Essays about: "paradigms"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 266 essays containing the word paradigms.

  1. 11. Revisit ownership. An assessment of how Swedish foreign aid promotes National ownership of recipient countries; A case study of International development partnership between Tanzania and Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Scholastica Vangisheria; [2023]
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    Abstract : The subject of ownership is one of the most important topics under discussion in the realm of international development cooperation. After the introduction of structural adjustment programmes in Africa in the 1980s, the debate began. READ MORE

  3. 12. Is Everyone Uninformed? A study of the relationship between profitability and IPO underpricing

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Niklas Willén; Jacob Jannering; [2023]
    Keywords : IPO Underpricing; IPO; Profitability; Information Asymmetry; Accounting Fundamentals;

    Abstract : In this paper, we investigate the explanatory power of profitability on IPO underpricing through the lens of information asymmetry over different time paradigms. We find that although profitability does not have an impact on IPO underpricing in general, during the time paradigm of 2001 to 2010 it has a positive significant impact- highlighting the necessity to account for variations over time. READ MORE

  4. 13. Pigeon Tales : An Exploration of Humanimal Entanglement in Urban Spaces

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Anna Hoekman; [2023]
    Keywords : Pigeons; humanimal relations; animal rights; posthumanism; companion species; historical ecology;

    Abstract : This thesis is an exploration of the humanimal entanglements between humans and pigeons in the urban setting. It traces human-pigeon histories from pigeons’ domestication forward to the contemporary conceptions of pigeons as a pest animal. READ MORE

  5. 14. Shifting paradigms in practice? Investigating the compatibility of Germany's energy cooperatives with sustainable degrowth

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Leon Bartling; [2023]
    Keywords : degrowth; community energy; cooperatives; renewable energy transition; degrowth framework for community energy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The concept of sustainable degrowth presents itself as a normative response to some of the most pressing socio-ecological challenges of our time. The energy sector plays a prominent role in the degrowth debate, however, there is limited conceptual and empirical understanding of how energy production and consumption might look like from a degrowth perspective and which actors might be compatible with the degrowth ideals. READ MORE

  6. 15. Integrity and security discourses in three European countries' AI policies : A study in privacy, political theory and rapidly developing technology

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Bror Åhammar; [2023]
    Keywords : Artificial intellgence; New Public Mangement; practices political-parliamentary; juridical-bureaucratic; public; countries strategies; GDPR; communicative events;

    Abstract : The relatively recent developments in AI have caused a lot of discussions surrounding security and privacy, and a consistent theme throughout these discussions have been how privacy as a political and legal term have developed in response. While this isn't necessarily a new phenomenon – privacy concerns have been around since the 19th century when Warren and Brandeis published their seminal paper – the development of AI has marked a new period where privacy has become a socio-political issue. READ MORE