Essays about: "Institutional Theories"
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1. We Didn’t Start the Fire… Right? - How external support affects the use of violence in political movements
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Abstract: What explains the use of violence in extra-institutional political campaigns? Domestic groups challenge host states using both nonviolent and violent tactics. While Gandhi’s struggle for India’s independence is perhaps the most famous example of nonviolence, many of today’s bloody civil wars also started out as nonviolent movements. READ MORE
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2. Measurement of Business Incubator Performance by Governments: Studying the Practices in the Nordic Region
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This master thesis aims to investigate the measurement of business incubator performance by governments. Business incubators play a vital role in nurturing startups, promoting innovation, and fostering economic development. READ MORE
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3. Unraveling the Payout Puzzle
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate if institutional ownership has an impact on a firm’s total payout ratio in Swedish firms. Methodology: The study uses fixed effects models with robust standard errors clustered by firm with year effects and provides several robustness checks by altering the dependent variable in our analysis. READ MORE
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4. Civil society organizations in a complex institutional landscape : Investigating institutional logics in Swedish civil society organizations work with social impact measurement
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : The role of civil society has been discussed frequently as of the last decades, and with growing influence of new public management and related market-oriented reforms in public sector, civil society organizations have become welfare service providers too. As part of this development, social impact measurement has been a way for financers to prove and private actors to invest in social change. READ MORE
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5. In the Shadow of Monumentum... The War on Statues
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studierAbstract : In the Shadow of Monumentum... the War on Statues explores the last decade's violent protests on colonisation and institutional racism leading to the vandalisation, defacing and in some cases removal or toppling of public monuments. READ MORE