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BRI- En idé om en ny värld som materialiseras genom infrastruktur? En kritisk diskursanalys om hur BRI:s nyckeldokument utmanar idéer och normer inom den globala styrningen Katarina Hedencrona
(2021-02-09) Hedencrona, Katarina; University of Gothenburg/School of Global Studies; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a Chinese infrastructure project, initiated in 2013, with a plan to be finished in 2049. The project has received a great amount of media attention and has been scrutinized carefully due to suspicion towards China’s intentions. Research wise, BRI has been popular and a common area of research lies within the geopolitical sphere, however, this study aimed exploring how global governance can be challenged by the project, and mainly in terms of ideas and norms, adding to the ideational research about BRI. Hence, the purpose of this study is to analyse China’s narrative generated by the BRI project by answering the question formulation: “How does the BRI potentially challenge ideas and norms on global governance? ” This is executed by a critical discourse analysis of the key documents officially published by the Chinese state about BRI, which included a systematic approach in finding themes. The results were analyzed with a theoretical framework with a ground in social constructivism. Lastly, the results demonstrated four themes in which China as the founder and leader of BRI, aimed at challenging the current norms and ideas about global governance. These four themes are: the integration discourse, BRI is a project by China but created for the world, the justice discourse, and that BRI is here to stay. Hence, all four different themes added to China’s narrative, and specifically by challenging the idées and norms within global governance. In the conclusion, both critique towards the study was given such as my impact on the study as well as recommendations for future research which were to investigate other actors' narratives about BRI.
CSR- leading the way or not? A comparative study about how CSR can influence SMEs internationalization process within the food industry
(2021-06-28) Eurenius, Hanna; Hedencrona, Katarina; University of Gothenburg/Graduate School; Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School
Due to increased globalization and increased sustainability awareness, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have become increasingly internationalized, as well as more involved in addressing sustainability issues. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy influences the internationalization process for SMEs operating within the food industry. Focus was placed on two essential decisions within the internationalization process, which are International Market Selection (IMS) and the Entry Mode Selection (EMS). A literature review revealed external and internal factors with the potential to influence the decision in the IMS and EMS. The study was conducted on nine cases, adopting a comparative case design. The empirical findings suggest that CSR Strategy has a limited and fragmented impact on the factors within the internationalization process. The influence was more evident within some of the factors in the IMS, whereas in the EMS little or no influence could be discerned. The EMS was mainly characterized by limited resources. The absence of clarity between the internationalization process and CSR Strategy calls for further research, in order to explore if there is a connection that could be distinguished more distinctly.
Människans värde i den digitaliserade banken. En kvalitativ studie om hur det mänskliga värdet kan bidra med konkurrensfördelar i en digitaliserad bransch
(2019-05-07) Hedencrona, Katarina; Perstedt, Ida; University of Gothenburg/Department of Business Administration; Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen