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RESTAURANT OWNERS PERCEPTIONS OF EFFECTS OF A SMOKING BAN
(2001)The aim of this paper is to analyze business owners' expected changes in turnover due to a general smoking ban in restaurants, bars and cafés in Sweden. This is accomplished using a survey mailed out to all 642 restaurants, ... -
Managers work with words - an introduction
(2001)This report tries to establish a theoretical position on the problem of dealing with contradictory goals in organisations. Our most prominent theories point to `sequential attention to alternatives' or `sequential attention ... -
FIRST EXITS FROM THE SWEDISH LABOR MARKET DUE TO DISABILITY
(2001)The number of disability exits has been increasing in recent years, raising questions both about the well being of affected individuals, and about how to finance the related disability pensions. Using a longitudinal ... -
How Much Do We Care About Absolute Versus Relative Income and Consumption?
(2001)We find, using survey-experimental methods, that most individuals are concerned with both relative income and relative consumption of particular goods. The degree of concern varies in the expected direction depending on ... -
Recruiting for Sustainability. Administration or development?
(2001)Sustainability is a complex concept involving disparate issues of environmental, social and economical significance. To work towards sustainability, we need both technological and social skills. Several studies on environmental ... -
Measuring hypotheticalgrandparents preferences for quality and relative standings
(2001)Individuals' aversion to risk and inequality, and their concern for relative standing, are measured through experimental choices between hypothetical societies. It is found that on average individuals are both fairly ... -
Influence on accounting standard-setting in Sweden by holding positions – An empirical analysis
(2001)In this study a ranking is made of persons based on the number of years that the persons have held positions in standard-setting bodies in Sweden during a period of ten years. The positional approach assumes that people ... -
KNOWLEDGE INTERESTS IN CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2001)We know from earlier studies that corporate environmental management is a young discipline, not yet integrated in general management and organization studies, but that researchers take an increasing part in the ongoing ... -
Policy Implications and Analysis of the Determinants of Travel Mode Choice: An Application of Choice Experiments to Metropolitan Costa Rica
(2001)In this paper we study a group of policies aimed at discouraging the use of private transportation during peak hours, both directly and indirectly, by increasing the attractiveness of the only available substitute, the ... -
Hur utvecklas kompetens i små företag? Uppfattningar om kompetensutveckling hos småföretagare i Göteborgsregionen
(2001)Rapporten är resultatet av ett uppdrag från Svenska ESF-rådet i Göteborg med den övergripande frågan: varför söker inte fler företagare stöd för sin kompetensutveckling? Svenska ESF-rådet har till uppgift att stimulera små ... -
Metaphors and the Cultural Context of organizing
(2001)When the linguistic turn reached organization studies, it manifested itself in the first place by the interest in metaphors. The crucial role of these tropes for theory building was emphasized, and their place in the very ... -
LONG-TERM ABSENTEEISM DUE TO SICKNESS: THE SWEDISH EXPERIENCE, 1986-1991
(2001)Long-term absenteeism due to sickness has been increasing in the past two decades. This has raised many questions about causes, financing, and policy measures to prevent further increases. Answering these questions is ... -
SMOKERS DECISIONS TO QUIT SMOKING
(2001)We investigate the effectiveness of different smoking policies on the decision to quit smoking using a choice experiment on a sample of habitual smokers. Our results indicate that restricted availability, increased ... -
Is East Africa an Optimum Currency Area?
(2001)The paper investigates whether the East African Community, comprising of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, constitutes an optimum currency area or not. The East African Community has been revived, and one of the long-term ... -
Long-run and Short-run Determinants of the Real Exchange Rate in Zambia
(2001)The paper analyses the main determinants of the real exchange rate in Zambia. It first gives a brief review of the Zambian economy and a review on real exchange rate studies. Then an illustrative model is presented. The ... -
Genus i utbildningen - ett förändringsprojekt på Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet
(2001)Under läsåret 1998-1999 genomfördes Genus i utbildningen på Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet. Utbildningen som finansierats av Utbildningsdepartementet syftade till att medvetandegöra om könets betydelse i ...