Essays about: "affiliates"

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  1. 1. The role of umbrella organisations in facilitating sustainability transition - the diffusion of energy cooperatives and community-supported agriculture in Europe

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Kaya Feddersen; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainability science; sustainability transition; collective diffusion; umbrella organizations; intermediary roles; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Umbrella organizations of grassroot innovations can play important roles in facilitating sustainability transitions. This thesis examines such roles by studying national and regional umbrella organizations of energy cooperatives and community-supported agriculture in Europe. READ MORE

  3. 2. Endogeneity of IPR Policy: North-South Trade with Southern Innovation

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Xiaowei Zhao; [2023]
    Keywords : Multinational Firms; North-South Trade; Intellectual Property Rights; Innovation; Imitation;

    Abstract : This thesis developed a model of north-south trade with multinational firms and increasing product variety, in which the South could also create innovations motivated by imitations. In Northern R&D, researchers create innovations and Northern firms are attracted to invest directly in the south for relatively lower wage level. READ MORE

  4. 3. House of the Footbridge

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Klara Rubensson; [2022]
    Keywords : Arboga; medborgarhus; översvämning; naturspång;

    Abstract : BACKGROUNDThe new footbridge is located a short walk from the medieval city center in Arboga. The idea of a pedestrian overcrossing was a result of a group project during the fall semester; a solution that reactualizes the creek Arbogaån which lost its role as a vital social function for the industries when the canal was built in the 17th century. READ MORE

  5. 4. Reaching Those ‘Out-of-Reach’: An Explorative Case-Study of Fire Prevention in Vulnerable Urban Communities within Copenhagen.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI)

    Author : Aron Fransson; [2021]
    Keywords : Fire Prevention; Fire Rescue Services; Risk Communication; Fire Governance; Urban Vulnerable Communities; Community Risk Reduction; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Considering the nature of vulnerability to fires and at-risk groups, the issue is arguably a social problem where spatial analysis has allowed for a greater context, beyond the individual, to be analyzed. Furthermore, reports from fire rescue services of local safety concerns and the convergence of interest between different stakeholders has made communities disposition to fire safety increasingly relevant. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Appropriation of Feminist Values in Multi-Level-Marketing Distribution Networks

    University essay from

    Author : Angelica Ferneborg; Marie Amminger; [2021]
    Keywords : Multi-Level Marketing; MLM-Networks; Femvertising; Feminist Media Theory; Relational Agency; Feminist Values; Critical Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the communicative and discursive practices used by Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) networks when marketing their network to women as both a business opportunity and as a sisterhood, in order to start and contribute to the conversation regarding the relatively unsupervised communicative practices and their potential effects of MLM distribution networks. By conducting an extensive qualitative analysis on eighteen group call videos posted publicly on YouTube by affiliates of six different MLM networks, this thesis examines the marketing practices used to appropriate feminist values in order to recruit women and sell products. READ MORE