Essays about: "entrepreneurship on national development"

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  1. 1. 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

  2. 2. Exploring the Prospects of Turkish Resource Nationalism. Constructing Subject and Places through Hydrosocial Territories - the Case of GAP

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nadja Ali; [2022]
    Keywords : Resource nationalism; GAP; hydrosocial territories; governmentality; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis sets to interrogate the deployment of resource nationalism in the Turkish case, using the hydraulic project Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi as a case study. While previous research has often determined resource nationalism through state-building and economic accumulation, the thesis challenges this literature by focusing on how conceptualizations of subjects and places are constructed in conjuncture to resource nationalist imageries to build a sense of national unity. READ MORE

  3. 3. Promoting Sustainable Entrepreneurship Through Competition: The Case of Investment and Development Agency of Latvia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Rihards Mežaraups; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Sustainable Entrepreneurship; governmental actors; institutional theory; business plan competition;

    Abstract : The aim of this research is to analyse and describe the promotion of sustainable entrepreneurship by governmental organizations to new entrepreneurs. The thesis looks into the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) which is the main governmental body for organizing business idea competitions in Latvia. READ MORE

  4. 4. SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW ON SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SWEDEN - A context specific analysis of social entrepreneurship

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : William Fellbom; [2020-11-05]
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    Abstract : Faced with the fact that no consensus exists in defining social entrepreneurship, coupled with multiple academics stressing the importance of context to understand the concept, the author aim to further research this topic by investigating how social entrepreneurship is applied within a specific national context - Sweden. Relevant literature of social entrepreneurship is presented, and the national context of Sweden is outlined to act as a framework upon which the data is analyzed and discussed. READ MORE

  5. 5. Skills and competencies for sustainable food systems : case study of young market gardeners in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Breeding (from 130101)

    Author : Lotten Lundgren; [2020]
    Keywords : market gardening; sustainability; food system; skills; competencies; lock-in; transition;

    Abstract : Global food systems are locked into a sociotechnical regime where actors are dependent on high external inputs and economies of scale, and systemic innovation is necessary to meet sustainability targets. Recent research into the development of education for fostering sustainability leaders, such as the Horizon 2020-project NextFood, have largely focused on mainstream agriculture, despite the importance of niches in driving systems change. READ MORE