Essays about: "SDI"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 24 essays containing the word SDI.

  1. 16. Recommendations for a polar Earth science portal in the context of Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Sarah Tressel; [2014]
    Keywords : data portal; earth science; Spatial Data Infrastructure; data management; physical geography and ecosystem analysis; GIS; earth browser; data discovery; data access; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years, the Arctic has been one of the most dynamic environments on Earth. As a result, scientific inquiry into the region has produced a large amount of data, with future projections of the volume of data for the Arctic as well as the Antarctic expected to increase by an order of magnitude. READ MORE

  3. 17. Emerging Planning Practices Among Urban Grassroots in Zambia: Insurgent planning or Co-production

    University essay from Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Olena Velychko; [2013]
    Keywords : co-production; insurgent planning; grassroots organization; Zambia; urban Africa; SDI;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to understand collective practices of urban grassroots, rationalities behind the practices and their potential role in urban politics. The study used insurgent planning and co-production frameworks to highlight practices of the studied organization and adopted theories about relationship between the local and the global. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Determinants of Stock Market Development: Implications of a Dynamic Panel Data Model

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Johansson; Andreas Schou Kongstad; [2013]
    Keywords : Dynamic Panel Data; Stock Market Development; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; GMM; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The motivation for writing this thesis has been to evaluate which parameters that affect the stock market development in a country by using a Dynamic Panel Data model with Panel Data from 98 countries between the years 1992-2011. A scoring system called Stock Market Indicator (SDI) is also developed, in which the worlds countries is ranked in order to assess how the 98 selected countries are performing relative to each other. READ MORE

  5. 19. Strategy Distinctiveness of U.S. Equity Mutual Funds

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Matilda Elfving; Fredrik Helenius; [2012]
    Keywords : Mutual Funds; Strategy Distinctiveness; Active Management;

    Abstract : According to basic economic principle, as more people are chasing a given return pattern, the profit from that pattern will eventually be mitigated. Using a simple model to compare a particular fund's return series with those of its peers, this study investigates whether managers standing out from the crowd can be said to possess more managerial skill, leading to subsequent superior performance. READ MORE

  6. 20. Cartography in internet-based view services : methods to improve cartography when geographic data from several sources are combined

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Per Ola Olsson; [2011]
    Keywords : geography; physical geography; cartography; geoportal; view service; WMS; symbology; legibility; geografi; naturgeografi; kartografi; visningstjänst; symbolsättning; läsbarhet.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : We live in an information intensive society and geographic data are part of this information. These geographic data are used by private persons to plan holiday trips or to find the way to business meetings. Companies utilize geographic data in fields such as forestry, construction work, and tourism. READ MORE