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1. Institutional Change and Foreign Market Entry Behaviour of the Firm : A Longitudinal Study of Three Swedish Firms in China
Abstract : China’s status as the world’s top destination for foreign direct investment and the largest trading nation is likely to attract more international firms seeking market entrance, and increase the speed of expansion by those already present in the market. Its progress in reaching this point has been accompanied by significant changes in laws and regulations. READ MORE
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2. The State as Investment Market : An Analytical Framework for Interpreting Politics and Bureaucracy in Kyrgyzstan
Abstract : What type of state has emerged in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, and what kind of theoretical framework must we develop to understand its behavior and performance? This study argues that the logic of political and bureaucratic organization follows that of an investment market in which public offices are purchased with the expectation of yielding a favorable return. This theory represents a novel perspective on the post-communist state which has hitherto either been premised on modernization theory or emphasized a robustly personalistic logic of political organization. READ MORE
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3. The Rule-Governed State : China's Labor Market Policy, 1978–1998
Abstract : Max Weber (1864–1920) suggested that capitalism and free markets tend to produce a characteristic form of governance – the rational-legal bureaucracy. In view of China's transition from central planning to a market economy, we should ask ourselves how these changes have affected its governance. READ MORE
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4. Expectations and Experiences of Exchange : Migrancy in the Global Market of Care between Spain and Bolivia
Abstract : Spain has in recent years become an important destination for care work related migration, particularly for women from Latin America. In order to fill the care gap generated by Spanish women’s participation in the remunerated labor market and insufficient public welfare services, paid care work is becoming more prominent. READ MORE
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5. Enacting, Enabling, and Embracing Market Orientation : A study of Public–Private Dyads
Abstract : This thesis contributes to an increased understanding of how public–private dyads enact (“what”), enable (“how”), and embrace (“why”) market orientation. Drawing on a multi-year study of Swedish public transport, the thesis shows that the nature of the relationship between public and private organizations plays an important role in how market orientation is undertaken in dyadic practice. READ MORE