Search for dissertations about: "cultural types"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 147 swedish dissertations containing the words cultural types.

  2. 1. Overcoming Cultural Ignorance : Institutional Knowledge Development in the Internationalizing Firm

    Author : Jessica Lindbergh; Mats Forsgren; Kent Eriksson; Jukka Hohenthal; Andrew Delios; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Institutional knowledge; market-specific experience; multiple-market experience; Business relationships; Internationalization; Cultural differences; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis studies how experiences influence the development of institutional knowledge within business relationships. It contributes to international business research by clarifying how experience develops the institutional knowledge of firms and what outcome such knowledge development has on firms’ internationalizations. READ MORE

  4. 2. Shortchanged : Elderly Women Street Vendors in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

    Author : Adelaida Caballero; Sverker Finnström; Don Kulick; Koenraad Stroeken; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Elderly women; old age in Africa; street vendors; Malabo; relational personhood; autonomy in later life; authoritarianism; Equatorial Guinea; cultural gerontology; anthropology of aging; Mujeres mayores; vejez en Africa; comercio informal; Malabo; personalidad relacional; autonomía en la edad avanzada; autoritarismo; Guinea Ecuatorial; gerontología cultural; antropología de la vejez; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; Geriatrics; Geriatrik; Genusvetenskap; Gender Studies;

    Abstract : Normative assumptions regarding reciprocity between adult children and elderly parents continue to dominate narratives on later life in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet strenuous socioeconomic conditions make it difficult for families to meet expectations of care and support. READ MORE

  5. 3. Kingship in the Early Mesopotamian Onomasticon 2800–2200 BCE

    Author : Jakob Andersson; Olof Pedersén; Aage Westenholz; Gebhard Selz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sumerian; Old Akkadian; personal names; onomastic studies; kingship; Assyriologi; Assyriology;

    Abstract : Thousands of Sumerian and Old Akkadian personal names from 3rd millennium BCE Meso-potamia are known and documented. The present study inspects names containing the royal appellatives, Sumerian lugal and Akkadian śarrum. READ MORE

  6. 4. Craft production in the Kingdom of Crystal (Glasriket) and its visual representation : Constructing authenticity in cultural/marketing production

    Author : Songming Feng; Adele Berndt; Mart Ots; Ian Woodward; Karin Ekström; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Glasriket; the Kingdom of Crystal; glass; craft; authenticity; cultural production; photography; image; semiotics; practice theory; materiality;

    Abstract : Authenticity is a core concept and phenomenon in contemporary marketing, as both marketers and consumers seek the authentic. Individuals, companies, and industries all work to establish and accomplish authenticity for themselves and related stakeholders. READ MORE

  7. 5. Painting Treatments of Weather-Exposed Ferrous Heritage. Exploration of Oil Varnish Paints and Painting Skills

    Author : Arja Källbom; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Armour paints; linseed oil; linseed varnish; tung oil; oil varnishes; stand oil; aluminium pigments; micaceous iron oxide; leafing; anticorrosive; maintenance; management; heritage painting; painting craft; painting skills; practice; parlance; vocabulary; working procedures; sensory quality assessments; paint ageing; quality control; weather-exposure; atmospheric exposure; durability; sustainability.; Pansarfärg; linoljefernissa; linolja; tungolja; standolja; aluminiumpigment; järnglans; järnglimmer; rostskyddsfärg; väderprovning; förvaltning; underhåll; hantverksskicklighet; målerihantverk; arbetsbeskrivningar; språkbruk; uppmärksamhet i handling; kvalitetsbedömning; sinnliga bedömningar; hållbarhet;

    Abstract : This thesis is about industrial heritage—the protection of ferrous heritage by using anticorrosive oil varnish paints. The purpose of this thesis in Kulturvård and craft research is to provide guidelines, tools, concepts, and models that may be used in anticorrosive oil varnish painting maintenance of ferrous heritage. READ MORE