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1. The Dilemma of Disrupting Under Pressure: Exploring the sensemaking of entrepreneurial SMEs’ environmental innovations
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Innovations with the goal of creating a more sustainable economy and industry has been a topic of study for many researchers over the recent decades. This comes to no surprise since large organizations flag for the problematic consumption and production patterns that could lead to environmental problems at a global scale. READ MORE
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2. Low Supervision, Low Corpus size, Low Similarity! Challenges in cross-lingual alignment of word embeddings : An exploration of the limitations of cross-lingual word embedding alignment in truly low resource scenarios
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : Cross-lingual word embeddings are an increasingly important reseource in cross-lingual methods for NLP, particularly for their role in transfer learning and unsupervised machine translation, purportedly opening up the opportunity for NLP applications for low-resource languages. However, most research in this area implicitly expects the availablility of vast monolingual corpora for training embeddings, a scenario which is not realistic for many of the world's languages. READ MORE
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3. Isomorphic Learning at a Disciplined. Nuclear Power Plant
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : In this thesis we have examined the Swedish nuclear power plant Ringhals by asking three questions: How does the search for legitimacy take shape at Ringhals?, What kinds of disciplining in Foucault’s terms can we find, and how do these affect the organization? and Which types of learning can we find at Ringhals and how do they learn from experiences? To answer these questions we have interviewed 24 employees, mainly about learning issues, but found indicators for legitimacy seeking and disciplining as well. The special characteristics of the nuclear power industry with its safety rules, authority control, terrorist threat, public fear, risk management and environmental issues, make it interesting to study. READ MORE
