Sökning: "Fossil fuel firms"

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  1. 1. Top European electricity producers´eco-efficiency : And the role of policy instruments

    Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Författare :Matilda Hahne; [2022]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : There is an implicit trade-off between environmental quality and the production of goods which can be analysed using an eco-efficiency approach. Within an eco-efficiency approach, Decision Making Units (e.g. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The effects of taxes on fossil fuels on firms’ environmental and economic performance

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Mia Bivered; [2021-06-29]
    Nyckelord :carbon pricing; CO2 emissions; climate policy; fossil fuels; competitiveness;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis evaluates whether taxes on fossil fuel use have decreased firms’ carbon intensity and whether carbon pricing has negatively affected firms’ economic performance. This is done using a firm level panel dataset, covering all firms in the mining, manufacturing and energy sectors in Sweden active during 2008-2018. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Greening of Global Value Chains: from a topdown and bottom-up perspective A multiple-case study of how GVC actors are addressing greening of GVCs through reducing CO2 emissions from road transports

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Alicia Elovsson Hentschel; Frida Zetterberg; [2021-06-28]
    Nyckelord :Global Value Chains; Greening; Sustainability governance; Environmental upgrading; Road transport; CO2 emission; Fossil-free fuels;

    Sammanfattning : Previous literature within the GVC research field have mainly focused on economic values, however, recently environmental aspects have increasingly started to be considered. Nevertheless, although road transport is a major cause of CO2 emissions, it has been overlooked in the context of greening GVCs. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Transition towards digital servitization in fossil-free society : An explorative study in the construction equipment industry

    Master-uppsats, Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

    Författare :Sare Mobtaker; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Servitization; service logic; digital servitization; business model; fossil-free society; value co-creation; manufacturing industry.;

    Sammanfattning : Sustainability is one of the mega trends that is emerging nowadays. It is built on protecting our planet and its resources. Agenda 2030 is a universal call to action, which demonstrates the significance of moving towards sustainability in three different areas of environmental, social, and economic at the international level. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Energy Policies and Directed Technical Change : How Governments Incentivize Firms to Invests in Renewable Energy innovation

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Författare :Christopher Roberts; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Renewable energy; Policies; Firm; Innovation; Demand-pull policies; Technology-push policies; Carbon tax and Transition-phase.; Förnyelsebar energi; Politik; Företag; Innovation; efterfråga stimulanspolitik; teknikstimulanspolitik; Koldioxidskatt; övergångsfas;

    Sammanfattning : Policies are regarded as the most important instrument in redirecting invention Policies are regarded as the most important instrument in redirecting invention investments away from fossil fuel technologies towards renewable energy technologies. Despite the importance and urgency in decarbonizing the economy, the literature on how different energy policies effect the development of renewable energy technologies is relatively scarce. LÄS MER