Essays about: "activity system theories"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the words activity system theories.

  1. 1. Examining the Competitive Effects of Digital Ecosystem Mergers : An Analysis of Theories of Harm Applied in Assessments of Digital Ecosystem Mergers under EU Merger Control

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Matilda Frykman Krans; [2023]
    Keywords : Mergers; Acquisitions; Mergers and acquisitions; M A; Digital ecosystems; Big Five; Merger control; Competition; Competition law; EU; EU law; EU competition law;

    Abstract : Digitalisation has fundamentally changed the way we communicate, conduct trade and consume goods and services. It has also enabled new business models to evolve. Some firms in the digital sector have developed and are now operating large conglomerate-like networks commonly referred to as ‘digital ecosystems’. READ MORE

  2. 2. Reflections on the economic strategies of private museums. A comparative study of the private museums in Meteora.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Theofilos Kolios; [2023]
    Keywords : museum management; private museums; economic strategies; open-system theory; stakeholder theory; resource-dependence theory; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis examines the economic strategies which two private museums of Meteora, the Hellenic Culture Museum and the Natural History Museum of Meteora and Mushroom Museum implement, so as to grasp the economic strategies that private museums in Greece adopt. Utilizing Varbanova’s (2013) framework which places specific emphasis not only on the open-system theory as an efficient way to comprehend the macro-level challenges (in particular the economic crisis and Covid-19, which had been plaguing the two museums for a long time) and opportunities (as the ones that can result from the implementation of a particular legal status in the context of a given cultural policy), but also on the stakeholder and resource-dependence theories, which acknowledge the pivotal role that various actors and resources inside and outside an organization play in museums’ prosperity, the thesis analyzes previous literature that demonstrates economic strategies that (public and private) museums adopt, so as to secure their continuation and thriving. READ MORE

  3. 3. Hunting as Assemblage : Heritage, History and Practices of the Alsace Hunt

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Sean Lang; [2022]
    Keywords : Hunting; Alsace; Environmental and Wildlife Management; Actor-Network-Theory; Assemblage Theory; Landscapes; Disturbance Ecology;

    Abstract : Hunting is often summarised to the act of searching for and killing an animal. Due to this fact, hunting has in recent years, come under scrutiny for its’ morality and lack of environmental consciousness. READ MORE

  4. 4. M-C-O or M-C...No? Multi-Club Ownership in English Football and Its Drivers

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Joakim Lundgren; Oskar Heljeberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Multi-club ownership; Multi-club portfolio member; Professional football; Premier League; Championship; Sporting performance; Financial performance; Player trading; Shareholder theory; Resource-based view;

    Abstract : Multi-club ownership [MCO] is a concept within the football industry which entails that an owner holds significant stakes in multiple teams. This ownership strategy is not new, however, what are the driving forces of this type of ownership structure and what are the outcomes? The purpose of this study was to explore potential drivers of MCO, to irradiate the concept and determine whether traditional business administration theories can be applied to explain its existence. READ MORE

  5. 5. Performance Art and Agential Realism: Producing Material-Discursive Knowledge about Class and the Body.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Karron Corbett; [2021]
    Keywords : Feminist performance art; agential realism; intersectionality; class; new materialism; class-drag; performativity; class-passing; intra-activity;

    Abstract : Using new materialist approaches to intersectional theories of gender/sex –particularly Karen Barad’s ethico-onto-epistemological framework, agential realism– this thesis examines how knowledge about class is produced, through feminist performance art practices. Through this lens I will examine how two pieces of performance art by U.K. READ MORE