Management Theses: Recent submissions
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The elusive 'good' : how performance measures shape the US child support enforcement program
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-28) - ThesisPerformance measures do not just capture an organization’s ‘good performance’; they intervene in the valuation and construction of what counts as ‘good’ so it can be valued, enacted, and measured. This is the central theme ... -
Constructing control in the global shipping industry : the development of regulations for CO₂ emissions
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-07) - ThesisShipping transports between 80-90% of world trade (Smith et al. 2015). In 2012 the industry accounted for around 3% of global emissions with a predicted increase of between 50 and 250% by 2050 (Scott et al, 2017). As ... -
Bank taxation : implications for financial intermediation, liquidity creation, and the real economy
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-07) - ThesisThis thesis investigates the implications of bank taxation for financial intermediation, bank liquidity creation, and the real economy. Our empirical analysis is underpinned by an identification strategy which relies on ... -
Investing, personality and social preferences : essays on the psycho-graphics of US individual investors
(University of St Andrews, 2017) - ThesisIn three essays, I investigate whether investors’ social preferences and personality traits can help explain individual investors' investment decisions. The first essay investigates whether investors' social preferences ... -
A tale from the field : an ethnographic study of power dynamics in leadership work
(University of St Andrews, 2017) - ThesisIn this thesis, I take a practice-based approach to examine the ways in which the work of leadership is socially accomplished, and thereby implicated with power dynamics. Although the Leadership-as-Practice (LAP) literature ...