Essays about: "Trickle Up"
Found 5 essays containing the words Trickle Up.
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1. “Paris Measurements” : The Inertia of the Thin Ideal on the Runways of Paris Fashion Week
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomiAbstract : Background - Welcome to the 2010’s and its visual information culture informing about the century-old ideal of thinness, by sending (almost) exclusively thin bodies down the runway of Paris Fashion Week (PFW). This, while at the same time the academia and mass media are repeatedly articulating the necessity of a more ethical aesthetic within the fashion industry, while the argument that “thinness sells” lack empirical support, while measures are taken around Europe to discourage media bias and encourage healthy bodies walking the, and while the body positivity movement – applauding the diversity of body types – is on the rise in the Western society. READ MORE
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2. Doing Business in the Age of Transparency: A case study of Full Material Disclosure in the electronics sector
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : Electronic products consist of substances that can be harmful to human health and the environment if exposed or leaked during the product use and end-of-life phases. Full Material Disclosure (FMD), which usually requires suppliers to disclose on the concentrations or masses of all substances in a product, is one method of increasing supply chain transparency on chemicals in products. READ MORE
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3. Gearing up for innovation; How can a large organization facilitate knowledge transfer within the organization in order to learn from innovation?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Background and Problem: The world is changing, and it’s changing faster than it has ever done before. The Schumpeterian waves of creative destruction that companies were once able to ride on for decades are increasing in both frequency and ferocity, and just like the waves erodes the shoreline, the waves of creative destruction erode the profit of companies not able to cope with the changes (The Economist, 2009). READ MORE
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4. Women’s Informal Entrepreneurship - A Force in Development : The Case of Babati, Tanzania
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknikAbstract : This thesis aims at investigating women’s force in development through engagement in informal, small-scale entrepreneurship. During fieldwork in Babati, Tanzania, network analyses and semi-structured interviews have been conducted, capturing responsibilities, challenges and opportunities of informal women entrepreneurs. READ MORE
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5. CSR-Related Stakeholder Pressure in Supply-Chains : A Qualitative Study of the Clothing Industry
University essay from IHH, FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Corporate Social Responsibility increases in importance, especially in the context of Supply-Chain Management. This is anchored in the rising competitiveness between entire supply-chains, as a competitive shift from individual companies to supply-chains as entities is taking place. READ MORE
