Essays about: "Analysis of a change agent"

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  1. 31. The Impact of Elevator Usage and Zoning on High-Rise Building Evacuation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Miqdad Kilpady; [2019]
    Keywords : Elevator; waiting time; elevator zoning; total evacuation time; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : For decades, the use of elevators has been prohibited during emergencies but with the ever-increasing heights of the buildings, safe and timely vertical evacuation by the conventional means of stairs seems more and more of a challenge. With the recent push for a better understanding of the pros and cons of use of elevators for evacuation by various concerned parties, it is imperative that there is a better understanding of the performance, advantages and risks involved with this evacuation strategy. READ MORE

  3. 32. Smart Cities in practice. A comparative case study between Warsaw, Gdynia, Copenhagen and Malmö. A public actor’s perspective with a secondary focus on collaboration and digitization

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Agata Jagoda Jablonska; [2018]
    Keywords : smart city; smart city in practice; smart city governance; urbanization; digitization; collaboration; sustainability; strategy; city governing; city managing; partnerships; cross-sector collaboration; cross-sector partnership; innovation-based projects; case study; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this dissertation was to examine what Smart City concept entails in practice rather than a theory, with a clear secondary focus on digitization and collaboration as the means to deliver successful Smart City projects. This project sheds light on the public actor’s managerial perspective on many actual topics for the globalized world, where cities play a pivotal role. READ MORE

  4. 33. What are the key enabling factors for sustainable innovative environment in healthcare?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Elin Berggren; Joana Alves Dias; [2018]
    Keywords : Inductive study; innovation in healthcare; enabling factors; Pertex; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Background: The more varied and new challenges that the healthcare sector faces every day, calls for modernization and reorganization. However, the healthcare sector is commonly understood to be slow to adapt to change. READ MORE

  5. 34. The interconnection between executive shareholding and firm performance

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Rex Ståhl; [2017-09-15]
    Keywords : Management Remuneration; Executive Shareholding; Long-term Incentive Programs; Agency Theory; Stock Market Performance;

    Abstract : There has been a long standing debate regarding how firms can alleviate the agency problem and align the interests of the agent with those of the principal. In this study, we theorize that if firms can incentivize executives to act more like owners as opposed to agents, it will lead to better performance of the firm. READ MORE

  6. 35. Capturing continuous human movement on a linear network with mobile phone towers

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik

    Author : Jesper Dejby; [2017]
    Keywords : Mobile phone tower analysis; Mobile phone networks; Spatial point processes; Linear networks; Call detail records; Human movement; Human trajectories; Markov decision processes; Continuous random walks;

    Abstract : Anonymous Call Detail Records (CDR’s) from mobile phone towers provide a unique opportunity to aggregate individual location data to overall human mobility patterns. Flowminder uses this data to improve the welfare of low- and middle-income countries. The movement patterns are studied through key measurements of mobility. READ MORE