Essays about: "Corporatization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Corporatization.

1. 1. Decolonial Resistance in Agriculture: The Role of Spirituality in the Work of Food Sovereignty Organizations in Mexico

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Milena Garbers; [2021]
   Keywords : food sovereignty; decolonial knowledges; spirituality; Indigenous knowledges; resistance; Mexico; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Recent decades have exposed the crisis inherent in the globalized agriculture system characterized by nature commodification, trade liberalization, corporatization and environmental destruction. The crisis is driven by a colonial and neoliberal-capitalist ideology grounded in the supposed universality of western knowledge. READ MORE

3. 2. Modus Hoperandi: A Critical Agrarian Study of Hop Production in Sweden and Exploration of Localized Hop Production in the Scandinavian Context

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Enrique Mejia; [2019]
   Keywords : Critical Agrarian Studies; Sweden; Hops; Humulus Lupulus; Economic Localization; Agricultural History; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

   Abstract : Using a critical agrarian studies approach, this study focuses on the history and current context of hop production in Sweden and adjoining parts of Scandinavia as a case study illustrating how land-use changes and the paradigm shift towards globalized agri-food systems has tended to marginalize traditional crop production as well as how completely new forms of hop production are able to practically confront the capitalist logic of globalized agriculture. This study explores class relationships, land-use changes, and the paradigm shift towards globalized agri-food systems to explain Sweden’s reliance upon foreign production systems to satisfy its growing hop consumption, despite centuries of domestic hop production. READ MORE

4. 3. The use of “Levers of Control” to control strategy and drive strategic change in corporatization

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Erik Nilsson; Adam Vulovic; [2018]
   Keywords : Corporatization; Management control systems; Management control; Strategy; Levers of Control; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the “Levers of Control” theory through empirical insights on the use of levers of control to control strategy and drive strategic change in a corporatized context. Methodology: A single-case study built on a qualitative research strategy around a revelatory case of corporatization has been chosen to fulfill the purpose of this study. READ MORE

5. 4. Corporatization and Smart Cities: Creating a debate about economic interests in future urban infrastructure

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Dennis Bücker; [2016]
   Keywords : Smart Cities; Critical Design; Design Fiction; Urban Interaction Design;

   Abstract : Smart cities are seen as the answer for specific problems, that we will face in the future: overpopulation, shortage of resources, demographic change, etc. At the same time more people than ever will live in cities. READ MORE

6. 5. Rubbish rules : a critical discourse analysis of neoliberalizing processes in Swedish waste management

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Sara Skarp; [2016]
   Keywords : neoliberalization; discourse theory; waste incineration; waste management; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : A linear system – one that extracts materials and then puts them in landfills and incinerates them, thus creating a demand for even more materials – is fundamentally unsustainable. Swedish waste management is thought by many to be progressive and at the forefront, when looking at the waste hierarchy. READ MORE