Essays about: "dual missions"

Found 3 essays containing the words dual missions.

  1. 1. State- and Parameter Estimation for Spacecraft with Flexible Appendages using Unscented Kalman Filters

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

    Author : Andrea Mosquera Alonso; [2019]
    Keywords : Estimation; flexibility; flexible spacecraft; spacecraft; kalman filter; unscented Kalman filter; spacecraft dynamics; flexible dynamics;

    Abstract : The problem of system identification for dynamic effects on spacecraft has become increasingly relevant with the surge of agile spacecraft, which must perform large amplitude maneuvers at high rates. Precise knowledge of the state of the spacecraft, as well as of the parameters characterizing its motion, is vital for the design of control algorithms enabling stabilization and pointing accuracy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Marketing in For-profit Social Ventures

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Martin Leon; Ana-Maria Ignat; [2017]
    Keywords : For-profit Social Ventures; Marketing; Entrepreneurial Marketing; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper explores how marketing is conducted in for-profit social ventures. Knowledge regarding the for-profit social context is considered rather limited given that it has been largely marginalized by being associated either to the fully for-profit or solely non-profit extremes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Caught between "Two Worlds": Using commercial activities to pursue a social mission - contending by nature or compatible in practice? A case study of Stockholms Stadsmission SecondHand

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Jelena Jovanovic; Erica Åberg; [2014]
    Keywords : social enterprise; work-integration social enterprise; dual missions; institutional logics; sector theory;

    Abstract : There is a rising tendency for non-profit organizations to form commercial ventures to finance their social missions; commonly referred to as social enterprises. This thesis aims to provide a rounded conception of how these organizations manage their institutional demands by drawing upon two streams of research: prevailing organizational beliefs in the form of institutional logics and resources and mechanisms employed in aligning their non-profit and for-profit missions; not previously collectively utilized. READ MORE