Sökning: "cultural distance"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 93 avhandlingar innehållade orden cultural distance.

  1. 21. War within : Everyday life in Sarajevo under siege

    Författare :Ivana Macek; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; Bosnia and Hercegovina; Sarajevo; war; ethnic conflict; ethnic relations; nationalism; identity; anthropology of war; former Yugoslavia; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : In this ethnography of the war in Bosnia, the author examines the ways in which thepeople of Sarajevo negotiated the meaning of normality in their everyday lives, which became dominated by the war situation and the siege of the town. The study explores the ways of dealing with everyday threat to life, ways of providing the subsistence, changes in social relations, and the role of religion and ethnic traditions in the process of constituting national identities. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Managerial perceptions of the cultural distance basis for internationalization decisions by firms : implications for 'low-tech' industries

    Författare :Goudarz Azar; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : The role of managerial perceptions of cultural distance in the internationalization decisions of 'LOW-TECH' firms is explored in this thesis. A first empirical study examined managers' perceptions of dissimilarity in food culture in foreign markets (food culture distance), as an antecedent to adaptation of an export marketing strategy for food companies. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Exploring social-cultural explanations for residential location choices : the case of an African City - Dar es Salaam

    Författare :Tatu Mtwangi Limbumba; Rolf Johansson; Andrew Byerley; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Residential location choices; informal settlements; social networks; social capital; African cities; Architectural conservation and restoration; Bebyggelsevård;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores the factors urban residents consider when making residential location decisions. The context of the study is informal residential areas in a rapidly urbanising African city – the city of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. LÄS MER

  5. 24. In a Man´s World : Tolkninger av lovbrudd gjort i langtransportens yrkeskontekst

    Författare :Vanja Lundgren Sørli; Henrik Tham; Eva Tiby; Kjersti Ericsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :structures; gender; masculinity; normalization; Key words: Long-distance trucking; occupational crime; techniques of neutralization; ; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Sammanfattning : Criminological studies have shown that economical and/or occupational crimes are committed within all examined trades and occupations. This is also a fact in the gendered occupational context the Norwegian and Swedish long-distance trucking trade constitutes. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Från Kingston till Göinge : autencitet, identitet och representationer av det förflutna i svensk reggaekultur

    Författare :Emilia Frölich; Mats Greiff; Bodil Liljefors Persson; Despina Tzimoula; Lars Kaijser; Malmö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Reggae; history; identity; authenticity; representation; cultural analysis; hybridization; Swedishness;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the role of history in popular culture with a particular focus on the Swedish reggae scene. It examines how cultural meaning applied to music bears strong connections to historical representations, and how individuals understand, communicate, and reproduce selective notions of the past in relationship to popular music. LÄS MER