Essays about: "gift giving"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words gift giving.

1. 1. Displays of Deference, Projections of Power : The English East India Company in Japan, 1615–1622

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Tami Hioki; [2023]
   Keywords : English East India Company; Hirado; Japan; Richard Cocks; Tokugawa shogunate; connected histories; cosmopolitanism; power relations; global interactions;

   Abstract : From 1613 to 1623, the English East India Company (EIC) maintained a trading post at Hirado, Japan. This trading post was one of the first that the EIC established, and because England was far from the empire it would one day become, Company members had to adjust to local customs and respect the laws of Japan in order to conduct business there. READ MORE

3. 2. Comparison of Japanese and Finnish Gift GivingBehavior

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Nora Ulkuniemi; [2022]
   Keywords : Cultural anthropology; Japan; Finland; gift giving; motives; functions; cultural values;

   Abstract : Gift exchange is at the heart of many social relationships and interactions. Various studies haveimplied that gift-giving is often based on the obligation to reciprocate, thus creating an economicexchange. The common components of gift-giving are the gift, the giver and the receiver, and theoccasion. READ MORE

4. 3. From Hospitium to Hybridisation: The acquisition, adoption, and transformation of Roman zoomorphic forms in Barbaricum

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : David Stuart Parker; [2022]
   Keywords : Zoomorphism; Romans; Roman imports; Romanisation; hybridisation; Barbaricum; hospitium; dona militaria; spoils of war; gift-giving; Roman provinces; Roman Iron Age; Iron Age societies.; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This text is an attempt to re-evaluate the significance of Roman imports in Scandinavian contexts as well as to answer overarching questions concerning frontier zones, and the building of core-periphery relationships. This is achieved by applying the Roman concepts of hospitium and dona militaria as well as theoretical frameworks such as provincial ritual practices and cultural hybridisation to a predefined group of material culture. READ MORE

5. 4. Discussion of the gift-giving behavior in rural and urban area respectively: Empirical evidence in China

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Yancheng Wang; [2020-07-10]
   Keywords : gift-giving; motive; altruism; reciprocity; social norm; China;

   Abstract : Sending gifts in specific festivals and events is a universal phenomenon. One major concern is the motivations behind the sizable and significant gift expenses. The purpose of this research is to compare the gift-giving motives between rural and urban households. READ MORE

6. 5. Guanxi, Networking and Ownership Registrations. : a case study of entrepreneurs networking activities in the service sector in Shanghai, China’s most Western Market

   University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för ekonomi

   Author : Katarina Möllerström; [2020]
   Keywords : Entrepreneur; China; guanxi; networking; ownership registration; service sector; Guanxi Network Ownership Model;

   Abstract : China has blossomed from going from one of the poorest economies to a financial leader. The private consumption in China has grown 8,3% annually the last two decades. The dining out expenditures have grown 10,2%, and is an exciting market for foreign entrepreneurs to establish themselves in. READ MORE