Essays about: "Sustainability"

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1. 1. What Anchors New Strategies? The Role of MCS Hierarchies in Strategic Change Towards Sustainability

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

   Author : Amanda Blomdahl; Hugo Nordström; [2021]
   Keywords : Strategic change; Sustainability; Management control anchor practices; Organisational identity;

   Abstract : In this paper, we conduct a single case study of the R&D department of TransportCo to explore the role of hierarchies within MCS (Management Control System) packages in reprioritizing R&D efforts to drive strategic change towards sustainability. Through integrating strategic change literature and the notion of anchor practices, we show how MCSs play unequally important parts in implementing strategic change. READ MORE

3. 2. Value Relevance of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance: Evidence from the Nordics

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Cheuk Hee Cheung; [2021]
   Keywords : Equity Valuation; Environmental Performance; Social Performance; Governance Performance; Financial Accounting;

   Abstract : This study looks at the value relevance of ESG performance factors in Nordic companies during the period 2014 to 2018. Data are collected from the Resility Nordic Compass Sustainable Economics Datasets, Finbas and S&P Capital IQ. Relationships of market value of Nordic companies and corporate ESG performance are explored. READ MORE

4. 3. Sustain (able) identity construction of others

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

   Author : Hanna Nelson; Louise Åkerberg; [2021]
   Keywords : Sustainability reporting; Discourse; Identity construction; Legitimacy theory; Hegemony;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how a multinational company constructs the identity of itself and its stakeholders to appear as a sustainable organization. Drawing on Laclau and Mouffe's (1985) discourse theory and their concept of hegemony, H&M's sustainability reports are analyzed from the year 2002 to 2019. READ MORE

5. 4. Sustainable Development of Neurofeedback Device

   University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

   Author : Daniel De Geer; [2021]
   Keywords : Sustainable development; Life Cycle Assessment; Design for Disassembly; Eco Design; Life Cycle Scenarios; Hållbar utveckling; Livscykelanalys; Design för demontering; Eco Design; Scenarion för livscykel;

   Abstract : Mendi (Mendi, 2020) is a company founded to provide accessibility of brain enhancement training to the ordinary citizen, they reside in Stockholm, Sweden. The Mendi brain training headset has been developed to aid users using neurofeedback. READ MORE

6. 5. "We are actually doing this for real”: Organizational identity and identification when CSR is part of the business model

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Olof Skäremo; Misha Voss Gustavsson; [2021]
   Keywords : CSR; sustainable business model; organizational identity organizational identification; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Title: “We are actually doing this for real”: Organizational identity and identification when CSR is part of the business model Seminar date: 1st of June 2020 Course: BUSN49 Degree Project in Managing People, Knowledge and Change Authors: Misha Voss Gustavsson & Olof Skäremo Supervisor: Monika Müller Key words: CSR, sustainable business model, organizational identity & organizational identification Purpose: The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of how CSR affects the organizational identity and identification when it is incorporated into the business model. Methodology: The thesis is based on a qualitative method in order to focus on employees’ perceptions. READ MORE