Essays about: "economic concentration"
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16. Changing Transport Strategy to Off-Peak Hour Delivery in Gothenburg and Copenhagen - Lessons and Recommendations learned from the New York and Stockholm Pilot Projects
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The pattern of urbanisation is determined by a set of complex aspects in social, economic, environmental, as well as technological that increases the concentration of the population in urban settlements. Many cities are experiencing difficulties and immense pressure on the infrastructure by declining traffic conditions with a series of issues including longer transit times, increased fuel consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions, prompting stakeholders and policymakers to tackle the issue by introducing alternative solutions to utilise the urban infrastructure more efficiently. READ MORE
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17. Employee representation on the board of directors and its implications on corporate risk- A quantitative study on diverging stakeholder preferences
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This study investigates how board-level employee representation (BLER) impacts the risk profile of a firm. More specifically, it investigates whether the binary presence of employees in the board room, or the relative ratio of votes allocated to employees, leads to reduced total, idiosyncratic, or systematic risk. READ MORE
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18. The impact of the Pink-Tide extractive economic model on democracy: a comparative study of democratic performance in Argentina and Uruguay
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska LatinamerikainstitutetAbstract : The deteriorating quality of democracy in Latin America has been a debated issue for a long time. Numerous theories and authors have proposed different causes and reasons. READ MORE
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19. Assessment of future climate and land use changes on streamflow and phosphorus transport in a Swedish agricultural catchment
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and AssessmentAbstract : Despite efforts to reduce nutrient excess in surface waters in the last decades, eutrophication continues to be an important environmental problem in Europe. The presence of excess phosphorus (P) in waters, together with nitrogen (N), is one of its main causes. READ MORE
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20. Navigating the financial landscape for a sustainable ocean economy
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience CentreAbstract : The ocean is increasingly seen as a new economic frontier. While investments are rapidly growing, these are mainly directed to unsustainable practices and a huge funding gap remains to ensure that ocean industries are in line with the aspirations of a truly “blue” economy. READ MORE