ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
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- Arizona State University
- 1 Basile, George M
- 1 Ferreyra-Orozco, Gabriel
- 1 Johnson, John M.
- 1 Provine, Doris M.
- 1 Redman, Charles L
- 1 Warner, Carolyn M.
- more
- 1 Wiek, Arnim
- 1 Wood, Mark Williams
- 2 English
- Social research
- Ethnography
- 1 Business incubation
- 1 Corruption
- 1 Drug Trafficking
- 1 Entrepreneurship
- 1 Mexican Federal Judiciary
- more
- 1 Social entrepreneurship
- 1 Sociology
- 1 Sustainability
- 1 Sustainable business
- 1 Sustainable entrepreneurship
- Dwarf Galaxies as Laboratories of Protogalaxy Physics: Canonical Star Formation Laws at Low Metallicity
- Evolutionary Genetics of CORL Proteins
- Social Skills and Executive Functioning in Children with PCDH-19
- Deep Domain Fusion for Adaptive Image Classification
- Software Defined Pulse-Doppler Radar for Over-The-Air Applications: The Joint Radar-Communications Experiment
This thesis examines the Mexican federal judiciary and the problem of corruption in this institution, particularly related to cases of drug trafficking. Given the clandestine nature of corruption and the complexities of this investigation, ethnographic methods were used to collect data. I conducted fieldwork as a "returning member" to the site under study, based on my former experience and interaction with the federal judicial system. I interviewed 45 individuals who work in the federal courts in six different Mexican cities. I also studied case files associated with an important criminal trial of suspected narco-traffickers known in Mexico as "El Michoacanazo." …
- Contributors
- Ferreyra-Orozco, Gabriel, Provine, Doris M., Provine, Doris M., et al.
- Created Date
- 2012
Over the past few decades, businesses globally have advanced in incorporating the principles of sustainability as they strive to align economic outcomes with growing and complex social and environmental demands and opportunities. This transition is conditioned by the maturity, scale, and geographical location of a business (among other factors), with particular challenges placed on small enterprises in middle- to low-income communities. Within this context, the overarching research question of this dissertation is why and how business incubation processes may foster sustainable enterprises at the middle and base of the socioeconomic pyramid (MoP/BoP). To explore this question, in this project I …
- Contributors
- Wood, Mark Williams, Redman, Charles L, Wiek, Arnim, et al.
- Created Date
- 2014