Essays about: "Amazons"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word Amazons.

  1. 1. Amazon: Unwelcome Giant?! : a case study on competitive dynamics developed from Amazon's entry into the Swedish market

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för ekonomi

    Author : Sarah Gunnarsson; Sofia Lilliehorn; [2021]
    Keywords : Competitive Dynamics; Actor; Reactor; E-commerce; Value Co-creation; Value Appropriation;

    Abstract : For the last months, the Swedish e-commerce market has experienced impacted competitive dynamics followed by the entrance of the US giant, Amazon. This thesis investigated the competitive dynamics that developed after the entrance of Amazon on the Swedish e-commerce market. READ MORE

  3. 2. A detailed study on Amazon Forest structure and mortality rates through LPJ-GUESS vegetation model

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Sara Mazzuoli; [2021]
    Keywords : Amazon s Forest; LPJ-GUESS; simulation; TEAM-NETWORK; dynamic vegetation model; observation; mortality; allometry; tree stand structure; biomass; cohort; PFTs; plant functional types; NPP; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Nowadays it has become relevant for scientists to understand the impact of tropical forest structure on the Global Carbon Cycle. Dynamic vegetation models have been developed to pursue this issue, specifically by improving algorithms that could analyze the allometry, biomass content and mortality rate of each singular simulated plant individual and how this responds to climate change, management and rising CO2 concentrations. READ MORE

  4. 3. Tardy for the party or just fashionably late?: Empirical studies of Swedish consumers' switching intentions and Swedish e-commerce firms' reactions to Amazon's entry into the domestic market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Andrea Mattsson; Alice O'Connor; [2020]
    Keywords : Competitive dynamics; MNE; Market entry; Consumer switching behaviour; Amazon;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how the news of Amazon's entry into the Swedish market has been received by Swedish consumers and e-commerce firms. This is of theoretical value to the growing research field examining market entries of digital multinational enterprises, as well as a unique empirical phenomenon considering Amazon's global influence, the e-commerce market's importance to the Swedish economy and the distinctiveness of Swedish e-commerce consumers. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Other Amazon: Deconstructing Amazon's Climate Pledge and Sustainability Discourse

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Ebba Campbell; [2020]
    Keywords : amazon; amazon Inc.; amazon.com; sustainability; critical discourse analysis; the climate pledge; greenwashing; ecological modernization; eco-modernism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The techno-conglomerate Amazon has emerged as a corporate giant, branching out their operations to include many sectors of the global market. While previously concealing their carbon footprint, Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge together with two former architects of the Paris Agreement in 2019 with the goal of reaching net zero carbon by 2040, ten years earlier than the Paris agreement. READ MORE

  6. 5. S3-HopsFS: A Scalable Cloud-native Distributed File System

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

    Author : Joel Stenkvist; [2019]
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    Abstract : Data has been regarded as the new oil in today’s modern world. Data is generated everywhere from how you do online shopping to where you travel. Companies rely on analyzing this data to make informed business decisions and improve their products and services. However, storing this massive amount of data can be very expensive. READ MORE