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  1. 1. Conceptualizing the Role of the Financial Industry in Sustainability Transitions in Agriculture

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Joel Petersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Multi-Level Perspective; Geography; Insurance; Lending; Banking; Agronomy; Business Models; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the way that the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) can be used to understand the role of financial business services in sustainable transitions in agriculture. In doing so this thesis answered the following questions: How could the Multi-Level Perspective be used to understand the role of financial business services in sustainability transitions in agriculture? What questions may this be useful in answering? Firstly, by taking a structured approach to testing a novel approach to the MLP that can potentially contend with prior critiques to the MLP. READ MORE

  2. 2. Safety shortcomings within a sawmill facility : How can Virtual Reality Simulators and RFID potentially decrease the most common identified causes?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

    Author : Johan Torudd; Marcus Olsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Safety shortcomings; Virtual Reality simulator; RFID; sawmill industry; Multi Causation Theory; Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of New Technology;

    Abstract : In a changing and globalized world, companies are faced with an ever-increased competition. This rapid change has made a big impact, where automation, complex production and customization are common requirements in order to stay competitive. READ MORE

  3. 3. Human Rights and Corporate Environmental Wrongs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Emil Johansson; [2010]
    Keywords : International Law; Human Rights; Humanitarian Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Countering the effects of human-induced environmental threats around the world is more urgent than ever. At the same time the power of companies has increased in the last decades. Activities of companies are capable of affecting human health negatively and in some cases the effects are so severe as to give rise to human rights violations. READ MORE