Search for dissertations about: "expatriate- local relationship"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words expatriate- local relationship.

2. 1. Language as a Leading Light to Business Cultural Insight : A Study on Expatriates' Intercultural Communication in Central and Eastern Europe

   Author : Kjell Ljungbo; Björn Bjerke; Susanne Tietze; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Language; multilingualism; culture; intercultural communication; business; expatriate; Central and Eastern Europe; cultural significance structure; business flower; hermeneutics; ideal type; export; foreign language skills; language competence; Sweden; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Abstract : Language competence is decisively important in international business and could increase efficacy, efficiency, sales and profits. Language is an underresearched area in business studies though language constitutes management and the managers building structures, processes, cultures and personalities being the most vital working tool to get things done and make them understandable. READ MORE

4. 2. The Modern Journey to the West : Exploring Key Factors Influencing Reverse Knowledge Transfer in Emerging-market Multinationals

   Author : Lingshuang Kong; Francesco Ciabuschi; Ulf Holm; Grazia Santangelo; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Emerging-market multinational corporations; reverse knowledge transfer political relationships; expatriate managers; headquarters-subsidiary relationship.; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : As latecomers to the world economy, emerging-market multinational corporations (EMNCs) often use international expansion as a ‘springboard’ for seeking and accessing advanced knowledge from overseas, particularly from advanced markets, with the goal of offsetting their competitive weaknesses and catching up with their Western counterparts. This behavior is conceptualized as the springboard perspective formulated by Luo and Tung (2007). READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Gender, Development and Political Economy

   Author : Divya Dev; Torsten Persson; Ingvild Almås; Sascha Becker; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; reservation in India; missionary activity; expatriate voter participation; Chilean presidential election; Tanzanian public sector; representation of women; female labour-force participation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The Long-Run Impact of Protestant Missionary Activity on Female Labour-Force ParticipationResearch has shown that missionary activity, in general, and Protestant missionary activity, in particular, has had a long-lasting positive effect on literacy, education and democratic values. In this chapter, I analyse the differential effect of early 20th century Protestant and Catholic missionary activity in three former British colonies - Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda - on female labour-force participation with a particular focus on formal-sector employment. READ MORE