Essays about: "institutional ambiguity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words institutional ambiguity.

  1. 1. The Future We Want To Want : Temporal Equity Within Sustainable Development Discourse

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Nicole Fleming; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Discourse; Equity; Temporality; Institutional Logics; Order of Worth;

    Abstract : This study explores the contradiction between the ways the institutional field of sustainable development has for decades been defined conceptually by a temporal sense of equity, or the aim of meeting the needs of both present and future generations, and the glaring lack of definition for the concept. Through discursive analysis, this study finds sustainable development discourse to precariously conceptualize equity according to multiple, incompatible institutional logics, and to conceptualize time in highly ambiguous ways. READ MORE

  3. 2. Early Insights in Accounting for the EU Taxonomy: A Case Study on an Industrial Company's Responses and Internal Implications

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Johan Elam; Mattias Löfvenberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Institutional pressure; Management control systems; Strategic responses; Sustainability reporting; EU Taxonomy;

    Abstract : Scholars and practitioners have recently struggled in defining and integrating sustainability. In response, the European Commission enforced the Regulation (EU) 2020/852 in July 2020. Establishing a standard classification tool, defining environmentally sustainable economic activities to relocate financial flows towards low-carbon activities. READ MORE

  4. 3. Under the shade of rumour refutation : a critical analysis of #PoliceRefuteRumour campaign on Chinese social media

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Mingyi Fang; [2021]
    Keywords : Civic Culture; Antagonism and Hegemony; Myth; Rumour; Rumour refutation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Rumour refutation is a series of campaigns that the Chinese authorities invest in combating 'the overflow' of network rumours, especially since 2017. These campaigns reflect the Chinese's knowledge of rumour as false and harmful. READ MORE

  5. 4. Underlying motives affecting an original equipment manufacturer’s make-or-buy decisions in the reverse-flow of electric vehicle batteries

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Oscar Hjerm; Felix Drangel; [2021]
    Keywords : Capability; Make-or-buy; Electric vehicle battery; Case study; Ambiguity; Kapabilitet; Producera själv eller köpa; Elfordonsbatteri; Fallstudie; Osäkerhet;

    Abstract : Background: Electric vehicles have been getting increasing attention due to their possibility to deliver multiple environmental, social, and health benefits. This has started a technological shift from the traditional combustion engine towards electric vehicle batteries. READ MORE

  6. 5. Value Before Volume: Management Control Systems and Institutional Complexity in Impact Private Equity

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Douglas Persson; Erik Hallgren; [2021]
    Keywords : Management Control Systems; Private Equity; Impact Private Equity; Institutional Logics; Institutional Complexity;

    Abstract : This paper elaborates on the research of management control systems (MCS) in the private equity (PE) field. Through a single case study of an impact PE firm, this study addresses the limited research on how PE enacts active ownership and strategy implementation through MCS, particularly in regard to mechanisms outside of formal governance and financial contracting. READ MORE