Essays about: "labour markets"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 101 essays containing the words labour markets.

  1. 6. The Case of the Halls Meat Factory Closure : Looking at processes through the eyes of the workers

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Filip Tedelund; [2022]
    Keywords : Meat Industry; Supply Chain; Labour Process Theory; Flexible Accumulation; Extended Case Method;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at examining processes in capitalist food production through a case study of Vion’s Halls factory in Broxburn, Scotland, which closed in 2012. The researcher uses his position as a former employee to receive interviews with former workers at the factory to gain knowledge about what happened in the factory and how that relates to bigger developments in the economy. READ MORE

  3. 7. Historical ecology of the Greater Burgan oilfield : economy, technology, politics, and workers

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Saleh Youssef; [2022]
    Keywords : Oil extraction; The Greater Burgan Oilfield; Petrocultures; Assemblage thinking; Kuwait econ-omy; Oil peak; Migrant labour; Environmental History;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the current state of crude oil extraction and production in the Greater Burgan oilfield, Kuwait's largest and oldest oilfield. This thesis is based on interviews with oilfield workers, analyses of official documents from the Kuwaiti government and the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), and my own experience as an oilfield worker in Kuwait. READ MORE

  4. 8. The future financial advisor - A qualitative study examining how the emergence of robo advisory services are reshaping the role of the financial advisor

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Alva Wiksten; Hanna Meesenburg; [2022]
    Keywords : Robo advisory services; Financial advisors; Transformation of employee roles;

    Abstract : With the acceleration of technological innovation and the exceeding use of artificial intelligence, conditions in the labour markets are changing and employee roles are being transformed. The assets under management for robo advisory services are continuing to grow in size. READ MORE

  5. 9. Age demographics and economic growth : a study of Sweden and Finland 1960-2020

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Martin Lyrvall; [2022]
    Keywords : age demographics; economic growth; dependency ratio;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the subject of age demographics and economic growth, measured in GDP per capita, in Sweden and Finland between 1960-2020. The chosen method was to compile a number of variables that aim to explain how the age demographics are affected in the two countries and was analysed using OLS-regression. READ MORE

  6. 10. “Freedom is the greatest gift your master can give you”; Understanding a protracted emancipation process from slavery to freedom from the perspective of Mauritanian master’s

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Christine Olsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Labour coercion; Emancipation; Property right; Economic incentives; Capital markets; Narrative analysis; Mauritania; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Using Mauritania as a case study this thesis compares the decline of two forms of coercive labour, slavery and servitude, to understand how masters’ incentives differ depending on property right and thus affect conditions for decline. By re-analysing sociological research through an economic lens, this thesis offers a new angle on Mauritania’s emancipation process. READ MORE