Essays about: "Positive publicity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Positive publicity.

  1. 1. The attitude behind TMTs sustainability strategies in the real estate industry : A quantitative study of the characteristics behind TMTs attitude towards the perceived gain of positive publicity by stakeholders if implementing a sustainability strategy.

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Simon Alderblad; Fabian Nilzén; [2022]
    Keywords : Top management teams; Upper echelon theory; Sustainability strategies; Positive publicity; Stakeholders;

    Abstract : Background & problem:  In a fast-moving environment where organizations are forced to meet changing stakeholder needs, the importance of understanding top management teams (TMT) becomes more prominent given their influential position. Further on, with a growing population, the demand in the real estate industry is deemed to have a continuous growth. READ MORE

  3. 2. The European Refugee Crisis and Services Trade in Greater Copenhagen

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alfred Arnborg; Gustav Sundén; [2021]
    Keywords : Trade in Services; Difference-in-Differences; Border Controls; Schengen; European Refugee Crisis; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper analyzes trade in services’ vulnerability to exogenous shocks in order to contribute to the often-neglected area of international trade in services. It is accomplished by examining how Sweden’s border measures during the European refugee crisis affected services trade between Sweden and Denmark. READ MORE

  4. 3. ACCESSING MICROFINANCE THROUGH FINANCIAL LITERACY : A Case Study of Hand in Hand Eastern Africa’s Operations in Kenya

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Pontus Lindahl; Linda Mokvist; [2020]
    Keywords : Financial Literacy; Microfinance; Microcredit; Women Empowerment; Financial Inclusion; Social Capital; Social Learning Theory; Dynamic Capabilities; Poverty Alleviation; Developing Countries; Kenya; Bottom of the Pyramid; Hand in Hand andHand in Hand Eastern Africa;

    Abstract : In 2015, United Nations implemented seventeen Sustainable Development Goals along with 169 sub-targets with the ambition to transform the world through achieving sustainable development and, hence annihilate poverty. In light of the foregoing, both authoritative and non-governmental entities accentuated the significance of ‘financial inclusion’ which, in turn, has developed into an evangelical advocacy reminiscent of the extensive publicity that microfinance received at the end of last century which, in turn, has led to an unprecedented passion among philanthrocapitalists, transnational corporations, and other benefactors to financially and socially assist the impoverished. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Attitude Behind the Decisions: Sustainability within Asset Management

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Elin Laurén; Ellen Norberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainability; CSR; ESG; SRI;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate how mutual fund managers view sustainability and what factors affect that view. By compiling a new dataset consisting of responses from 33 asset managers, the attitude toward sustainability was found to be affected by nine variables: Work history, Employees, Sustainability rating, Type of investors, The common people's opinion, Female employees, Internationality, Competitors' stance and Pressure from competitors. READ MORE

  6. 5. “I can’t stop being an activist” : study on mediated activism and social change in Belarusian LGBT+ community

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Yana Snizhko; [2018]
    Keywords : mediated activism; LGBT activism; collective connective action; social media; Belarus; ;

    Abstract : During the last five years mediated activism dedicated to LGBT+ issues in Belarus has flourished despite restrictive context: several new online initiatives, including a media project, have been launched. The current study investigates how one of the most politically underprivileged and marginalized groups – LGBT+ activists – make use of online social media to advocate for positive social and political modification in the Belarusian society. READ MORE