Sökning: "Economic Culture"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 300 avhandlingar innehållade orden Economic Culture.

  1. 16. Nyttiga bakterier och sjuka djur : En technoscience-resa från nätverksbildning till riskkonstruktion

    Författare :Lena Molin; Ulf Jonsson; Sven Fritz; Henrik Glimstedt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; tehnoscience; hybrid; cyborg; risk; network; ANT; actant; pig; cow; bacteria; situated; nature; construction of nature; body; transgression; construction of scientific facts; truth; scientific process; knowledge production; risk construction; biotechnology; functional foods; food sector; high technology; alliances; innovation; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the dissertation is to examine the mechanisms at work when networks are formed and risk constructions made as bodies encounter frontline technology within the food sector. The concept of technoscience TS, is the link uniting the escalating technology of risk society, rebellious nature and the insidious threats of substances absorbed straight into the metabolism of our bodies through the food that we eat. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Arctic geographies in the making : understanding political economy, institutional strategic selectivity, and agency in tourism pathway development

    Författare :Dorothee Bohn; Doris A. Carson; Linda Lundmark; E. Carina H. Keskitalo; Dimitri Ioannides; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Arctic tourism; political economy; institutional strategic selectivity; agency; tourism pathways; uneven development; metagovernance; regional development funding; resort enclave; firm financing;

    Sammanfattning : Tourism has long been promoted as a catalyst for socio-economic development in sparsely populated areas based on the commodification of culture and natural environments. This thesis examines the case of Arctic tourism in the two neighbouring northern counties of Finnish Lapland and Norrbotten (Sweden). LÄS MER

  4. 18. Life after death : The diffusion of Swedish life insurance - Dynamics of financial and social modernization 1830-1950

    Författare :Liselotte Eriksson; Magnus Lindmark; Robin Pearson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic history; life insurance; married women s property rights; industrial life insurance; funeral cost; sales promotion; policyholder; Sweden; culture; financial system; women; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to understand the diffusion process of Swedish life insurance during the period c. 1830-1950, with the specific aim to understand financial modernization and social mobilization as reflected in the diffusion of life insurance to less well-to-do classes and women. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Managing Competence Development Programs in a Cross-Cultural Organisation : What are the barriers and enablers?

    Författare :Mi Sook Park; Birger Rapp; Ethel Brundin; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Competence; Competence Development; Competence Development Programs; Culture; Cultural Diversity; Southeast Asia Case Study; Cross-Cultural Organisation; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

    Sammanfattning : During the past decade, research on competence development and cross-cultural organisation has been acknowledged both in academic circles and by industrial organisations. Cross-cultural organisations that have emerged through globalisation are a manifestation of the growing economic interdependence among countries. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Sami tourism in Northern Sweden : Supply, demand and interaction

    Författare :Robert Pettersson; Ulf Wiberg; Dieter K Müller; Bruno Jansson; Thomas Hinch; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; Indigenous Tourism; Sami; Sápmi; Tourism Supply; Tourism Demand; Stated Preference; Attitudes; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi; Human geography; economic geography;

    Sammanfattning : Indigenous tourism is an expansive sector in the growing tourism industry. The Sami people living in Sápmi in northern Europe have started to engage in tourism, particularly in view of the rationalised and modernised methods of reindeer herding. Sami tourism offers job opportunities and enables the spreading of information. LÄS MER