Essays about: "Local Agency"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 252 essays containing the words Local Agency.

1. 41. The Effect of Accounting Standards on Business Acquisitions : An analysis of the Swedish acquisition market

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Maxx Hillman; Linus Sjösten; [2022]
   Keywords : Accounting standards; agency theory; amortization; business acquisitions; goodwill; IFRS; K3; local GAAP; synergies; Swedish GAAP; resource-based view; value added;

   Abstract : The topic of business acquisitions has been much debated in 2022, largely due to Microsoft’s record-breaking acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Historically, business acquisitions and their corresponding goodwill values have been a thoroughly examined and debated subject between scholars and regulators due to the complexity and ambiguity of goodwill. READ MORE

3. 42. Protracted refugee humanitarian response as a context in the discourse on Localization: The case study of refugee protection in Uganda

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Geoffey Cloney Olwa; [2022]
   Keywords : Localization; discourse on localization; Protracted refugee response; Humanitarian response; critical localism;

   Abstract : Around 2015, the humanitarian aid sector set out the localization agenda in motion. Embedded within The Grand Bargain, the localization agenda elevated the propensity for systems change within the humanitarian sector and calls for a greater inclusion of local actors have featured for some time in debates on how to make humanitarian action more efficient and address unequal power relations within the humanitarian system. READ MORE

4. 43. The Future of Organic Food in Swedish Retail

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Anne Dominique Vos; [2022]
   Keywords : Organic food; Organic labelled food; sustainable food; organic labels; Swedish food retail; food legislation; food retail legislation; government agency sustainability;

   Abstract : Human activity affects planetary systems that support living on Earth and the food systems is a large contributor to overstepping the planetary boundaries. Global and national sustainability aims include targets for organic food production, during the latest years many countries have grown their organic food market share. READ MORE

5. 44. Sorry, can I take this call? Ethnography of an Integrated Development Plan in South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Casper Falk Wollberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Integrated Development Plan; South Africa; Institutional Bricolage; Participation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The South African government has since its democratisation launched Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) to engage institutions and communities in shaping local development. These IDPs have yielded mixed results, especially in relation to participation and institutional integration. READ MORE

6. 45. Energy for all. A case study of the role of renewable energy cooperatives in the energy transition in Catalonia, Spain

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Maria Pascual i Sánchez; [2022]
   Keywords : Renewable Energy; Energy Transition; Energy Poverty; Energy Cooperatives; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Rushed efforts for a decarbonisation of the energy sector in Catalonia, Spain have been received with local opposition towards renewable energy projects. It has also raised a debate around the new energy model and whether it will perpetuate the lack of agency of civil society in the energy sector as well as the vulnerable situation some people are currently facing. READ MORE