Essays about: "Hugo Nordström"

Found 3 essays containing the words Hugo Nordström.

  1. 1. To portray the beautiful, exotic and feminine land of cheap export : How Sweden imagined Japan during Japonism, from 1858 to 1914

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Hugo Ingemarsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Japan studies; image of Japan; Japonisme; Sweden; Orientalism; Ethnocentrism; Colonialism; digital archives; Julia Beck; Richard Bergh; Leander Engström; Gustavsberg; Einar Jolin; Nils Kreuger; Carl Larsson; Karl Nordström; Jenny Nyström; Helmer Osslund; Rörstrand; Alf Wallander; Carl Wilhelmson; Anders Zorn;

    Abstract : This master thesis explores the image of Japan in the artistic creations during Japonism in Sweden. Japan and Sweden first started trading in 1868 and knowledge about Japan in Sweden were limited at best. With the emergence of the Western art movement known as Japonism, ranging from 1858 to 1914, fascination for the unknown country grew in Europe. READ MORE

  3. 2. What Anchors New Strategies? The Role of MCS Hierarchies in Strategic Change Towards Sustainability

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

    Author : Amanda Blomdahl; Hugo Nordström; [2020]
    Keywords : Strategic change; Sustainability; Management control anchor practices; Organisational identity;

    Abstract : In this paper, we conduct a single case study of the R&D department of TransportCo to explore the role of hierarchies within MCS (Management Control System) packages in reprioritizing R&D efforts to drive strategic change towards sustainability. Through integrating strategic change literature and the notion of anchor practices, we show how MCSs play unequally important parts in implementing strategic change. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Study of the BRF 2.0 Concept - The Impact of Radically Increased Leverage in Swedish Housing Cooperatives

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Hugo Nordström; Lisa Viklund; [2019]
    Keywords : BRF 2.0; Hedonic Price Model; Leverage; BRF; the Swedish Housing Market;

    Abstract : The dysfunctionality of the housing market in Sweden has attracted substantial interest from media, researchers, and politicians the past decade. Young adults that fail to meet the credit restrictions are unable to purchase an apartment, and long queues often keep them out of the rental market. READ MORE