Essays about: "globalization and the environment"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 212 essays containing the words globalization and the environment.

  1. 16. Living Forms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industridesign

    Author : Zhijian Xiong; [2023]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This project is about imagining new ways we live at home, and new objects to take place. The project is based on personal interests, short case studies, and observation on current human conditions. READ MORE

  3. 17. Global Supply Chains at a Crossroads - A multiple case study investigating the process of Volvo Cars’ & H&M Group’s reconfiguration of their global supply chains

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Axel Garå; Jacob Elander; [2022-07-05]
    Keywords : Global Supply Chains; Volvo Cars; H M Group; Risk Management; Reconfiguration; Zone of Balanced Resilience; Capabilities; Global Value Chains; Disruptions; Covid-19; International Business; Resilience;

    Abstract : Globalization and falling barriers to international trade have incentivized firms to relocate activities to foreign markets in pursuit of greater returns. MNCs today often have global supply chains with high degrees of interdependence where a disruption at one end of the supply chain often affects the whole network. READ MORE

  4. 18. Aesthetics of Urban Culture: Corporeal Experience of Copenhagen

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Mikaela Sjöberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Aesthetics; Atmosphere; Commerce; Globalization; Identity; Mythology; Urbanity; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the visual culture of the streets; images and sensory experiences that shape our sense of space and ideas of identity and belonging. The atmospheres of cities, partly constructed by planners and partly lived by those who inhabit its spaces, produce audio-visual material that affect the atmosphere of the city, influencing dynamics of hierarchal structures in society. READ MORE

  5. 19. Achieving enhanced integration of sustainability into supply chain through implementation of effective strategies in environmental, economic, and social fronts

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

    Author : Heor Aula; [2022]
    Keywords : Globalization; Sustainability; Supply chain network; firm performance; Governance gaps; Innovative sustainable strategies; Integration;

    Abstract : Manufacturing industries have adopted globalization as a strategy to improve the reach of their products/services, bringing them closer to the customer and utilizing the cost advantage in emerging economies, better availability of resources such as raw materials, and cheaper workforce. However, with globalization came a fair share of obstacles in effectively managing the operations of a complex supply chain network spread across the globe. READ MORE

  6. 20. Unpacking taste : the social life of wine

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Henrik Mikael Waldin; [2022]
    Keywords : social fields; modernity; tradition; authenticity; natural wine;

    Abstract : Wine’s context exceeds the story of pleasure and natural enchantment as it is also laden with conflict and controversy. Wine is part of contemporary discussions on globalization, class and postcolonialism, biodiversity and climate change. In a sense, wine does not only reflect nature, but wine also reflects and is embedded in its social context. READ MORE