Essays about: "Paradox decision"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the words Paradox decision.

  1. 1. Towards Greener Pastures: Management of Corporate Sustainability Tensions in Internal Investment Decision-Making Processes

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Ludwig Donath; Martin Lindström; [2023]
    Keywords : Internal Investment Decision-Making; Corporate Sustainability Tensions; Resource Allocation Process; Capital Budgeting Process; Paradox Theory;

    Abstract : This qualitative study investigates the integration of corporate sustainability in the internal investment decision-making process and how potential corporate sustainability tensions are managed through the process. The two investment processes for capital investments and product developments were analyzed as the processes consider different Scope emissions and are both essential in organizations' endeavors towards a greener future. READ MORE

  3. 2. Unveiling Contradictions: The Green Energy Transition and Sámi Indigenous Rights in the Per Geijer Expansion, Kiruna, Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Maria Svensson; Maria Schmidt; [2023]
    Keywords : green energy transition; Indigenous rights; extractive industries; mining; sustainable development; Sámi; social sustainability;

    Abstract : In recent decades, there has been a growing recognition of Indigenous rights over traditional territories and natural resources, alongside the intensification of extractive activities on Indigenous lands, often in violation of their rights.The paradox is driven by several factors, including escalating global commodity prices, energy security concerns, and the shift towards green energy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mediating Agonistic Peace

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Eje Brundin; [2022]
    Keywords : agonism; agonistic peace theory; mediation; UN guidelines; peace process; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Agonistic theory has expanded to many research fields including peace and conflict studies, but it has yet to be used in the study of mediation. This thesis aims to fill this void by exploring the theoretical agonism-mediation nexus. READ MORE

  5. 4. Impeding What It Aims to Improve? : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Swedish National Strategy for Regional Development

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Viktor Lovén; [2022]
    Keywords : Regional development; Sustainable development; Socio-ecological crisis; Postdevelopment; Sustainability; Discourse analysis;

    Abstract : In a world of systemic environmental destruction and growing social inequality, it is important to explore how decision-making institutions communicate about development and how they attempt to achieve social and environmental sustainability. The institutions define the problems, suggest the strategies, make the policies and set the targets in order to address the present socio-ecological crisis. READ MORE

  6. 5. Hidden risk : Consensus problematized in crisis management models

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Edvinn Gashi; Grace Maharaj; [2022]
    Keywords : organization; crisis; consensus; Lehman Brothers; management; crisis management; crisis management models; Abilene Paradox; Groupthink; Constructive Dissenter;

    Abstract : This thesis suggests that consensus is a critical blind spot in crisis management models. The authors have grounded their argument in one conceptual framework by integrating two model theories in crisis management models and consensus theory and its related behaviors; Abilene Paradox and Groupthink. READ MORE