Essays about: "globalisation in transportation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words globalisation in transportation.
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1. Adoption of Sustainable Packaging Solutions for the Fish Industry : A case study on a corrugated cardboard packaging solution for fresh fish
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : The rapid development of plastic production the last couple of decades has led to extensive use of plastic products and vast problems with littering, waste management and exploitation of natural resources. Due to the cheap and easy production of plastics, the world’s population has extended the limit of acceptable usage. READ MORE
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2. Streamlining Internal Supply Chain, based on mapping processes
University essay from Lunds universitet/ProduktionsekonomiAbstract : Context Background Globalisation, increasing product complexity, volatile demand, and financial crisis all put strains on the supply, processing, and distribution of goods. That’s why supply chain management has become the area to focus on to gain competitive advantages and reduce costs. READ MORE
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3. Going Green – Entering a Judicial Grey Zone? Corporate Social Responsibility and the Shipping Business
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has during the last decade become an increasingly relevant concept. Most Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) have formulated Corporate Codes of Conduct, and many have also joined international initiatives focusing on CSR, such as the United Nations Global Compact. READ MORE
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4. Denmark in Afghanistan: Security discourse and the image of the nation-state
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : In the present-day world, a state is only one of a number of social actors, each of which has its own identity, functions and structure. The successful functioning and even existential survival of the state is dependent on various factors, including its capacity to face the challenges of the processes of globalisation, including new threats which emerge from the development of communication technologies (e. READ MORE
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5. The authority of en route coastal states to alter the itinerary of transboundary shipments of spent nuclear fuel
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis starts with noting that the rapid globalisation of the late twentieth and the twenty-first century has resulted in a shift from a national to an international level concerning certain issues. Local governments find themselves unable to control the risk of radioactive pollution that vessels traversing their coastline pose. READ MORE
