Essays about: "Social embeddedness"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 62 essays containing the words Social embeddedness.

  1. 6. Place, Placelessness, and Sustainable Entrepreneurship

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Sirine Karray; Svenja Voß; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable entrepreneurship; Sustainable entrepreneur; Place Context; Placelessness; Impact; Embeddedness;

    Abstract : Like every human, the sustainable entrepreneur is impacted by all the places they have inhabited, but even more so since their triple-bottom-line approach leads to a manifestation of their efforts in places. Opposing this concept of place, scholars describe the concept of placelessness as a manifestation of a lack of meaning or lack of physical location. READ MORE

  3. 7. Female Migrants in Search of Jobs: The Role of Social Capital in Labor Market Integration

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Lisen Löwstedt; [2022]
    Keywords : migration; integration; social capital; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The labor market integration of immigrants in general, and female migrants in particular, remains a central developmental objective for counteracting inequalities within societies across Europe. Previous studies put forth the concept of social capital, the resources linked to an individual's network of social connections, to explain immigrants’ diverging labor market trajectories. READ MORE

  4. 8. Strong and Weak Ties of the Born Global Firm

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Lüning; Siri Winstedt; Alma Lindkvist; [2022]
    Keywords : Keywords: network theory; Born Global firm; strong and weak ties; social embeddedness; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the characteristics of the relationships of the Born Global firm’s network and with what intentions they are established during inception and the phase of early growth. An in-depth overview of existing literature is provided and additional insights are delivered through a multiple-case study of four Born Global firms from the Öresund region in their early stage of evolution. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Neglected Entrepreneur : A qualitative study on the individual transnational entrepreneur in Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

    Author : Daniel Hellström; Daniel Wiklund; [2022]
    Keywords : International Business; Migrant Entrepreneurship; Transnational Entrepreneurship; Social Human capital; Embeddedness; Cultural adaptation;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine how differences in personal attributes and cultural adaptation affect transnational entrepreneurs' embedding process in Sweden. This paper uses empirical data collected from four small transnational entrepreneurs in Sweden as well as secondary data collected on the topic. READ MORE

  6. 10. What matters in the economic integration of foreign-born women? : A development of the ‘mixed embeddedness’ model for female immigrant entrepreneurs

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Frida Bergström; [2022]
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    Abstract : This thesis investigates the economic integration of female immigrant entrepreneurs on a micro-level. This is done by employing the model of ‘mixed embeddedness’, created by Kloosterman et al. (1999), which states that immigrant entrepreneurs are embedded in an institutional, social and financial context. READ MORE