Search for dissertations about: "intermediary china"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words intermediary china.

2. 1. In the middle : on sourcing from China and the role of the intermediary

   Author : Jenny Balkow; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international sourcing; low cost country sourcing; intermediary; intermediary roles; people s republic of china; smes; supply chains; quality; Företagsekonomi; Handel och IT; Bussiness and IT;

   Abstract : In the past three decades China’s rapid transition from a closed economy to become the factory of the world has astonished economists all over the world. Surveys among sourcing practitioners show that China is the most interesting market for sourcing and research points to lower costs as the main reason. READ MORE

4. 2. Pastoralists and the Environmental State : A study of ecological resettlement in Inner Mongolia, China

   Author : Qian Zhang; Bo Malmberg; Andrew Byerley; Richard Black; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmentalisation; political ecology; grassland degradation; migration decision-making; pastoralism; environmental migration; environmental governance; China; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

   Abstract : China's quest for sustainable development has given birth to a set of contested ‘ecological construction’ programmes. Focusing on ‘ecological resettlement’, a type of policy measure in a programme for restoring degraded grasslands, this thesis sets out a critical analysis in opposition to the dominant technical and managerial approaches to understanding environmentalisation. READ MORE

5. 3. University and Culture: a Phenomenological Analysis of Formal and Informal Discourse on Education and Research at Universities in Sweden and China

   Author : Josef Mörnerud; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; University; Culture; Science and Technology Studies; Phenomenology; Research; Education; Meaning-Constitution-Analysis; formal and informal discourse; Sweden; China;

   Abstract : In this research, science and its political appearance are studied through an empirical exploration of their representations in narrative expressions. The field of investigation is allocated to formal and informal discourse on university, education and research in Sweden and China. READ MORE

6. 4. Internationalization processes of small and medium-sized enterprises: Entering and taking off from emerging markets

   Author : Susanne Sandberg; Hans Jansson; Bengt Johannisson; Svante Andersson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; network approach to internationalization; foreign business networks and relationships; internationalization process; foreign market entry; entry take-off node; experiential knowledge; institutional distance; emerging markets; Sweden; China; small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs ; Business administration; Företagsekonomi; Marketing; Marknadsföring;

   Abstract : The high economic growth of formerly closed markets such as China, Russia, Poland, and the Baltic states has created vast business and growth opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Although this international business expansion of SMEs occurs in highly dissimilar business contexts and fierce international competition, it remains overlooked by research. READ MORE

7. 5. Laboring Through Uncertainty : an ethnography of the Chinese state, labor NGOs, and development

   Author : Darcy Pan; Johan Lindquist; Anette Nyqvist; Stephan Feuchtwang; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; uncertainty; intimacy; complicity; mingan; secrecy; state; NGO; socialantropologi; Social Anthropology;

   Abstract : This study sets out to understand how international development projects supporting labor activism work in contemporary China. It focuses on the lived experiences of and relationships among a group of grassroots⁠ labor NGOs in the province of Guangdong, South China; intermediary NGOs in Hong Kong; and Western funding agencies that try to bring about social change in postsocialist China where the political climate is still highly restrictive and the limits of the state’s tolerance for activism are ambiguous and uncertain. READ MORE