Essays about: "Formal cultural systems"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words Formal cultural systems.

1. 1. Creating a better Climate through Cultural Control - A case study on how a sustainability-oriented SME implements sustainability control through informal and formal management control systems

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : David Berggren; Gabriel Lindén; [2022]
   Keywords : Management control systems; Sustainability control; SMEs; Cultural control; Formal and informal management control;

   Abstract : SMEs make up a significant portion of the emissions in the EU, and given the deepening climate crisis, it is vital to investigate how these firms manage sustainability. Therefore, we have conducted an in-depth case study of how a sustainability-oriented SME in the clothing industry implements sustainability activities using formal and informal management control systems (MCS). READ MORE

3. 2. Student entrepreneurship in Sweden : Motivation & Challenges

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Author : Paula Antonia Gutoi; Ifra Abbas; [2021]
   Keywords : Entrepreneurship; Student entrepreneurship; Motivations; Challenges; Student entrepreneurship in Sweden;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurship today is an attractive option for future graduates due to various perks and benefits. However, there are also challenges and disadvantages that come with being an entrepreneur. This study is aimed at investigating the motivating factors and challenges that student entrepreneurs are facing when starting their own business in Sweden. READ MORE

4. 3. Incentivising Intra-Organisational Sustainability Development at GANNI

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Melanie Hermeling; Laura Dittmann; [2021]
   Keywords : Social Physics; Management Control Systems; Fashion; Institutional Theory; Resource-Based View; Sustainability Development; Incentivisation; Design Thinking;

   Abstract : Background – Under the acceleration in globalising tendencies of monopoly capitalism aided by social hyper-connectivity and a supply of cheap international labour, fashion companies struggle to find sufficient agency to manoeuvre their way out of the unsustainable, self-inflicted problems. Since fashion companies' rhetoric on sustainability matters is often far ahead of corporate action, it requires further development and engagement by all actors. READ MORE

5. 4. Boundaries of Knowledge : Foreign-Local Knowledge Exchange through Community Cooperation in Rural Guatemala

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Johan Blad; [2019]
   Keywords : foreign-local knowledge exchange; social learning systems; agriculture; community; Guatemala;

   Abstract : This thesis studies the learning process between foreign and local knowledge in a community of organic farmers by the name Atitlán Organics in Tzununa, rural Guatemala. Foreign settlers with formal education and contemporary farming experience work alongside indigenous local Guatemalan farmers in this community, which also takes on international volunteer workers. READ MORE

6. 5. How to empower a country using informal financial systems : Stokvels, the South African economical saviour

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Helin Bäckman Kartal; [2019]
   Keywords : Informal finance; Stokvel; poverty reduction; South Africa;

   Abstract : This study is a Minor Field Study (MFS), which is a Sida funded scholarship who made this field study possible. With an institutionalist approach, this field study aims to outline the foundational reasons behind peoples’ participation in the South African informal financial stokvel system. READ MORE