<p>Many organizational changes have been accomplished in elder care since the 1980's and many of those have been influenced by market mechanisms. The purpose of this study is to examine how the implementation of these market mechanisms has affected three important aspects in the work situation for personnel. These aspects are, demand, control and support. To attain the purpose of this study, five qualitative interviews with home care personnel have been carried out. The interview material has been analyzed and structured with the help of Karasek and Theorells demand-control-support model. The study shows that the demands on personnel has increased, the prospect of personnel to control their work situation has both decreased and increased in different regards, finally, that support has improved after the implementation of market mechanisms in the municipality where the study was done. This implies that the personnel's prerequisites for self development, teaching and motivation in some regards seem to have improved. Although, at the same time, the increased demands of cost efficiency adhered to time pressure seems to hinder personnel from using their skills and to make work related decisions. This also means that they in their work situation are at a greater risk of suffering illness.</p>

Many organizational changes have been accomplished in elder care since the 1980's and many of those have been influenced by market mechanisms. The purpose of this study is to examine how the implementation of these market mechanisms has affected three important aspects in the work situation for personnel. These aspects are, demand, control and support. To attain the purpose of this study, five qualitative interviews with home care personnel have been carried out. The interview material has been analyzed and structured with the help of Karasek and Theorells demand-control-support model. The study shows that the demands on personnel has increased, the prospect of personnel to control their work situation has both decreased and increased in different regards, finally, that support has improved after the implementation of market mechanisms in the municipality where the study was done. This implies that the personnel's prerequisites for self development, teaching and motivation in some regards seem to have improved. Although, at the same time, the increased demands of cost efficiency adhered to time pressure seems to hinder personnel from using their skills and to make work related decisions. This also means that they in their work situation are at a greater risk of suffering illness.

As part of the EPA’s initiative to reduce the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico, a feasibility study for a potential water quality trading (WQT) program in the Kentucky River Watershed (KRW) was conducted. While theoretically, emission trading programs are among the most efficient means of reducing pollution, empirical evidence suggests low-trade volume as a primary concern for the long-term success of such programs. Some of the important reasons for the low volume of trade are due to lack of suitable market trading mechanism for point sources and lack of information on willingness to pay (WTP) for abatement credits. Our study aims to tackle these issues by gathering a profile of municipal sewage treatment plants as point source polluters in the KRW, while simultaneously analyzing their preferences for WQT market mechanisms and WTP using a survey based approach. The survey was conducted in 2012. Municipal sewage treatment plants’ ranked preferences are analyzed using an exploded logit model and WTP is analyzed using Ordinary Least Squares and Tobit models.

良好的公司治理不只強調於公司與股東之間之良好關係，更希望以此帶給社會環境正向影響。本研究研究公司治理對企業價值之影響。研究貢獻在於整合公司內部治理機制(董事會結構)與外部市場機制，探討其與公司價值直接與間接之關聯性。本研究以2008年至2012年之台灣上市公司為樣本，以企業價值為應變數，董事會結構(董事會規模、CEO雙元性與外部董事席次比率)及市場機制(資訊揭露透明度、分析師預測頻率、機構投資人持股率)為主要解釋變數，除探討解釋變數與企業價值之直接影響力外，也透過交乘項了解市場機制是否對公司治理與企業價值有間接影響效果。在控制企業風險、成長、獲利與規模大小因素後，利用追蹤資料迴歸模型進行分析。 本研究之結論為以下三部分：(一)董事會成員背景更多元、吸納更多外部專業人士之組合，可強化其監督機制，提升公司價值。(二) 市場可藉由分析師對公司之關注度與預測頻率，有效監督公司經營團隊，提升公司價值。(三) 董事會外部董事席次比率與分析師預測頻率存在互補效果，在資訊不對稱下能夠透過資訊互補達到有效監督，進而提升公司價值。 台灣企業多為家族企業或是強人治理公司之公司形態，為了強化個人或是家族之控制權，往往以內部董事為多數，雖能夠提升決策效率，卻易囿於內部個人成見與利益。透過本研究對台灣市場之實證，希望能提供企業董事會與外部主管機關在決策上之建議，並強化市場機制對於公司治理之監督之概念。 / The main purpose of this study is to examine the influences of governance mechanisms on corporate value. What’s more, this research measures governance mechanisms via integrated sources based on direct and indirect mechanism to learn further more about the effect can improve corporate monitoring mechanism, and then further enhance corporate performance. Based on the samples of Taiwan listed firms for the period from 2008 to 2012, this study employs panel regression model with Corporate value (Tobin’s Q) as the dependent variable against various combinations of internal governance mechanisms variables (Board size, CEO duality, Outside Director)and external market mechanisms variables( Information Disclosure and Transparency, Frequency of Analyst Forecasts, Institutional Investors’ Ownership). The conclusion of this study is the following three parts: (1) when the board have more diverse background, it can attract more external professionals and strengthen its monitoring mechanism to enhance company value. (2) The market can supervise the management team effectively and enhance the company's value by the frequency of analyst forecast (3) Outside directors and the frequency of analysts forecast are complementary, which can enhance the transparency of information, which prompted the company has more neutral and objective supervision team to help the board lead the management team to create long-term value for the company. Companies in Taiwan are mostly family control or centralized. However, it could be easily restricted by the personal prejudices and interests. Through this research about the experience of Taiwan market, hoping provide the advices on corporate boards and external authorities to reinforce the market mechanisms for oversight of corporate governance.

Titel: Styrning inom svenska ekonomi- och handelshögskolor. -Marknadsstyrning, byråkratisk styrning eller klanstyrning? Bakgrund: I den forskning som finns kring styrning inom högre lärosäten förespråkas klan- och kulturstyrning som den styrform som bör användas eftersom högre lärosäten karaktäriseras av hög kunskap och samarbete. Samtidigt visar empirisk forskning att styrning inom högre lärosäten allt mer karaktäriseras av outputmätningar vilket leder till kontroverser. Flera av de studier som finns på ämnet är dessutom baserade utifrån ett medarbetarperspektiv vilket skapar ett gap i teorin kring hur frågan bemöts utifrån ett ledarskapsperspektiv. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att, utifrån ett ledarskapsperspektiv, kartlägga den styrning som sker inom svenska ekonomi- och handelshögskolor. Utöver detta ska studien även förklara huruvida olika situationsfaktorer påverkar styrningen samt hur dessa påverkar. Metod: Studien tar sin utgångspunkt i en kvalitativ studie där flera intervjuer har gjorts för att ge studien en omfattande och nyanserad bild av styrningen på svenska ekonomi- och handelshögskolor. Slutsats: Studiens resultat har visat att det förekommer en blandning av marknadsstyrning, byråkratisk styrning samt klanstyrning inom svenska ekonomi- och handelshögskolor. Studien har även visat att styrningen skiljer sig åt när det kommer till utbildning respektive forskning. Inom forskningen är marknadsstyrningen dominerande medan utbildningen har en större variation av styrformer. Det har också visat sig att flera av studiens situationsfaktorer har inverkan på den styrning som sker. / Title: Governance within Swedish economics and business schools. - Market mechanisms, Bureaucratic mechanisms or Clan mechanisms? Background: In current research on organizational control in higher education institutions, clan- and culture mechanisms is advocated as the form of organizational control that should be used due to the fact that higher education institutions are characterized by high knowledge and cooperation. At the same time, empirical research shows that organizational control within higher education institutions is increasingly characterized by output measurements. Several of the studies that concern the subject are also based on an employee perspective, which creates a gap in the theory of how the issue is addressed from a leadership perspective. Purpose: The aim of the study is to, based on a leadership perspective, chart the organizational control that takes place in Swedish economics and business schools. In addition, the study should also explain whether different situational factors affect the control and how these affect. Method: The study takes its starting point in a qualitative study in which several interviews have been made to give the study an extensive and nuanced picture of the organizational control at Swedish economics and business schools. Conclusion: The results of the study have shown that there is a mixture of market mechanisms, bureaucratic mechanisms and clan mechanisms within Swedish economics and business schools. The study has also shown that the organizational control differs when it comes to education and research. In research, market mechanisms is dominant, while education has a greater variety of forms of mechanisms. It has also been found that several of the study's situation factors have an influence on the organizational control that is taking place.

Les futurs réseaux de distribution d’électricité devront héberger une part importante et croissante de sources d’énergies renouvelables intermittentes. De plus, ils devront faire face à une part croissante de véhicules électriques. Ces tendances induisent le besoin de nouveaux paradigmes et architectures d’exploitation du réseau de distribution, afin de fiabiliser les réseaux et d'assurer la qualité de fourniture d’électricité. Dans cette thèse nous proposons une nouvelle architecture capable de favoriser la collaboration entre les acteurs du marché de gros, les gestionnaires de réseau de distribution et les clients finaux, afin de tirer parti des ressources énergétiques distribuées tout en prenant en compte les contraintes des réseaux de distribution. L’architecture est conçue pour fournir des services innovants de gestion de la demande résidentielle, dans le cadre de l'autoconsommation individuelle et collective (à l'échelle d'un quartier). La thèse apporte trois contributions principales. D'abord, sur la base de l'internet des objets et de la technologie blockchain, la thèse fournit les éléments de base pour les futures architectures de gestion de l'énergie au niveau du réseau de distribution. Ensuite, en focalisant sur les services rendus par de telles architectures, nous proposons un marché intra-journalier au pas horaire pour l'échange local de l'énergie renouvelable entre maisons, associé à un mécanisme d'allocation dynamique des phases afin d'améliorer la qualité de fourniture. Finalement, nous proposons un mécanisme de contrôle en temps réel pour l'ajustement des transactions du marché vers des échanges finaux d'électricité qui respectent les restrictions posées par le gestionnaire du réseau électrique. / Future electricity distribution grids will host an important and growing share of variable renewable energy sources and local storage resources. Moreover, they will face new load structures due for example to the growth of the electric vehicle market. These trends raise the need for new distribution grid architecture and operation paradigms to keep the grid stable and to ensure quality of supply. In addition, these new paradigms will enable the provision of advanced new services. In this thesis we propose a novel architecture capable of fostering collaboration among wholesale market actors, distribution system operators and end customers, to leverage flexible distributed energy resources while respecting distribution system constrains. The architecture is designed for providing innovative residential demand side management services, with a special focus on services enabled by self-consumption at the household and neighborhood level. Following these general objectives, the thesis provides three main contributions. First, based on internet of things and blockchain technology, we propose the building blocks for future distribution grid energy management architectures. Then, focusing on the services enabled by such architectures, we propose hour-ahead markets for the local exchange of renewable energy among households together with dynamic phase allocation mechanism to improve the quality of electricity supply. Finally, we propose a real time control mechanism for the adjustment of market decisions to satisfy distribution system operator constraints.

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