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An Exploration of CSR Perceptions and Attitudes of Male and Female Entrepreneurs in Pakistan: A comparison
(2022-06-23)Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as become an important consideration in modern business management and its relevance to the performance of business firms. Literature has argued that male and females have different ... -
An exploration of the roles played by external sustainability consultants in organizations
(2022-06-23)One of our most important, yet difficult, missions in modern society is to make the world more sustainable. Due to the complexity of sustainability issues, the lack of knowledge or expertise in the area, companies may ... -
Is the EU barking up the wrong tree? - A study on Swedish stakeholders' perspectives on the means and conditions for establishing a more coordinated European agenda on forests
(2022-06-23)Forests are becoming an increasingly important tool for the EU in its fight against climate change following the introduction of the Union’s Green Deal and the recent Forest Strategy for 2030. However, since forest policy ... -
IDENTITY IN MULTI-ETHNIC STATES: THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINARIES THAT UNITE - The transformation of the Ukrainian National Identity and the impacts of threats
(2022-06-23)This thesis has studied how nation-building and identity formation better can be understood in settings where the conditions for these phenomena are not seen as self-evident. Identity is linked to how individuals ... -
Having the right pedigree? A caste study of an American Mobile game developer’s transition to an indie business model.
(2022-06-23)The overall purpose of this study was to better understand the transition of a mobile games developer from a Co-Development business model to an Independent one by harnessing the framework of institutional logics. The paper ... -
TRANSLATION OF THE EU’S COHESION POLICY INTO REGIONAL PRACTICE - An interview study of the regional management of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) in West Sweden
(2022-06-23)This thesis aims to analyse how different subnational actors interact in and influence the regional management of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), and what challenges there are in effectively implementing the ESF+ ... -
Managing Paradoxes in Coordinating Innovation A qualitative study on how coordination reinforces innovation in a Swedish Automotive Company
(2022-06-23)Innovation has become a widespread practice in the automotive industry for companies to stay relevant in the future. This paper aims to discuss how a large enterprise works with innovation in practice from the lenses of ... -
Family-owned SMEs: Role models of crisis management A case study of how the practice of crisis management has been performed by nine Swedish family-owned SMEs during the Covid-19 pandemic
(2022-06-23)Despite SMEs accounting for 99,9% of all registered firms in Sweden and that non-listed family-owned firms outperform their counterparts during crises, previous studies have neglected the field, resulting in an undiscovered ... -
Communication strategies to rebuild a positive image after a crisis External communication
(2022-06-23)Organization's success is often heavily dependent on its image when interacting with existing and potential customers. It signals to others if they can trust the organization in question, and if they should pursue to get ... -
Sustainable entrepreneurship: action nets, affordances and alignment
(2022-06-23)Sustainable entrepreneurship as the realization of sustainability innovations has been regarded by researchers and practitioners as a means of combating environmental challenges. While there has been substantial research ... -
Forced to Sell or Forced to Give: Assessing whether autonomy-based arguments justify prohibiting paid living organ donation while permitting unpaid living organ donation
(2022-06-23)In the debate on the permissibility of a regulated market in human organs it is usually assumed that autonomy-based arguments that prohibit such a market solely affect the act of selling an organ, while the act of giving ... -
From Physical Coins to Digital Coins A Case of Cryptocurrency
(2022-06-23)Cryptocurrency is a digital currency that is argued to potentially revolutionize the existing financial system based on fiat money. Previous research within the field of cryptocurrency has largely focused on individual ... -
Team Leadership in remote settings An Actor-Network Theory Analysis
(2022-06-23)Team Leadership (TL) is a topic that has been widely studied throughout the years. Previous studies on TL were focused on the individual and collective perspective. In recent years, technologies were included in the ... -
Intellectual Humility: What Does It Mean to Be Intellectually Humble?
(2022-06-22)This paper is an attempt to answer the question: What is intellectual humility? My main focus will be on two different contemporary accounts of intellectual humility – Whitcomb et al.’s Limitations-Owning Account and ... -
Formativ bedömning- ett pedagogiskt verktyg för att utveckla matematikundervisning i årskurs 4–6 ur ett lärarperspektiv
(2022-06-22)Syfte: Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka hur lärare på mellanstadiet arbetar med informationen från formativ bedömning i matematikämnet. Vi vill undersöka hur lärare samlar in information för elevers lärande ... -
”Ortens gangster blir seriefigur”: En diskursanalys av representationen av icke vita i tv-serien Snabba cash.
(2022-06-22)Denna studie ämnar till att belysa hur icke vita framställs i svensk media med fokus på populärkultur, mer specifikt genom att undersöka tv-serien ”Snabba cash”. Följande frågeställningar har använts för att uppnå syftet: ... -
The Response of Swedish Multinational Forestry Firms regarding Uncertainties Associated with Sudden Institutional Changes: A qualitative study on how a sudden institutional change can
(2022-06-22)When institutions go through changes, firms must be prepared to adapt to the changing externalities in the market. In addition to the direct effect changing institutions may have on the market, the emergence of uncertainties ... -
“You will not be successful if you tell a Brazilian: now you will need to become a German” A case study of to what extent a company’s corporate culture implementation strategies can assist in the integration process of a recently acquired company
(2022-06-22)When integrating a cross-border acquisition many features of the acquiring company will commonly be implemented into the acquired company, one being corporate culture. Historically it has been shown that differing ... -
How are European Tourism Firms Complying with Sustainable Development Goal 8.5? A comparable study of abroad and local workers
(2022-06-22)The tourism industry is an important employer providing millions of job opportunities globally. Their compliance to United Nations’ sustainable development goal 8 is therefore highly relevant. Accordingly, the purpose of ... -
The EU Taxonomy and Sustainability Performance: A qualitative study on how the EU taxonomy affects a multinational enterprise operating in the automotive industry
(2022-06-22)The EU taxonomy plays an important role in implementing the European Green Deal, meeting the EU’s energy and climate targets for 2030, and increasing green investments. The aim of the taxonomy is to shift economic investments ...