Search for dissertations about: "institutional theory and entrepreneurship"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words institutional theory and entrepreneurship.
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11. Making transformation happen : Institutional entrepreneurship and boundary management in the Coral Triangle
Abstract : This licentiate thesis sets out to investigate the dynamics of transformative change in social-ecological systems. That is, how large-scale sustainability transitions can be initiated and purposefully navigated. READ MORE
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12. Making Public Service Television : A study of institutional work in collaborative TV productions
Abstract : This dissertation is about the institution of public service television as it is enacted in Sweden at the beginning of the 21st century. Public service broadcasting – first radio, then television – was introduced as a solution to the problems that arose at the beginning of the 20th century, namely how to control and organise the new broadcasting technology. READ MORE
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13. The Politics of Social Networks : Interpersonal Trust and Institutional Change in Post-Communist East Germany
Abstract : New institutionalist approaches are inherently weak at accounting for institutional change. In this book, social network analysis is proposed as a key to institutional change. The social network perspective focuses emergent patterns of interpersonal interaction and the resulting ties of interpersonal trust. READ MORE
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14. Business Model Design for Social Goods and Services in Developing Economies
Abstract : Over the past decade there have been increasing calls for alternative ways of tackling poverty problems in developing economies. Rather than aid or charity approaches that have traditionally dominated this area, an alternative line of discussion around base-of-the-pyramid approaches has emerged which emphasizes the role of innovation and pro-poor entrepreneurship. READ MORE
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15. The Making of the Female Entrepreneur : A Discourse Analysis of Research Texts on Women’s Entrepreneurship
Abstract : Departing from a social constructionist understanding of gender, this thesis examines how the female entrepreneur is constructed in research articles about women’s entrepreneurship. It finds that even if the texts celebrate women’s entrepreneurship, they do it in such a way as to recreate women’s secondary position in society. READ MORE