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1. 1. No good deed goes un-scripted: An Ethnographic Study on the Sustainable Smartphone Application Karma

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

   Author : Jenny Petersson Ivre; [2020]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Noting a need for a closer understanding of the discrepancy between the actions that sustainable smartphone applications encourage and the actions that the users perform, this thesis explores the implications for sustainable consumption practices. This thesis takes a sociological approach to markets, focusing on three key concepts (market devices, socio-technical scripts, qualification) to answer two questions: 1) how consumer actions are promoted and enabled in the popular consumer food-waste management application Karma; and 2) how consumers translate the actions that the application promotes. READ MORE

3. 2. The impact of credit risk on commercial property leases - An empirical investigation on the Swedish property market

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Malin Petersson; Jenny Radziwolek; [2011]
   Keywords : credit risk; commercial property leasing market; lease agreements; Grenadier 1996 ; empircal study;

   Abstract : This study consists of an empirical investigation of the impact of credit risk on the rent level in commercial property leases. In particular, we test whether a higher tenant credit risk as well as a positive correlation between the housing market and the industry the tenant is operating in results in a higher required rent. READ MORE