Essays about: "employment generation"

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  1. 11. “Walking encyclopedias of studies” for sustainability transformations? The role of information and discourse in the case of the German coal phase-out

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Stephan Huber; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate policy; Energy systems; Policy change; Social-ecological transformation; Discourse; Expert-based information; Collaborative governance; Path dependency; Policy-oriented learning;

    Abstract : Transformations of energy systems in line with the Paris Agreement demand rapid deliberate decline of fossil energy production for decarbonization. Rising in priority on national political agendas, policy change for deliberate decline meets political barriers in the form of powerful incumbent actors, path dependencies and frames of loss. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Labor Market Performance of Individuals with Foreign Backgrounds.

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Evelina Ceylan; [2021]
    Keywords : Self-employment; Immigrants; Children of Immigrants; Labor market;

    Abstract : This paper uses individual data from a collected survey, performed in Sweden by the SOM institute, to study individuals with foreign backgrounds in the labor market. We use The Ordinary Least Squares model, where we control for age, education, and gender to explore the difference in incomes between immigrants, children of immigrants, and natives in wage-employment, unemployment, and self-employment. READ MORE

  4. 13. Integration inequality among compact IDP settlements of Georgia: Settlement design and its impact on sustainable income generation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Nishnianidzze Omari; [2021]
    Keywords : Internal Displacement; Settlement Design; Compact IDP settlements; Reintegration; Employment; IDPs in Georgia;

    Abstract : Georgia, the Post-Soviet, transition country with struggling economy and territorial disputes has been dealing with forced migration since 1990s. In 2008, the country experienced another internal displacement wave and about 30,000 people were forced to flee from their homes. READ MORE

  5. 14. Digitization in Africa: The Adoption and Use of Self-Service Technology in Retail

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Informationssystem

    Author : Phindile Ntuli; [2021]
    Keywords : self-service technology; self-checkout services; TAM; technology readiness; technology acceptance in retail;

    Abstract : Service delivery in the twenty-first generation is evolving into more digital forms expanding the consumers' experience and engaging in new forms of communications to consumers through these digital forms. Despite the initiation of self- service technology being widely accepted by consumers within the retail banking industry, the supermarket retail industry has yet to experience the same form of reception and implementation of the self- service technologies (SST). READ MORE

  6. 15. An Innovation Resistance Theory Perspective on Sustainable Fashion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Rewan Magdy Fathy Abdelrahman Kholousy; Anthi Triantafyllidi; [2021]
    Keywords : Active Innovation Resistance barriers; Talke Heidenreich; Innovation Resistance theory; Ram Seth; Diffusion of Innovations Theory; Rogers; Socio-psychological Theories; Consumer Reluctance to Innovations; Circular Economy; Fast Fashion; Sustainable Fashion; Fashion Industry; Innovation; Innovative Products; Socio-demographic Factors; Circular Fast Fashion; Fast Fashion Market; Virgin Fashion; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore the relative importance of the eight psychological Active Innovation Resistance (AIR) barriers, from the new typology of AIR barriers developed from Talke and Heidenreich in 2014, on the consumer’s intention to adopt or buy circular fashion products. Moreover, this thesis examines whether the socio-demographic factors of age, employment status, and educational level have an influence on the adoption process. READ MORE