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  1. 11. Public school catering's role in the transition towards a sustainable food system : opportunities of serving more legumes and less meat

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Linnea Stolt; [2020]
    Keywords : agroecology; public catering; school meals; dietary choice; legumes; public procurement; education;

    Abstract : Public catering can have a considerable environmental and educational impact. A scenario of more legume and less meat consumption in Sweden was in the present study used as a tool to explore the possibilities of Swedish public school meals to become more sustainable. READ MORE

  2. 12. Powered by actors and business models: Analysing the potential for energy community development in new regions using the case of Kökar island

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Joonas Söderholm; [2020]
    Keywords : energy community; development; context; motivations; actors; business models; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : An energy transition from centralised and fossil-fuelled installations towards decentralised and renewable energy has been advocated by governments, businesses and academia. In the EU it has become a regional strategy, and a desire of citizens, to enable communities to take an active role in the energy market in the hopes of transitioning to an increasingly local, renewable and participatory future energy system. READ MORE

  3. 13. Mind the Gap : The unexplored linkage between Corporate Mindfulness and Sustainability Adoption

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Martina Leonelli; [2019]
    Keywords : Corporate mindfulness; Organisational change; Sustainability adoption; Sustainability; Change; Sustainable development; Mindfulness;

    Abstract : Background: A nexus between the individual practice of mindfulness and sustainable behaviours has recently been unearthed all the while existing research tackling this connection on an organisational level is close to non-existing. Even so, corporate mindfulness has been object of extensive research in the past decades confirming increases in organisational and employee wellbeing. READ MORE

  4. 14. The employee's journey to a new organisational culture

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anne Verrips; Lisette Schoonewelle; [2019]
    Keywords : Acculturation; acquisition; organisational culture; organisational identity; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Title: The employee’s journey to a new organisational culture: How employees experience the acculturation process post-acquisition Authors: Anne Verrips and Lisette Marlous Schoonewelle Supervisor: Tony Huzzard School of Economics and Management/ Lund University, Sweden Date: May 24, 2019 Aim: This thesis aims to develop a deeper understanding of how employees acculturate post-acquisition, its impact on their organisational identity. Methodology: This research encompasses a qualitative case study which was developed by following an interpretative, abductive approach that allowed us to work simultaneously with theory and our empirical material. READ MORE

  5. 15. Motivational Drivers for Early Adoption of Management Accounting Innovations among Incompatible Organisations: When Organisational Culture and Innovation Characteristics Do Not Fit

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Josefin Andersson; Hannes Larsson; [2018-07-02]
    Keywords : Adoption; Early adoption; Diffusion; Management accounting innovations; Balanced Scorecard; New-institutional theory; Incompatibility; Organisational culture; Innovation-decision process;

    Abstract : Previous research has not been able to uncover what motivates incompatible organisations to adopt a management accounting innovation (MAI) in the early stages. In this study we investigate early adoption and the motivational drivers among four organisations that, by not having the same values and beliefs as those inherent in the MAI, are considered to be incompatible. READ MORE