Essays about: "structural embeddedness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words structural embeddedness.

  1. 1. Analysis of the impact of ethical leadership on working conditions in the workplace : A case study of “Holiday Club Åre” and “Ski star Åre” in Åre, Sweden

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism

    Author : Richmond Boakye; [2022]
    Keywords : Ethical leadership; Working conditions; labour; Holiday Club Åre; Ski Star Åre; Tourism;

    Abstract : Labour in our current dispensation can be understood by critically examining their embeddedness in their geographical spaces and their spatial connection to those geographical spaces. Meanwhile, it has been highly contested by famous economic geographers like Andrew Herod and Don Mitchell, who argues that although labour shapes their economic and political spaces, they do not do this by choice and, as such, their power to make structural changes had been overemphasised. READ MORE

  3. 2. Shaking Hands with the Zeitgeist. : Influencing trends through strategic design.

    University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Industridesign

    Author : Benjamin Mastroianni; [2021]
    Keywords : Industrial Design Smart Home Conceptual Design Soft Robotics Cultural Dynamics Trend Mechanisms High Fashion;

    Abstract : Research into cultural dynamics and trend mechanisms has been used to “deconstruct” theinfluence structure of fashion in a way that can be applied to a hypothetical design strategy.The design strategy revolves around designing products with the intension to indirectlycommunicate an idea or ideas and by taking advantage of a products emotional value, toincrease structural and cognitive embeddedness of underlying ideas. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Labour-market Experiences of Skilled African Women in Sweden : The Case of Kenyan Women

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Fortune Chanelle Mugororoka; [2020]
    Keywords : Labor market segmentation; migrant women; uncertainty; precarious work; highly skilled; intersectionality; dualism.;

    Abstract : The study sought to understand the labour-market experiences of Kenyan women living in Swedenfrom a precarity standpoint. Specifically, from the point of view of uncertainty and vulnerability ofAfrican migrants workers in the labor market. READ MORE

  5. 4. Foreign Market Establishment of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) : Key Factors to Consider for Swedish KIBS Firms Entering Norway

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : MARTIN LINDBLOM; ANDREAS WEIDLERTZ; [2018]
    Keywords : Knowledge intensive business services; internationalization; liability of foreignness; liability of outsidership; dynamic internationalization capabilities; foreign market establishment; establishment chain; business networks; relational embeddedness; structural embeddedness; Kunskapsintensiva affärstjänster; internationalisering; liability of foreignness; liability of outsidership; dynamiska internationaliseringsförmågor; utländsk marknadsetablering; etableringskedja; affärsnätverk; relationell förankring; strukturell förankring;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore key factors to consider for a Swedish Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) firm to successfully enter the Norwegian market, and examine how these factors compare to incumbent theories on foreign market establishment. The study is based on an interpretivist research design and utilizes qualitative methods in order to achieve the intended purpose. READ MORE

  6. 5. Bridging the gap between researchers, growers, extension and industry in organic strawberry production : a case study on the agricultural knowledge network of central coastal California

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection Biology

    Author : Konstantinos Kalaitzoglou; [2018]
    Keywords : alternative food networks; embeddedness; knowledge creation; knowledge dissemination; organic strawberry production; participatory research;

    Abstract : The aim of this research was to investigate how and why the development of a knowledge network between researchers, growers, extension agents and industry impacts the knowledge creation and dissemination in organic agricultural networks. Theoretically, we drew upon the concept of Embeddedness in agro-food networks. READ MORE