Essays about: "Relational Capital"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words Relational Capital.

1. 1. MEANINGFUL OR MEANINGLESS? THE RELEVANCE OF INFORMAL RELATIONSHIPS - A case study of the perceived importance of relationship enablers between the United Nations and the European Union

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sören Selander; [2023-10-05]
   Keywords : informal relationships; social capital; trust; cooperation;

   Abstract : The special meaning of the UN-EU relations characterized not only by symbolic significance but also in terms of legitimization and especially growing financial importance, complemented by the findings of previous literature on business organizations underscoring the value of informal relationships, led me devote this thesis to the perceived importance of social capital in the UN-EU relations. In line with existing theories of social capital which argue that the interpersonal side of relationships can lead to advantages, pointing at the same time to some favorable conditions such as trust, obligations and expectations, and relational embeddedness that need to be fulfilled for a relationship to become meaningful, this study aims to analyze the perceptions of the individuals involved in the informal relationships between the UN and the EU on the relevance of these relational social capital conditions. READ MORE

3. 2. Family Social Capital and How it Affects the Family Firm Internationalization Strategy : An empirical study on the influence of family invovlement in family firms

   University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Christoffer Rönndahl; Remmelt De Geus; [2022]
   Keywords : Family firm; family business; internationalization; social capital; family social capital;

   Abstract : Recently the research on family firm internationalization has begun to consider socioemotional criteria (Debellis, Rondi, Plakoyiannaki, & De Massis, 2021). The effect of family social capital on internationalization strategies has received limited attention in the family business research (Debellis, Rondi, Plakoyiannaki, & De Massis, 2021). READ MORE

4. 3. Rationalizing sociology as an educational strategy : Plurality of convictions and position-takings of sociology students in Swedish higher education

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

   Author : Ricardo Xavier Cevallos Salgado; [2021]
   Keywords : Sociology; capital; field; conviction; position-taking;

   Abstract : The present study examines the choice for sociology as a subfield in Swedish higher education. In the Bourdieusian tradition, the theory of social practices – with its relational concepts of field, habitus and capital – was the sociological lens for constructing the object and instruments for tackling it. READ MORE

5. 4. Impact of Intellectual Capital on Firm Performance and Market to Book Value - An analysis of the extended VAICTM model on Swedish listed firms within the healthcare sector

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Sang Hoon Sohn; Linus Åhman; [2020-07-01]
   Keywords : Intellectual capital; VAICTM; Firm performance; Market to book value; Swedish healthcare sector;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to research whether IC and the individual components of IC in firms, namely the relational capital, structural capital, innovation capital and human capital, contribute to an increase in financial performance and positive market reaction for listed Swedish healthcare firms listed in Stockholm OMX30 with a time-frame of 10 years from 2009 to 2018. An extended VAICTM model developed from the original VAICTM model proposed by Pulic is used as a proxy for efficient IC usage and a fixed effects regression is performed on the explanatory variables representing firm performance and market perception. READ MORE

6. 5. Farmer group approach to commercialization of smallholder agriculture. Do social capital and collective action arrangements matter? The case of indigenous chicken farmer groups in Mutare district, Zimbabwe.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Maurice Ndoro; [2019]
   Keywords : Farmer groups; Collective action; Social capital; Commercialization; Smallholder agriculture; Zimbabwe; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

   Abstract : The commercialisation of smallholder agriculture is increasingly recognised as key to economic development and poverty alleviation. Interventions to promote commercialisation of smallholder agriculture in most cases adopt the farmer group approach as an efficient collective action initiative for enhancing marketing performance. READ MORE