Essays about: "constellation of forces"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words constellation of forces.
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1. A Benjaminian Gaze on the Representation of Historical Conjunctures in the Illustrated Magazine Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung 1924-1935
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : Denna magistertes undersöker hur bildrepresentationer av förflutna och samtida konjunkturer används, i den tyska kommunistiska tidskriften Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung(AIZ, 1921-38) under perioden 1924-1935. Under dessa år, då tidskriften bar namnet AIZ, var den också som mest populär. READ MORE
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2. Wall Street on a Mission I (Re)instating the Legitimacy of Finance for Development: An Analysis of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance (GISD)
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : According to estimates advanced by the United Nations, the annual SDG funding gap amounts to $2.5 trillion. The covid-19 pandemic further exacerbated the underlying issues as the global recession led to an unprecedented rise in public debts and economic distress triggered by defaults, capital flights and fiscal austerity. READ MORE
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3. Competitors or Collaborators? A Qualitative Study of the Evolving Relationship Between Banks and FinTech Companies in the Swedish Retail Banking Industry
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Title: Competitors or Collaborators? - A qualitative study on the evolving relationship between banks and FinTech companies in the Swedish retail banking industry Purpose: The primary purpose of this study is to provide an understanding of experts’ perceptions of the evolving relationship between banks and FinTech companies in the Swedish retail banking industry. Research questions: How have experts’ perceptions of the competitive and collaborative relationship between banks and FinTech companies in the Swedish retail banking industry evolved over time? How are experts perceiving the relationship to evolve in the future? Methodology: The purpose of this thesis has been achieved through qualitative research with an abductive approach. READ MORE
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4. Joint use of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 for land cover classification : a machine learning approach
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Reliable information on land cover is required to assist and help in the decision-making process needed to face the environmental challenges society has to deal with due to climate change and other driving forces. Different methods can be used to gather this information but satellite earth observation techniques offer a suitable approach based on the coverage and type of data that are provided. READ MORE
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5. Rising up against the subordination of life in Barcelonès: an ethnography of the struggle of the afectadas for a future without debt chains
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiAbstract : The collapse of the Spanish real-estate market in 2007-8, and the colossal destruction of jobs it provoked, put an abrupt end to a decade-long model of growth, which was based on the construction and tourism industries as its primary motors as well as on the massive indebtedness of the labouring masses. In the severe economic downturn that ensued, a social conflict appeared: on the one side, the many indebted people forming the movement of the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH) and, on the other side, the financial industry. READ MORE
