Sökning: "Risk process"

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1. 16. The Challenge of Political Risk : Exploring the political risk management of Swedsih multinational corporations

   Författare :Magdalena Kettis; Rune Premfors; Jan Hallenberg; Gunnar Sjöstedt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political risk; Swedish mutinational corporations; foreign direct investment; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : In an overarching aim to bridge the gap between political science and international business studies, this study explores how, against the backgrond of globalization, multinational coprorations understand and deal with the influence of many differet and sometimes very dynamic political environments, by focusing on the political risk management of a number of Swedish multinational corporations invoved in foreign investing. Based on interviewswith coproate executives in these corporations, this qualitative study found that Swedish invetsors use a "pragmatic" approach toeards political risk and the political envrionments in which they operate. LÄS MER

3. 17. Toxic Textiles : Towards Responsibility in Complex Supply Chains

   Författare :Natasja Börjeson; Magnus Boström; Mikael Karlsson; Sverker Molander; Södertörns högskola; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Responsibility; Sustainability; Supply Chain Management; Governance; Responsibilisation; CSR; Complexity; Uncertainty; Chemicals; Textiles; Environmental Studies; Miljövetenskapliga studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Sammanfattning : The governance of the environmental and health problems that follow in the wake of globalised trade is one of the great contemporary challenges. One of these challenges is the management of chemical pollution and associated risks, and one sector facing this challenge is the textile industry, which has complex supply chains spread across continents. LÄS MER

4. 18. 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

5. 19. Sexual Risk Taking : – Perceptions of Contraceptive Use, Abortion, and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Adolescents in Sweden

   Författare :Maria Ekstrand; Margareta Larsson; Tanja Tydén; Elisabeth Darj; Ann Lalos; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Obstetrics and gynaecology; Adolescents; attitudes; sexual risk taking; contraceptive use; unintended pregnancy; teenage abortion; communication; gender; decision making; STI; Chlamydia; condom use; Health Belief Model; emergency contraception; RCT; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to inestigate Swedish adolescents' perceptions and behaviours regarding sexual risk taking. Specific objectives were to explore teenagers' perceptions of contraceptive use, unintended pregnancy, and abortion; teenage girls' experiences of decision making process and support connected to abortion; and male adolescents' perceptions of sexual risk taking and barriers to practicing safe sex. LÄS MER

7. 20. Föreställningar om mat och ätande : Risk, kropp, identitet och den "ifrågasatta" maten i vår tid

   Författare :Marie-Louise Stjerna; Sonja Olin Lauritzen; Cecilia Fredriksson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; food; eating; social representations; photo-elicitation interviews; risk; the body; identity; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

   Sammanfattning : In Western society, food is debated and in various ways contested. Social science research has described various cultural imperatives related to food and choices of diet, that raises questions about how people understand issues of food and eating in their everyday lives. LÄS MER