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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
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Spring 2015
The purpose of this study on Belarusian child care policy was two-fold: 1) to explore the extent to which the state in Belarus shares in and supports familial child care and, 2) to explore the alignment between current child care policy and parental preferences. The former is achieved by an...
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Fall 2014
I advance a theory of how institutional complexity of national systems shapes the fate of hybrid organizations. In particular, I investigate how various prevailing societal logics independently and jointly affect the founding and social mission focus of microfinance organizations (MFOs); a form...
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Fall 2011
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certifies forests that have been grown in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. It attempts to increase market share for certified paper via a Business Development Plan (BDP). This thesis provides analysis of the FSCs marketing using a survey...
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Institutional Diversity in Collective Action: Investigating Successful Village Level Maintenance of Hand Pumps in Malawi
DownloadSpring 2014
Providing clean water to rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa remains a challenge. Unsanitary and distant water sources cause a host of health and humanitarian problems. A common means of remedying this situation has been the donation of improved water sources, fitted with low-cost hand pumps....
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Institutional entrepreneurship of women’s professional volleyball leagues, the United States and Czech Republic
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Women’s volleyball gained major popularity in the United States in the 1980s under the umbrella of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (NCAA, 2010). In the last few decades several women’s professional volleyball leagues emerged in the United States. Unfortunately, every single...
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Spring 2016
This research study explores how past political legacies have shaped the ways that Chinese organizations are conceptualizing and responding to recent pressures to engage in corporate social responsibility initiatives. While an established body of research has been devoted to unpacking the...
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Institutional Innovation in Farmer-Trader Exchange Practices in the Indonesian Shallot Market
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When agricultural markets do not function well, the results can impose disproportionate negative effects on smallholder farmers (FAO, 2010). These effects are exacerbated when markets for key inputs, such as skilled labour, are missing or incomplete (de Janvry et al., 1991). To reduce risk and...
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Institutions and Economic Growth: How Institutional Change Triggers Divergence, Convergence, and Non-Zero Sums
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The thesis explores the effect of institutional change on economic output. Chapters 1 and 2 are empirical and examine historical events. Chapter 1 makes the case that the Mongol Empire played a prominent role in the Industrial Revolution emerging in Western Europe. Western Europe developed...