Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (UMKC) by Thesis Advisor "Olsen, Erik K., 1966-"
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The Financialization of the Business Enterprise
(2015)This dissertation focuses on the theoretical and empirical causes and consequences of the financialization of the business enterprise. The first chapter argues that the transition from the Post-War SSA to the Contemporary ... -
Human Development As the Expansion of Work Capability: An Examination of Vietnam
(2020)This dissertation aims to enhance the application of Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach by including work capability in the current assessment of human development. Development theorists have long overlooked the role of ... -
The Structure of Production and Portfolio Decisions of Investment
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)Orthodox portfolio theory is at the center of the way neoclassical economics understands private investment and economic policy. Nonetheless, this theory is highly vulnerable to multiple criticisms, and its empirical ... -
Three Essays at the Intersection of Social Theory and Political Economy
(2022)This study revisits classic questions of political economy through an interdisciplinary lens, wedding the insights of modern social theory with heterodox political economy. The first chapter synthesizes the economic and ... -
Three essays on Platform Capitalism and its alternative
(2023)This dissertation delves into the intricate landscape of platform capitalism and its multifaceted relationship with labor dynamics, bringing forth a nuanced understanding of the evolving economic terrain. The first ...