Essays about: "marketization"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 44 essays containing the word marketization.

1. 31. ReservationHop and the Effect of Unrestricted Marketization on Society

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Ana Echeverria; [2015]
   Keywords : marketization; consumer choice theory; Pareto-efficiency argument;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to conduct a case study examining the intrusion of marketplace ideals on various aspects of everyday life. In this thesis, I provide a case study of a new business in San Francisco, ReservationHop, that transforms the previously first come, first serve restaurant reservation service into an auction style scalping (resell at a higher price) system, thereby affecting the distribution of an economic service, or good. READ MORE

3. 32. Recent gentrification tendencies in China : A case study of potentials and threats in Changzhou

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

   Author : XIAOYU NIU; [2014]
   Keywords : Gentrification; urban renewal; neo-liberalization; residential differentiation; historical blocks; Changzhou;

   Abstract : In nearly 30 years of urban development in the emerging economies, as China, gentrification has evidently been the dynamic urbanization changes of urban social space which is driven by government and marketing. With the impacts of current neo-liberalization, the case study of Changzhou indicates how the government and marketization functions in planning. READ MORE

4. 33. Research and Application of the Locus and Urban Catalyst Theory in the Renewal of Chinese Traditional Districts---Urban Renewal of Yinxiang District in Nanjing, China

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

   Author : QIN SU; [2014]
   Keywords : Traditional Districts; The Locus Theory; Urban Catalysts; Urban Renewal; Urban Planning; Yinxiang District; Nanjing;

   Abstract : After the first upsurge of urbanization in 1980s, many built-up areas in Chinese cities have become the so-called ‘traditional districts’. Nowadays these traditional districts are confronted with both internal growing plights such as function decay, fabric chaos and substance aging and external developing challenges which may include globalization, marketization and demands of achieving a sustainable urban development. READ MORE

5. 34. Marketization of Education and School Choice in Kunming: Parental Usage of Bourdieu’s Three Forms of Capital Under Scrutiny

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Mengyao Han; [2014]
   Keywords : Bourdieu; marketization; education; China; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Education is a significant topic in China. The practice of what is known as “school choice” at compulsory education level (xiaoshengchu) has attracted attention from all government, media, and academic circle. READ MORE

6. 35. Soft Law and the Single Market: Measuring the Impact of the EDA’s Code of Conduct on Marketizing Defence Procurement in the European Union

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Simon Kus; [2013]
   Keywords : Defence Procurement; Marketization; EU; European Defence Equipment Market; European Defence Agency; Code of Conduct on Defence Procurement; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : After several decades of collaborative arms procurement conducted on juste retour principles the Member States of the European Union are moving towards market based solutions in their attempts to maintain a competitive and sustainable defence technological and industrial base on the continent. This paper seeks to conduct a baseline study on the impact of the European Defence Agency’s 2005/6 Code of Conduct on Defence Procurement, the first explicitly market based measures enacted. READ MORE