Essays about: "measuring growth"

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  1. 21. The Effect of EU Funding on Income Inequality and Employment

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Andres Cruz Sanchez; Daniela Dahlgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Income Inequality; Employment; European Union; EU Policy;

    Abstract : An outspoken goal of the European Union is to decrease differences between member states and promote cohesion. To achieve this, the European Union provides funding to the regions with greatest development needs. However, during the last decades, the within-country income inequality level has risen in the European Union. READ MORE

  3. 22. Risk Factors of Food Loss and Waste, and Life Cycle Assessment of waste management strategies in the Brazilian Leafy Vegetable Supply Chain

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Nathalie Garavito; [2023]
    Keywords : Behavioural causes; carbon footprint; causal mapping; mitigation strategies; prevention; root-cause analysis; take-back agreements;

    Abstract : Food loss and waste (FLW) occurring early in the food supply chain (FSC) leads to increased resource wastage, including land, water, fertilisers, pesticides, fuel, packaging, energy, and labour. Targeting FLW prevention benefits various aspects such as food security, productivity, economic growth, climate change mitigation, resource conservation, and food waste management. READ MORE

  4. 23. Multi-modal Models for Product Similarity : Comparative evaluation of unimodal and multi-modal architectures for product similarity prediction and product retrieval

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Christos Frantzolas; [2023]
    Keywords : Computer Vision; Natural Language Processing; Representation Learning; Metric Learning; Multimodal Retrieval; Bildigenkänning; Språkteknologi; Representationsinlärning; Metrisk inlärning; Multimodal informationssökning;

    Abstract : With the rapid growth of e-commerce, enabling effective product recommendation systems and improving product search for shoppers plays a crucial role in driving customer satisfaction. Traditional product retrieval approaches have mainly relied on unimodal models focusing on text data. READ MORE

  5. 24. Tree growth and field vegetation in forest edge zones on a property in southeast Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT)

    Author : Pieter van Tongeren; [2023]
    Keywords : tree growth; diversity; field vegetation; edge zones; edge effect;

    Abstract : Summary  In the 1990s a new way of thinking about forestry started. One of the effects of the changing silvicultural practices was that the size of clearcuts became smaller. As the felling areas were reduced in size, the areas where young and older forest meet grew, with this also the occurrence of edge zones increased. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Influence of Institutional Investors on Initial Coin Offering Performance

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Rebecka Mofors; Maja Strömberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Initial coin offering; Entrepreneurial finance; Crowdfunding; Cryptocurrencies; Institutional investors;

    Abstract : The popularity of raising capital through Initial Coin Offerings and the rapidly evolving cryptocurrency market calls for a deeper understanding of success factors that can predict ICO success. In this paper, we examine the influence of institutional investors on ICO success by measuring the token's Buy and Hold Abnormal Returns and the venture's operational progress 180 days after the first day of trading. READ MORE