Essays about: "issues in Business expansion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the words issues in Business expansion.

  1. 1. Making Artisanal Gold Miners ‘Investable’ - A Novel Means of ‘Improving’ Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining? A neoliberal eco-governmentality analysis of ‘responsible’ artisanal and small-scale gold mining: the case of the Lake Victoria Gold Programme in Migori County, Kenya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Gustav Dahlqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining ASM ; responsible mining initiatives; neoliberal eco-governmentality; investability; gold; Kenya; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Objectives: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) - a labour-intensive and low-tech mode of minerals extraction and processing - has received increasing attention amidst global commodity booms and its concurrent expansion. Infamously associated with negative social and environmental impacts, responsible mining initiatives have emerged to promote, measure, and enforce sustainable mining practices for ASM. READ MORE

  2. 2. Civil Think Tank's Business Model and Management Framework : A case study at Youthink Center

    University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

    Author : Juhe Nie; [2021]
    Keywords : Civil think tank; Business model; Management framework; Civil tankesmedjor; Affärsmodell; ram för förvaltning;

    Abstract : Think tanks are identified as policy research institutions that conduct interdisciplinary research on social or policy issues and provide consultation with the government, enterprises and the general public. Civil think tanks place social value prior to profits and uphold research independence. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Export and Mobilisation of Sustainable Urbanism Ideals : International Experts as Canons Setters

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Malik Mourtaday; [2020]
    Keywords : Urban planning; sustainability; circulation of urban policy; ecological modernization; Moroccan eco-megaprojects.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the international movement of Ideals about sustainable urban development and design through a focus on planning, private sector architecture and engineering experts. These experts, who are referred to in the literature as the global intelligence corps (GIC), package-up their know-how in urban sustainability as a moneymaking product, and serve it as urban mega- projects around the world. READ MORE

  4. 4. Electricity network tariff targeting EV chargers : A socio-economic analysis

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Mikael Gyllenswärd; Mikaela Jerresand; [2020]
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    Abstract : The upcoming expansion of electric vehicles (EV) will bring an increase in charging infrastructure as well as other challenges for the local network operators (LNO). Higher power peaks could overburden the electricity grid resulting in large investments from the LNO to meet the increased demand on the grid. READ MORE

  5. 5. Understanding supply chain uncertainties that might hinder an expansion of coffee husk-biochar production in Vietnam

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för teknisk ekonomi och logistik

    Author : Rikard Grill; Erik Brundin; [2020]
    Keywords : Supply chain uncertainties; supply chain responsiveness; biochar; Vietnamese coffee industry; activated carbon.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Purpose - The purpose of this thesis is to increase the understanding of supply chain uncertainties that might hinder an expansion of coffee husk-biochar production in Vietnam, and understand how the coffee husk-biochar supply chain can be configured to address these uncertainties. Methodology - A case study regarding the potential use of coffee husk-biochar as raw material for activated carbon was used to conduct this research. READ MORE