Sökning: "sophistication"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 50 avhandlingar innehållade ordet sophistication.

1. 1. What do you expect? : individual investors' subjective expectations, information usage, and social interactions in financial decision-making

   Författare :Oscar Stålnacke; Jörgen Hellström; Rickard Olsson; Anders Anderson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Behavioral finance; Beliefs; Confidence; Expectations; Financial information; Financial risk-taking; Household finance; Individual investors; Panel data; Portfolio choice; Portfolio return; Return; Risk; Social interaction; Sophistication; Stock market; Subjective probability; Survey research; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introductory part and four self-contained papers related to individual investors’ subjective expectations and their financial behavior. Paper [I] analyzes multiple measures of individual investors’ expectations of risk and return using survey data on a random sample of individual investors in Sweden. LÄS MER

3. 2. Small science on big machines: Politics and practices of synchrotron radiation laboratories

   Författare :Olof Hallonsten; Research Policy Institute (RPI); []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; big science; little science; sophistication; collectivization; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility; Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource; MAX-lab; scientific entrepreneurs; changing dynamics of science; Synchrotron radiation; research policy; science policy;

   Sammanfattning : Synchrotron radiation laboratories are large scientific facilities where various scientific experiments are carried out by the use of radiation produced by particle accelerators. Research with synchrotron radiation emerged in the 1960s and 1970s as a peripheral activity at particle physics laboratories. LÄS MER

4. 3. Activity-Based Costing : avbildning, integration & nytta

   Författare :Henrik Nehler; Lars A. Samuelson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Activity-Based Costing; Activity-Based Management; activities; cost pools; cost drivers; product costing; cost accounting; management accounting; management control systems; cost system complexity sophistication; degree of integration; information value; Activity-Based Costing; ekonomistyrning; kostnader; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Sammanfattning : This doctoral dissertation provides an extensive analysis of Activity-Based Costing, one of the most discussed management accounting models during the 90's. The aim of the study is to analyse the prerequisites for the design, integration and use of Activity-Based Costing systems. LÄS MER

5. 4. Essays in household finance

   Författare :Tomas Thörnqvist; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis consists of three independent papers in financial economics. The common thread for these three papers is that I seek to better understand the determinants of the financial decision-making and behavior of individuals... LÄS MER

7. 5. Dynamic Modelling of Emulsification in High-Pressure Homogenizers

   Författare :Andreas Håkansson; Livsmedelsteknik; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Population Balance Equations; Emulsification; High-Pressure Homogenization; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Mathematical Modelling.;

   Sammanfattning : Different approaches and sub-models for the modelling of emulsification in a high-pressure homogenizer are reviewed and compared in terms of both practical aspects and how well they describe what is currently known on the emulsification process in general and on high-pressure homogenization in particular. Special effort is devoted to comparing the model developments presented in the appended papers to their alternatives and previous suggestions. LÄS MER