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21. Performance of Construction Projects : Essays on Supplier Structure, Construction Costs and Quality Improvement
Sammanfattning : The performance of the construction industry and its contribution to the welfare of society in comparison to other industries such as the manufacturing industry has lately been the focus of many commissioned reports and academic research publications. The so-called “iron triangle” of time, cost and quality have been the most important metrics of construction project performance, especially for the selection of appropriate procurement methods. LÄS MER
22. Intra-industry trade: measurements, determinants and growth : a study of Swedish foreign trade
Sammanfattning : The conclusions are that a traditional factor proportions model seems neither theoretically nor empirically to explaing IIT. However, a relaxation of the assumption of homogeneous products in an industry gives rise to several implications for IIT. LÄS MER
23. Policy Analysis for Different Types of Decision-Making Situations
Sammanfattning : This thesis seeks to contribute to decision support for policy makers in the transport sector. In order to frame the papers and to relate them to the broad field of “policy analysis”, I have structured the papers around a simple framework with three decision levels: responsibility, policy gap, and policy measure. LÄS MER
24. "Institutions", What Is In a Word? A Critique of the New Institutional Economics
Sammanfattning : This thesis is a critique of the New Institutional Economics (NIE) in economic history. The focus is on explanations to the origin and development of capitalist institutions within NIE. After a methodological discussion in chapter 1 the author investigates into how well NIE succeeds in explaining capitalist institutions. LÄS MER
25. Essays on quality evaluation and bidding behavior in public procurement auctions
Sammanfattning : In this dissertation, I investigate how different aspects of the procurement process and evaluation affect bidding behavior.In essay 1, we attempt to map public procurements in Sweden by gathering a representative sample of procurements. LÄS MER