Essays about: "Low-tech"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the word Low-tech.

1. 1. Unlocking the AI Advantage: Investigating the Impact of AI Patents on Firm Earnings and Industry Dynamics : A Comprehensive Investigation of the Influence of AI Patent Ownership on Corporate Financial Performance

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Timothy Maher; Niklas Schaffelke; [2023]
   Keywords : Artificial Intelligence; Patents; Financial performance; Innovation; Resource-based view;

   Abstract : This study aimed to investigate the relationship between AI patents owned by companies, company earnings, industry type, and company size. The research question guiding the study was: How do AI patents owned by companies affect their earnings, and do these effects differ across industries and company sizes? Three hypotheses were developed to explore this question: 1. READ MORE

3. 2. Making Artisanal Gold Miners ‘Investable’ - A Novel Means of ‘Improving’ Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining? A neoliberal eco-governmentality analysis of ‘responsible’ artisanal and small-scale gold mining: the case of the Lake Victoria Gold Programme in Migori County, Kenya

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

   Author : Gustav Dahlqvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining ASM ; responsible mining initiatives; neoliberal eco-governmentality; investability; gold; Kenya; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Objectives: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) - a labour-intensive and low-tech mode of minerals extraction and processing - has received increasing attention amidst global commodity booms and its concurrent expansion. Infamously associated with negative social and environmental impacts, responsible mining initiatives have emerged to promote, measure, and enforce sustainable mining practices for ASM. READ MORE

4. 3. Dual-class Shares and Innovation: Evidence from the Swedish Market

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : David Karl Nie; Ebba Åvall; [2023]
   Keywords : Dual-class shares; Innovation; Patents; Research Development;

   Abstract : Dual-class share structures have long been a controversial topic due to their separation between voting and cash flow rights. This thesis examines the relationship between dual-class share structures and innovation in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 4. Assignment, scope, and sequence: Code tracing as a tool to improve novice programmers’ mental models

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för programvaruteknik

   Author : Mattias van den Dool Enebjörk; [2022]
   Keywords : novice programmers; mental models; code tracing; teaching strategies;

   Abstract : Novice programming students often fail or drop out of beginner’s programming courses. One reason for this are incomplete or incorrect mental models, especially with regards to variable assignment and execution sequence, meaning that students have structural misconceptions of how a computer functions. READ MORE

6. 5. Structural Transformation and Productivity Growth in Egypt - Disentangling Heterogeneous Services and Identifying Drivers of Growth: A Structural Change Approach

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Agnes Jansen; [2022]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Premature deindustrialization and a shift to services at early stages of economic development raise concerns about growth prospects of low-income and emerging economies. Within the manufacturing- vs. READ MORE