Search for dissertations about: "ownership relations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words ownership relations.

  2. 1. Women's cattle ownership in Botswana : Rebranding gender relations?

    Author : Andrea Petitt; Seema Arora-Jonsson; Alice J. Hovorka; Cecilia Waldenström; Jaqueline Solway; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender; women; livestock; cattle; ownership; property; commercialization. change; intersectionality;

    Abstract : Cattle are often portrayed as a male affair in Botswana. However, venturing out into the Kalahari countryside to scratch the surface of this state of affairs, another picture emerges. READ MORE

  4. 2. Director Interlocking and Firm Ownership : Longitudinal Studies of 1- and 3-Mode Network Dynamics

    Author : Love Bohman; Christofer Edling; Wouter de Nooy; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social network analysis; Director interlocks; Ownership; Corporate governance; 3-mode networks; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis is based on three empirical studies of the director interlock network among Swedish firms listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, focusing on its consequences for firm behavior and its association with ownership structures. Director interlocks are created when directors serve on, and hence interlock, several boards. READ MORE

  5. 3. Virtue Ethics, Bioethics, and the Ownership of Biological Material

    Author : Barbro Björkman; Sven Ove Hansson; Brad Hooker; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Biological material; ownership; rights; organ; donation; property; commodification; kidney; virtue ethics; natural rights; transplantation; transplant; social organisation; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to show how some ideas in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics can be interpreted and used as a productive way to approach a number of pressing issues in bioethics. Articles I-II introduce, and endorse, a social constructivist perspective on rights (as opposed to the more traditional natural rights idea). READ MORE

  6. 4. Ownership or donorship? Results and ownership in Swedish international development cooperation

    Author : Therese Brolin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international development cooperation; results; partner country ownership; development effectiveness;

    Abstract : This thesis is a critical investigation of how the increased demand for results in international development cooperation has influenced relations between donors and partner countries. The increased demand for results, manifested in the so-called results agenda, and partner country ownership are considered key factors to increase effectiveness and efficiency in international development cooperation. READ MORE

  7. 5. Family Ownership and Investment Performance

    Author : Johanna Palmberg; Per-Olof Bjuggren; Dan Johansson; Charlie Karlsson; Burcin Yurtoglu; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This dissertation provides an economic analysis of families as owners of large listed firms. The essential research question is whether family ownership provides an efficient form of governance. READ MORE