Essays about: "Utilities Industry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 essays containing the words Utilities Industry.

  1. 1. Constructing a Social Profitability Index: Socially Responsible Investing in Electric Utilities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Odessa Bäckfors; Ebba Jernmark Burrows; [2023]
    Keywords : Socially responsible investing; Social Profitability Index; Sustainability ratings; Shareholder activism; Renewable electricity;

    Abstract : Building on a theory about the Social Profitability Index (SPI), this paper is the first to construct an SPI in practice ranking investment opportunities based on social and financial returns within the electric utility industry. The social return is the investor-preference weighted social gain from avoiding carbon emissions by changing to renewable production technology in a firm. READ MORE

  3. 2. Exploratory Innovations and Exploitation of Knowledge after Large Scale Agile Transformation : A Case Study at an Energy Utility R&D Department

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

    Author : Firas Daraiseh; [2023]
    Keywords : Agile Manifesto; Agile Principles; Large Scale Agile Transformation; Innovation; Organizational Ambidexterity; Knowledge Transfer.; Agilt manifest; agila principer; stor skala agil transformation; innovation; organisatorisk ambidextri; kunskapsöverföring.;

    Abstract : Many organizations from and outside of the IT industry are trying to implement Agile in their ways of working via large scale transformations. The organizations feels the need to become Agile in order to increase their client satisfaction, deliver their product faster, and compete in the rapidly changing market. READ MORE

  4. 3. Coincidence Factor and Battery Energy Storage Systems for Industrial Electrical Power Supply : A Field Study of Building 178 at Scania AB, Södertälje

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Lucas Wallhager; [2023]
    Keywords : Coincidence factor; Industrial electric load diversity; Velander; Normal distribution; Herman-Beta; Battery energy storage system; Sammanlagringsfaktor; Industriell elförbrukning; Velander; Herman-Beta; Batterier för energilagring;

    Abstract : Coincidence factors have been researched since the late 1800s, as they displays the ratio between the maximum coincidencental power usage of a system, and the sum of the maximum individual loads of the system. Accurate estimations of the highest coincidental power usage allow for minimal material usage when constructing substations, transformers, overhead lines, and cables for power transmission. READ MORE

  5. 4. Innovating the learning process in higher education throughthe integration of theory and practice in partnership with Industry and Students

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

    Author : Daniel Anderson Mlabwa; Farhang Hajipour; [2022]
    Keywords : VUCA; Work-Integrated Learning; Knowledge-Economy; Learning Innovation; Paradigm Shift; Higher Education; Employability; Experiential Learning; VUCA Prime.;

    Abstract : The VUCA (which stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) conditions have overshadowed the national and global higher education systems, and social and economic systems are increasingly becoming dependent on knowledge and innovations. There is a call for the global higher education systems to attain a new set of quality standards (Waller et al. READ MORE

  6. 5. Industry importance of CSR impact on Financial Performance

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)

    Author : Axel Ljungberg; Anton Högstedt; [2022]
    Keywords : Corporate social responsibility; CSR; Environmental; Social; Governance; ESG; Financial Performance; Return on Assets; Tobin Q.;

    Abstract : This study examines whether the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Financial Performance (FP) is dependent on industry belonging. Our accounting-based measurement of FP (Return On Assets) displayed an overall negative correlation with ESG scores, while our market based measurement of FP (Tobin Q) displayed an overall insignificant relationship. READ MORE