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    • Building careers, managing capitals 

      Flynn, Emma (University of St Andrews, 2015-06) - Thesis
      I sought to find out whether this was a tension between artistic and commercial in the career of visual artists, and if so, how this tension was managed. In attempting to uncover information which could address the ...
    • The silence of the lamps : visibility, agency and artistic objects in the play production process 

      Stephens, Louise (University of St Andrews, 2016-06-24) - Thesis
      This thesis is a case study which looks at the creation of two theatre productions. Using the literature of Actor-Network Theory as a methodological provocation, it analyses the processes by which networks of actors created ...
    • The assemblage of Digital Engagement Metrics as a market device : the case of independent film 

      Franklin, Michael (University of St Andrews, 2016-06-24) - Thesis
      Digital technology has radically disrupted the established ways of organising the film industry. However, digital initiatives such as marketing and distribution strategies involving social media and online distribution ...
    • Alternative approaches in ESG investing : four essays on investment performance & risk 

      Rezec, Michael (University of St Andrews, 2016-06-24) - Thesis
      ESG (Environmental, social, and governance) investing is an investment philosophy to inform holistic and sound decision-making of investors for the purposes of both, nourishing a stable economy with acceptable rates of ...
    • Essays on Islamic equity investing 

      Adamsson, Hampus (University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - Thesis
      Islamic finance is rapidly gaining momentum around the world. Interpretations of Shari’ah, or Islamic law, state that investments must be free from elements of riba (interest), gharar (uncertainty), maysir (speculation) ...