogenization of value-oriented firms. It explains why intrinsically motivated, value-oriented firms like non-profits may become similar to for-profit firms in terms of organization and norms. LÄS MER

4. 3. Market, State, and Morality : Two Studies of How Left and Right Undermined Moral Motivation in the Swedish School System

   Författare :Johan Wennström; Elin Wihlborg; Magnus Henrekson; Johan Tralau; Kerstin Johansson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; markets; morality; neoliberalism; New Public Management;

   Sammanfattning : The bulk of the literature on the New Public Management (NPM) has been blind to the moral dimension of the market-oriented reforms of the public sector. However, this thesis studies the potential for institutional arrangements such as financial incentives and other market mechanisms to undermine intrinsic, moral motivation among both“producers” and “consumers” of tax-financed welfare services. LÄS MER

5. 4. Att lära sig resonera : om elevers möjligheter att lära sig matematiska resonemang

   Författare :Johan Sidenvall; Michael Hörnquist; Konrad Schörnborn; Lena Tibell; Kerstin Pettersson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mathematical reasoning; problem solving; mathematics textbook; beliefs; mathematics tasks; opportunities to learn; upper secondary school; Matematiska resonemang; problem lösning; lärobok; uppfattningar; matematiska uppgifter; möjligheten att lära; gymnasiet; matematikdidaktik; didactics of mathematics;

   Sammanfattning : Students only learn what they get the opportunity to learn. This means, for example, that students do not develop their reasoning- and problem solving competence unless teaching especially focuses on developing these competencies. LÄS MER

7. 5. Nature and the Social Sciences : Examples from the Electricity and Waste Sectors

   Författare :Mikael Klintman; Sociologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ecology; critical realism; electricity; environment; epistemology; green identity; greening; meta-theory; nature; ontology; social science; public participation; waste; windpower; sociology; Sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : The book has two interrelated objectives. One objective is meta-theoretical and concerns the exploration of theoretical debates connected to issues of studying society and environmental problems; another objective is empirical/analytical, referring to the analysis of "green" public participation in the electricity and waste sectors in Sweden, and partly in the Netherlands as well as the UK. LÄS MER