Vietnam has posted impressive gains in growth of output, exports and poverty reduction over the last twenty years. The standard explanation of this sustained success views Vietnam‟s transition from socialism to capitalism as an extension of markets and removal of obstacles to their efficient operation. This view of transition is based on a particular view of the origins of capitalism, in which capitalism emerges due to the expansion of trade, technology and the removal of obstacles to the natural tendencies of human interaction. However, this view of the origins of capitalism cannot explain the uniqueness of capitalism as a distinct historical social formation. A Marxist framework will be used, stressing the emergence of a new social division of labour based on the emerging class relation between capital and labour. This transformation forces a shift to accumulation through the market, requiring capitalists to operate under the market imperative in order to survive. This will be combined with Djilas (1957) and the concept of communist bureaucracies as a New Class in order to investigate the emergence of capitalism in Vietnam. The research question is how does the appearance and reproduction of the New Class provide insight into the development of a specifically Vietnamese capitalism? Data on Vietnam‟s largest 200 firms will be analyzed through the New Class lens to explore the transformation occurring in Vietnam.

This thesis examines the concept of wellbeing at work. It outlines a new type of organisation, that uses intellectual, immaterial and communicative labour power in order to provide a work ethic for both the production and consumption of their products. The thesis argues that the promotion and production of wellbeing in the workplace is in fact the production of the symbolic order of hegemonic powers in play. The thesis investigates a shift in the treatment of wellbeing in the field of organisation studies, as a concept considered as being in the social realm, to one that now has an increasingly prevalent place in the corporate realm. This thesis approaches the concept of wellbeing from a critical perspective, in contrast to the prescriptive management theory currently presented in the mainstream organisation studies literature. The analysis approaches the concept of ‘wellbeing at work’ as written and visual, and so a multi-media analysis is carried out. The fieldwork was undertaken within a single case study organization (i.e. Innocent Drinks) which was perceived to explicitly embrace the concept of well being. The general research approach used a critical ethnographic methodology and the data analysed in the thesis includes written field notes, self-made photographs, existing images, workplace and product design, colour use and typography. The analysis of data considered the ways in which ideas about wellbeing are appropriated and consumed within the workplace, and outside of this formal workspace, and what this means for the individuals and for society in general. To this end, and based upon insights that emerged from the scrutiny of data, five interrelated themes were used to classify and explore these issues (namely: home and family; play and humour; nature, environment and society; non-business/nonbureaucratic activity; and, the idea of love). The findings of this thesis identify that discourses about political and social wellbeing made through the construction of a culture both for employees and consumers alike, serve not to further the wellbeing of those people, but in fact to hijack the space once available for an alternative to the capitalist system. The research also reveals a new and emerging type of organization, that promotes wellbeing through consumption. Communication related to this type organisation not only expresses, but also organises the movement of globalisation. This form of legitimization rests on nothing outside of itself. The primary contribution of this thesis is that it provides an alternative way of conceptualizing wellbeing within organizations and within the organization studies literature. More specifically, it offers an articulation of how ‘new type’ organisations appropriate countercultural values and ideas into the realm of consumption, as a form of control over labour.

There has been considerable research on the performance gains attributable to international trade and foreign direct investment in recent years. However, the empirical ndings are still unclear, in part because of di erent studies adopting di erent methodologies. The rst aim of this thesis is to contribute to the international economics and international business literature by conducting a meta-analysis of research that studies the causal relationship between exporting and rm productivity and of research that examines the relationship between multinationality and rm performance. In particular, the results indicate the impact of exporting upon productivity is higher in developing than developed countries, an important result from the point of views of the economic analysis of globalization and economic policy in general. Existing studies on multinationality and rm performance have not considered that multinational rms may di er with respect to their location choices of overseas investment. This is an important aspect given that there are substantial di erences across developed and developing countries locations. My research lls this gap by drawing on data covering a very large number of multinational rms from 46 countries. Speci cally, I examine whether heterogeneous investments abroad, in developed and developing countries, have signi cantly di erent e ects on rm performance. The results indicate that multinational rms with more FDI presences in developing countries have signi cantly higher performance than developed countries. China has been undergoing a period of high economic growth and this is likely 4 to be due, in part, to the massive levels of international trade. The third issue covered in my dissertation concerns whether there is any export premium and/or learning by exporting. I conduct my analysis using data for more than 3,000 Chinese rms over the period 2000-2005. Overall, I nd the existence of export premium, and once the rm has entered there is additional productivity growth in post-entry period.

Missing pages 108 and 109. Thesis (M.B.A.)--Boston University / The purpose of this thesis is to explore the opportunities that so-called management services may present for the public accounting profession. The public accountant's position with respect to management consulting will be appraised and an inventory will be taken of the rewards and the pitfalls attached to this field of activity which is developing as a new challenge to the profession.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Boston University / The elemental object of business is to provide a commodity or service to tbe consumer at a profit.* Business in the United States is perpetuated through competition, and in order for any one company to succeed in the fundamental objective, it must meet such competition successfully.

Regional analysis of farm structure and employment

Jabalpur division Madhya Pradesh

Consumer behaviour

Agricultural sector of Madhya Pradesh

Selected industries in India