Essays about: "BP thesis"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 35 essays containing the words BP thesis.

  1. 21. Does the Winner Take it All? : A Case Study on Entrepreneurs' Motivation in an Innovation Competition

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Judith Bema; Kristina Lundgren; Ewa Malmsten; [2015]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial Motivation; Innovation Competition;

    Abstract : Confronted with an increasing diversity of social and global challenges, innovation competitions become an increasingly important tool to spur innovation amongst entrepreneurs. Based on a case study on three finalists of the Wendy Schmidt Oil Clean-Up XChallenge, this thesis aims to investigate what factors motivate entrepreneurs to take part in an innovation competition. READ MORE

  3. 22. 20,000 14C Years of Climate and Environmental Change in Europe : A Coleopteran-based Reconstruction with an Anthropocenic Focus

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Miljöarkeologiska laboratoriet

    Author : Misha Enayat; [2015]
    Keywords : archaeology; beetle; Anthropocene; climate; coleoptera; coleopteran; Bugs; BugsCEP; Vera Hypothesis; Holocene; database; Quaternary; entomology;

    Abstract : This thesis builds on the work of previous coleopteran-based climatic reconstructions to recreate the environment and climate of the last 20,000 14C years of northwest Europe using the data and methods available within the Bugs Coleopteran Ecology Package, and aims to assess the ability of the BugsCEP results to provide information regarding events and anthropogenic changes on environment during the Anthropocene. Samples and data from 134 sites across northwest Europe and the British Isles were included in this study. READ MORE

  4. 23. Bergsbrukets början, samt dess och jordbrukets påverkan på vegetationen uti Garpenbergs socken i sydöstra Dalarna

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Björn Karlsson; [2014]
    Keywords : Pollen; geokemi; bergsbruk; gruvbrytning; Garpenberg; Bergslagen; vegetationsförändringar; skog; jordbruk; pollen; geochemistry; mining; Sweden; vegetation changes; forest; farming;

    Abstract : Bergsbruket har under lång tid haft stor betydelse för Sverige både ekonomiskt och politiskt. Det har också haft en inverkan på naturmiljön bland annat genom huggningar för bränsle och utsläpp av tungmetaller. Ett av de områden i Sverige som är mest känt för sin metallhantering är Bergslagen. Idag är många gruvor nedlagda. READ MORE

  5. 24. Is it possible to reconstruct local pre-sence of pine on bogs during the Ho-locene based on pollen data? : a study based on surface and stratigraphical samples from three bogs in southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Isabelle Timms Eliasson; [2014]
    Keywords : southern Sweden; vegetation cover; bog; Pinus; pollen; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Horizons rich in subfossil stumps and roots of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) are frequently found in stratigraphies of northern European peatlands, providing clear evidence of Holocene periods with favourable conditions for bog-pine growth. The pines could only grow when bog-surface wetness was sufficiently low, and the presence of their remains is therefore a good indicator of past climatic conditions, mainly precipitation. READ MORE

  6. 25. Corporate Disclosures Reaction to an Incident - the case of BP

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Minh Ngoc Truong; [2013-07-02]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Communicating with stakeholders is an important task for corporations to receive the stakeholders’ support. This importance is evidenced through the emergence of different types of disclosures, for instance, the recent adoption of corporate social responsibility report. READ MORE