Essays about: "human resource topics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words human resource topics.

  1. 1. How do firms acquire strategic human resources for facilitating innovation - A multiple-case study of MNCs which have headquarters in European context

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Zhixing Zhao; Alessia Mazzalai; [2023-07-19]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Nowadays, firms are required to adapt to new innovations trend which is driven by technology, products and business mode. Organizations are facing the challenge of both electrification and automation. As big players, multinational corporations (MNCs) are facing global competition in their business. READ MORE

  2. 2. Sweet and Salty: Colonial and Modern Corporate Commodity Exploitation in Northeastern Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Flavia Copia Sperandio; [2022]
    Keywords : modern corporation; sugar cane monoculture; coloniality; rock salt mines; extractivism; Brazil; decolonial theory; business human rights.; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis is a historical comparative analysis of the social and environmental impacts of past colonial exploitation and the modern corporate extraction and exploitation of natural resources and commodities. The thesis examines these issues through the case studies of sugar monoculture in the Northeast region of colonial Brazil (16th and 17th Century) and the sinking of Maceió (also in Northeastern Brazil) due to the corporate exploitation of rock salt mines (1976-2019). READ MORE

  3. 3. Interdisciplinary and interspatial discrepancies in urban planning : a multi-actor-multi-criteria analysis of the effects of densification on accessibility and sustainability

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Jelmer van der Ham; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Urban Planning; Densification; Accessibility; Multi-Actor-Multi-Criteria Analysis; Interdisciplinarity;

    Abstract : Density has increasingly been used as a strategy by urban planners to increase accessibility and urban sustainability. Particularly, it has been opted as a tool to achieve sustainable development goal 11 ‘inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities and human settlements’. READ MORE

  4. 4. Internationalization of Chinese MNCs in the Swedish Market : An Empirical Study on the Role of Institutional Structure and Socio-cultural Factors in the Process of Internationalization

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    Author : Yao Li; [2017]
    Keywords : MNCs’ Internationalization; Cross-cultural practice; Cultural dimensions; Uppsala Internationalization Process Model; The Network Model of Internationalization; Adaptive process;

    Abstract : China and Sweden are two key players that are highly involved with and significantly benefited from globalization. Sino-Foreign direct investment (FDI) and Multinational Corporations’(MNC) internationalization are major topics in the academic community of international business and management. READ MORE

  5. 5. Ten thousand applications in ten minutes : Evaluating scalable recruitment, evaluation and screening methods of candidates for sales jobs

    University essay from KTH/Industriell Marknadsföring och Entreprenörskap

    Author : Stephen Kirk; [2017]
    Keywords : Scalable recruitment; evaluation; evaluation for sales positions; screening; e-recruiting; ideal salesperson; digital recruitment; erecruiting; recruiting; human resources; human resource management; scalability; scalable recruiting; sälj; säljare; skalbar försäljning; utvärdering av säljare;

    Abstract : While personnel evaluation has been extensively covered in literature, little is known about evaluation procedures screening a large number of applicants. The basis of this research was to investigate if candidates for sales positions can be evaluated in a scalable way (where the number of applications does not impact the cost of evaluation much) for an on demand sales platform. READ MORE