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  1. 1. Institutional dynamics in Cuban agriculture : a case study from three Cuban farms

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

    Author : Calle Lindkvist; Lisa Hedborg; [2023]
    Keywords : institutions; institutional change; Cuba; agriculture; path-dependency; informal constraints; formal constraints;

    Abstract : Cuba is still subjected to the trade embargo imposed by the United States in 1962, restricting global trade and historically forcing Cuba into a dependency on the Soviet Union for energy, oil, and agricultural inputs. Today's agricultural system in Cuba bears the imprint of this historical reliance in the form of institutional constraints that shape Cuban farmers everyday activities. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Strategic Work of SMEs: A ‘Strategy as Practice’ Study

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Adnan Saltagic; Andre Almqvist; [2022-06-21]
    Keywords : Strategic Tools; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Practice; Practitioners; Praxis; Meetings; Workshops; Individual Research; SME; Risk Management; Scenario Planning;

    Abstract : Previous research regarding the strategic work of SMEs is scarce and the research that does exist explains that SMEs do not spend much time on strategic planning. As such, our mission has been to investigate and examine more closely on how SMEs work with strategy and why. READ MORE

  4. 3. Institutionalized practices to the rescue! : A qualitative study on how start-ups strive to scale up and achieve growth by working with institutionalized practices

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Gustav Krantz; Kave Bashiri; [2022]
    Keywords : Start-ups; Growth; Organizational Performance; Institutionalized Practices; Internal processes and Routines; Organizational Behavior.;

    Abstract : Introduction: Since the 1980s and onwards, entrepreneurship and start-ups have exploded. In comparison to more established companies, firms that are defined as start- ups wanting to scale-up are coined by different sorts of vulnerabilities. These can be found in their lack of resources regarding both financial and human capital. READ MORE

  5. 4. Black in the Ivory Tower: The Subversiveness of Black Women at Lund University

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Elsa Mertala; [2022]
    Keywords : Academia; Black women; labour; subversiveness; Lund University; Swedish Exceptionalism; Akademin; svarta kvinnor; arbete; subversiv; Lund universitet; svensk exceptionalism; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In Sweden the research about Black people’s experiences in academia is quite limited, because of a self-image that is colourblind which prevents the acknowledgement of Black existence (practice, thought, bodies). This thesis is a cultural analytical attempt to contribute and widen the research field of critical studies in Swedish academia, through exploring Black female’s emotional and body experiences in the spatiotemporal space of Lund University. READ MORE

  6. 5. Doing sustainability work in SMEs- Setting new standards, maintaining others’ - or navigating a middle way?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Henrik Andersson; Matilda Möller; [2021-06-24]
    Keywords : Sustainability; Sustainability work; Sustainability work in SMEs; Institutional work; Institutional caretaker; Institutional entrepreneur; Institutional troublemaker; Paradox of embedded agency; Isomorphism;

    Abstract : Sustainability work is nowadays high on the agenda for businesses to deal with, and practices for how to enact sustainability have been established and institutionalized over time. However, larger companies have set the agenda for this debate, putting small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in the shadows. READ MORE