Essays about: "implicit contracts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words implicit contracts.

  1. 1. The Social Contract of Live Streaming : A Case Study of Four Streams on Twitch.tv

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Desislava Atanasova; Oliver Svensson; [2022]
    Keywords : Gaming culture; Immersive data collection; Live-streaming; Netnography; Online chat rooms; Social Contract Theory; Twitch.tv; Fördjupande datainsamling; Kontraktualism; Live-streaming; Netnografi; Online chattrum; Tv-spels kultur; Twitch.tv;

    Abstract : This thesis asks how unique and different communities are formed and facilitated on the live-streaming platform Twitch.tv. Twitch was chosen for its relevance to gaming culture as well as its higher number of users comparatively to its contemporaries. READ MORE

  3. 2. Verifying Correctness of Contract Decompositions

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Gustav Hedengran; [2020]
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    Abstract : The importance of verification in safety critical systems is well known. However, due to the complexity of verification, the task of formally verifying large safety-critical systems might prove computationally infeasible in many cases. Compositional verification is a technique aimed at enabling verification of large safety-critical systems. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Corporate Capital Structure and Product Quality

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Julia Hensel; [2011]
    Keywords : Capital structure; Product quality; Customers; Implicit contracts; KLD rating;

    Abstract : Maksimovic and Titman (1991)'s model on the stakeholder theory of capital structure suggests that firms commit to providing high quality products by means of a low debt-to- equity ratio. I empirically test this theoretical prediction by examining the effect that product quality has on a firm's leverage. READ MORE

  6. 5. On Unemployment Insurance and Experience Rating

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Katya Vasileva; [2007]
    Keywords : unemployment insurance; experience rating; implicit contracts; employment;

    Abstract : There have been numerous studies, both theoretical and empirical, dealing with how the degree of experience rating affects employment. The results have been often contradicting, giving ground for ongoing debate among the economists. READ MORE