Essays about: "Knowledge mobilization"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 38 essays containing the words Knowledge mobilization.

1. 11. Sowing the Seeds of Entrepreneurial Influence : A Study of Network Mobilization Within the Technology Ecosystem in Kenya

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Tamara Schmoll; Lisa Östberg; [2022]
   Keywords : entrepreneurial ecosystems; Kenya; network mobilization; technology ecosystems;

   Abstract : Background: Previous research has shown that entrepreneurship can foster regional development in countries as Kenya, that struggle with unemployment and a stagnating GDP. However, the topic of entrepreneurial ecosystems in Kenya, its configuration of actors, and the networks between them is insufficiently studied. READ MORE

3. 12. Blue-Green Infrastructure on the Move: How Resilience Concepts Travel Between Cities

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Sutthi Suteerasan; [2021]
   Keywords : Policy Mobility; Knowledge Transfer; Blue-Green Infrastructure; Climate-Adapted Infrastructure; Climate Change Adaptation; Urban Resilience; Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems; Low Impact Development;

   Abstract : Over the past decades, the fast-changing global climate poses a significant challenge to many cities around the world to embrace resilience concepts, whereby a safe-to-fail planning approach replaces traditional fail-safe practices. The change in perspectives has seen an increase in climate-adapted infrastructural projects being integrated with the new urban planning agendas across the world. READ MORE

4. 13. Moving towards a circular photovoltaic economy in Europe - A system approach of the status, drivers, barriers, key policies and opportunities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Daniela Maria Godinho Ariolli; [2021]
   Keywords : Circular economy; photovoltaic panels waste; reuse; recycle; ecodesign; TIS.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : With the projection of a growing amount of waste from photovoltaic (PV) panels in coming years, experts and researchers have highlighted the importance of the circular economy approach to face this challenge. With this approach, risks linked to the composition of PV panels, such as pollution and wastage of valuable materials, can be reduced. READ MORE

5. 14. Wall Street on a Mission I (Re)instating the Legitimacy of Finance for Development: An Analysis of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance (GISD)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Aicha Chabbi; [2021]
   Keywords : SDG funding; global recession; public debt; Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance GIDS ; legitimacy; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : According to estimates advanced by the United Nations, the annual SDG funding gap amounts to $2.5 trillion. The covid-19 pandemic further exacerbated the underlying issues as the global recession led to an unprecedented rise in public debts and economic distress triggered by defaults, capital flights and fiscal austerity. READ MORE

6. 15. Bygdebolag : en ny metod för landsbygdsutveckling

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Elin Sjöman; [2020]
   Keywords : bygdebolag; utvecklingsbolag; landsbygdsutveckling; socialt kapital; mobilisering; governance; Bourdieuconomics;

   Abstract : Kommunsammanslagningar och centraliseringar har lett till att statens närvaro på landsbygderna minskat och en större del av ansvaret för landsbygdsutveckling ligger på lokalsamhället. Mot den här bakgrunden har bygdebolagen växt fram – lokala aktiebolag som ägs av personer i eller med anknytning till bygden där all vinst återinvesteras i lokalsamhället. READ MORE