Essays about: "Institutional pillars"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Institutional pillars.

1. 1. Sustainability performance as a determinant of ownership structure : A quantitative study on ESG as a benchmark of investor preferences

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Antti Korkeamäki; Andreas Hedell; [2023]
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   Abstract : This thesis is investigating how ownership structure of a company is affected by its sustainability performance. The dissertation topic was formed during a literature screening which exposed a clear research gap which we found interesting. READ MORE

3. 2. The Return to Europe: Exploring the Process of Europeanisation of Higher Music Education in Georgia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Iveri Kekenadze Gustafsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Europeanisation; Erasmus ; Georgia; Higher Music Education; Higher Music Educational Institutions; International Credit Mobility; Tbilisi State Conservatoire; European Studies; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : The Georgian higher music education sector has undergone major changes since the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility was established for study and training opportunities between the Erasmus+ programme and partner countries in 2015. This thesis explores the Europeanisation processes of Georgian Higher Music Education by analysing the responses of higher music education institutions to the opportunities and challenges of EU-funded programmes. READ MORE

4. 3. Working partially on the working poor: Explaining the indirect approach of the European Social Fund+ towards in-work poverty

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Iñigo Perez Mugica; [2022]
   Keywords : in-work poverty; European Social Fund; process-tracing; Multiple stream; Qualitative Content Analysis; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In-work poverty is a societal problem that should be prevented according to the European Pillars of Social Rights. However, the European Social Fund Plus, being the main European social policy, only addresses the issue indirectly. The aim of this thesis is to build an explanation for this partial actuation of the European Union. READ MORE

5. 4. The Debate of Decent Work in Emerging Economies: Minimum Wage Policy in South Africa.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Elliot Mackenzie; [2021]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : There exists considerable debate on the utility of ILO’s decent work agenda and its four pillars of full employment, rights at work, social dialogue, and social protection in the context of emerging economies. Whether these pillars be achieved in unison or if there a need to prioritize a pillar over another and whether the notion as a whole is complementary with other development objectives like economic growth is dependant on how an emerging economy understand the issue at hand, which is itself a function of the historical and socioeconomic context in which the labor markets exists within. READ MORE

6. 5. Understanding Institutional Influences on Environmental and Social Responsibility in Family-Run Wineries : A look at US and Hungarian CSR practices

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Brandie Still; Veronika Thernesz; [2020]
   Keywords : wine; sustainability; family-run businesses; winery; wine industry; social responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; future generations; institutional theory;

   Abstract : Purpose – The purpose of the research is to explain how and why the internal and external influences faced by family-run wineries affect their CSR practices and communication through institutional theory and stakeholder theory. Methodology – Ten wineries were analyzed in winemaking regions in Hungary and the US, of which nine semi-structured interviews were undertaken with family members and employees. READ MORE