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  1. 1. Incorporation of Environmental Features into Peacebuilding Initiatives at Three Actor Leadership Levels : A Case Study of Liberia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Mathilda Olsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Environmental Peacebuilding; Conflict; Natural resources; Forest resources; Forest resource management; Human needs; Actors in peacebuilding; Community forestry; Liberia;

    Abstract : Environmental change and degradation, and increasing intrastate armed conflict are two pressing challenges of our time. Regions with highest rates of intrastate armed conflict have shown to overlap with regions of highest dependency on natural resources for livelihood provision and survival, where research of interrelatedness between conflict and environmental degradation, the environment-conflict nexus, increased during the 1990s. READ MORE

  3. 2. Implementing Strategy through PPM in an Internal Development Department

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Projekt, innovationer och entreprenörskap

    Author : Simon Millard; [2023]
    Keywords : project portfolio management; project management; portfolio management; PPM; PBO; PMO; PMI; PM; SPM; project based organization; strategy; portfolio strategy; project portfolio structuring; portfolio structuring framework; resource allocation; matrix organization; strategic effectiveness; strategic alignment; aggregate planning; project evaluation; portfolio prioritization; project prioritization; prioritization method; portfolio selection; project selection; portfolio balancing; project scoring; portfolio budgeting; portfolio roadmap; project screening; projektportfölj; projekt portfölj; projekt-portfölj; portföljhantering; projektorganisation; projekt organisation; resursallokering;

    Abstract : The focus of strategy research has long revolved around strategy formulation rather thanstrategy implementation, despite the evidence indicating that intended strategies are rarelyachieved. Project portfolio management, PPM, assumes a crucial role in enabling strategyimplementation and can be regarded as a representation of the organization's actual pursuedstrategy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Kill your darlings. A case study on balancing perform and transform towards net zero emission and what implications shifts in green technology may have on business models

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    Author : Filip Stener; Marielle Plaza; [2022-04-07]
    Keywords : transformation; sustainability; investments; green technology; business models; servitization; partnerships; profit; finance;

    Abstract : Large manufacturing companies with the ability to use internal sources of capital to finance their investments in green technologies face several complex issues and decisions on how to perform today to finance their transition. There is currently a lack of research on how companies can accelerate sustainable transitions. READ MORE

  5. 4. Intrapreneurship in Swedish Technology Consultancy Firms : Influences of the billing per hour mindset on intrapreneurial activities

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Sandra Bårdén; Kärte Pärend; [2022]
    Keywords : Intrapreneurship; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Business Model Innovation; Scalability; Intraprenörskap; Organisationsstruktur; Företagskultur; Ledarskap; Innovation av Affärsmodell; Skalbarhet;

    Abstract : The financial billing per hour model consultancies use is a successful concept. The financial model has also influenced a mindset where the structures, culture, and leadership of the consultancies revolve around billability. READ MORE

  6. 5. Pareto principle in software : Feature usage and software development in relation to the Pareto principle

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DVMT)

    Author : Jakob Persson; Erik Nicklasson; [2022]
    Keywords : Pareto; Pareto principle;

    Abstract : The works of Vilfredo Pareto and the power law that originally was meant to describe the uneven distribution of wealth in Italy, have turned out to be applicable to describe lots of other areas and fields. This thesis aims to investigate the Pareto principle in relation to software, mainly looking into websites and applications, and seeing how the usage of different features is spread among each other. READ MORE