Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle by Issue Date
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Nothing New under the Sun: Essays on the Economic History of Intellectual Property Rights in Music
(2013-04-30)This thesis consists of an introductory chapter, five separate articles and an article in Swedish which functions as summary. The introductory chapter provides a general background to the economic history of intellectual ... -
Essays on trade unions and functional income distribution
(2013-05-27)This dissertation consists of four research papers and an introduction. The overarching theme for the four papers is the relationship between employers and employees in the labour market, or in more macroeconomic terms the ... -
Lock-in as make-believe – Exploring the role of myth in the lock-in of high mobility systems
(2013-09-06)All human practices are, ultimately, set and defined by limits; be they social, economic, physical, or environmental. Yet even in the face of such realities, practices which transgress the confines of possibility remain ... -
På väg mot jämställda arbetsresor? : Vardagens mobilitet i förändring och förhandling
(2013-09-24)In Swedish regional policy, regional enlargement, i.e. geographically extended labour markets and associated longer commuting distances, is an explicit goal. This is in order to stimulate economic growth and better match ... -
Knowledge Creation and Technology Transfer: An Analysis of Swedish Academics
(2013-11-27)This PhD thesis examines knowledge creation and transfer from universities into industry with a focus on academic patents. Academic patents are defined as patents with at least one academic inventor. The thesis presents ... -
Social Bodies. Family and Community Level Influences on Height and Weight, Southern Sweden 1818-1968
(2014-03-13)This dissertation consists of an introduction, four research papers and one paper describing the data I collected for the studies and how I conducted the study. I collected information on men from conscript inspection lists ... -
Wages, Inequality and Consequences for the Economy
(2014-04-03)This dissertation consists of four research articles and an introductory chapter. The introduction gives an overview about the field of income inequality, an empirical overview of its development, a discussion of methodological ... -
Jordbruksmark i förändring. Drivkrafter bakom och förutsättningar för offentlig styrning i Sverige och Norge
(2014-10-09)With a focus on agricultural land use change, the overriding aim of this thesis is to contribute to the development of a more sustainable use and management of resources. A core requirement for doing so is to develop deeper ... -
Ports, dock workers and labour market conflicts
(2014-12-02)ABSTRACT Ports, dock workers and labour market conflicts Gothenburg Studies in Economic History 12 (2014) ISBN : 978-91-86217-11-2 http://hdl.handle.net/2077/37421 Author: Jesper Hamark Doctoral Dissertation in ... -
Social Democracy and the Swedish welfare model. Ideational analyses of attitudes towards competition, individualization, privatization
(2015-01-12)ABSTRACT Social Democracy and the Swedish welfare model: Ideational analyses of attitudes towards competition, individualization, privatization Gothenburg Studies in Economic History 13 (2015) ISBN 978-91-86217-12-9 ... -
Taking work home: Labour dynamics of women industrial homeworkers in Sweden during the second industrial revolution
(2015-03-05)The papers in this dissertation explore women’s labour market decisions in the context of an industrializing economy by focusing on female industrial homeworkers in Sweden during the second industrial revolution. Three ... -
En industriell reservarmé i välfärdsstaten - Arbetslösa socialhjälpstagare i Sverige 1913-2012
(2015-05-08)This economic history dissertation explores a central contradiction within the Swedish welfare state, the contradiction of the welfare state’s goal to decommodify its citizens from market fluctuations and the constant need ... -
The changing role and importance of the built environment for daily travel in Sweden
(2015-05-19)Geography, in terms of the built environment and location patterns, was traditionally, and still is, emphasized by many scholars, policymakers, and planners as greatly influencing people’s daily travel behaviour. However, ... -
Konkurrens, samarbete och koncentration. Kalkstens- och cementindustrin i Sverige 1871-1982
(2015-05-20)This dissertation examines cartels and cooperation. The literature about cartels and cooperation is in many ways contradictory; many of the studies that have been made come to different results. Several of the implications ... -
Regional wages and labour market integration in Sweden, 1732–2009
(2016-11-25)This dissertation consists of an introduction, four research papers and two papers that describe the data collected. Three county-specific data sets were constructed: one wage data set for the manufacturing sector, one ... -
Understanding recreational landscapes. Developing a knowledge base on outdoor recreation monitoring in Swedish coastal and marine areas.
(2016-12-16)This PhD thesis concerns the role and importance of outdoor recreation monitoring in the management of coastal and marine areas in Sweden – a topic that in spite its importance has eluded attention, both in research circles ... -
Exploring Knowledge Intensity in Entrepreneurship: A Quantitative Study of Knowledge, Innovation and Performance in Entrepreneurial Firms
(2017-03-29)This Ph.D. dissertation investigates the statistical and theoretical relationships between different dimensions of knowledge intensive entrepreneurship (KIE) in Europe and how knowledge intensity and performance in ... -
Elektrotekniska industrins ledande tråd. AB Dahréntråd och svensk lindningstrådsindustri 1945-1980
(2017-03-31)This dissertation is a study of Swedish manufacturers of insulated winding wire and the market forces surrounding the industry between 1945 and 1980. As part of the chain of subcontractors, the winding wire industry was ... -
Ownership or donorship? Results and ownership in Swedish international development cooperation
(2017-08-16)This thesis is a critical investigation of how the increased demand for results in international development cooperation has influenced relations between donors and partner countries. The increased demand for results, ... -
Rural/urban redux: Conceptual problems and material effects
(2017-11-20)Concepts are the basic building blocks of all knowledge, while the strength of the theories that guide any societal project is dependent on the quality those concepts. Contrarily, the utilization of questionable concepts ...