Essays about: "positive externalities case study"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words positive externalities case study.

1. 1. In the Business of Doing Good: A case study on social entrepreneurship within the small-scale rental sector in South African townships

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Ellen Lindén-Urnes; [2023]
   Keywords : backyard rental; small-scale rental; affordable housing; social entrepreneurship; impact; Cape Town; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Housing crises have become a global phenomenon, including in South Africa. Neither the South African government nor the market have been able to sufficiently address the growing housing deficit across the nation, especially not in the affordable rental sector. READ MORE

3. 2. Comparative Study of Methodologies for Onshore Wind Power Project Economic Analysis

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Grisha Sargsyan; [2019]
   Keywords : wind power; economic analysis; methodological differences; European Investment Bank; Asian Development Bank;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate the methodological differences of wind power project economic analysis and to indicate the preferred methodology among the considered cases. The study compares the economic appraisals of onshore wind power projects. READ MORE

4. 3. Physical or Digital Payments : Towards a Dominant Design?

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

   Author : ALEXANDER ANDERSSON; KARL ESSUNGER; [2018]
   Keywords : Digital payments; Physical payments; Cashless society; Retail payments; Cash usage; Card usage; Dominant design; Technological discontinuity; Technology cycle; Network externalities; Two-sided platforms; Two-sided markets; Digitala betalningar; Fysiska betalningar; Kontantanvändning; Massbetalningar; Kortanvändning; Dominant design; Teknologiska diskontinuiteter; Nätverksexternaliteter; Teknologicykel; Tvåsidiga marknader; Tvåsidiga plattformar;

   Abstract : Rapid digitalisation development has been stampeding widely across today’s societies, and not least in the payment industry. Though, the digitalisation in the payment industry has been very deviating, even between similar well-developed countries, and while there are positive and negative effects with both digital- and physical payment means, there is little knowledge that highlights the influencing factors and accompanied problems. READ MORE

5. 4. Scaling sales is scaling impact : A case study of value creation and management in for-profit social enterprises

   University essay from KTH/Entreprenörskap och Innovation

   Author : Tim Miltenburg; [2015]
   Keywords : Social entrepreneurship; bottom of the pyramid; renewable energy; economic theory; value;

   Abstract : Conceptualizing social entrepreneurship has proven to be challenging. Social enterprises are often regarded as enterprises that create social value or social impact. However, social value and social impact remain ill-defined and ambiguous concepts. READ MORE

6. 5. Drinking Water as a Source of Income

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Rabia Bayer; [2013]
   Keywords : Commercialization of drinking water; water refill stations; Institutional Theory; microentrepreneurs; water market; water as a marketable good; commercialization of water in Jakarta; water supply in Jakarta; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study discovers how the microentrepreneurs running water refill stations (WRSs) assess the income generation potential of drinking water sale in Jakarta including the motivations to start up and sustain the business as well as the challenges they face with in the water market. The study further provides insights on the broader externalities to which WRSs have contributed. READ MORE