Essays about: "business strategy and finance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 essays containing the words business strategy and finance.

  1. 1. How Venture Capital Could Use Large Language Models to Screen Sustainability Impact Startups

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

    Author : Måns Vilhelm Tivenius; Karl-Gustav Elf; [2023]
    Keywords : Large Language Models; Venture Capital; Impact Investing; Prompt Engineering; GPT-4; ChatGPT; Impact; Sustainability; Artificial Intelligence; Startup success; Impact startup; Impact measurement; Screening; AI for good; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This study investigates the potential of large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, to aid venture capitalists in the screening of startups that maximize sustainability impact. To determine the scope that maximizes impact for venture capitalists' and to identify effective screening criteria, the study utilized theoretical research and interviews. 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. Valuation in the energy storage sector - an investor perspective

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Oliver Vasanoja; Alessandro Volpe; [2023]
    Keywords : Energy storage; project finance; sustainable finance; investor rationality; financial valuation; levelized cost of storage; net present value; internal rate of return; payback period; technological maturity;

    Abstract : This study will examine a strategy for evaluating energy storage projects by integrating valuation metrics from finance and the energy sector. Uncertainty is one of the key barriers to investment in the energy sector (Shimbar & Ebrahimi, 2017, p. READ MORE

  5. 4. ESG and Financial Performance, is there a correlation for the Italian listed organizations?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Arnaldo Coiro; [2022]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Due to social and environmental crises, the concept of sustainability has grown in importance in our society over the past years. Things are changing, even in the financial industry. READ MORE

  6. 5. Leadership change when scaling up in an entrepreneurial setting

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Jesper Vang; Dan Havner; [2022]
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    Abstract : As start-ups reach a point where they must seek new markets or otherwise expand its business to find a sustainable operational level, they enter the scaling phase. As scaling poses several new or changed parameters as well as challenges for the venture, the question of how the leadership changes arises when scaling. READ MORE