Essays about: "prosumption"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the word prosumption.
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6. Stochastic Optimization of Energy Prosumption Systems : A case study on energy balancing for self-sustainable societies
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälleAbstract : To achieve a sustainable future fossil electricity is being replaced with renewable, leading to higher uncertainties in electricity production. This has resulted in an incentive for consumers to produce, sell, and store their own electricity, hence becoming prosumers. READ MORE
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7. Sustainable Prosumer Identity projects and motives
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskapAbstract : As people develop different identities throughout their lifespan, unparalleled challenges such as climate change and COVID-19 and the great tendency to adapt to more sustainable life have encouraged them to opt for types of identities that are more suitable to overcome such challenges. Identities based on purchasing products and services for self-consumption have become less attractive, an inactive stance has been supplanted with a more active one where a growing number of people are more conscious of the adverse effects of their consumption on the environment and society, and more inclined to disengage from the market by refusing overconsumption and forming an identity that is denoted by anti-consumption or self-production. READ MORE
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8. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) : Towards the development of socially sustainable communities
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för handel och företagandeAbstract : Background: Ever since the Brundtland Commission stressed that Social Sustainability (SS) issues are often ignored, there has been mounting research on social sustainability (Boström, Vifell, Klintman, Soneryd, Hallström & Thedvall, 2015). Companies are now addressing sustainability concerns more broadly because of the increasing demand and pressure from society demanding they deal with the negative social impacts associated with their products and activities. READ MORE
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9. Social media and (non)democracy : The analysis of daily Facebook use by political opposition in Belarus
University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMKAbstract : The recent growth of social media and other internet technologies is believed to diminish the control of political elites over information flows and enable citizens to be active participants of political processes. Practice shows, however, that this general tendency acquires different forms in different geopolitical contexts. READ MORE
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10. The cultural creation of affect amongst vegan consumers: An ethnographic analysis of online consumption communities
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskapAbstract : This thesis addresses a critical research gap in understanding vegan consumer culture and problematizes dominant theory on consumer culture by establishing the cultural importance of affect towards consumption. These goals are researched in tandem by exploring affective expressions and creations of affective orientations amongst vegans in online consumption communities. READ MORE
