Essays about: "political-institutional environment"

Found 3 essays containing the words political-institutional environment.

  1. 1. Corporate Social Responsibility in Variegated Political Environments: A Comparative Study of CSR Disclosure between China and Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Xu Kang; [2021]
    Keywords : Corporate social responsibility; institutional theory; political-institutional environment; corporate governance; China; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a widely publicised corporate practice that has become widespread across the globe in the context of globalisation. Still, past research has found considerable variation in the understanding and practice of CSR among companies in different national contexts. READ MORE

  2. 2. THE RELATIVE RELEVANCE OF TRUST Revisiting the relationship between trust and cooperation for the environment in large-scale collective action dilemmas

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Erik Jönsson; [2020-06-18]
    Keywords : large-scale environmental collective action; cooperation; social trust; politicalinstitutional trust; trust-context;

    Abstract : Many global environmental problems can be understood as collective action dilemmas which ultimately requires cooperation in order for them to be resolved. Due to certain stressors associated with large-scale collective action for the environment it is unlikely that cooperation will occur. READ MORE

  3. 3. Biofuels: Environmental benefits or trade-offs? The South-North perspective on biofuel business, trade and environment. A case study from Argentina on soy biodiesel

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Angelica Erlandsson; [2007]
    Keywords : Biofuels; Argentina; soy biodiesel; bioethanol; carbon neutrality; climate change; South-North; biofuel market; sustainable indexes; deforestation; agricultural frontier; greenhouse gases; World Trade Organization; GMOs; Environmental studies; Miljöstudier; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis describes the global development of biofuel trade from a South-North perspective, with a particular focus on the view fom the global South on the case of soybean bio-diesel from Argentina. The overall question of the thesis focuses on the balance between benefits and trade-offs of biofuels from an environmental perspective, it also considers economic and social dimensions. READ MORE