Essays about: "us culture"

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1. 11. To What Extent Top Managers' Compensation Impacts the Risk Aversion Phenomenon?

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Maxime EONNET; Mathieu RUBY; [2023]
   Keywords : Executive Compensation; Risk Aversion; Agency Theory; Risk-taking Factors; Long-term; Short-term; Objectives; Accounting;

   Abstract : Executive compensation and its issues are a very sensitive subject, to be taken with apinch of salt, but it is above all a fascinating subject, which deserves a more globalunderstanding from people. Our study thus aims to determine to what extent executivecompensation and its structure, which may seem complex at first glance, play a role inthe risk aversion of executives. READ MORE

3. 12. Floating Thresholds – On the Idea of the Portal in Architecture

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Ivan Grelz; [2023]
   Keywords : Portal; Gate; Architecture; Theory; Threshold; Liminal; Nature; Myth; Ritual; Speed; Depth;

   Abstract : This project investigates a specific concept within architecture: the portal. Divided into eight independent chapters, all possible to read as stand-alone parts, the thesis – a hybrid essay consisting of text, images, drawings and models – uses the portal as a springboard, or tool, for approaching existing theories on the invisible forces that shape the world and our built environment. READ MORE

4. 13. What Difference Does It Make? : Comparative Panel Data Analysis of the Relationship Between CSR Initiatives and Board Composition in Sweden and the United States

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE); Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Kristina Björling; Viktor Hansson; [2023]
   Keywords : CSR; ESG; Corporate Governance; Gender Diversity; Board Independence; CEO Duality; Inclusion; Board Compositions; Agency Theory; Resource Dependence Theory; Critical Mass Theory; Hofstede’s National Cultural Theory.;

   Abstract : More companies have responded to the call for action, increasing their attention to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Corporate governance structures have proven to have an effect on how well companies are able to facilitate a sustainable trajectory, all influenced by values and norms. READ MORE

5. 14. Echoes of the past: A Qualitative Study on Personal and Historical Nostalgia and their Impact on Consumer Identity

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Filippa Möller; Linnéa Wrobel; [2023]
   Keywords : Nostalgia; personal nostalgia; historical nostalgia; Consumer Culture Theory CCT ; Belk; Goffman; Holt; identity; identity myths; self-presentation; possessions; consumption; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Thesis Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore young consumers' identity creation in the context of nostalgic consumption and marketing. The study seeks to deepen the understanding of how young consumers construct their identities by exploring the impact of two forms of nostalgia, personal and historical. READ MORE

6. 15. The concept of human rights : a qualitative content analysis of the declarations of UN, ASEAN and AU

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Statsvetenskap

   Author : Mohamed Sadik; [2023]
   Keywords : human rights; declarations; colonialism; post-colonialism; universalism; culture; values;

   Abstract : This thesis will examine and evaluate how post-colonial and universal key concepts reflects on The Universal Declaration of Human rights, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, and the ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights in order to provide diverse understandings of the concept of rights. The purpose of the study is to examine and evaluate how some of the key concepts of post-colonialism and universalism are reflected in these three declarations. READ MORE