Essays about: "Daniel Miller"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Daniel Miller.

1. 1. Unveiling a Material Agent: An Anthropological study on how backpacks shape backpackers’ journeys and identities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Izaak Ramkali; [2023]
   Keywords : Anthropology; Backpacking; Backpacks; Identity Formation; Material Agency; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper aims to contribute to wider discussions within the discipline of anthropology regarding the social and material significance of backpackers’ backpacks. Mainly, this paper examines how backpacks help construct backpacking identity and shape backpackers’ journeys and experiences. READ MORE

3. 2. Constructing Modern Ethnic Myth: A Cultural Analysis of the Hanfu Movement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Kehan Li; [2021]
   Keywords : Hanfu; nationalism; clothing; China; Han; social movement; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the rising Hanfu movement in China. Hanfu, literally means the clothing of Han ethnicity, but it is a newly coined terminology. The movement takes Hanfu as a symbol and aims to redefine the position of Han ethnicity in Chinese society and extend the influence of Chinese culture in the worldwide. READ MORE

4. 3. Going ALL Ink : An anthropological phenomenology study of a moral self, individuality, and embodiment through the practice of tattoos

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Ludvig Ånséhn; [2021]
   Keywords : individuality; a moral self; the practice of tattoos; self-construction; habitus; embodiment;

   Abstract : Habitus is a type of order that explains how an individual becomes a member of a society or a culture and can be studied to learn about that society or culture. Daniel Miller is introducing a similar approach to order of individuals’ material relationships through which one can learn about meaningful representation of the individual subjects themselves. READ MORE

5. 4. Does hedging increase firm performance? An empirical analysis of the shipping industry

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Daniel Nilsson; Wendy Patino; [2017]
   Keywords : Hedging; Risk Management; Return on Invested Capital; Shipping; Operating Performance; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In this study, we analyze the hedging activities for risk management purposes of 31 shipping companies headquartered in Europe and North America and its impact on ROIC, in the period between 2009 and 2014. We also study how ROIC interacts with hedging and investments undertaken by the firms in our sample. READ MORE

6. 5. A Leader’s Challenge – Are Environmental Frindliness and Business Compatible? : An investigation of eco-friendly managerial behaviour in Swedish and German small and midsize enterprises.

   University essay from Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU

   Author : Daniel Miller; Simon Schaller; [2012]
   Keywords : change; certificates; companies; eco-friendly; environment; ISO; leaders; management; organisation; stakeholders;

   Abstract : Due to the global warming, the increase in greenhouse gases and the resulting threat for the environment, not only private households have to rethink their behaviour towards the environment, but also companies and organisations have a responsibility towards their environment. Therefore, we investigated several small and midsize enterprises in order to understand their way of implementing strategies of eco-friendliness and thus contributing to the ‘green revolution’ which is apparently in progress. READ MORE