Essays about: "defensive strategy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words defensive strategy.

  1. 1. The Arctic in Transition : Great Power Competition at the End of the Post-Cold War Order

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Malin Ridström; [2024]
    Keywords : the Arctic; Russia; China; the United States; great power behaviour; offensive realism; defensive realism; power transition theory; grand strategy; qualitative content analysis; Arctic exceptionalism;

    Abstract : This study uses defensive realism, offensive realism and power transition theory (PTT) in order to examine the great powers’ grand strategies in the Arctic region, aiming to recontextualise the security theatre in the Arctic as a reflection of the return of great power politics and the end of Arctic exceptionalism, and to examine the explanatory power of the different strands of realism on the great power behaviour identified in their Arctic strategies. The study is conducted using qualitative content analysis and utilises Jacob Westberg’s theorisation of grand strategies through the categories of context, ends, means and ways as analytical framework, to which the theoretical framework is applied. READ MORE

  3. 2. Defend or attack: when do companies’ strategies employ aggressive or defensive tactics when faced with digital transformation in banking : A two nation comparison between the Swedish and the South African bank environment

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

    Author : Anmol Mehta; Brandon Liu; [2023]
    Keywords : Digital transformation; Banking; Innovation; strategic path; digital strategy; culture; Digital omvandling; bankverksamhet; innovation; strategisk väg; digital strategi; kultur;

    Abstract : In today's fast-paced and technology-driven society, the banking industry is undergoing a big change in digital transformation. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate the reason behind the differences in digital banking product development between South Africa and Sweden, and what reasons there are behind the differences in the two environments. READ MORE

  4. 3. Identifying Optimal Throw-in Strategy in Football Using Logistic Regression

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Stephan Nieto; [2023]
    Keywords : Set-piece; throw-in; football analytics; optimal strategy; logistic regression; model assumptions; feature importance; feature transformations; gradient boosting; Fasta situationer; inkast; fotbollsanalys; optimal strategi; logistisk regression; modellantaganden; variabelvikt; variabeltransformationer; gradient boosting;

    Abstract : Set-pieces such as free-kicks and corners have been thoroughly examined in studies related to football analytics in recent years. However, little focus has been put on the most frequently occurring set-piece: the throw-in. READ MORE

  5. 4. Investment Strategies of Real Estate Funds : A Study on Investment Strategies of Directly Owned Real Estate Funds with Operations in Sweden for an Upcoming Economic Downturn

    University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella system

    Author : Can Kücükgöl; Christian Samuelsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Real Estate Funds; Investment Strategies; Investment Metrics; Strategic Framework; Risks; Economic Downturn; Fastighetsfonder; Investeringsstrategier; Investerings parametrar; Strategiska ramverk; Risker; Lågkonjunktur;

    Abstract : The property market has experienced rising property values over a long period, resulting in lower yield requirements. In the spring of 2022, a war in Ukraine began that would unbalance the global financial system, resulting in high inflation and rising interest rates that significantly impacted the property market, the transaction volume fell, and prices began to fall. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Russian Playbook : Using History & Path Dependence to Analyse How Russia Operationalises Grand Strategy in Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Justine Westbrook; [2023]
    Keywords : Russia; Security; International Relations; Conflict; History; Path Dependence; Georgia; Ukraine; Moldova; War; Historical Institutionalism; USSR; Post-Soviet; Deception; Russian Influence; Weaponization; Weaponisation; Donba; South Ossetia; Crimea; Transnistria; Pridnestrovia; Russian Grand Strategy; Abkhazia; Frozen Conflict; Playbook;

    Abstract : To predict and prevent future armed conflicts like Russia’s war against Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2022, there is more value in knowing how these wars occurred rather than why they occurred. The Russian Playbook is built from three distinct “plays” employed by Moscow and organised in the theoretical framework of Historical Institutionalism through Path Dependence modelling. READ MORE