Essays about: "marketization"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 44 essays containing the word marketization.
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16. Does it pay off to be formal? How different financing choices affect the performance of Chinese private firms
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis studies the link between private firm performance and access to finance from a formal financial institution in China. Using firm-level data collected by the World Bank from 2700 private Chinese firms in the period December 2011 to February 2013, this paper finds a positive connection between the use of formal finance and private firm performance. READ MORE
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17. The Future of the New Media Economy : exploring the entangling identities of advertising and journalism professionals via the phenomenon of native advertising
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : This thesis explores the relationship between journalism and advertising from the individual professional’s perspective. In-depth qualitative interviews with a total of eleven individuals currently working in Sweden or Denmark as either journalists or advertising, marketing and public relations professionals have been conducted, in which native advertisements have been shown and discussed. READ MORE
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18. Girls' Future is Girls' Future? : Tracing the Girl Effect in Plan International Sweden
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis sets out to answer if, and in that case how, the current development discourse, centring on instrumentalist arguments for gender equality and the “marketization” of aid, is reflected in Plan International Sweden’s campaign on the International Day of the Girl Child. The study draws upon critical feminist theories which stress that the instrumentalist approach, which scholars mean has become more common due to the marketization of aid, essentializes women and men in line with traditional ideas of femininity and masculinity. READ MORE
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19. Can the Act on System of Choice Empower Women? An interview study of female entrepreneurs' experiences on the Swedish homecare market
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : When the Act on System of choice was implemented on the Swedish homecare market in 2009, there seemed to be an assumed understanding that by increasing competition on the eldercare market through privatization it would create better opportunities for women. Entrepreneurship was phrased as a solution for empowering and emancipating women in breaking out from a fixed role in low-status professions. READ MORE
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20. Chinese Regional Development, a Consequence of State Interventions or the Private Sector?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : A current topic in today’s China is to find paths for passing the middle income. Although the restoration process has been ongoing for a couple of decades, the complete marketization transition has not yet turned into reality. However, the pace of development is still impressive, partly depending on an increasing private enterprise mobility. READ MORE