Essays about: "private market investments"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 123 essays containing the words private market investments.

  1. 16. Becoming comfortable with saying yes - a study on risk management and decision-making in a state pension fund

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Susanna Hellström; Emil Jakobsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Risk management; Operational risk; Decision-making; Comfort theory; Private market investments;

    Abstract : Risk management has in recent decades shifted from a concern for financial risk to including a plethora of risks that can adversely affect an organization. One of the categories of risk that has risen in relevance is operational risk, a category many organizations struggle to make sense of, not least due to its qualitative nature. READ MORE

  3. 17. Decarbonisation pathways for the Indonesian power system : policy measures and financial schemes options

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Miguel Alumbreros Rodríguez; [2022]
    Keywords : Indonesia; power system; decarbonisation; policy measures; financial schemes; Indonesien; kraftsystem; avkarbonisering; politiska åtgärder; finansiella system;

    Abstract : In view of the potential threat climate change poses around the globe, countries are pledging to emission reductions to alleviate its consequences. As part of the Paris Agreement, Indonesia set sustainability targets for the energy sector, where one of the biggest emitters is the national power system. READ MORE

  4. 18. Stationary charging infrastructure: Managing investment risks to enable charging possibilities : A case study of a future stationary charging hub in Stockholm South

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Anton Olsson; Vendela Notlöv; [2022]
    Keywords : Stationary charging infrastructure; electrified heavy goods vehicles; sustainable transition; cost analysis; innovation ecosystem; Stationär laddinfrastruktur; elektriska tunga fordon; hållbar omställning; kostnadsanalys; innovationsekosystem;

    Abstract : The electrification of heavy transport is considered a solution to climate change. Today, electrification is challenged by high investment costs for vehicles and charging, which hampers the conversion. READ MORE

  5. 19. Social Investments: “It’s going slow, but it’s happening” : A study on the feasibility and future of Social Bonds and Social Outcome Contracts in Sweden

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Emelie Lebsund; Fanny Samuelsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Social sustainability; social bonds; social outcome contracts; social impact bonds; sustainability; CSR; institutional theory; transaction cost theory; modern portfolio selection theory; ESG;

    Abstract : As we face increasingly complex problems of both a social and environmental nature, innovative and multifaceted solutions are required to create a sustainable future. Despite Sweden's leading position in terms of financial solutions to environmental issues, Sweden is behind most OECD economies in the development of a financial infrastructure for private investment for social and socio-economic projects. READ MORE

  6. 20. Impact Investments for the Social Economy: Reframing the impact investing phenomenon by evaluating impact investment strategies from a social ecological economics perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Nicol Mayr; [2022]
    Keywords : Social economy; impact investing; relationship-to-profit; social ecological economics; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Social economy organisations are attributed a major role in solving societal and environmental problems and in implementing social innovations in Europe. These organisations are private entities running economic activities whose main purpose is to provide goods and services to their members or the community at large, with profits coming second. READ MORE