Essays about: "liberal market economies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words liberal market economies.

1. 1. Intellectual capital and innovation in startups

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för ekonomivetenskap och juridik

   Author : Andreas Björnberg; Fredrik Lindström; [2018]
   Keywords : intellectual capital; incremental innovation; innovative startups; liberal market economies; European coordinated market economies;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to outline how startups shape their intellectual capital to create incremental innovation. This has manifested itself as a black-box for practitioners and it has previously been unknown if startups and established firms differentiate themselves during such a process. READ MORE

3. 2. Businesses intruding on the welfare state arena : A study of how CSR within education can be seen as legitimate business practice

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Caroline Kolmodin Palm; Fredrika Jonzon; [2017]
   Keywords : CSR; legitimacy; institutional theory; organizational identity; organizational identity orientation;

   Abstract : In coordinated market economies, the role distribution is clear: the state provides welfare services and businesses conduct business. In the welfare state of Sweden, however, businesses address social issues and thus transcend their traditional role. READ MORE

4. 3. Do Institutions Contribute to a Comparative Advantage in Innovation?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Julia Bruno; Ingrid Lindberg; [2017]
   Keywords : institutions; comparative advantage; varieties of capitalism; radical innovation; incremental innovation;

   Abstract : Adopting a comparative capitalism approach, this study examines three institutional configurations: Liberal Market Economies (LMEs), Coordinated Market Economies (CMEs), and Creative Corporatist Economies (CCEs) in an attempt to assess whether they are associated with a comparative advantage in radical or incremental innovation. Three hypotheses are tested: (1) LMEs have a comparative advantage over CMEs in radical innovation, (2) CMEs have a comparative advantage over LMEs in incremental innovation, and (3) CCEs have a comparative advantage over LMEs and CMEs in radical innovation. READ MORE

5. 4. The Motherhood Wage Penalty: A Varieties of Capitalism Approach

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Erik Lundquist; Hanna Eklööf; [2017]
   Keywords : Varieties of Capitalism; Motherhood Wage Penalty; Gender Economics; Institutional Theory; Labor Economics;

   Abstract : This paper aims to relate the issue of the Motherhood Wage Penalty to the institutional framework "Varieties of Capitalism." Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study, we perform cross-national analyses on the discrepancy in wages between mothers with young children and females without children. READ MORE

6. 5. Neoclassical Economics and Development: A critical review of the convergence hypothesis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Heidar Nouri; [2013]
   Keywords : convergence; Washington consensus; development; postmodern critic; neoclassical economics; neo-liberalism; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This paper aims to critically review scientific purports by neoclassical economics, in particular when it comes to international development politics. Strive for global unified economies conceptualized through the convergence theorem and its extensional implementation through Washington consensus is the main goal of liberal ideology. READ MORE