Essays about: "Flexibility"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 2136 essays containing the word Flexibility.

  1. 11. THE SHIFTING DYNAMICS BETWEEN WORK AND LIFE IN REMOTE WORKING

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : Bo An; [2023-10-10]
    Keywords : Work-life balance; work-family border theory; flexibility; remote working; new work practices; boundaries;

    Abstract : Purpose: Aiming to investigate how knowledge workers organise their work through boundary practice in remote working, this study has partnered with one online consulting company who provides professional accounting services to third party customers. This study tries to explore 1) how accountants organize their work through managing and shaping their physical and temporal boundaries to establish flexibility in remote working; 2) how are technologies harnessed to manage work-life boundaries in the context of remote working. READ MORE

  2. 12. Variation Management Strategies for Future Construction Sites: A study to address role of an equipment rental business in the energy transition

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    Author : Ellen Blanksvärd; Frida Svensson; [2023-09-21T12:07:03Z 2023-09-21T12:07:03Z 2023 2023]
    Keywords : battery storage; variation management; flexibility services; peak shaving; load shifting; demand side management; rental business; electrification; construction equipment; construction sites;

    Abstract : Construction sites are facing challenges with high power peaks due to electrificationof heavy equipment where potential consequences are increased power tariffs locallyand risk of limited power supply. Another development is an increased intermittentpower supply due to more wind- and solar power in the electricity system, whichcauses price fluctuations. READ MORE

  3. 13. TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE? Narrative policy analyses of the EU’s Circular Economy policy framework

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Beatrice Engman; [2023-09-13]
    Keywords : European Union; environmental policy; circular economy; sustainability; sustainable development; efficiency; dependency; competitiveness; economic growth;

    Abstract : The thesis uses narrative policy analysis to explore how the EU’s circular economy action plan and its related strategies incorporate and use the concepts of sustainable development and sustainability. This exploration enables consideration if the EU’s circular economy policy framework is made fit for the sustainable future the EU is projecting. READ MORE

  4. 14. Spatio-temporal analysis of COVID-19 in Västra Götaland, Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för matematiska vetenskaper

    Author : Natalia Andreeva; [2023-08-23]
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    Abstract : Spatio-temporal analysis of COVID-19 data with the two different statistical approaches is the main objective of this thesis. The first classical approach, the Endemic-Epidemic framework (Held et al., 2005) is a class of multivariate time-series models for the incidence counts, obtained from the surveillance systems. READ MORE

  5. 15. Teleworking and the Countryside. An explorative thesis regarding telework as an enabler for residential relocations and life in the countryside

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

    Author : Joel Böhm; [2023-08-04]
    Keywords : teleworking; residential relocations; residential mobility; living countryside; work-life balance; co-working spaces;

    Abstract : The research on teleworking, and its spatial implications, is well explored. However, anticipations of a rising diffusion of teleworking never really got actualised, until a global pandemic emerged, and redrew the map of teleworking considerably. READ MORE