Sökning: "transnational oil corporations"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden transnational oil corporations.

  1. 1. Internationalization of production in Kazakhstan and its economic implications: the role of foreign investment and transnational corporations

    Författare :Nurgul Baigabylova; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internationalization of production; transnational corporation; foreign investment; natural resources; extractive industry; transition economy; eclectic paradigm; investment development path;

    Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis examines the development of internationalization of production in Kazakhstan and its economic implications over the period 1991-2010. The main objectives of the thesis are to investigate the role of foreign investment and TNCs in the economic growth of Kazakhstan since its independence in 1991 and onward, to explore the motives that foreign enterprises have for investing in Kazakhstan, and to understand how the internationalization of production affected the Kazakhstani economy during the period 1991-2010. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Exploring Responsibility : Public and Private in Human Rights Protection

    Författare :Magdalena Bexell; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transnational oil corporations; NGOs; global governance; international norms; responsibility; accountability; public-private; corporate social responsibility; human rights; international relations; Human Rights; Political and administrative sciences; förvaltningskunskap; Mänskliga rättigheter; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Sammanfattning : The theory and practice of international relations are replete with dilemmas related to the distribution of responsibility for human rights protection. Institutionalized notions of public and private empower and shape knowledge of what the spheres of responsibility signify for different kinds of actors. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Development : Case of the Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline Project

    Författare :Ransom Lekunze; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social geography; Development Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; Business Ethics; Socialgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : As society today increasingly understands the impact of transnational corporate operations, an increasing recognition on the part of corporations of their responsibility for social and environmental well being of people in poor countries appears. The norm - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) grew out of such logic. LÄS MER