Essays about: "knowledge valuation"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 91 essays containing the words knowledge valuation.

  1. 31. Money Matters: A Cultural Analysis of the Experiences and Expectations of American Students in Sweden Regarding Tuition Fees

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Audrey Savage; [2020]
    Keywords : American students; Sweden; education; tuition; money; educational value; USA; valuation; cost analysis; habitus; academic field; commodification of education; the knowledge economy; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the experiences and expectations of American students conducting full-time master’s studies in Sweden and how their monetary valuation of education, demonstrated through paying tuition, impacts their studies. This thesis additionally aims to explore how students adapt a specific academic habitus during their US educational experiences that they, in turn, bring with them to study in Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 32. Biodiversity in urban planning and its relation to health : A study about how the five largest municipalities in Sweden portray biodiversity and its relation to health

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

    Author : Veronika Vestling; [2020]
    Keywords : biodiversity; health; Sweden; urban planning;

    Abstract : Biodiversity has shown to have various positive effects on our health and wellbeing. High diversity in species has for example been shown to reduce stress as well as lower the risk for emerging infectious diseases. READ MORE

  4. 33. Prioritising Safe Trips Over Safe Policy Processes - A Pilot Study on the Appropriateness of the Participatory Value Evaluation Method for Encompassing (Feelings of) Safety (and Security) in Public Transport

    University essay from KTH/Systemanalys och ekonomi; KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Shahin Farshchi; Roy Rizk; [2020]
    Keywords : Participation; Participatory Value Evaluation; PVE; Public Transport; Safety; Security; Stockholm; Quantification;

    Abstract : It is becoming more important that transport agendas acknowledge complex social sustainability matters like feelings of safety and security. For developing knowledge in this context today, participatory descriptive assessments hold a strong position. READ MORE

  5. 34. The emerging public investments in private companies

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Oscar de Bourgh; Pamela Tannoury; [2019-07-02]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Start-up companies have primarily been financed by venture capitalists but have started to receive increased investments from public investors such as hedge funds, mutual funds and pension funds. In this thesis, we find that companies that receive both venture capital and public investments have a higher probability to undergo an initial public offering or exit through M&A. READ MORE

  6. 35. Economic Implications of the Payment Services Directive 2: Empirical Evidence from the Capital Markets

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Maxim Mokhonko; Kushtrim Sylejmani; [2019-02-01]
    Keywords : event study; Payment Service Directive 2; PSD 2; regulation;

    Abstract : This study is the first, to our knowledge, to analyze the effect of the Payment Services Directive 2 on the European banks’ stock returns. The financial market data is analyzed using the event study methodology. Our findings show that the PSD 2 has had a statistically significant positive impact on the stock returns of the European banks. READ MORE