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1. 1. The industry adoption of innovative safety-analysis approaches for autonomous vehicles : A case study exploring the industry adoption of model-based safety analysis

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Sam Khogasteh; [2023]
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   Abstract : In recent years, autonomous vehicles have been gaining traction as a technology that can revolutionize society and save approximately $800 billion per year in the U.S. alone. However, due to their complex and dynamic behavior, ensuring the safety of these vehicles has proven to be a challenge for traditional safety analysis methods. READ MORE

3. 2. AI – Can You Afford To Wait?

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Jacob Tersander; [2018]
   Keywords : Diffusion of innovation; Technology adoption; Artificial intelligence; Machine learning; Deep learning; Innovation-decision process; Innovation; Adoption; Diffusion in organizations; Diffusion av innovation; Teknologiadoption; Artificiell intelligens Maskininlärning; Djupinlärning; Innovationsbeslutsprocessen; Innovation; Adoption; Diffusion i organisationer;

   Abstract : The paradigm of diffusion research can be traced back all the way to the 1940s when Ryan and Gross investigated the diffusion of hybrid seed among farmers in Iowa. Since the 1960s diffusion research has been applied in a wide variety of disciplines, for instance, to study the diffusion of the Internet and the non-diffusion of the Dvorak keyboard. READ MORE

4. 3. Determining Factors that Influence the Botswanian Pula and Their Respective Significance

   University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

   Author : Philip Lindgren; Rasmus Wicklund; [2018]
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   Abstract : In this study, the Botswanan currency Pula is analyzed and factors affecting the exchange rate between the Pula and the US Dollar are examined. Using a multiple linear regression analysis and the Cochrane-Orcutt transformation, an explanatory model is developed. READ MORE

5. 4. Simulating production risk at Volvo Powertrain - Developing a simulation tool for decision making

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Förpackningslogistik

   Author : Magnus Cederlund; [2014]
   Keywords : Risk Management; Supply Chain Risk Management; Fault Tree Analysis; Preliminary Hazard Analysis; Lean Production; Risk Matrix; World Class Manufacturing; Fire Safety; Volvo Powertrain; Business and Economics; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : How can a small fire at a subcontractor in the USA lead to a multimillion dollar loss at a Swedish telephone company, and how can a single machine breakdown lead to a complete production stop at a production company? With today logistics and production trends, where terms such as Lean Production, Six Sigma, 5S, and World Class Manufacturing are used every day, production companies are introducing streamline production facilities and supply chain where goods and raw material are delivered just in time, where buffer zones are reduced, and where suppliers are reduced to a single source. These are trends that strengthen companies’ competitiveness, but it also makes companies more vulnerable to risk events. READ MORE

6. 5. Financing frictions: Collateral and its Effect on Firm Investment in Europe

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Johan Möller; Frej Andreassen; [2013]
   Keywords : Collateral; Credit rationing; Firm investment; Financing frictions; Real estate;

   Abstract : This thesis examines financing frictions in the European market by investigating how exogenous variation in firms' collateral through real estate value variation affects firm investment. Using a nine years dataset on European firms, we conclude that the collateral channel effect is as prominent in Europe as the one found in USA by other authors. READ MORE