Essays about: "relative resource theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words relative resource theory.

  1. 1. Investigating the influence of the tidal regime on harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena distribution in Mount’s Bay, Cornwall

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Duncan Jones; [2023]
    Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; GIS; Habitat Modelling; Harbour Porpoise; MaxEnt; Tidal Processes; Conservation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Investigating the influence of the tidal regime on harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena distribution in Mount’s Bay, Cornwall Abstract Unintentional by-catch in fishing gear is a significant cause of mortality of harbour porpoises in UK waters. Understanding the spatial distribution of harbour porpoises at fine scales and how this changes over time is essential when trying to understand where these lethal interactions might occur. READ MORE

  3. 2. Economic Empowerment: Protection or Risk? : - A quantitative study on economic empowerment and intimate partner violence

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Signe Wiktorsson; [2022]
    Keywords : violence against women; intimate partner violence; IPV; intimate partner violence against women; IPVAW; economic empowerment; marital dependency theory; relative resource theory;

    Abstract : Violence against women is an issue faced by women all over the world. Violence conducted by a partner or husband is the most common form of violence that women are targeted by. Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is internationally recognized as a human rights violation as well as a major global health issue. READ MORE

  4. 3. The relative effect of gained extra-pair paternity versus ensured within-pair paternity on male fitness in collared flycatchers, Ficedula albicollis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Lan Ma; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Variation in a male ability to gain extra-pair paternity and maintain within-pair paternity are important sources of variation in male fitness in socially monogamous species and thus become the resource of sexual selection on male secondary sexual traits. While the maximum possible number of offspring sired within the social pair-bond is limited by the female’s clutch size, the possible number of sired extra-pair young could in theory by much higher. READ MORE

  5. 4. Is China Crossing the Line?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Martin Eriksson; Victoria Helin; Alice Serenhov; [2021]
    Keywords : Cumulative Abnormal Return; Cross-border M A; Trading Halt; Trading Suspension; Short-Term Shareholder Wealth; China; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose To examine if Chinese acquirers create short-term shareholder wealth through cross-border acquisitions, measured by fluctuations of the stock price of the acquiring firm. Additionally, to investigate if industrial, institutional and cultural independent variables affect the cumulative abnormal returns. READ MORE

  6. 5. Incentivising Intra-Organisational Sustainability Development at GANNI

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Melanie Hermeling; Laura Dittmann; [2021]
    Keywords : Social Physics; Management Control Systems; Fashion; Institutional Theory; Resource-Based View; Sustainability Development; Incentivisation; Design Thinking;

    Abstract : Background – Under the acceleration in globalising tendencies of monopoly capitalism aided by social hyper-connectivity and a supply of cheap international labour, fashion companies struggle to find sufficient agency to manoeuvre their way out of the unsustainable, self-inflicted problems. Since fashion companies' rhetoric on sustainability matters is often far ahead of corporate action, it requires further development and engagement by all actors. READ MORE