Essays about: "Decentralisation"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 73 essays containing the word Decentralisation.

  1. 31. Increasing analytics maturity by establishing analytics networks and spreading the use of Lean Six Sigma : A case study of a global B2B company

    University essay from KTH/Industriell Management

    Author : VIKTOR SVANTESSON ROMANOV; IDA GULLQVIST; [2016]
    Keywords : Data and Analytics maturity models; centralisation decentralisation of analytics; analytics setups; analytics networks; knowledge management and collaboration; Lean Six Sigma;

    Abstract : Organisations with high-performing data and analytics capabilities are more successful than organisations with lower analytics maturity. It is therefore necessary for organisations to assess their analytics capabilities and needs in order to identify and evaluate areas of improvement that need to be addressed. READ MORE

  3. 32. The Electoral Commitment Problem : A quantitative assessment of the impact of constitutional features on post-election conflict

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Stephen Dawson; [2016]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Conflict immediately following elections is a phenomenon rarely studies in its own light. The timing, motivation, and dynamics of post-election conflict is often verydifferent to that in other periods of the electoral cycle. This study seeks to identifyhow certain constitutional features influence the likelihood of post-electionconflict. READ MORE

  4. 33. Forbidden spaces? : public participation in solid waste management in Lusaka

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Clive Mutame Siachiyako; [2016]
    Keywords : public participation; public sphere; power; trust; communication;

    Abstract : Participatory processes are increasingly sought (internationally and nationally) in natural resource and environmental decision-making to embrace different interests, values and knowledge. In Zambia, public participation is anchored on the National Decentralisation Policy (NDP). READ MORE

  5. 34. Increasing the robustness of the Bitcoincrypto-system in presence of undesirable behaviours

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Thibaut Lajoie-Mazenc; [2016]
    Keywords : Bitcoin; double-spending; forks;

    Abstract : Decentralised cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin offer a new paradigm of electronic payment systems that do not rely on a trusted third-party. Instead, the peers forming the network handle the task traditionally left to the third-party, preventing attackers from spending twice the same resource, and do so in a publicly verifiable way through Bitcoin's main innovation, the blockchain. READ MORE

  6. 35. Mind the Gap - Lived experiences relating to gendered aspects of management control systems - A case study of a Swedish professional services firm

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Sofie Agmén; Caroline Carleson; [2016]
    Keywords : Gender; Lived experiences; MCS; Technocratic control; Socio-ideological control;

    Abstract : Gender and accounting research has typically studied the logic behind gender skewness within accounting firms. Yet, a more nascent research stream has begun to inspect accounting logics from a gender lens. READ MORE