Essays about: "ethnographic"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 650 essays containing the word ethnographic.

  1. 21. Don't Fall! A Case Study on Market-scoping For Early-stage Technologies and the Role of Sensemaking

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Julia Klingestam Lundqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Market-scoping; early-stage technologies; dynamic capabilities; sensemaking; high tech;

    Abstract : Effectively managing uncertainty requires flexibility and strategic trade-offs, even so for firms basing their product-offer on early-stage technologies. Managers' role in strategic decisions have previously been overlooked, focusing more on predetermined market spaces based on technology, firm, and industry characteristics. READ MORE

  3. 22. Unraveling the Influencing Factors Behind Urban-to-Rural Migration among Artists in Rural Skåne Region

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Aniesha Goeslina Hawaningrum; [2023]
    Keywords : counter-urbanization; exurban artists; migration; urban-to-rural; lived experiences; influencing factors; values; accounts; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Counterurbanization has become a phenomenon in recent decades. Despite, more people choose to live in big cities. Urban crisis-related population disparities pose serious societal problems. Traditionalists assume people follow the perceived greater employment opportunities in urban areas to pursue wealth and monetary gain. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Influence of Changed Accouting Language on the Interpretation of Intangible Assets and Financial Reality : SaaS Arrangements in the Light of New IFRIC Decisions

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Adam Christensen; Sofia Sörman; [2023]
    Keywords : Accounting language; financial reality; intangible assets; regulatory change; SaaS; SaaS arrangements; institutional theory;

    Abstract : Background/Problem: As languages are powerful tools of communication, they play a vitalrole in shaping our perception of reality, influence our understanding of the world and determine how we interpret and make sense of it. Thus, changing the accounting languagealso affects the way financial reality can be expressed, interpreted, and perceived. READ MORE

  5. 24. Surrender to Dagaa : An ethnographic study of Fishing in Zanzibar

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Björn Trägårdh; [2023]
    Keywords : Phenomenology; political economy; fishing; overexploitation; neoliberalism; blue economy; scientific capitalism; unlimited goods;

    Abstract : This thesis explores Zanzibari fishing practices and the fishermen’s relation to the ocean, within the context of the global political economy. The study focuses on catching small pelagic fish, locally known as dagaa, which has become vital for food security in Zanzibar. READ MORE

  6. 25. Recreating the aesthetic experience of Orwell’s book nineteen eighty four as a Tabletop roleplaying rule set : A systemic perspective on rules as the aesthetic space in Oceania 2084

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Johan Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : tabletop roleplaying games; abstraction; game design; design process; semiotics; iterative design; aesthetics; symbols;

    Abstract : By examining the results of an iterative design process, specifically a tabletop roleplaying game, Oceania 2084, this thesis aims to formulate a generalizable design process applicable when translating a work of fiction into a ruleset. The object that was translated into a ruleset was the book Nineteen Eighty-Four written by George Orwell in 1949. READ MORE