Nordic Countries: Economic, Political and Social Issues

4.5. Avedøre, Copenhagen

5. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION

5.1. Case Study Analysis

5.1.1. Sale of Excess Heat in Horreby

5.1.2. District Heating in Horbelev, Hunseby and Stokkemarke

5.1.3. Combined Heat and Power

5.2. Factors of Success and Lessons

5.2.1. Actors and Networks

5.2.2. Natural Resources

5.2.3. Technical Components

5.2.4. Non-Technical Components

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

EXCHANGE-RATE VOLATILITY AND SWEDEN’S TRADE WITH GERMANY: EVIDENCE FROM INDUSTRY DATA

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. METHODOLOGY

3. RESULTS

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX: DATA DEFINITIONS AND SOURCES

Variables

REFERENCES

THE NORWEGIAN QUOTA REFORM AND THE FEAR OF INCOMPETENT WOMEN

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

THE HUMAN CAPITAL THEORY

ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS FOR THE LOW NUMBER OF WOMEN DIRECTORS

DATA AND METHODS

INDEPENDENT CONTROL VARIABLES

Differences in Competence between the New Women Directors and the Other Directors

EDUCATION

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND

PERCEPTIONS OF THE NEW WOMEN’S COMPETENCE

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY IN CHILD CARE IN DENMARK – LEGISLATION, CULTURE AND DAILY PRACTICES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CHILD CARE IN DENMARK

CHILD CARE LEGISLATION

A STUDY OF QUALITY IN CHILD CARE

Quality in Child Care and the Purpose of the Study

Theory and Method of the Study

Results of the Study

CULTURE IN CHILD CARE IN DENMARK

A COMPARISON OF QUALITY IN CHILD CARE IN TWO CULTURES

QUALITY IN CHILD CARE – SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

THE AMBIVALENT MENTALITY OF A LILLIPUT NATION: ETHNIC RELATIONS AND INTERCULTURAL LEARNING AMONG DANISH INTERNATIONAL WORKERS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

Economy and Industry

Education and Human Capital

Immigration and Globalization

THEORY

The Danish Management Style

Intercultural Learning

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHOD

Participant Observation

Interviews

Analysis

RESULTS

Case 1. International Mind-sets and Ethnocentrism in Saudi Arabia

Case 2. German Danes in England

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

IS THERE A J-CURVE EFFECT IN COMMODITY TRADE BETWEEN SWEDEN AND GERMANY?

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. METHODOLOGY

3. RESULTS

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX: DATA DEFINITIONS AND SOURCES

Variables

REFERENCES

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY IN FINLAND

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS IN FINLAND

Gender

Age

Experience

Industry

VIOLENCE AT WORK

INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT WORKPLACES

OBSERVATION METHODS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CO-OPERATION BETWEEN FINNISH AUTHORITIES IN THE EVENT OF ANIMAL DISEASE: A RHETORICAL COMPARISON OF THREE LAWS FROM FINNISH LEGISLATION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

STUDY DESIGN

RESULTS

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

Example 5

Example 6

Example 7

Example 9

Example 10

Example 11

Example 12

Example 13

Example 14

Example 15

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

THE S-CURVE DYNAMICS OF COMMODITY TRADE BETWEEN SWEDEN AND THE UNITED STATES

ABSTRACT

I. INTRODUCTION

II. THE METHODOLOGY

III. THE RESULTS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

ASSESSINGEVIDENCEOFSWEDISHCARTELS’LONGEVITY:1956-1993

1.Introduction

2.SwedishCartels

2.1.Swedishcompetitionpolicy

3.Survivalanalysisofcartels

3.1.EvidenceonCartel’sLongevity

3.2.ReasonsforCartels’Longevity

3.2.1.Cartels’OperatingEnvironment

Businesscycle:

Importpenetration

Regultorypolicy

3.2.2.Cartels’organization

Cartels’organizationalform

Numberofmembers

3.2.3.Firms’InternalOrganization

Shareoftotalbusiness

3.2.4.Summaryofcovariates

4.Methodology

4.1.ParametricEstimation

4.2.SemiparametricEstimation

5.EmpiricalResults

6.RiseorDeclineofSwedishCartels?Post-1993Evidence

7.Conclusions

Afterword

References

INDEX

Chapter

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