Search for dissertations about: "fashion perceptions"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words fashion perceptions.

2. 1. The Global Fashion System : On its social-ecological intertwinedness

   Author : Celinda Palm; Sarah E. Cornell; Tiina Häyhä; Fredrik Moberg; Kate Fletcher; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sustainability; Fashion; Social-ecological system; Transdisciplinarity; Critical realism; Positionality; Hållbarhet; Mode; Social-ekologiska system; Tvärvetenskap; Kritisk realism; Positionalitet; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling; Sustainability Science;

   Abstract : The fashion industry contributes to shaping the state of the planet: impacts of production and consumption of textile fast-fashion are rising, and the growing number of sustainability-oriented actions have not slowed current trends. The industry’s (un)sustainability is mainly researched within two epistemic communities: fashion studies concerned with social sustainability, and circular economy focused on material biophysical and technological aspects of material cycles along the value chain. READ MORE

4. 2. The Impact of User Weight on Brands and Business Practices in Mass Market Fashion

   Author : Ulf Aagerup; Rita Mårtenson; Sweden Gothenburg Economics and Law University of Gothenburg Department of Business Administration School of Business; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; brands; brand personality; user imagery; assortments; fashion; fashion retailing;

   Abstract : Overweight people claim to be mistreated by the fashion industry. If they were, it would be in line with branding theory supporting the idea of rejecting fat consumers to improve user imagery for fashion brands. However, fashion companies do not confess to such practices.To shed some light on the subject, I have conducted two studies. READ MORE

5. 3. The Rise and Fall of the Submarine Threat : Threat Politics and Submarine Intrusions in Sweden 1980-2002

   Author : Fredrik Bynander; Walter Carlsnaes; Bengt Sundelius; Adrian Hyde-Price; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Security; submarine incidents; crisis management; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap; Political Science; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan;

   Abstract : This dissertation analyzes the submarine problem in Sweden as an object of security politicization. It investigates how politicians and military officers dealt with the submarine incidents of the 1980s and 1990s, and how their actions were portrayed in the media. READ MORE

6. 4. Succeeding implementation : the internet of things as a digitally transformative technology

   Author : Viktor Mähler; Ulrika H. Westergren; Karin Hedström; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Internet of Things; IoT; digital transformation; value creation; organization; innovation; ubiquitous system; actors; scoping study; case study; system implementation; systemanalys; Systems Analysis; human-computer interaction; människa-datorinteraktion; data- och systemvetenskap; computer and systems sciences; Computer Systems; datorteknik; digital humaniora; digital humanities;

   Abstract : The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to ‘smart’, sensor- and intelligence-imbued, interconnected systems, intended to generate and process context-aware data that can be used to improve organizational processes. Improvement of logistical-, process-, or management-efficacy allows firms and organizations to radically change and enhance the efficiency and scale of key aspects of their operations. READ MORE

7. 5. Towards Roma Empowerment and Social Inclusion Through Work-Integrated Learning

   Author : Kristine Crondahl; Leena Eklund Karlsson; Karin Ringsberg; Högskolan Väst; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Roma people; Work-integrated Learning; health; Work Integrated Learning; Arbetsintegrerat lärande; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : The Roma people are the largest ethnic minority group in the EU and all over, they have been subject to prejudice, stigma, discrimination and oppression. Thus, Roma are the most economically and socially excluded and marginalized group in Europe. READ MORE