Essays about: "mechanisms of action"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 169 essays containing the words mechanisms of action.

  1. 1. The Potential of Intentional Ambiguity: The Role of Leadership Development Programmes in Organisational Change

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Miguel Riscado Pereira; Nelson Henry Kakumba; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Ambidexterity; Emergent Change; Intentional Ambiguity; Knowledgeability; Leadership; Leadership Development; Organisational Change; Reflexivity;

    Abstract : This paper examines the role of leadership development programmes (LDPs) in organisational change, through a case study of Volvo Group's Exploration programme aimed at emerging leaders. Through 27 interviews divided between executive members, programme facilitators and former programme participants, a more detailed picture is painted about the programme and the organisation’s change effort from a rule-based to a value-based approach to leadership. READ MORE

  3. 2. Investor’s Legitimate Expectations v State’s Regulatory Power - In Spanish Renewable Energy Saga Context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Ana Maglaperidze; [2023]
    Keywords : international investment law; fair and equitable treatment; legitimate expectations; special representations; due diligence; state’s right to regulate; regulatory objectives; Spanish Renewable Energy Saga; economic crisis; national security; absolute stability; relative stability; balancing exercise; proportionality principle; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : International investment law affords treaty protection mechanisms to investors against host states’ misconduct. One such tool available for investors is the fair and equitable treatment standard and its dominant element – legitimate expectations. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Slow Spread of Environmentally Friendly Action : An agent-based model simulation of social networks

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Till Kolligs; [2023]
    Keywords : network analysis; agent based model; tipping point; climate action; complex contagion; vegetarianism;

    Abstract : The adoptation of environmentally friendly behaviour is rather slow, although the climate crisis is pressing. This thesis aims to understand the slow adoption of environmentally friendly behaviour, specifically focusing on vegetarianism and veganism, by employing social network analysis. READ MORE

  5. 4. From Policy to Practice : Addressing the Challenges of Women Refugees in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Johan Diez; [2023]
    Keywords : Peace and Conflict Studies; Refugee Policy; UNHCR; UN Women; Peace; and Security Agenda; Bidibidi Refugee Settlement; Yumbe District; Uganda Refugee Policy; Local Action Plan; National Action Plan; Ethnography; Applied Social Sciences; Case Study; Constructivism; Document Analysis; Thematic Analysis; Interviews; Women in Development; Women and Development; Gender and Development; Women in Forced Migration; Decentralization; Negative Peace; Positive Peace; Situational Peace; Cultural Violence; Structural Violence; Direct Violence; Positive Peacebuilding; Feminist Peace Theory;

    Abstract : This applied social sciences case study examines the efficiency of the ‘Yumbe Local Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security’ in addressing the perceived and experienced adversities of women refugees in the Bidibidi refugee settlement, Uganda. This is done by collecting data from the Bidibidi settlement through interviews and discussions with the refugee and host population, as well as with relevant organizations and governmental actors. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Bridge to Sustainability: Influence of External Enablers on Immigrant Environmental Entrepreneurship Activities : The role of external enabler opacity and agency-intensity

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Saule Zalyte; Mantas Sulinskas; [2023]
    Keywords : External enablers; environmental sustainability; immigrant entrepreneurship;

    Abstract : Background: Environmental challenges faced by humankind are creating various changes in the business environment. These changes are facilitating entrepreneurial activities for environmental sustainability. READ MORE