Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Psychology, Committee on Human Development, June 1999. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

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I strävan efter lösningar på den globala uppvärmningen har transportsektorn och dess utsläpp identifierats som ett stort hot mot de globala målen som Agenda 2030. Transportsektorn har länge varit dominerad av fordon drivna med fossilbränslen som huvudfokus, men nu skiftar fokuset till cykel som ett transportsätt. Detta ställer frågan vad kan göras för att utveckla cykelns roll i samhället och vad görs. Denna studie har undersökt hur samarbetet mellan kommuner, regioner och regeringen sker i cykelplaneringen. Samt vilka olika målsättningar, utmaningar och förhållningssätt man har till cykelns roll i samhället. Det undersöktes med hjälp av en litteraturstudie där Ystads kommun, Region Skånes och den nationella cykelstrategin analyserades genom kodning av nyckeldokument. Resultatet visar att fortsatt samarbete är av stor vikt, cykelplaneringen behöver befästas inom planorganen som en institutionell praktik fortsatt och fördjupat. Aktörerna behöver fortsätta sitt arbete för att harmonisera olika system med varandra. / In the search for solutions to combat global warming the transport sector and its emissions have been identified as a big threat to the global goals such as Agenda 2030. The transport sector has for a long time been dominated by motor vehicles as its main focus, but now the focus shifts towards the bicycle. The present paper asks what can be done to develop the role of the bicycle in the society and what is being done. This study has examined how the collaboration between municipalities, regional governments and the state is done when the bicycle is in focus. What goals, challenges and approaches that are present towards the bicycles roll in society. This was examined with a literature study of Ystads municipality, Region Skåne´s, and the national bicycle strategy which was coded. The result showed that a continuation of the existing collaboration is of great value, bicycle planning needs to be entrenched as an institutional practice. The actors needs to continue their work to harmonize different systems with each other.

The aim of this study is to investigate the role of human and social capital in start-up creation process. Specifically it reveals the types of interaction between “soft” factors and institutional characteristics of the regions and investigates to what extent does the role of human and social capital varies in different institutional settings. To address this questions a multilevel model has been used which allows to capture relationships both in time and space. The data used in this paper stem from regional macrodata on human and social capital as well as industrial structure of Swedish economy. The study revealed important facts about start up creation processes, namely dual characteristic of entrepreneurship patterns in Sweden. In the metropolitan regions of the country human and social capital play much more important role than in the other regions, where the entrepreneurial activity is to large extent a result of current economic conditions and industrial settings.

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