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A Black Utopia? Social Stratification in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Sierra Leone
(2019-03-20)In the present dissertation, social stratification in colonial Sierra Leone is discussed, with the aim of providing novel evidence on the association between ideals, institutions and inequality. The case study of Sierra ... -
Between the devil and the deep blue sea: Trade negotiations between the Western Allies and the Scandinavian neutrals, 1914-1919
(2019-02-22)This thesis analyses the interplay between Western Allied policymakers and the governments of Denmark, Norway and Sweden during the Great War. It explores to what extent Allied economic warfare authorities were able to ... -
Commercialization Done Differently: How Swedish university incubators facilitate the formation of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms
(2020-12-11)This PhD thesis investigates how university incubators impact the formation of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial (KIE) firms in Sweden, which is interesting due to its unusual institutional regime for commercializing ... -
Development constrained – Essays on land as a factor in nineteenth-century industrialization and trade
(2018-05-18)This dissertation consists of an introductory chapter, four research essays and one essay that describes the collected dataset. The first essay examines how the balance of land embodied in British trade developed during ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Fashioning a Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneur?
(2019-10-15)This PhD dissertation explores fashion design graduates as potential knowledge-intensive entrepreneurs through the relationship between knowledge and other resources, and different pathways post-graduation. Explorative ... -
From sedentary behaviors to sedentary moments: what constitutes and shapes children's activities and performances at home
(2022-11-07)The study of children’s sedentary behavior has grown exponentially in the last few decades due to the associations between sedentary behavior and various negative health outcomes and to concerns about children’s increasing ... -
I husbondens bröd och arbete. Kön, makt och kontrakt i det svenska tjänstefolkssystemet 1730-1860
(2018-05-24)The aim of this thesis is to analyze the power relations of labour and gender in the servant institution during the agrarian revolution in Sweden. The positions of servant, master and mistress are analyzed theoretically ... -
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 ... -
Industry Dynamics and Relatedness of Knowledge – Knowledge Transfer Through Labor Mobility and Entrepreneurship in the West Swedish Textile Industry
(2018-05-02)This PhD thesis investigates how industry dynamics are influenced by knowledge transferred through labor mobility and entrepreneurship by focusing on the role of relatedness of the knowledge. The empirical setting is the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ...