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2017 - Everyday stress and its effect on time perception and time preferences - Hjördis Hardardottir - Lund University
The study investigates whether everyday stress caused by intellectually demanding tasks that need to be done at the same time affects people's perception of time and...
2017 - Man and fish - stage 2 - Per Hallén - Gothenburg School of Economics
Phase 2 of the project Man and Fish. West coast fishing and the national economy 1700-2015.
2017 - The importance of art museums in valuing contemporary art - Karin M. Ekström - University of Borås
The purpose of this study is to investigate how contemporary art is valued in art museums in Sweden through exhibitions and purchases. The focus...
2017 - Helping behavior and group size - Pol Campos-Mercade - Lund University
When a person needs help, they are more likely to get help when there is one or more people...
2017 - Conference on Finance and Sustainable Performance - Marieke Bos - Stockholm School of Economics, Swedish House of Finance
The Institute for Financial Research (renamed Swedish House of Finance) organizes an annual conference on a theme in financial economics....
2017 - Volvo 1956-2001. From domestic group to global automotive player - Bengt Berglund
The project on Volvo's development from a group of companies to a global automotive player 1956-2001 takes its starting point at the time when Gunnar Engellau took over...
2017 - Accounting and societal trends II - Christian Ax - School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg
A leading direction in accounting research focuses on accounting in its organizational context, i.e. its practice, role and effects inside companies....
2017 - Competition and intellectual property rights - David Andersson - Linköping University
This legal economics project aims to shed light on how uncertain intellectual property rights can affect the competitive position of different actors through the possibility of opposition...
2016 - Highly skilled migrants: Cultural integration in Swedish companies - Lena Zander - Uppsala University, Sweden
The importance of the project lies in its ambition to provide theoretical and empirical solutions to current societal problems and global challenges caused by...
2016 - For the good of advertising. The advertising industry, the press and the advertising market 1915-1965 - Elin Åström Rudberg - Stockholm School of Economics, EHFF
Advertising and marketing are closely linked to modern society; in 2015, the total cost of advertising in Sweden amounted to...
2016 - An Emerging Technology Market: Actors in the Swedish Patent System, 1819-1930 - Fredrik Tell - Uppsala University, Sweden
Patenting the knowledge developed by an inventor or a company involves the creation of an intellectual property right that will...
2016 - Accounting and societal trends - Christian Ax - Gothenburg School of Economics
A distinct line of development in accounting research is the growing interest in studying issues related to the external environment of organizations....