Essays about: "Social and Economic Welfare"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 191 essays containing the words Social and Economic Welfare.

  1. 41. A comparative study on differences in sustainable development of hotels in Sweden and China

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Zhixuan Zhao; [2020]
    Keywords : sustainable develoment; sustainable management; hotel management; Sweden; China;

    Abstract : This study mainly compares and analyzes the sustainable development measures of hotels in China and Sweden. In this study, purposive sampling method is adopted to select hotels in China and Sweden, and the data of sample hotels are coded and classified and then compared and analyzed according to different categories. READ MORE

  3. 42. Taming a Monstrous Hybrid: Social Welfare Effects of Privatizing Public Housing in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Mikaela Knutson; [2020]
    Keywords : Housing policy; Public Housing; Privatization; Welfare;

    Abstract : Within the Swedish housing sector, sales of public housing to private actors have been an occurring phenomenon for almost three decades, but the effects of such privatizations on social welfare are still subject to political debate. In this thesis, I evaluate how privatization in the contemporary Swedish housing market affect social welfare through its effects on criminality, citizen satisfaction and economic inequality. READ MORE

  4. 43. Engaging in circular economy : A case study of motivational factors to participate in a non-commercial network

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Laetitia Forget; Jordi Pujol; [2020]
    Keywords : circular economy; collaborative consumption; motivational factors; resources; value creation; networks; non-commercial; leisure bank;  Fritidsbanken;

    Abstract : Circular economy addresses the environmental crisis and its urge to adapt and reshape economic models towards more sustainability. Recent literature has provided rich knowledge on the concept and important conceptual research. READ MORE

  5. 44. How the story of control limits the reproduction of knowledge : a study of narratives in the Swedish Climate Policy Action Plan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Jonas Linde; [2020]
    Keywords : Climate Change; Master narratives; Story of control; Discourse; Narratives; Storylines; Swedish climate policy; De-politicization; Apocalyptic imaginary; Frontrunner; Sweden; Green Keynesianism; Power; Knowledge; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Responses to combating worsening climate change are legitimized through narratives employed in government policy which build on existing master narratives about climate change produced in the subpolitics of international mega-science mainly influenced by IPCC as an expert authority. In Sweden the climate law forces the government to produce a Climate Policy Action Plan (CPAP) every four years that seeks to show how the set net zero emission target by 2045 is to be reached. READ MORE

  6. 45. Internationalization of Financial Technology Start-ups (Fintechs) : Evidence from Ecuadorian case studies

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

    Author : Katherine Estefania Monroy Zambrano; [2020]
    Keywords : Internationalization; FinTech; finance; technology; Ecuador; Latin America; emerging markets; born-digital firms;

    Abstract : In the past decade, the financial industry has been criticized to lack a faster digital transformation to provide more efficient services, where FinTech (a neologism generated from the contraction of “(Fin)ancial” and “(Tech)nology”) start-ups or fintechs represent a paradigm shift to reinvent the industry. FinTech is gaining attention in multiple academic disciplines, however, it was found that it has been neglected from the international business discipline to understand the internationalization process of fintechs. READ MORE