Sökning: "Thomas Gross"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden Thomas Gross.

  1. 1. The quality of institutions and economic growth in Africa? : An empirical analysis of the relationship between quality of institutions and economic growth in Africa

    Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Författare :Semhar Ghebresus; Sauda Luzze; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Institutional Quality; Economic Growth; Panel Data Analysis; Africa;

    Sammanfattning : Africa is one of the richest continents on the planet in terms of natural resources, but has the highest poverty rate, fastest growing population and includes many of the world ́s most corrupt countries. There is an ongoing discussion if the quality of institutions affects economic growth, and the applicability of economic institutional theory to the African continent. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Socially Responsible Funds and Financial Sustainability: Effects of Investment Horizons on Fund Performance

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Författare :Thomas Herke; Helena Cederlöf; [2015]
    Nyckelord :socially responsible investments; SRI; investment horizon; abnormal returns; churn ratio;

    Sammanfattning : This paper investigates the effect of US domestic equity mutual funds' investment horizons on their abnormal returns during 1999 to 2014, and how the effect differs for funds dedicated to socially responsible investments (SRI) and conventional, non-SRI funds. Using average fund turnover as a proxy for the fund investment horizon, we find that SRI funds tend to have significantly longer horizons than non-SRI funds. LÄS MER

  4. 3. BOI och litteratursociologi, En undersökning av litteratursociologiska uppsatser skrivna inom Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap 2005-2008.

    Magister-uppsats, Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap / Bibliotekshögskolan

    Författare :Lina Birgersson; [2010]
    Nyckelord :litteratursociologi; vetenskapsteori; magisteruppsatser; biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; innehållsanalys; metavetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This study is a text analysis of 30 master’s theses, written by students at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science in Borås 2005-2008, concerning the subject sociology of literature. The aim is to twofold; to show how the subject sociology of literature manifests itself within these LIS theses and to produce discourse arguments concerning sociology of literature as an LIS subject. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Knowledge Extraction from Logged Truck Data using Unsupervised Learning Methods

    Magister-uppsats, Sektionen för Informationsvetenskap, Data– och Elektroteknik (IDE)

    Författare :Thomas Grubinger; [2008]
    Nyckelord :Unsupervised learning; logged vehicle data; Knowledge extraction;

    Sammanfattning : The goal was to extract knowledge from data that is logged by the electronic system of every Volvo truck. This allowed the evaluation of large populations of trucks without requiring additional measuring devices and facilities. LÄS MER