Essays about: "Confidence as Strategy"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 essays containing the words Confidence as Strategy.
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1. To Deploy, or Not to Deploy, That is the Question A qualitative study of the decision-making experiences of engineers deploying software changes in production
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : The web services that millions of people count on require large-scale computer resources (servers, nodes, networking) and an intricate set of interdependent software services. Under pressure to continually improve these services, code and configuration changes are deployed hundreds or thousands of times every day. READ MORE
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2. Are expert judgments a reliable tool for predicting farmer and food consumer decisions? : experimental evidence from a forecasting survey
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Often trusted to provide sound recommendations and advice, experts from academia and industry are often relied upon throughout industries around the globe, and the food and agriculture industry is no different. We therefore ask, how accurate are these experts, and are they able to accurately forecast behavior from varying food chain actors such as farmers and consumers? Do these experts have a preconceived bias to one side or the other? These questions become increasingly important when considering policy developments such as the EU Farm to Fork strategy, which seek to integrate the consumer-facing food industry and the producer-forward agriculture industry, two policy realms that have historically remained relatively independent of one another. READ MORE
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3. How close are your customers'? A quantitative study on consumers psychological distance and its implications for retailers online strategy
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategiAbstract : E-commerce is constantly expanding and evolving, and the retail landscape is currently facing major challenges. Younger generations that have grown up in a digital era are more comfortable navigating the online environment, and they are increasingly constituting a more significant part of the market. READ MORE
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4. Looking Back, Moving Forward : The 2007-09 Financial Crisis in the light of the 1990s Financial Crisis in Sweden
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : The aim of this thesis, is through a qualitative research strategy and thematic data-approach, guided by the policy learning process theoretical framework to establish how the lessons from the 1990s financial crisis influenced the stabilization policies of the Swedish Riksbank during the 2007-09 financial crisis, and what effects the 2007-09 financial crisis had on the Riksbank’s stabilization policies to date. By analysing primary sources of policymakers and economists, this thesis finds that Sweden was successful in its 2007-09 crisis management, because it had learnt important lessons from its own past, namely, the severe financial crisis of the 1990s. READ MORE
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5. Self-branding on elite level : How female athletes use social media for empowerment
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Professional athletes use social media for many different purposes. That includes sharing personal lives, sport achievements as well as endorsements and branding activities with sponsors. READ MORE
