Essays about: "Engineering Contracts"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 33 essays containing the words Engineering Contracts.

  1. 16. Public Goods on Networks : Statics, Welfare & Mechanisms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för reglerteknik

    Author : Anton Arbman Hansing; [2020]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis studies a network game of heterogeneous and asymmetric public goods. Players allocate their wealth between private and public goods, benefiting from the public goods provisioned by their out-neighbors on the network graph. Utilities are given by a Cobb-Douglas function to capture substitutability and decreasing marginal returns. READ MORE

  3. 17. Smart Contracts, Insurtechs and the Future of Insurance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

    Author : John Scherrer; Abtin Salahshor; [2020]
    Keywords : Smart contracts; Blockchain; Insurance; Insurtech; Diffusion theory; Adoption barriers; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The insurance industry is notoriously conservative and has seen comparably few technological improvements in the last fifty years. A wave of new technology- driven insurance firms, or insurtechs, is changing that. READ MORE

  4. 18. Collaborative Drug Discovery with Blockchain Technology

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik

    Author : Christoffer Olsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Blockchain Cheminformatics immaterial rights cryptography; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The cost of developing and researching novel molecular compounds in the pharmaceutical industry is very high today. If an actor accidentally releases too much information about a novel molecule to the public the molecule becomes prior art, and as an effect, can not be patented. READ MORE

  5. 19. The institutional environments impact on sales at an engineering consultancy firm : The institutional environments impact on sales at an engineering consultancy firm

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

    Author : Felix Brunnstedt; [2019]
    Keywords : New institutional theory; public procurement; sales; engineering consultant; institutional environment; isomorphism; public sector; Nyinstitutionell teori; offentlig upphandling; försäljning; ingenjörskonsult; institutionell miljö; isomorfis; offentlig sektor;

    Abstract : This thesis uses a case study approach and investigates how the institutional environment has an impact on decision making regarding sales within three departments at WSP Management in Sweden. With the application of neo-institutional frameworks, the study explains how decision making is constrained by the institution and the actors that make up the institutional environment, as well as how a pursuit for stability and legitimacy isolate engineering consultant companies from other sectors within the market. READ MORE

  6. 20. Design Development of an Energy Supplier Application Focusing on the User Experience

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi

    Author : Ayla Borglund; Julia Giver; [2019]
    Keywords : UX; UI; Interaction design; User test; Prototyping; Environmental awareness; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : What do customers want from an energy supplier application? To meet the increasing digitalization of the society, the energy supplier Kraftringen strives to create a new application that will match the customer’s needs and Kraftringen’s vision. This thesis was performed in order to present a user interface proposal of Kraftringen’s new application, to improve the user experience. READ MORE