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1. 1. Corporate Social Responsibility under Construction : Ideas, Translations, and Institutional Change

   Författare :Karolina Windell; Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson; Bengt Jacobsson; Sigrid Quack; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; CSR; Corporate Social Responsibility; Ideas; Institutional Change; Translation; Issue-Field; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Although ideas about the social responsibility of business have a long history, the debate over corporate social responsibility (CSR) has escalated worldwide during the past decade under the label of CSR. This thesis contributes to new-institutional organizational approaches by exploring how and why CSR has been constructed into a widespread idea and by introducing a discussion on the interrelationship between ideas and institutional change. LÄS MER

3. 2. Constructing Social Procurement: An Institutional Perspective on Working with Employment Requirements

   Författare :Daniella Troje; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; roles; institutional logics; institutional work; qualitative study; organisation; social procurement; construction and real estate sector; work; practice; employment requirements; rhetoric; social value; interviews;

   Sammanfattning : Private and public organisations are increasingly using their purchasing power to mitigate societal issues and create social value. This is called social procurement. Due to problems such as segregation, unemployment, and social exclusion, social procurement in Sweden has focused on employment requirements. LÄS MER

4. 3. Institutional complexity in Swedish built environment regulation : exploring the interface with industrialized house-building

   Författare :Viking Anders; Lars Stehn; Paul Chan; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Träbyggnad; Timber Structures;

   Sammanfattning : The industrialized house-building movement has emerged as aresponse to recurring criticism of the construction sector. It seeks toemulate management practices prevalent in manufacturing industries,including the use of standardized work processes and building systems. LÄS MER

5. 4. Environment, Livelihood and Natural Resource Management in the Lower Volta Basin of Ghana : Perspectives from the South Tongu District

   Författare :John Ernest Koku; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :Ghana; Environment; Natural Resources; Volta Basin;

   Sammanfattning : The Volta Basin covers most of the major food producingdistricts of Ghana. Thus said, it is considered as the foodbasket of Ghana. This perception underscores the need toprotect the basins bio-physical environment and resource base. LÄS MER

7. 5. An Arranged Marriage under Institutional Duality – The Local Integration Process between Two Globally Merging MNCs' Subsidiaries

   Författare :Roger Schweizer; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; merger and acquisition; integration process; multinational company; subsidiary; institutional theory; institutional duality; relational context; arranged marriage;

   Sammanfattning : "The thesis studies the local integration process between two globally merging multinational companies’ (MNCs) subsidiaries - a process, which is part of a concurrently ongoing global consolidation process and that has to be implemented in the two subsidiaries’ host country environment. The main question asked is how this specific setting influences the characteristics of the local integration process - such as the approach used, management styles applied, integration mechanisms employed, the physical and procedural solutions chosen, and not least the occurring human-related integration issues - as well as the outcome of the process. LÄS MER