Search for dissertations about: "social embeddedness"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 70 swedish dissertations containing the words social embeddedness.

2. 21. The Conundrum of Home-country Political Embeddedness : Impact on Reverse Knowledge Transfer in Emerging-market Multinationals

   Author : Cong Su; Francesco Ciabuschi; Ulf Holm; BENT PETERSEN; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; emerging-market multinational corporations; political embeddedness; reverse knowledge transfer; headquarters; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Emerging-market multinational corporations (EMNCs), particularly state-owned ones, have been increasingly active players in the global arena and have become a significant feature of the global business landscape. Research on EMNCs has focused on their distinctive features, particularly on their politically embedded nature in home institutions. READ MORE

4. 22. Resource acquisition and the complexity of social capital : Perspectives from women entrepreneurs in Tanzania and Pakistan

   Author : Marta Lindvert; Håkan Boter; Darush Yazdanfar; Joakim Wincent; Ulla Hytti; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; entrepreneurship; women entrepreneurs; financing; resource acquisition; social capital; context; developing countries; Tanzania; Pakistan; mixed methods research; entreprenörskap; kvinnors entreprenörskap; finansiering; resursanskaffande; socialt kapital; kontext; utvecklingsländer; Tanzania; Pakistan; flermetodsforskning;

   Abstract : Women entrepreneurs all over the world contribute significantly to innovation, employment opportunities and wealth creation in their respective economies. Despite their importance as drivers of development, there is a lack of research on preconditions for women’s entrepreneurship. READ MORE

5. 23. How personal networks shape business : an anthropological study of social embeddedness, knowledge development and growth of firms

   Author : Peter Parker; Kristianstad University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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6. 24. Building Bridges and Breaking Bonds : Aspects of social capital in a regional strategic network

   Author : Jens Eklinder Frick; Lars Hallén; Lars-Torsten Eriksson; Håkan Pihl; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social capital; regional strategic network; cluster; network; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Organisations;

   Abstract : Investing in cluster formation or encouraging companies to network in regional strategic networks is a common strategy used by municipalities to promote regional growth in peripheral regions. Previous research has investigated the significance of creating regional advantages by building clusters and regional networks, but researchers have not provided much insight into the problems facing the project management trying to implement such collaboration. READ MORE

7. 25. A Sight/Site for Transparency or Opacity? Notes on Knowledge Production and Feminist Technoscience

   Author : Rebecka Molin; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; epistemology; knowledge production; feminist technoscience; situated knowledges; Mode 2; meaninglessness; transparency; opacity; function; representation;

   Abstract : The objective for my research has been to put forward and discuss some aspects of knowledge production in relation to the epistemological positions of feminist technoscience, which lay emphasis on the contextual and the social embeddedness of both research and technology. My main inquiry has been how the relation between the subject and the surrounding context can be perceived epistemologically and how this in turn can be connected to and found relevant to the supposed new mode of knowledge production termed Mode 2. READ MORE