Sökning: "Local Embeddedness"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 37 uppsatser innehållade orden Local Embeddedness.

  1. 21. The Ties That Bind Us - Integrating Male Homosexuality & Entrepreneurship

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Ashley Cunningham; Thomas Flanagan; [2017]
    Nyckelord :entrepreneurship; gay; homosexuality; LGBT; identity; context; network; community; social capital; mixed embeddedness; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : In recent years, there has been an increase in the research of minority entrepreneurs, including ethnic minorities and women, but entrepreneurship amongst members of the LGBT community remains a subject rarely studied. Studies which have contributed to knowledge of gay professionals and entrepreneurs typically position homosexuality as an obstacle to be overcome. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Local Embeddedness in International Professional Service Firm Networks

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Elze Seckute; Sina Weller; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Interfirm Networks; Professional Service Firms; Local Embeddedness; Knowledge Asymmetry; Relational Contracts.; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : Networks have been recognized as an alternative internationalization approach for Professional Service Firms (PSFs). However, the exploration of tensions, which result from attempts to unite network members and at the same time support their diversity, has been rather neglected in the past. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Kontextens betydelse för CSR- och hållbarhetsarbete inom finanssektorn : en fallstudie av två svenska sparbanker

    Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Författare :Shamin Abdoli Armaki; Viktor Mattsson; [2017]
    Nyckelord :CSR; Hållbarhet; Bank; Struktureringsteori; Sociala nätverk; Social inbäddning; Legitimitet;

    Sammanfattning : Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), är ett begrepp som används för att beskriva företags samhällsansvar. Inom dagens forskning används ett flertal olika definitioner för att beskriva etiskt företagande. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Quo vadis, resilience? : assessing the application of a contested concept within the uMngeni Resilience Project in South Africa

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Författare :David Mathias Lammers; [2016]
    Nyckelord :sustainability science; climate change adaptation; adaptive capacity; vulnerability; agency; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Over the last 40 years, the concept of resilience has made a journey from the fields of ecology and psychology into the social sciences. By now, it has become a term commonly used in the international climate change adaptation and development spheres, describing the ability of an individual or a community to cope with or recover from harmful events. LÄS MER

  7. 25. The mixed embeddedness of ethnic tourist-based entrepreneurship: An exploratory study in Rosengård, Malmö, Sweden

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Solomon Abebe; [2015]
    Nyckelord :multiethnic ventures; ethnicity; entrepreneurship; commodification; Mixed embeddedness; ethnic tourism business; Rosengård; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis reconnoiters the involvement of immigrants as owners, producers and organizers of multiethnic business ventures that appeal outside visitors, so called ethnic tourist-based entrepreneurship. The study is informed by the principles underlying an interpretive case study conducted in Rosengård, Malmö, and the data were collected through semi-structured interviews complemented by participant observation and serendipitous informal discussions. LÄS MER