Essays about: "Declining industry"

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1. 6. Lower Barriers and Higher Social Status? — Chinese Women Working in E-commerce

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Yuxin Li; [2022]
   Keywords : gender inequality; e-commerce; Internet companies; inequality regimes; barriers; social status; Confucian culture; China; Business and Economics; Social Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : With the recent development of Internet technology, the e-commerce industry is booming. However, under this rapid development, various inequality issues are hidden. Inspired by Goldin's (2002) study on declining gender significance, this paper focuses on the gender inequalities faced by female employees in the e-commerce industry in China. READ MORE

3. 7. The role of emotion and economics : A quantitative study of succession intentions in family farms

   University essay from

   Author : Annie Rydqvist; Josefin Liljeqvist; [2022]
   Keywords : Succession; Intra-family transfer; Family farms; Agriculture; Family firms;

   Abstract : Background: Over the last 30 years, Sweden's agricultural industry has changed significantly, with land prices rising and the number of agricultural firms steadily declining as they are replaced by larger farms. In the near future, there will be a considerable increase in the number of ownership transfers initiated in Sweden, this since in 2020 one-third of agricultural entrepreneurs with sole proprietorships were 65 or older. READ MORE

4. 8. Digital Platforms for Textile Waste Recovery : An exploratory study about how Digital Platforms strenghten the Waste Recovery Stream in the Textile, Apparel and Clothing industry

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Frieda Assel; Sandra Löwe; [2022]
   Keywords : Circular Economy; Digital Platforms; Textile Waste Recovery; Supply Chain;

   Abstract : Background: In recent years, the amount of textile waste increased rapidly due to the fast-fashion phenomena with an increasing clothing production and a declining customer usage. Not only that one truck of clothing getting landfilled or burned every second, but also the textile production impacts the environment due to the vast amount of water, material, chemical, and energy usage. READ MORE

5. 9. Spatiotemporal changes in Gothenburg municipality's green space, 1986 to 2019

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Kristin Blinge; [2021-04-01]
   Keywords : NDVI; multitemporal change analysis; incremental change; urbanization;

   Abstract : As the world’s population is becoming increasingly more urban the infrastructure expands to accommodate the inhabitants’ needs. In a dense urban environment green space has an important function since it provides vital ecosystem services, contributes to recreational and cultural values and is essential for biodiversity. READ MORE

6. 10. Peering into the future: A study of the relationship between listed industry peer populations and stock price informativeness

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Carl Albert Planting-Gyllenbaga; [2021]
   Keywords : Price informativeness; Industry population; Intra-industry information; Declining listings; Market efficiency;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the relationship between US firms' stock price informativeness and the number of US public companies belonging to their same primary industry. The study is conducted on an unbalanced panel of 94,714 firm-year observations over the period from 1976 to 2016. READ MORE