Essays about: "business solutions to social problems"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the words business solutions to social problems.

  1. 1. Scaling up social enterprises to tackle environmental problems : A study exploring scale-up challenges, solutions, and opportunities of social enterprises tackling environmental problems

    University essay from

    Author : Karel Svoboda; Ahmed Naqvi; [2023]
    Keywords : social entrepreneurship; social enterprise; scaling up; environmental problems; scale up challenges; scale up solutions; scale up opportunities;

    Abstract : AbstractBackground: Among the biggest threats to mankind are various environmental problems which have been mainly triggered by human interference with the planet. There have been various ineffective efforts to mitigate these detrimental effects. READ MORE

  3. 2. Making Artisanal Gold Miners ‘Investable’ - A Novel Means of ‘Improving’ Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining? A neoliberal eco-governmentality analysis of ‘responsible’ artisanal and small-scale gold mining: the case of the Lake Victoria Gold Programme in Migori County, Kenya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Gustav Dahlqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining ASM ; responsible mining initiatives; neoliberal eco-governmentality; investability; gold; Kenya; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Objectives: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) - a labour-intensive and low-tech mode of minerals extraction and processing - has received increasing attention amidst global commodity booms and its concurrent expansion. Infamously associated with negative social and environmental impacts, responsible mining initiatives have emerged to promote, measure, and enforce sustainable mining practices for ASM. READ MORE

  4. 3. Public Participation in Sustainable Urban Development Strategies - A Tool for Improving Strategy Making or a Symbolic Means of Establishing Legitimacy?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ekaterina Faldina; [2023]
    Keywords : Community engagement; local authorities; Arnstein’s ladder; stakeholders; public participation; sustainable urban strategy; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to analyse the relationships between key stakeholders in the process of developing and implementing an urban strategy using the example of the Sustainable Urban Development Strategy of the City of Saint Petersburg. This thesis is based on theories related to involving public participation in the planning and implementation of the city strategy and the options and perspectives of participation strategies for involving stakeholders. READ MORE

  5. 4. From Grassroot to Global: Community-Based Entrepreneurs Shaping Systemic Change

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Merel Evers; Merel Jasmijn Hulst; [2023]
    Keywords : Depletion of natural resources; re-organizing the economy; bottom-up efforts; community-based entrepreneurship; common-based economy; eco-villages; community boundary management; collective action; social and environmental change; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research explores how community-based entrepreneurs can contribute to the reorganization of natural resource management and find solutions to environmental problems within the current capitalist economy. Recent scholars on post-capitalism, believe that the economy can be organized by different institutions than the market and investigate the role of individuals as catalyst of environmental and social change from the bottom up. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Strategic Importance of Reframing

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK - Högskolan för design och konsthantverk

    Author : Pablo Vinícius Herzog; [2020-09-27]
    Keywords : reframing; frame creation; strategic design; software industry business design; HDK;

    Abstract : Software industry has been expanding and spreading its influence over a huge number of products and services. Parallel to that, the industry as a whole has been more exposed to challenges complicated enough to be faced with simple solutions. READ MORE