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1. Don't Fall! A Case Study on Market-scoping For Early-stage Technologies and the Role of Sensemaking
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledningAbstract : Effectively managing uncertainty requires flexibility and strategic trade-offs, even so for firms basing their product-offer on early-stage technologies. Managers' role in strategic decisions have previously been overlooked, focusing more on predetermined market spaces based on technology, firm, and industry characteristics. READ MORE
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2. Establishing a battery manufacturing base in Sweden : Evaluating and analyzing the factors behind locational strategy of battery manufacturers
University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella HandelshögskolanAbstract : Background: In the last few years, many of the risks of operating in a global supply chain or an offshore manufacturing strategy have become evident as they have been disrupted by accidents, pandemics, and conflicts. Multiple parties in global trade have also increased their talks about autonomy in strategic sectors or production of strategically important components. READ MORE
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3. Competing on sustainability - A study on stakeholder interaction, becoming truly sustainable and obtaining a sustained competitive advantage in an industry characterized by low sustainability maturity
University essay from Lunds universitet/ProduktionsekonomiAbstract : Although more and more companies are facing increasing pressure to take responsibility for their actions impacting sustainability, the pharmaceutical industry and in extension the cold chain solutions industry, have previously been exempted from scrutiny. Research on sustainability in the industry is lagging, why this master thesis aims to explore how sustainability can be incorporated into the business model while avoiding creating a disconnect between corporate strategy and actual sustainability impact. READ MORE
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4. Stanna till : ett gestaltningsförslag för Bergas stadsdelsnod med fokus på en ökad trygghet och säkerhet
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : I Sverige finns många våldsutsatta stadsdelar där kriminaliteten är hög och de boende upplever otrygghet i en betydande utbredning till följd av detta. Befintlig forskning visar att kriminaliteten på en plats kan minskas genom landskapsarkitektur och utformningen av det offentliga rummet, och därmed öka tryggheten. READ MORE
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5. Questioning the unquestionable : A normative study of the values, argumentation and logic of the Swedish drug policy
University essay from Södertörns högskola/StatsvetenskapAbstract : Sweden’s drug policy still invokes the ideas of zero-tolerance and prohibition despite the high reported number of drug-related deaths and arrest rates for using drugs in Sweden in the latest years. To reach knowledge about why prohibition of illegal drugs has remained such a strong staple of Swedish politics for the latest 60 years, this study asks questions about which ideas and arguments constituting the Swedish drug policy, examines the logical coherence of these, and proposes an alternative policy route which aims to mitigate the shortcomings of the current policy. READ MORE
