Essays about: "transformation pathway"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 22 essays containing the words transformation pathway.

1. 11. Holistic Sustainability Transformation & Addressing Impacts on Global Biodiversity Integrity : Incumbent Nordic Media Companies

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Tristan Månsson-Perrone; [2019]
   Keywords : Holistic Sustainability; Biodiversity Integrity; Media Industry; Incumbent Nordic Media Companies; Planetary Boundaries; Sustainability Transformation; Seven Focus Areas; Pathway Lens; Actions; Solutions; Beyond-Carbon; Business Model Innovation.;

   Abstract : Growing ecological challenges [1][2][3] can be addressed by the media industry through proactive engagement with holistic sustainability transformation that covers all activities within their value-chain. With at least 60% of vertebrate species already lost [1] and 40% of insect species at risk of the same [2], the time for business-as-usual has past [4][5][6][49]. READ MORE

3. 12. Knowledge Management towards Innovation : How can organizations utilize knowledge management to foster innovation?

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

   Author : Alix Donata Freiin von Dörnberg; [2019]
   Keywords : Innovation Management; Knowledge Management; Spiral of Knowledge; Corporate Culture; Design Thinking; Agile Organization; Learning Organization;

   Abstract : Being innovative allows organizations to be part of the rapid competitive and environmental shifts and requires the development of knowledge as it builds the pathway of innovation. Since most companies find it troublesome to effectively utilize their existing knowledge towards innovations and literature lacks to offer solutions, this study aims to determine factors that contribute to an enhancement of the spiral of knowledge as well as to develop a concept that provides counselling for business and academia on how to overcome this issue. READ MORE

4. 13. Completely obscure, just like sustainability : a critical analysis of circular economy principles within the Swedish fashion industry

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Madelene Danielzon Larsson; [2018]
   Keywords : sustainability science; circular economy; fashion; critical theory; consumption and production system; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The fashion industry is currently operating at high levels of material throughput leading to global annual emissions reaching a staggering 4 metric gigatons of CO2e. Almost reaching the levels of the entire EU-28 in 2015 of 4.45 metric gigatons. READ MORE

5. 14. Sustainable Innovation? Addressing challenges and finding opportunities in a rural region of Norway.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Shane Murray; [2017]
   Keywords : self-actualization; inclusiveness; Hallingdal; Norway; innovation pathway blockages; socio-technical innovation; regional development; wicked problems; sustainable transformation; Advocacy research; immigration and refugee studies; co-creative design; full spectrum sustainability.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : A key question for researchers is what blockages are on the pathway towards a sustainable transformation? This research is exploratory and advocacy based, taking place within a rural region in Norway. It involved two interconnected questions: Q1. What are the challenges to increasing environmentally sustainable performance in the region? Q2. READ MORE

6. 15. Can urban agriculture become a planning strategy to address social-ecological justice?

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Javier Fernández Andrés; [2017]
   Keywords : urban agriculture; urban farming; social-ecological justice; equity; food security; food sovereignty; globalisation; industrialisation; inequality; global food system; climate change; food deserts;

   Abstract : Last century witnessed an unprecedented growth of cities which has led to the consolidation of an eminently urbanised world population. Meanwhile, agriculture has adopted industrial methods of production in the shape of large-scale, chemical-laden crops in the countryside, which, together with the liberalisation of global trade, have undermined the livelihood of small-scale peasants throughout the world, forcing many of them out of business. READ MORE