Search for dissertations about: "social embeddedness"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 70 swedish dissertations containing the words social embeddedness.

  2. 11. Opposition and adjustment to industrial ‘greening’ : the Swedish forest industry’s (re)actions regarding energy transition – 1989-2009

    Author : Mikael Ottosson; Jonas Anshelm; Claes-Fredrik Helgesson; Hans Andersson; Susse Georg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Forest industry; energy; electricity; forests; industrial greening; industrial change; actor network theory; sociology of industry; strategic management; science and technology studies; Skogsindustri; energi; elektricitet; skog; industriell miljöanpassning; industriell förändring; aktörsnätverksteori; branschsociologi; strategiforskning; teknik- och vetenskapsstudier; Technology and social change; Teknik och social förändring;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses how the Swedish forest industry has (re)acted regarding the energy transition and, in particular, regarding the reconstruction of the electricity and forest resources in Sweden during the 1989–2009 period. The thesis consists of four papers that analyse how the Swedish forest industry by means of energy management practices at individual pulp and/or paper mills, in corporate strategies performed by CEOs and boards of directors, and via its industry association, has dealt with mounting political and public demands for the industry to become ‘greener’. READ MORE

  4. 12. Strategies of entrepreneurship : Understanding industrial entrepreneurship and structural change in northwest Tanzania

    Author : Per Trulsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Entrepreneurship; Structural adjustment; Institutional theory; Trust; Strategy; Unintended consequences; Societal change; Extended family; Tanzania; Industry; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : This study addresses the problem of entrepreneurial activity in an environment of institutional change. The focus is on industrial entrepreneurs in northwest Tanzania. Like many other African countries, Tanzania is today undergoing a process of structural transformation. Significant changes are introduced in the formal institutional framework. READ MORE

  5. 13. Subsidiary network embeddedness : Integration, control and influence in the multinational corporation

    Author : Ulf Andersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with subsidiaries in multinational corporations and especially how thespecific operational environment of the subsidiaries affects integration, control andinfluence in the multinational corporation. This study demonstrates that subsidiaries'embeddedness in their business networks does not only influence them, but also thebehaviour and development of the multinational corporation of which they form a part. READ MORE

  6. 14. The geographies of knowledge in (making) artwork : The field, the art studio and the art scene

    Author : Jenny Sjöholm; Dominic Power; Anders Malmberg; Angela McRobbie; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Contemporary visual artists; learning; skills; artistic work practices; mobilities; embodied knowledge; art studio; art scene; art industry; immaterial labour; economic and cultural geography.; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Geography; Geografi;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the professional knowledge processes that contemporary visual artists develop and use in their construction of art as well as of their careers. In contributing to the geographical literature on professional learning and artistic labour, the thesis explores the question of how self-employed artists generate, apply and communicate their knowledge and skills in the context of individual work projects. READ MORE

  7. 15. Essays on Social Dynamics

    Author : Christoffer Edling; Aage Sørensen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : In this thesis, various aspects of the modeling of social dynamics are discussed. Both theoretical and empirical illustrations and examples are given.In Chapter 1, formal dynamic models are discussed in general terms. READ MORE