Essays about: "Economic thesis of trade competition"
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1. The European Commission’s approach to combatting forced labour in global supply chains : Critical frame analysis of the Proposal by the European Commission for a ban on products made with forced labour
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Forced labour presents a severe human rights violation and affects about 27.6 million people worldwide. Most forced labour in the private economy takes place in businesses linked to the global market economy. In efforts against forced labour, it is therefore crucial to address the role of business operations in global supply chains. READ MORE
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2. When Work Disappears: Empirical Evidence from Sweden of Manufacturing Decline and its Effect on Marriage and Family Formation
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis examines if local labor demand shocks stemming from increasing manufacturing competition from China shifts the employment status among young adults during the years 1995 to 2018, using data on Swedish municipalities. In the context of labor market uncertainties and family formation decisions, we aim to test whether changes in economic stature affects marriage, fertility and children's living circumstances in Sweden. READ MORE
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3. Catching Up in Times of Crisis? - Understanding the discourses of Normative Power in the European Commission’s 2022 Standardisation Strategy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Historically being a success to the European Union and its integration processes, technical standardisation has been a dormant policy area low down on the European Commission’s agenda priority list – until now. The increasing international competition has arguably spurred the Commission to push for speedy developments in standardisation to establish the EU once again in a leading position, thus effectively hindering other actors and regions from exerting too much influence over Europe through their development of standards. READ MORE
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4. How are firms motivated to adopt sustainability initiatives? A cross-case study between firms operating in Australia and Sweden
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomiAbstract : The thesis aims to qualitatively understand the way in which motivational drivers facilitating sustainability initiatives (within firms engaged in energy intensive industries in Australia and Sweden) interact to influence an organisation’s committed sustainability initiatives. A cross case study between firms operating in Australia and firms operating in Sweden has been conducted to support the isolation and identification of relevant motivational drivers and their impact upon sustainable initiatives. READ MORE
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5. Peasant autonomy : seed-saving practices of maize in rural Jalisco, Mexico
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The debate of maize seeds in Mexico has been, and is, intense and divided, with large seed companies on one side, mass-producing improved maize seeds and lobbying for the introduction of transgenic maize cultivation, and on the other side activists wanting to conserve and protect the native maize seeds. Farmers in Mexico have been facing large changes since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement. READ MORE
