Essays about: "economist"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 39 essays containing the word economist.

  1. 11. Gearing up for innovation; How can a large organization facilitate knowledge transfer within the organization in order to learn from innovation?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Marcus Wahlberg; [2017-09-15]
    Keywords : Organizational learning; learning from innovation; knowledge transfer;

    Abstract : Background and Problem: The world is changing, and it’s changing faster than it has ever done before. The Schumpeterian waves of creative destruction that companies were once able to ride on for decades are increasing in both frequency and ferocity, and just like the waves erodes the shoreline, the waves of creative destruction erode the profit of companies not able to cope with the changes (The Economist, 2009). READ MORE

  3. 12. Nationalism and Democracy : A quantitative study about the relationship between national identity and attitudes towards democracy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Gabrielsson; [2017]
    Keywords : national identity; ethnic nationalism; civic nationalism; democracy; trust; attitudes; Europe;

    Abstract : This article sets out to examine how different levels and types of nationalism are correlated with attitudes towards democracy, a relationship that has not received much attention in previous research. I aim to investigate this relationship by examining how two forms of national identities (ethnic and civic) affect attitudes towards democracy in 30 European countries. READ MORE

  4. 13. Nationalism in Europe : A quantitative study about the relationship between different kinds of nationalism and liberal democracy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Gabrielsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Nationalism; collective identity; political culture; democracy; ethnic; civic; LCA; ISSP;

    Abstract : This article sets out to examine how different types of nationalism are correlated with the level of democracy in a country, a relationship that has not received much attention in previous research. I aim to investigate this relationship by examining how five forms of nationalism affect democracy in 23 European countries. READ MORE

  5. 14. Government Financing of SMEs : A case study of the Swedish business development check for internationalization

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Alexander Eriksson; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Purpose:This thesis consistsof research on government support to SMEs. The focus is on financing since research within the area have found that government financing isan ineffective support to SMEs on its own. To study this the research looked into the Swedish business development check. READ MORE

  6. 15. Voodoo Child

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Joel Arvidsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Haiti; Dominican Republic; Poverty Trap; Economic Growth; Bad Governance; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In this paper I examine the reasons on why some poor countries seem to achieve economic growth, while some others do not. Can we decide which country that will succeed beforehand, or is it simply a matter of policy? I take my starting point in the economist Jeffrey D. READ MORE