Essays about: "means and ends"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 86 essays containing the words means and ends.
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1. The Arctic in Transition : Great Power Competition at the End of the Post-Cold War Order
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : This study uses defensive realism, offensive realism and power transition theory (PTT) in order to examine the great powers’ grand strategies in the Arctic region, aiming to recontextualise the security theatre in the Arctic as a reflection of the return of great power politics and the end of Arctic exceptionalism, and to examine the explanatory power of the different strands of realism on the great power behaviour identified in their Arctic strategies. The study is conducted using qualitative content analysis and utilises Jacob Westberg’s theorisation of grand strategies through the categories of context, ends, means and ways as analytical framework, to which the theoretical framework is applied. READ MORE
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2. THE ROLE OF VALUE CREATION IN SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT SERVICE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION: A CASE STUDY ON LYNK & CO’S SUBSCRIPTION MODEL
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This study contributes to the research field of strategic management by increasing the understanding of how value creation motives impact sustainable outcomes of PSS in the automotive industry, through a case study of Lynk & Co’s Product Strategy Team and their subscription model. The study has been conducted with a grounded theory approach, focusing on the exploratory nature of inductive reasoning. READ MORE
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3. Vibroacoustic Analysis of an OLTC Diverter Switch for Condition Monitoring : Time frequency analysis with Fourier and wavelet transform in combination with multivariate logistic regression for condition monitoring of OLTC diverter switch
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för systemteknikAbstract : Vibrations are everywhere around us all the time and we often recognise them as sounds that we can hear and analyse with our brain. In this thesis, data that has been gathered from a diverter switch (DS) in a controlled environment, is analysed. READ MORE
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4. Quantum Reinforcement Learning for Sensor-Assisted Robot Navigation Tasks
University essay from Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionenAbstract : Quantum computing has advanced rapidly throughout the past decade, both from a hardware and software point of view. A variety of algorithms have been developed that are suitable for the current generation of quantum devices, which are referred to as noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices. READ MORE
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5. Generating corpora of semantic graphs based on graph extension grammar
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskapAbstract : This thesis introduces the tool Lovelace which is used to generate corpora of semantic graphs to investigate which functionalities and design- as well as implementation aspects are important in a corpus generator. Lovelace uses the graph grammar formalism graph extension grammar (GEG) to generate these corpora. READ MORE