Essays about: "Innovation democracy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words Innovation democracy.

1. 1. Meeting in the middle - Qualitative study of the state of state innovation

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Maral Batbaatar; Sofija Obradovic; [2024]
   Keywords : Innovation; Innovation in the public sector; Innovation process; Innovation adoption; Open government;

   Abstract : The research question "What are factors that affect adoption of innovation in the public sector?" was selected as the aim of this thesis to gain a conceptual understanding of an innovation adoption process. A qualitative study has been performed, with 17 interviewees from the Swedish public sector. READ MORE

3. 2. To what extent has the European Endowment for Democracy facilitated the growth of an ecosystem of independent media organisations in Lebanon? (2017-2023)

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Kaia Madeleine Corbett Nisser; [2023]
   Keywords : European Union; Lebanon; civil society; media; democracy;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between the ecosystem of independent media organisations in Lebanon, and their relationship to the European Union, specifically the European Endowment for Democracy. The analysis follows a trajectory starting from Beirut all the way back to Brussels, the lens of focus widening as it reaches its conclusion. READ MORE

4. 3. Entrepreneurial rent-seeking behaviour in the context of governance conditions

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

   Author : Giga Chitishvili; Matthias Spottka; [2022]
   Keywords : Rent-seeking; Enterprises; Entrepreneurial Behavior; Entrepreneurship; Democracy; Freedom of Speech; Political Accountability; Public Sector Transparency; Rule of Law; Georgia; Germany; Anaklia; Nord Stream 2;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurship is often linked to some of the most compelling economic and social issues of our time and can therefore be emphasised as essential and relevant. This thesis puts entrepreneurial behaviour in the spotlight and adopts the theoretical lens that enterprises may act as rent-seekers, striving to influence the distribution of income and wealth at the political level for their personal benefit. READ MORE

5. 4. The impact of democratic transitions on innovation. An empirical panel analysis of 168 countries from 1960-2019.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Hannes Flatz; [2022]
   Keywords : innovation; democratic transitions; political regimes; institutions; development; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis empirically examines the impact of democratic transitions on innovation using a difference-in-differences method on a panel of 168 countries from 1960 to 2019. Patents, R&D expenditure, and scientific articles are employed as proxies for innovation. The results indicate that democratisations have a positive effect on patents. READ MORE

6. 5. An ecosystem for alternative food networks in Uppsala : With social innovation towards food democracy

   University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

   Author : Veronika Tietz; [2021]
   Keywords : alternative food networks; local food system transformation; social innovation; sustainable transition; food democracy;

   Abstract : Sustainable food system transition (SFST) is an inevitable aim for the world’s societies to tackle global challenges caused by industrial, neo-liberal food industries such as climate change, biodiversity loss, food inequality and so forth. The social dimension of sustainable transitions is too often neglected by political decision makers and global corporations, highlighting the necessity for more attention regarding active participation of citizens to solve societal food related challenges in their regions. READ MORE