Essays about: "Uncertainty reduction"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 105 essays containing the words Uncertainty reduction.
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11. Stochastic Goal Programming of Supply Chain under Disruption
University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)Abstract : The spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the world and the importance of controlling it in all regions have made managing this crisis a great challenge for all countries. The devastating effect on global automotive supply chains due to the disruptions has resulted in losses and shut down of production facilities owing to government restrictions due to the spread of infections leading to supply breakdown across all tiers of supply chain. READ MORE
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12. The Relationship Between Vertical Integration and Risk. A Statistical Analysis of Changes in Vertical Integration within Industries Affected by the Global Semiconductor Shortage
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Succeeding a brief discussion of what vertical integration (VI) is, its interaction with risk and uncertainty, and the context of this study, namely the COVID-19 pandemic and its simultaneous semiconductor shortages, the purpose of this paper is outlined to fill a research gap regarding an empirically supported relationship between vertical integration and systemic risk. The aim and contribution here is subsequently twofold: to examine whether one can predict strategic trends and behavior among multinational companies when it comes to value chain ownership and control decisions in response to abnormal levels of systemic risk, and, to more generally statistically prove or disprove the seeming theoretical consensus that vertical integration can be a key risk-reduction strategy for various reasons, something that will be detailed and explored more closely in an extensive literature review. READ MORE
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13. Phasing out Gas? Implications of the Narratives around Natural Gas for Germany’s Heat Transition in the Building Sector
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : Germany must decarbonise the heating of its buildings, now majorly dependent on natural gas, to meet its climate neutrality pledge. However, the share of natural gas-based heating has not been decreasing in the last decades, and Germany continuously failed to meet the building sector’s emission reduction targets. READ MORE
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14. Preparations for photon external beam radiotherapy treatment planning of small animals
University essay from Lunds universitet/SjukhusfysikerutbildningenAbstract : Introduction:The XenX is a small animal irradiation system that acquires high-resolution cone-beam tomography (CBCT) images of small animals and treats small animals with higher precision than medical linear accelerators. MuriSlice is a software for CBCT image reconstruction. READ MORE
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15. Utvärdering av metod för att morfologiskt särskilja björkarterna Betula pendula och Betula pubescens
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : Birch is the third most common tree species in Sweden and has previously been seen as a weed in the forests. In the last 20 years, birch has had a clearly increasing trend in Swedens growing timber stock, but there are still many knowledge gaps regarding management, regeneration, processing, and its impact on the environment. READ MORE
