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- Forsberg, Per, 1972-
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Pengar som ristningar på träpinnar : Icke-monetära pengars funktion för fungerade lagbildningar
- 2015
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Ingår i: Historisk Tidskrift. - : Svenska historiska föreningen. - 0345-469X .- 2002-4827. ; 135:3, s. 401-431
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Notches on wooden sticks: the role of non-coin money in village organizationLocal money in the form of notched sticks played a significant role in selfregulated organization of exchange in villages in 16th- and 17th-century Sweden. This kind of money is an example of non-coin money that only existed as money of account, or more precisely only as notches on wooden sticks (tally-sticks).The article argues that it is impossible to speak of local money as an isolated unit. Instead, the money symbolized by notches was interwoven with credit-networks and social relations. This helps to explain how local money made cooperation possible. Moreover, the local money of account was connected to credit systems and social relations, which explains why adoption of modern credit forms as well as changes in social relations were slow to develop in many localities.Using a perspective based in accounting history and anthropology, which sees money as credit, this article contributes to heterodox theories of money that seeks to explain the functions and social relations of different kinds of money.The money system linked to the notched sticks can be seen as variation of today’s community currencies that make different social actions possible and which are constructed for special purposes. Often one stick was created for a specific activity. In other words, the farmers created their own money for different purposes. For example, there were turn-taking sticks for ploughing snow, feeding the bull, delivering the post or providing transportation for the local clergy etc. Such sticks were often connected to sticks that recorded failure to deliver services. Persons who had not done their daily work had to do more days of work in the future. Other sticks could be used to remember and calculate how much timber or workdays different farms contributed to buildings such as the common mill or saw and how much of it was used. Such sticks made it possible to calculate and ensure that rights and obligations were distributed according to egalitarian principles. In such cases money as notches was used as calculative money and made possible value reciprocity.The article is based on ethnographic and historical literature together with the Nordic Museum’s collection of notched sticks, including information about their usage; the Nordic museum’s questionnaires about village organization in the beginning of the 20th century; and private research archives.
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- Bergh, Andreas, et al.
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Explaining the rise of populism in European democracies 1980-2018 : The role of labor market institutions and inequality
- 2022
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Ingår i: Social Science Quarterly. - : Blackwell Publishing. - 0038-4941 .- 1540-6237. ; 103:7, s. 1719-1731
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives: This article aims to find country-level factors that explain the rise of populist parties in European democracies. While populism is often connected to inequality, we not that right-wing populist parties tend to thrive on fear, including fear of job loss. If flexible labor markets mean that unemployment is dedramatized because finding a new job is easier, labor market flexibility could dampen populism and inequality may be less important.Methods: We run country-level fixed effects regressions on populist party vote shares in 26 European countries from 1980 to 2018. We use two different classifications of right-wing and left-wing populist parties and control for employment protection strictness as measured by OECD, Gini coefficients of disposable income, and a large set of control variables.Results: Unemployment is positively associated with left-wing populism. Strict employment protection is positively associated with right-wing populism. Gini inequality of income is unrelated to (both types of) populism.Conclusion: Strong employment protection and low-income inequality may not be the most efficient way to combat right-wing populism. A strategy that promotes flexible labor markets, and job upgrading may be an alternative. More research on the link between labor market institutions and (in particular, right-wing) populism is needed.
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- Bonander, Carl, 1988-, et al.
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Universities as engines for regional growth? : Using the synthetic control method to analyze the effects of research universities
- 2016
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Ingår i: Regional Science and Urban Economics. - : Elsevier. - 0166-0462 .- 1879-2308. ; 60, s. 198-207
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Are research universities important for regional growth and development? We study the impact on the regional economy of granting research university status to three former university colleges in three different regions in Sweden. We analyze the development in the treated regions compared to a set of control regions that are created using the synthetic control method. We find small or no effects on the regional economy. Our findings cast doubt on the effectiveness of research universities in fostering regional growth and development We contribute to the existing research by using a more credible identification strategy in assessing the effects of universities on the regional economy compared to what has usually been used in previous studies.
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- Eriksson, Klas, et al.
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A revised perspective on innovation policy for renewal of mature economies – Historical evidence from finance and telecommunications in Sweden 1980–1990
- 2019
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Ingår i: Technological forecasting & social change. - : Elsevier. - 0040-1625 .- 1873-5509. ; 147, s. 152-162
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- What is the role of innovation policy for accomplishing renewal of mature industries in Western economies? Drawing upon an unusually rich dataset spanning 9752 digitized archival documents, we categorize and code decisions taken by policymakers on several levels while also mapping and quantifying the strategic activities of both entrant firms and incumbent monopolists over a decade. Our data concerns two empirical cases from Sweden during the time period 1980–1990: the financial sector and the telecommunications sector. In both industries, a combination of technological and institutional upheaval came into motion during this time period which in turn fueled the revitalization of the Swedish economy in the subsequent decades. Our findings show that Swedish policymakers in both cases consistently acted in order to promote the emergence of more competition and de novo entrant firms at the expense of established monopolies. The paper quantifies and documents this process while also highlighting several enabling conditions. In conclusion, the results indicate that successful innovation policy in mature economies is largely a matter of strategically dealing with resourceful vested interest groups, alignment of expectations, and removing resistance to industrial renewal.
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- Forsberg, Per, 1972-
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How to lock-in capital and workers : the role of accounting in the era of a Swedish textile mill
- 2013
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Ingår i: International Journal of Critical Accounting (IJCA). - : InderScience Publishers. - 1757-9848 .- 1757-9856. ; 5:1, s. 96-116
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article contributes with knowledge about accounting history in Sweden between 1834-1903. It is written from the perspective of new accounting history. As such, it focuses on how the socio-political-economic context affects accounting but also that accounting has important implications. The article focuses especially on what roles accounting played for the industrialisation in Sweden. The first mechanical weaving company in Sweden, the textile mill Rydboholm, is used as an example to illustrate how accounting developed and that accounting had important functions for solving certain problems that existed during the 19th century. The major problems that accounting helped to solve was problems as: lack of money and capital together with the establishments of credit- and production networks. Moreover, accounting did play a crucial role for the industrialisation in Sweden because it made possible to lock-in capital and workers in the company.
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- Geissinger, Andrea, et al.
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Digital entrepreneurship and field conditions for institutional change - Investigating the enabling role of cities
- 2019
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Ingår i: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. - : Elsevier BV. - 0040-1625 .- 1873-5509. ; 146, s. 877-886
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Digital entrepreneurship may result in institutional turbulence and new initiatives are frequently blocked by vested interest groups who posit superior financial and relational resources. In this paper, we explore the role of cities in facilitating digital entrepreneurship and overcoming institutional resistance to innovation. Drawing upon two historical case studies of digital entrepreneurship in the city of Stockholm along with an extensive material on the sharing economy in Sweden, our results suggest that cities offer an environment that is critical for digital entrepreneurship. The economic and technological diversity of a city may provide the field conditions required for institutional change to take place and to avoid regulatory capture.
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- Jordahl, Henrik, 1971-, et al.
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Nationella reformer och lokala initiativ
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Ingår i: Välfärdstjänster i privat regi. - Stockholm : SNS förlag. - 9789186949471 ; , s. 33-87
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Många svenska välfärdstjänster började privatiseras under sent 1980-tal och tidigt 1990-tal i kölvattnet av en global privatiseringsvåg. Denna våg inleddes när Margaret Thatcher tillträdde som Storbritanniens premiärminister den 4 maj 1979. Då producerades ungefär 10 procent av örikets BNP i de statligt ägda företagen. Det privatiseringsprogram som Thatcher genomförde reducerade den andelen till 3 procent vid hennes avgång elva år senare. Många andra OECD-länder, bland annat Frankrike, Japan och Spanien, följde Storbritanniens exempel under 1980-talet. När kommunismen sedan föll vid 1980-talets slut inleddes omfattande privatiseringar i Östeuropa. Detta händelseförlopp gav politiskt bränsle till fortsatta privatiseringar i Västeuropa och andra delar av världen. I Sverige börsnoterades och privatiserades flera statliga företag, exempelvis SSAB och Procordia. De statliga monopolföretagen inom tv och telefoni utmanades framgångsrikt av Kinnevik med Jan Stenbeck vid rodret. Även på andra områden skedde förändringar i marknadsliberal riktning, bland annat avreglerades inrikesflyget och taxinäringen och ansvaret för järnvägsnätet flyttades från SJ till det nyinrättade Banverket för att skapa förutsättningar för konkurrens (Bergh 2009). Samtidigt infördes styrningsmodeller inom den offentliga sektorn som var starkt influerade av näringslivet. Att den offentligt finansierade vården, skolan och omsorgen skulle öppnas upp för privata utförare bör alltså ses som en del i en större utveckling.I det här kapitlet beskriver vi hur produktionen av välfärdstjänster har privatiserats i Sverige sedan 1980-talet. Med detta tidsperspektiv fångar vi en händelserik period under vilken privata utförare har blivit allt vanligare.Kapitlet inleds med några förklaringar till att den offentliga sektorn kom att utsättas för konkurrens från privata utförare. Därefter följer en lägesbeskrivning med tjänsteövergripande statistik följt av redogörelser för den privata produktionens utveckling inom fem viktiga välfärdsområden: förskola, skola, äldreomsorg, insatser till personer med funktionsnedsättning och sjukvård.2 För varje område beskriver vi också vilka aktörer som har drivit på eller bromsat utvecklingen, vilka politiska argument som har använts (främst i propositioner och följdmotioner), hur marknaden har organiserats och hur de regionala skillnaderna ser ut.
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- Laurell, Christofer, 1987-, et al.
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Digitalization and the future of Management Learning : New technology as an enabler of historical, practice-oriented, and critical perspectives in management research and learning
- 2020
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Ingår i: Management Learning. - : Sage Publications. - 1350-5076 .- 1461-7307. ; 51:1, s. 89-108
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- How are historical, practice-oriented, and critical research perspectives in management affected by digitalization? In this article, we describe and discuss how two digital research approaches can be applied and how they may influence the future directions of management scholarship and education: Social Media Analytics and digital archives. Our empirical illustrations suggest that digitalization generates productivity improvements for scholars, making it possible to undertake research that was previously too laborious. It also enables researchers to pay closer attention to detail while still being able to abstract and generalize. We therefore argue that digitalization contributes to a historical turn in management, that practice-oriented research can be conducted with less effort and improved quality and that micro-level data in the form of digital archives and online contents make it easier to adopt critical perspectives.
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