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1. 1. The Ethics of Investing. Making Money or Making a Difference?

   Författare :Joakim Sandberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ethical investment; ethical investing; socially responsible investment; socially responsible investing; ethical funds; screening; shareholder activism; sin stocks; active shareholding; corporate governance; responsible ownership; relationship investing; philanthropy; speculation; the stock market; annual general meeting; investor influence; consistency; conscientiousness; collective responsibility; generalisation test; pragmatism; consequentialism; demandingness; applied ethics; ethics; moral philosophy;

   Sammanfattning : The concepts of ‘ethical’ and ‘socially responsible’ investment (SRI) have become increasingly popular in recent years and funds which offer this kind of investment have attracted many individual investors. The present book addresses the issue of ‘How ought one to invest?’ by critically engaging with the ideas of the proponents of this movement about what makes ‘ethical’ investing ethical. LÄS MER

3. 2. Organisational characteristics and psychosocial working conditions in different forms of ownership

   Författare :Chatrine Höckertin; Jonas Höög; Annika Härenstam; Roine Johansson; Rafael Lindqvist; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychosocial working conditions; Prerequisites for management; Management control strategies; Cooperative; Public sector; Ownership; Welfare services; Geriatric care; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : The main aim of this thesis has been to compare psychosocial working conditions in workplaces with different forms of ownership, i.e. public, private and cooperative. LÄS MER

4. 3. Ownership or donorship? Results and ownership in Swedish international development cooperation

   Författare :Therese Brolin; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international development cooperation; results; partner country ownership; development effectiveness;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a critical investigation of how the increased demand for results in international development cooperation has influenced relations between donors and partner countries. The increased demand for results, manifested in the so-called results agenda, and partner country ownership are considered key factors to increase effectiveness and efficiency in international development cooperation. LÄS MER

5. 4. Exploitation of University-Based Healthcare Innovations : The Behaviors of Three Key Actors and Influencing Factors

   Författare :Anders Brantnell; Enrico Baraldi; Louise Von Essen; Theo van Achterberg; Kerstin Roback; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; implementation responsibility; research funder; implementation knowledge; commercialization of science; university ownership; inventor ownership; institutional logics; medical technology;

   Sammanfattning : Large resources are invested in healthcare research, but despite this there is a wide gap between research knowledge and healthcare practice. Implementation researchers have addressed this gap, focusing mostly on the role of healthcare practitioners. LÄS MER

7. 5. Who brings the water? Negotiating state responsibility in water sector reform in Niger

   Författare :Stina Hansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Niger; water services; the state in Africa; governmentality; responsibilisation; responsibility; ownership; privatisation; decentralisation; narrative method; the state in Africa;

   Sammanfattning : For over 40 years the water sector in Niger has been subject to constant reform reflecting and accompanying general changes in the construction of the role of the state in provision of public services. This is a process that has closely followed different movements in what can be called glo-bal development discourse. LÄS MER