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1. 1. (Re) Shaping the South African food system : a case study on alternative food system actors and the potential to transform the South African food system towards more inclusiveness

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Johanna Magdalena Scheiber; [2023]
   Keywords : alternative food system; social inclusion; youth; social capital; collective action; South Africa;

   Abstract : Conventional food systems have proven to exploit natural resources and deepen socio-economic disparities, with South Africa’s youth suffering particularly from these effects due to the historic burden of structural inequalities. Alternative food systems (AFSs) have the potential to transform the conventional agri-food value chains into inclusive and more sustainable systems with the social inclusion of youth acting as a driving force. READ MORE

3. 2. How initiatives towards transforming the Role of Controllers play out – A field study examining the changing role of controllers at Volvo Cars

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Victoria Andersson; Karin Enström; [2020-07-01]
   Keywords : Controllers; Management Accountants Accounting; Institutional Theory; Institutional Environment; Institutional Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship; Digital Transformation; Big Data and Business Intelligence Analytics;

   Abstract : Background and Purpose: As the digital transformation alters organizations the controlling profession changes and boundaries are blurring. Controllers are moving away from a beancounter image and are evolving into business partners with an organizational value-adding focus. READ MORE

4. 3. Impact of Overconfidence Bias on Entrepreneurs Financing Decisions : The Case of Growth-oriented Startups in Sweden and Germany

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   Author : Suci Ariyanti; Hayk Mnatsakanyan; [2020]
   Keywords : Startups; cognitive bias; overconfidence; entrepreneurial cognition; capital financing; institutional comparison; entrepreneurship;

   Abstract : Background: Both Authors have many years of finance background and as well as studying entrepreneurship motivated to tackle the less researched area in entrepreneurship: entrepreneurs’ behavioural impact on their financial decisions. Such decisions in initial stages of startup formation have a critical impact on company’s future development which raises the importance of understanding the behavioural motives of the entrepreneurs. READ MORE

5. 4. It is obvious that they are not afraid of what this might do : A Qualitative Minor Field Study of International Female Entrepreneurs in Thailand

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

   Author : Michelle Crambé Lundh; Nellie Wedin; [2019]
   Keywords : Female Entrepreneurship; Thailand; SME;

   Abstract : For as long as internationalization has been a research topic, the risks surrounding it has been discussed. Several theories have emerged concerning how to go about international business, which entry modes and strategies to use as well as which markets to enter and at which pace - everything in order to reduce the risks of business failure. READ MORE

6. 5. The interaction between contexts and entrepreneurs in a rural setting : investigating men and women entrepreneurs in the coordinated network Fjärdhundraland

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Fanny Eriksson; Frida Fellenius; Rebecca Norman; [2016]
   Keywords : coordinated network; gender; institutional context; rural entrepreneurship; social context; social entrepreneurship; spatial context;

   Abstract : Research has shown an increased interest regarding the meaning of contextual factors and their effect on entrepreneurial activities. It is shown that the entrepreneur’s surroundings possess a greater meaning to the entrepreneurial activities than what earlier research has revealed. READ MORE