Essays about: "Insurance Industry"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 118 essays containing the words Insurance Industry.

  1. 21. 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/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Kristina Källner; Anna Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainability; cold chain; pharmaceutical industry; stakeholder theory; sustainable business models; VRIO analysis; truly sustainable; competitive advantage; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 22. Management control systems : An Empirical study of work performance

    University essay from

    Author : Olivia Borgström; [2022]
    Keywords : Management control systems; performance measurements; insurance industry; balanced scorecard; work-performance; home-office;

    Abstract : Working from the office was not a plausible choice for many organizations due to the COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2020. The insurance industry was one of the industries in Sweden that had to start working from home. READ MORE

  4. 23. Improved side impact car safety : New IIHS side crash regulation, effect on product design

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

    Author : Andreas Bäckman; [2022]
    Keywords : Side impact beam; IIHS; side crash; side impact crash testing; crash testing of automobiles; industrial design engineering; automotive design; product design; Sidokrockskydd; IIHS; sidokrock; sidokollision; sidokrocktestning; krocktest av bilar; teknisk design; bildesign; produktdesign;

    Abstract : 23% of passenger vehicle occupant deaths in 2019 was side-impact collisions and is a ongoing problem that continues to take people’s lives (IIHS, 2021a). IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) is an organization based in USA, which performs vehicle crash tests with the goal of making cars safer and reducing deaths and injuries. READ MORE

  5. 24. Hållbar dagvattenhantering på kvartersmark : klimatanpassning, samverkan och reglering

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Herman Holmqvist; Gustav Winsnes Sunnemark; [2022]
    Keywords : dagvatten; kvartersmark; hållbar dagvattenhantering; klimatanpassning; samverkan; lagar;

    Abstract : När städer förtätas ställs nya krav på dagvattenhanteringen, inte minst för att ha möjligheten att kunna hantera följderna av fler och intensivare regn som klimatförändringarna för med sig. I många städer och kommuner i Sverige är den nuvarande strategin för dagvatten i urban miljö baserat på rörledningssystem. READ MORE

  6. 25. Investigating the Use of Deep Learning Models for Transactional Underwriting

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Samuel Tober; [2022]
    Keywords : Tabular Data; Deep Learning; Explainable Machine Learning; Underwriting; Tabelldata; Djupinlärning; Förklaringsbar maskininlärning; Underwriting;

    Abstract : Tabular data is the most common form of data, and is abundant throughout crucial industries, such as banks, hospitals and insurance companies. Albeit, deep learning research has largely been dominated by applications to homogeneous data, e.g. images or natural language. READ MORE