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Title:Globalising Eton : a transnational history of elite boarding schools since 1799 Author(s):SANDGREN, Petter EUI affiliated

Date:2017Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2017 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:This thesis uses the Swedish boarding school Lundsberg to write a global history of elite boarding schools and, more broadly, to reflect upon the transnationally interconnected nature of elites. The research draws on primary ...

Title:Corporate Social Responsibility in the Regulatory Void - Does the promise hold? : self-regulation by business in South Africa and China Author(s):THAUER, Christian R.Date:2010Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2010 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Under which conditions do firms engage in corporate social responsibility (csr) in the context of a regulatory void? Tackling this question the thesis suggests a set of theoretical propositions that explain the engagement ...

Title:Trade mark paradoxes in European brand competition Author(s):GRANMAR, ClaesDate:2010Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2010 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:The development of a uniform European trade mark law regime has taken so many different paths over the past decades that the state of the law is now more or less incomprehensible to everyone. The regime is primarily shaped ...

Title:On the Signaling and Feedback Effects of Umbrella Branding Author(s):THAL, JeanineDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/13Abstract:I consider an adverse selection model of product quality to analyze a firm's incentives to sell different products under an umbrella brand. My main result is that umbrella branding can signal positive quality correlation ...

Title:MNEs in the CEECs : shaping the microeconomic architecture of states in the context of EU integration : the cases of Unilever, Nestlé and InBev Author(s):CHOBANOVA, YordankaDate:2007Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2007 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Using Systems of Innovation Approach (SI) and International Business (IB) literature, this dissertation analyzes the level of embeddedness of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). MNEs are ...

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