Management Theses: Recent submissions
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Negotiations of legitimacy : the value of recognition for Glasgow UNESCO City of Music
(University of St Andrews, 2014-01-14) - ThesisThis thesis examines the emergence of the organization, the Glasgow UNESCO City of Music, following the award of the title UNESCO City of music to Glasgow in 2008 from a Bourdieusian perspective. Bourdieu’s concepts of ... -
Continuity in intermittent organisations : the organising practices of festival and community of a UK film festival
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-26) - ThesisThis thesis considers the relationship between practices, communities and continuity in intermittent organisational arrangements. Cultural festivals are argued to offer one such particularly rich and nuanced research ... -
Community projects as liminal spaces for climate action and sustainability practices in Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-24) - ThesisThe potential of communities for sustainability learning and governance has generated substantial interest in sustainability discourses, but their specific roles and remits are not always critically examined. This thesis' ... -
Competition, profitability and risk in US banking
(University of St Andrews, 2014-11) - ThesisThis thesis is concerned with the relationships between profit, profit persistence, risk and competition within the US commercial bank sector. In particular, the thesis asks three questions: how profit and profit persistence ... -
An exploration of accountability : evidence from the Nigerian oil and gas industry
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-26) - ThesisThe economic activities of multinational corporations (MNCs) in the extractive industries of developing countries produce a myriad of immediate negative social, economic and environmental impacts on communities hosting ...