Essays about: "transnational strategy"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 40 essays containing the words transnational strategy.

  1. 21. The Value of Taste: Consumption Strategies for Social Upward Mobility among Urban Chinese Youth

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Annie Ross; [2015]
    Keywords : Xiaozi; youth; distinction; social mobility; urban; middle-class; consumer culture; China.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores a group of young Western-oriented Chinese consumers called xiaozi in Shanghai, comprised mainly by young individuals from an urban lower middle-class background who attempt at adopting a lifestyle and identity marked by a taste for fine arts and foreign culture. The study shows that by means of social distinction through taste and foreign cultural practices the xiaozi youth can attempt at acquiring cultural capital for upward social mobility, to compensate for their lack of economic capital or social connections in Shanghai's society. READ MORE

  3. 22. Interpretations and applications of the EU objective of Territorial Cohesion: An analysis of EU Cohesion Policy Programmes 2014-2020

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

    Author : Purushottam Kesar; [2015]
    Keywords : Territorial cohesion; Cohesion Policy; European spatial planning; European Territorial Co-operation; INTERREG;

    Abstract : “Territorial Cohesion” has been a topic of intense debate within the EU Policy lexicon. This has been partly because it’s still in cycles of interpretations and is in a quest for an acceptable and a discreet operational framework. However, parallel to ongoing discourses, Cohesion Policy for the period 2014-20 has been rolled out. READ MORE

  4. 23. Ground-Breaking Contingency Planning with Risk- & Disaster Management : A Case Study at Höganäs Japan K.K.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : David Häggberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Risk Management; Disaster Management; Disaster Recovery; Business Contingency; Earthquake; Natural Disasters;

    Abstract : Final Thesis, Master of Business Administration & Economic Program, Field of Research: Management, School of Business & Economics at Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden, 4FE10E, Spring 2015. Author: David Häggberg Supervisor: Richard Nakamura (Daniel Ericsson) Title: Ground-Breaking Contingency Planning with Risk- & Disaster Management Subtitle: A Case Study at Höganäs Japan K. READ MORE

  5. 24. In the Pursuit of Influence : A Study of Transnational Advocacy Networks' Legitimacy Efforts

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Företagsekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Andreas Larsen; Naima Yosef; [2015]
    Keywords : Strategy; Legitimacy; Transnational Advocacy Network; Organization; Civil Society; CSO; NGO;

    Abstract : As organized global actors, transnational advocacy networks (TANs) are an emerging way of people getting their voice heard and to make a change in global governance. Influencing policy-makers through advocacy has an identified connection to the legitimacy of the organization where the general assumption is that a higher legitimacy facilitates influence. READ MORE

  6. 25. Transnational Replication - A case study of Volvo Car Corporation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Odin Sohrabi; [2014-12-12]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Replications of organizational practices and routines are used by many MNCs as an efficient strategy for growing economies of scale and improving brand recognition. When replicating on international levels, i.e. from one market to another, it is evident that there is also a need to adapt to local markets. READ MORE