Sökning: "merchant networks"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden merchant networks.

  1. 1. On Board the Global Workplace : Coordination and Uncertainty on Merchant Ships

    Författare :Carl Sandberg; Patrik Aspers; Arni Sverrison; Boris Holzer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Coordination; merchant ships; global workplace; mixed crews; formal organization; state of dissonance; evaluative principles; social networks; hierarchy of worth; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how work and social life are coordinated on board merchant ships. The merchant ship is a global workplace where people from different nationalities come together to work and live for an extended period of time.The study is based on ethnographic field work on board merchant ships. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Challenges Related to the Introduction of Innovative Services in the Market : Mobile Payment Services in the Swedish Retail Industry

    Författare :Tatjana Apanasevic; Jan Markendahl; Niklas Arvidsson; Jonas Hedman; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; mobile payment; adoption; business networks; merchant; stakeholders’ expectations; consumer expectations; organisational adoption; retail; innovation; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Informations- och kommunikationsteknik; Information and Communication Technology;

    Sammanfattning : Mobile payment services are expected to be the next step of the electronic payment evolution. However, the level of penetration in European countries is lower than expected. The focus of most academic research has been in two main areas: (i) mobile payment adoption by consumers and (ii) technical aspects of the service. LÄS MER

  4. 3. I vinst och förlust : Köpmäns nätverk i 1500-talets Östersjöstäder

    Författare :Lovisa Olsson; Martin Wottle; Thomas Småberg; Dag Lindström; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Trade; Early modern history; Baltic Sea region; Credit networks; Urban history; Embedded economy; Network analysis; Town councils; Spatiality; Mobility; Economic history; Handel; Tidigmodern historia; Östersjöregionen; Kreditnätverk; Urbanhistoria; Inbäddad ekonomi; Nätverksanalys; Städernas råd; Spatialitet; Mobilitet; Ekonomisk historia; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to clarify how the merchant networks involved in the trade across the Baltic Sea interplayed with and contributed to create the economic culture of the Baltic Sea region. This is achieved by examining the economic, social, spatial and political aspects of the trade networks in relation to the social organisation of the early modern towns of Stockholm, Lübeck, Malmö and Reval (Tallinn) in the 16th century. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Foráneos y arraigados : Migración, inclusión y exclusión social de neerlandeses y alemanes en Nueva España, 1560-1650

    Författare :Eleonora Poggio; Spain Pablo de Olavide University; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Migration; belonging; technological transmission; merchant networks; early colonial Mexico; Germany; Netherlands; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : Este trabajo estudia la evolución y el desarrollo de la comunidad neerlandesa y alemana que formó parte de la sociedad del virreinato de la Nueva España entre 1560 y 1650. Trata sobre las formas de inclusión y exclusión social, tanto al interior del grupo como con los otros agentes sociales en las relaciones verticales y horizontales a su alrededor. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The merchant houses of Stockholm, c. 1640-1800 : A comparative study of early-modern entrepreneurial behaviour

    Författare :Leos Müller; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Historia; History subjects; Historieämnen; historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the entrepreneurial behaviour of the Stockholm merchants in the early-modern period. Two merchant families, the Momma-Reenstiernas (1640-80) and the Grills (1730-1800), are studied and compared, with the aim of tracing the typical pattern of the entrepreneurial behaviour and how it changed between the mid-seventeenth and the mid-eighteenth centuries. LÄS MER