Essays about: "hybrid actors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 57 essays containing the words hybrid actors.

  1. 1. The Challenges of Social Enterprises in Balancing Economic, Social, and Environmental Tradeoffs: Comparative Case Study of Hybrid Organizing- Swedish Context.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Teame Gebremedhn Gebrai; [2023-07-18]
    Keywords : hybrid organizing; long-term collaboration; creating shared values; common initiatives; socioeconomic vulnerable; societal transformation; co-creation of values; cross-sector functional teams; inclusive and circular models;

    Abstract : Purpose -This master thesis is to investigate the challenges of sustainability and to understand how massive effort of collaborative hybrid organizing, involving multiple stakeholders from private, public, and civil societies balance or aligns the activities that generate economic, social, and environmental impacts. And to analyze the effects of competition between the investors interested in the joint collaborative initiatives. READ MORE

  3. 2. Structural Hybridization and Dual Roles: A Case Study of Coexisting Logics in a Government Agency

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Johanna Axelsson; Sofie Karlsson; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Institutional Logics; Coexisting Logics; Structural Hybrid; Dual Roles; Government Agency; Compartmentalization; Shieling; Segmentation;

    Abstract : The area of coexisting institutional logics has been extensively discussed at the field and organizational level. However, there is currently a lack of research on the role of individual actors in creating and sustaining organizational hybrids, e.g. organizations operating under contradicting logics. READ MORE

  4. 3. Effects of Prolonged Electricity Supply Disruptions on Critical Entities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : André Hansson; [2023]
    Keywords : vital societal function; VSF; critical entity; CE; vital societal entity; VSE; critical infrastructure; CI; critical flow; prolonged outage; electricity supply disruption; preparedness; total defence; civil defence; civil preparedness; crisis preparedness; grey zone; critical entities resilience; CER; hybrid warfare; energy security; societal resilience; cascading effect; dependencies; interdependencies; long-term disruption; power outage; power disruption; consequences; outage; samhällsviktig verksamhet; kritisk infrastruktur; totalförsvar; beredskap; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This study investigates Swedish critical entities (CEs) ability to maintain function during up to three months of electricity supply disruptions. It also examines possible improvement measures, and how contextual cases (grey zone, heightened state of alert, war) influence CEs’ ability to maintain function during electricity supply disruptions. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Construction of the LVU Influence Operation : A Narrative Case Study on Influence Operations

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Pierre Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : influence operation; disinformation; psychological defence; sweden; social services; LVU; lvu; strategic narrative; hybrid threats; information influence; påverkanskampanj; desinformation; psykologiskt försvar; LVU; lvu; socialtjänsten; strategiska narrativ; fallstudie; hybridhot; säkerhetspolitik; informationspåverkan;

    Abstract : The thesis aims to give readers a more precise knowledge of how narratives in the information environment, mainly social media platforms, can be created and structured by agents of influence operations to subvert and influence a target audience. As a case study, the thesis focuses on the influence agent “Shuoun Islamiya”, as the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency pointed out, to be the initiator of the influence operation targeting Swedish Social Services and the LVU-act. READ MORE

  6. 5. Business Operations in Armed Conflicts : An analysis of the criminal responsibilities of business executives operating in high-risk contexts

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Emuesiri Akpere; [2023]
    Keywords : International Criminal Law; Complicity; Business; Armed Conflicts; Internationell straffrätt; medverkan; affärer; väpnade konflikter;

    Abstract : The involvement of multinational corporations, international traders, transporters, processors, and retailers has a crucial significance in high-risk contexts there is a wide range of commercial activities that can make economic actors criminally responsible for gross violations of international humanitarian law and human rights: this includes the sale of weaponry, pillaging or commercial transactions unrelated to war. Allowing companies and their managers to shield themselves is harmful to the development of international law. READ MORE