Essays about: "European Innovators"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words European Innovators.

1. 1. Behind the Seams: Investigating the Balance of Cost and Sustainability in the Sourcing of Renewable Textile Materials

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Sasha Cohen Ioannides; Felicia Istrati; [2023]
   Keywords : Renewable Textile Materials; Sustainable Sourcing; Circular Economy;

   Abstract : The textile industry is a significant contributor to environmental pollution, with a substantial portion of this impact stemming from the upstream supply chain. Despite the growing recognition of renewable materials as a viable solution for achieving sustainability and circularity goals outlined by European legislators, existing literature has largely overlooked the relationship between buying firms and renewable textile material suppliers. READ MORE

3. 2. Weaving a Story of Collaboration: The Case of the New Cotton Project : A Circular Business Ecosystem working towards a Circular Economy in the Fashion and Textiles Industry

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Delphine Froment; Marianna Siljander; [2022]
   Keywords : Circular Economy; Collaboration; Fashion and Textiles Industry; Circular Business Ecosystem; Circular Business Model; Textile Waste; Textile Recycling; Innovation; Theory of Collaborative Advantage;

   Abstract : The fashion industry is ranked as the fourth most environmentally harmful industries in the world. A main cause being the overruling destructive model of take-make-dispose that maintains our reliance on virgin materials. Academia and European Union policymakers believe the Circular Economy is a more sustainable alternative to this linear model. READ MORE

4. 3. Women-Oriented Communities as Grassroots Innovators Striving for Gender Equality in the Tech Industry

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

   Author : Caroline Martinsson; Filip Winter; [2022]
   Keywords : Grassroots innovation; sustainability transitions; gender equality; STEM; sustainable development; women-oriented communities; Gräsrotsinnovation; hållbarhetsövergång; jämställdhet; hållbar utveckling; kvinnoorienterade forum;

   Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of the study is to explore and explain the role of women- oriented communities as grassroots innovators operating in niches and supporting gender equality in the STEM industry. Special attention is given to the noticeable dual function of the communities, as on one hand exclusive and protected spaces operating within market niches and, on the other hand, as arenas for gaining momentum to accommodate social change. READ MORE

5. 4. Exploring culture as a driver for urban sustainability

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Annete Priyadarshini; Irene Riquelme Fernández; Nicole Macharová; [2022]
   Keywords : cultural governance; collaborative governance; culture for urban sustainability.;

   Abstract : Many scholars and practitioners consider culture an essential ingredient of sustainability that is often underrepresented in the mainstream discourse on sustainability. However, in the last decade, the idea of culture as an agent of transformation capable of driving urban sustainability has gained momentum. READ MORE

6. 5. Mapping the EU's landscape of high performing healthcare startups

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Maximilian Schoenberg; [2022]
   Keywords : EU healthcare; healthcare innovation; healthcare startups; healthcare entrepreneurship; Crunchbase;

   Abstract : European Union (EU) healthcare systems are under financial and pandemic related pressure and will face further challenges not only due to a lack of medical workers and an ageing population. Technical innovation is seen as one of the ways to diffuse this ticking time bomb. READ MORE