Essays about: "labour productivity theory"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 23 essays containing the words labour productivity theory.

  1. 11. Queer Work : Productivity, reproduction and change

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Siân Bradley; [2016]
    Keywords : Queer; Work; Anti-work; Intersectionality; Social reproduction; Social change;

    Abstract : Work in general is under-theorised as a site of oppression in queer and intersectional studies, despite the power imbalances it manifests and its far-reaching effects on everyday lives. Anti-work theory is a useful conceptual tool for examining work critically. READ MORE

  2. 12. Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Economic Growth : A quantitative study about the moderating effects of institutional dimensions on the relationship of necessity- and opportunity motivated entrepreneurship and economic growth

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Eva Bozoki; Markus Richter; [2016]
    Keywords : necessity entrepreneurship; opportunity entrepreneurship; institutional theory; trust; power distance index; individualism; economic growth;

    Abstract : In this thesis we statistically measure if normative and cultural-cognitive institutions moderate the relationship of entrepreneurship and economic growth when the entrepreneurial activity is rooted in different motivations. The types of entrepreneurship which we are measuring, in relation to economic growth, are opportunity- and necessity entrepreneurship. READ MORE

  3. 13. A resource based view of productivity, firm growth and technical management tools : a case study of Swedish large-scale farms

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Hans Alvemar; [2015]
    Keywords : farm size; productivity; precision agriculture; resource-based view; RBV; farm management;

    Abstract : The past and ongoing structural change in Swedish agriculture has led to an increasing number of large-scale farms. The biological factors associated with large-scale farming operations may cause increasing variability, risk and reduced yields due to sub-optimal timing and management of field operations. READ MORE

  4. 14. Agricultural Intensification and Livelihood Strategies of Female Farmers in Babati District, Tanzania - A Minor Field Study

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

    Author : Marcus Bengtsson; Maria Klerfelt; [2014-10-29]
    Keywords : Agricultural; intensification; gender; Tanzania; livelihood; household; typologies; female; farmers; babati;

    Abstract : In many parts of the world and especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and Tanzania, where the majority of the poorest people live, agriculture is the way to make a living. Life in agriculture is in many ways marked by gender inequality. READ MORE

  5. 15. Land Restitution in Colombia - Prospects of Increasing Agricultural Productivity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Carl Sernbo; [2013]
    Keywords : Land reform; induced innovation; agricultural productivity; minifundio-latifundio; transaction costs; collective actions; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study concerns the prospects of the Victims and Land Restitution Law in Colombia, of successfully contribution in increasing agricultural productivity, through a restitution of land to the victims of the country’s armed conflict. According to the theory of Giovanni Andrea Cornia very small-sized farms and large-sized farms have a lower relative productivity than middle-sized farms, due to the formers’ lesser ability of absorbing the excess labour supply caused by the strong incentives to the large landowners to keep land unutilized. READ MORE