Essays about: "elite control"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 44 essays containing the words elite control.

  1. 31. Control of inbreeding in dairy cattle in the genomic era

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Patricia Gullstrand; [2015]
    Keywords : control; inbreeding; dairy cattle; genomic; inbreeding depression; inherited diseases;

    Abstract : This review evaluates the effects of inbreeding and inbreeding depression on the productivity of dairy cattle (Bos taurus), how genomic selection can control and decrease inbreeding and lethal inherited diseases related to the inbreeding. The relatedness and inbreeding have increased within populations since only a few elite sires are used in today’s dairy cattle breeding practice. READ MORE

  3. 32. The Impact of Traditional Landholding Certificates on Social Differentiation: A Case Study in Petauke District, Zambia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Milja Norberg; [2014]
    Keywords : Traditional Landholding Certificate; power structures; chiefs; land rights; security; Petauke District Land Alliance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study examines the implementation of Traditional Landholding Certificates in the Petauke District, and how providing access for small-scale farmers to secure land is affected by the power structures on customary land. Nine weeks were spent collecting data in the Petauke District through quantitative and qualitative interviews with stakeholders and farmers. READ MORE

  4. 33. Management control systems as a package in a hybrid organization - A case study of a Swedish elite football organization

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Ellen Ekblom; Denise Stengård; [2014]
    Keywords : MCS; MCS package; Hybrid organizations; Institutional logics; Elite sports organizations;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the management control system (MCS) package in a hybrid organization. The aim of the study is to increase the knowledge and insight regarding how the design and use of the MCS package manage the co-existence of competing institutional logics in hybrid organizations. READ MORE

  5. 34. Vegetationens roll i erosiva vattendrag : en review och fältstudie av två nyckelområden i Rönne å

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Malin Leth; [2014]
    Keywords : erosion; river bank; tree; root; plant; infiltration; interception;

    Abstract : The vegetation’s impact on erosion control is widely explored, even though research’ results are scattered where it suggests a both positive and negative relationship between roots and erosion tendency. Research has measured the roots’ impact on erosion by many different methods, hence the aim of this study is to offer a clearance of what factors play an important role in the choice of appropriate species controlling river bank erosion. READ MORE

  6. 35. Management control systems in Swedish elite football associations - A case study on Djurgårdens IF Fotboll

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Marcus Janback; Tor Pöllänen; [2014]
    Keywords : Management control systems; Institutional logics; Sports organization; Sports association; Football;

    Abstract : The sports organization is, from an accounting perspective, a little researched area. This thesis adds accounting knowledge to the field through a single case study on Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (Djurgården), one of the top Swedish football clubs. READ MORE