Essays about: "pioneering advantage"

Found 4 essays containing the words pioneering advantage.

  1. 1. Weaving a Story of Collaboration: The Case of the New Cotton Project : A Circular Business Ecosystem working towards a Circular Economy in the Fashion and Textiles Industry

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Delphine Froment; Marianna Siljander; [2022]
    Keywords : Circular Economy; Collaboration; Fashion and Textiles Industry; Circular Business Ecosystem; Circular Business Model; Textile Waste; Textile Recycling; Innovation; Theory of Collaborative Advantage;

    Abstract : The fashion industry is ranked as the fourth most environmentally harmful industries in the world. A main cause being the overruling destructive model of take-make-dispose that maintains our reliance on virgin materials. Academia and European Union policymakers believe the Circular Economy is a more sustainable alternative to this linear model. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Black Litterman Asset Allocation Model : An empirical comparison of approaches for estimating the subjective view vector and implications for risk-return characteristics

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Viktor Trollsten; Sebastian Olsson; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Background In the early 90’s, Black and Litterman extended the pioneering work of Markowitz by developing a model combining qualitative and quantitative research in a delicate optimization process. It allows for a subjective view parameter in a quantitative model and with absent views, the investor will have no reason to deviate from the market equilibrium portfolio. READ MORE

  4. 3. Do They Really Car(e) : The greening of the brand: the case of Volvo Cars in Sweden 1972 to 2014

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Ekonomisk historia

    Author : Mattias Näsman; [2015]
    Keywords : Economic History; branding; Volvo; car industry; greening; environment; emissions; auto-industry; Swedish car fleet; pioneering advantage;

    Abstract : Denna magisteruppsats i ekonomisk historia har som syfte att utforska varför den svenska bilparken är mer bränslekrävande än genomsnittet i Europa, samt att identifiera de historiska processer som påverkat formandet av den svenska bilparken. Tidigare miljöinriktad forskning inom ekonomisk historia har fokuserat på strukturomvandling och institutionell förändring inom industri- och hushållssektorn. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gauging Corporate Governance for Sustainability : Public-Private Partnership in Accounting for Sustainable Development

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Alexander R. Shelley; [2013]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility; Environmental Social Governance; Metals Minerals and Mining; Sustainability Reporting; Transparency;

    Abstract : Corporate finance reporting is based in rigorous, rules-based frameworks yet environmental and social reporting does not seem to have these normalised tools. The sustainable development of the business movement, in terms of increased environmental and social responsibility, will remain marginal as long as policy decisions maintain their direction towards old models of corporate governance that are not based on the key principles of the triple-bottom line, CSR and accountability. READ MORE