Sökning: "small-scale entrepreneurship"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden small-scale entrepreneurship.

  1. 1. A Genealogy of Governing Economic Behaviour : Small-scale credit in Malawi 1930–2010

    Författare :Johanna Värlander; Sofia Murhem; Göran Salmonsson; Torbjörn Engdahl; Maria Eriksson Baaz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; governmentality; small-scale credit; microcredit; Malawi; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis the aim has been to analyse changes and continuity in the governing of economic behaviour in small-scale credit schemes in colonial Nyasaland and independent Malawi from 1930 until 2010. Furthermore, how the effects of history in terms of how colonial and post-colonial development discourses and practices have been rephrased and reused in the early 21st century are discussed. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Learning ecosystem complexity : A study on small-scale fishers’ ecological knowledge generation

    Författare :Diana Garavito-Bermúdez; Camilla Thunborg; Cecilia Lundholm; Beatrice Crona; Alan Reid; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; small-scale fishers; informal learning; knowledge generation; systems thinking; ecological knowledge; ecosystem complexity; work practices; emotional bonds to place; sustainable fisheries management; environmental learning; Vättern; Blekinge; Baltic Sea.; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : Small-scale fisheries are learning contexts of importance for generating, transferring, and updating ecological knowledge of natural environments through everyday work practices. The rich knowledge fishers have of local ecosystems is the result of the intimate relationship fishing communities have had with their natural environments across generations (see e. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Entreprenörskap i industrialismens gränsområde? : en studie av lokala förutsättningar och företagarnätverk i Skelleftebygden under 1800- och 1900-talen

    Författare :Torbjörn Danell; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial networks; small-scale entrepreneurship; Skellefteå; Boliden; regional development; economic transformation; Företagande; Västerbotten; 1800-talet; 1900-talet; Skellefteå;

    Sammanfattning : Today's research into entrepreneurship focuses largely on the influence of small-scale business enterpriseon regional development. How has this appeared from an historical perspective, and has small-scaleentrepreneurship been an important prerequisite of regional development? This dissertation is a casestudy and illuminates how changes in the local environment influence entrepreneurship in conjunctionwith new relationships and conditions over a protracted period of economic transformation. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Kustnära yrkesfiske i förändring : Från mångsysslare till entreprenör

    Författare :Malin Andersson; Avdelningen för modevetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; tjänster; turismutveckling; småföretagande; etnografi; diskursteori; småskaligt fiske; turismföretagande; lokal kunskap; kust; värdskap; servicearbete; yrkesroll; kulturanalys; hållbart fiske; innovation; autenticitet; entreprenörskap; Inshore commerical fisheries; small business enterprising; fishers; sustainable fisheries; small-scale fisheries; tourism enterprising; coast; entrepreneurship; governance; local knowledge; hosting; hospitality; diversification; service production; service work; work role; culture analysis; ethnography; discourse theory; positioning; positions; authenitciy; metaphors;

    Sammanfattning : In this dissertation inshore commercial fisheries are being studied from a cultural analytical perspective with a focus on service production and hospitality. The dissertation title, ”Inshore commercial fisheries in change. LÄS MER

  7. 5. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CRISES IN SIERRA LEONE : The Role of Small-scale Entrepreneurs in Petty Trading as a Strategy for Survival 1960-1996

    Författare :Fouday Kamara; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Sierra Leone; Social Networks and Survival Strategies; Family Business; Poverty alleviation; Petty Trading; Entrepreneurship; Business Culture; Development Issues; Economic Political and Social crises; Social economics; Economics of development; Sierra Leone; Sociologi; Social ekonomi; Utvecklingsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Sierra Leone is a small country with rich mineral resources such as diamonds, bauxite, gold and iron ore. Other resources include fishing, forestry and fertile agricultural land, which enable people to farm without any sophisticated methods of mechanization. LÄS MER