Essays about: "decoupling"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 161 essays containing the word decoupling.

1. 21. Can Universal Basic Income be a Sustainable Welfare instrument? A systematic literature review analysing implementations in eight countries and perceptions of Universal Basic Income since 2015

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Sophia Roller; [2022]
   Keywords : sustainability science; planetary boundaries; global inequality; fair distribution; social security; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The current climate crisis together with growing global inequality requires a transformation of the economic systems. Sustainable Welfare is an emerging concept in which the welfare system seeks to meet everyone’s basic needs while staying within the planetary boundaries and decoupling the welfare-growth nexus. READ MORE

3. 22. Coexistence of Dual Inductive Wireless Power Transfer Systems

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik

   Author : Eneas Hållsten; [2022]
   Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Wireless power transfer is emerging into everyday life. The idea is to create a more convenient way of charging, or at least powering, devices. READ MORE

4. 23. A Mixed-Methods Explanatory Analysis Embracing Modularisation, Lean, Organisational Collaboration and Communications for Lead Time Reduction

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Patrik Flygare; Thomas Danielsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Modularisation; Lean; Organisation; Mixed methods; Abductive; Complexity; DFA; CODP;

   Abstract : Customers' demand and more customisable products create challenges for companies that need a higher degree of flexibility in their processes to handle the variation. A modular product architecture helps companies customise their product by swapping and sharing components, simultaneously adapting mass production strategies to reduce cost and production time. READ MORE

5. 24. GREEN GROWTH – A TECHNOLOGICAL SUCCESS OR AN OFFSHORING STORY? : Investigating Ecological Footprints of Production and Consumption

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Linnea Casselryd; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : With the green growth strategies that are currently dominating the environmental agenda, the ability to decouple economic growth from environmental pressure is a condition for these to succeed. The vast body of literature that examine this relationship typically rely on narrow indicators of environmental pressure and neglect the environmental impact embodied in international trade. READ MORE

6. 25. Reinventing the Middle Kingdom : A case study of Chinese spread of authoritarianism through International Organizations

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Anton Altgård; [2022]
   Keywords : ASEAN; Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; authoritarianism; Belt and Road Initiative; China; democracy; democratization; democratic backsliding; international organizations; liberalism; one-China Policy; realism; rational actor theory;

   Abstract : The liberal theory of international relations primarily associates international cooperation with liberal democratic states, to the point that a theory of scholars Poast and Urpelainen claim that international cooperation with consolidated democracies through international organizations may boost the democratization of or at least prevent democratic backsliding in non-consolidated democracies. This paper investigates the possibility of decoupling these theories from democracies and democratizing by examining whether Chinese efforts within the framework of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Belt and Road foreign policy project have a similar but reverse effect on its target states, prompting developments in authoritarian directions. READ MORE