Search for dissertations about: "Small businesses"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the words Small businesses.

2. 1. Financing Small Businesses - Developing our Understanding of Financial Bootstrapping Behavior

   Author : Joakim Winborg; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Commercial and industrial economics; Finansiering; Financial science; Small business manager; Small business; Social capital; Social contracting; Resource acquisition; Relationship-oriented financial bootstrapping; Finance; Financial bootstrapping; Industriell ekonomi; Social economics; Social ekonomi;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this composite thesis, consisting of five articles, is to develop concepts for furthering the understanding of small business managers´ handling of finance. The main contribution is the development of a conceptual understanding of so-called financial bootstrapping behavior in small businesses (referring to the use of methods for minimizing and/or eliminating the need for financial means for resource acquisition). READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on inheritance, small businesses and energy consumption

   Author : Sebastian Escobar; Mikael Elinder; Katarina Nordblom; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; estates; bequests; inheritance taxes; tax evasion; tax avoidace; liquidity; entrepreneurship; small business; sub-metering; environment; smart meters; energy conservation; quasi experiment;

   Abstract : Essay 1: People’s planning to evade the inheritance tax curtails its merits. However, the extent of planning remains a matter of argument. According to popular belief, it is widespread, but few estimates have been presented. READ MORE

5. 3. Managers’ Work, Working Conditions and Wellbeing in Small Companies with Profitable Growth

   Author : Elena Ahmadi; Gloria Macassa; Daniel Lundqvist; Gunnar Bergström; Magnus Sverke; Högskolan i Gävle; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; small businesses; business growth; managers; wellbeing; psychosocial working conditions; managerial work activities; leadership behaviours; job demands; job resources; occupational health; små företag; företagstillväxt; chefer; välbefinnande; psykosociala arbetsvillkor; chefsarbetsaktiviteter; ledarbeteende; arbetskrav; arbetsresurser; arbetsmiljö; Health-Promoting Work; Hälsofrämjande arbete;

   Abstract : Background Managers’ work, working conditions and wellbeing are important determinants of occupational health in organizations. Nevertheless, little research has investigated these factors in the context of small growing businesses, which are known to contribute to employment, economic growth and social stability. READ MORE

6. 4. Charismatic leadership of media businesses : a case study of leaders of two media businesses in the post-Soviet states of Russia and Kyrgyzstan (1991-2016)

   Author : Dinara Tokbaeva; United Kingdom London Communication and Media Research Institute University of Westminster; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This is a comparative case study of two media business leaders, one from Russia and one from Kyrgyzstan. Alexei Kharitonov of the Abak-Press and Kylychbek Sultanov of the Computer Press both started media companies after the break-up of the Soviet Union and managed to grow them from small businesses into the present media holdings. READ MORE

7. 5. Managing Distance : Small Firm Networks at the Geographic Margins

   Author : Alexandre Dubois; Brita Hermelin; Andrew Copus; Dimitris Skuras; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; globalisation; periphery; small firms; embeddedness; extralocal networks; proximity; kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

   Abstract : Small businesses located in the most sparsely populated and peripheral parts of Europe are frequently believed to be marginalised with respect to the processes of economic globalisation. This thesis proposes to explore an alternative perspective for understanding how small businesses that are located at the geographical margins engage with the globalised economy. READ MORE