Essays about: "Sub-optimisation"

Found 5 essays containing the word Sub-optimisation.

  1. 1. Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments as an organisational learning bridge for resilience building? A case study of Red Cross National Societies in the Caribbean

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Gwenaëlle Delcourt; [2023]
    Keywords : Organisational learning; resilience; vulnerability and capacity assessments VCAs ; red cross red crescent; Disaster risk management; MMO; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Adaptive capacity based on organisational learning (OL) is at once a critical imperative facing humanitarian organisations in their mission to save lives and support communities most at risk; and inherently evidenced as an enduring weakness over the past decades. Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments (VCA) are community-based risk assessments established for their utility in supporting communities’ iterative learning. READ MORE

  2. 2. Applying Lean Analytics to Performance Metrics in M&A Earnouts

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

    Author : Rasmus Areskoug; [2018]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Ever since the dawn of internet, a new wave of fast-growing software companies has emerged. The M&A scholars have struggled to find appropriate valuation mechanisms for unprofitable companies with ultra-high revenue growth. To overcome the uncertain future, a contractual provision called earnout is often used. READ MORE

  3. 3. Development of Circular Economy Core Indicators for Natural Resources : Analysis of existing sustainability indicators as a baseline for developing circular economy indicators

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Elin Åkerman; [2016]
    Keywords : Circular economy; indicators; rare earth elements;

    Abstract : More resources are being defined as critical, which can be attributed to the linear economy of ‘take, make and dispose’. An alternative is to implement the circular economy (CE) which could reduce several negative effects, among other things resource depletion. READ MORE

  4. 4. Vertical Integration : A Case Study of the Issues Regarding the Internal Trading in a Swedish Engineering Group

    University essay from IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Tobias Claesson; Erika Blomberg; [2013]
    Keywords : Vertical integration; internal trading; transfer pricing; decentralisation; sub-optimisation;

    Abstract : The success of vertical integration is highly dependent on units’ ability to collaborate towards common goals. Deficiencies in coordinating and controlling the internal trading activities could imply that the benefits and the purpose of vertical integration are unutilised. READ MORE

  5. 5. Optimization of total finished goods inventory management in decentralized organisation: A Case Study on Atlas Copco Secoroc AB

    University essay from Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Maria Kravchenkova; Victoria Posazhennikova; [2012]
    Keywords : Supply Chain Management; Inventory management; Decentralized organisation; Subsidiaries; Autonomous Decision-making; Sub-optimisation;

    Abstract : Introduction: Nowadays firms must focus on maintaining healthy finished goods inventory stocks in order to be able to decrease inventory costs, meet customer requirements and to obtain competitive advantage. However large decentralized manufacturing companies often face the problem of sub-optimization in inventory management in subsidiaries due to several different reasons. READ MORE