Essays about: "social problems in india"

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  1. 21. Challenges in Emerging Markets: The case of Swedish firms in Sub-Saharan African Markets

    University essay from Avdelningen för ekonomi

    Author : Joseph Okhiria; Dimkpa Princewill; [2013]
    Keywords : Key words: Internationalization; Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; Markets; Corruption; Political Instability; Economic challenges; Cultural Differences;

    Abstract : Title:  Challenges in Emerging Markets: The case of Swedish firms in Sub-Saharan African Markets Level:  Final thesis for Master Degree in Business Administration   Authors:  Joseph Okhiria and Princewill Dimkpa   Supervisor:  Professor Akmal Hyder                                                      Date: 10th June 2013   Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate and understand the major challenges Swedish firms experience in SSA markets, and how they manage these challenges.  Method: Qualitative study was done on a Swedish firm and an intermediary in SSA countries. READ MORE

  3. 22. Conflicts over place between indigenous communities and modern capitalism. The case of the Niyamgiri hills, Orissa.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Tove Stenius; [2012]
    Keywords : place; space; economic development; indigenous; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This literature case study focus on a contemporary conflict between the mining company Vedanta Resources and the indigenous tribe of the Dongria Kondh within the Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa, India. The analysis is grounded in phenomenology, as humanistic geographical concepts of space and place are used in order to interpret the different meanings of space and place as they are expressed within the literature by the two conflicting parties. READ MORE

  4. 23. Dysfunctional aspects of Software Development : An analysis of how lip-service, deception and organisational politics may side-track the result of well-intended methodologies

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation

    Author : Mikael Gislen; [2012]
    Keywords : Agile Software Development; Computer Supported Cooperative Work; Cultural Studies; Ethnography; Global Software Development; Human Computer Interaction; Information Systems; Internal Politics; ISO 9000; Micro Economics; Participatory Design; Psychology; Quality Systems; Software Engineering; Software Process; Software Quality; TickIT; The Human Role In Software Development;

    Abstract : This paper tries to identify and understand the human social obstacles for developing quality software. These include lip-service, cutting corners, deception and effects of internal politics. These obstacles can undermine the good intentions behind the software methodologies. READ MORE

  5. 24. Water compositions and attitudes to a rooftop rainwater harvesting system : a minor field study in Killarlahalli, India

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

    Author : Lina Jan-Ers; [2012]
    Keywords : rainwater harvesting; rooftop; minerals; rural India; drinking water;

    Abstract : The ground water of about 4500 villages in the state of Karnataka is not fit for drinking purpose due to high fluoride content, iron content or brackishness. Long term consumption of fluoride contaminated water causes the disease fluorosis. READ MORE

  6. 25. Flying Carpets from East to West : An Examination on Corporate Social Responsibility within the Indian Carpet Industry

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

    Author : Emma Johansson; [2012]
    Keywords : India; corporate social responsibility; carpets; sub-contracting; United Nations Global Compact;

    Abstract : Corporate social responsibility is a concept widely discussed by businesses and has come to describe the relationship between business and society. For some it means the idea o legal responsibility, an ethical behaviour and some equate it with charitable contribution. READ MORE