Essays about: "re-localization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word re-localization.

  1. 1. The role of alternative food networks in times of crises : A case study about the effects of covid 19 on the REKO network in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Nora Giertz; [2022]
    Keywords : food systems; sustainability transformation; social-ecological resilience; crisis-landscape; covid 19;

    Abstract : The food we consume and how it is produced constitutes a significant driver of environmental change, degrading the ecological base on which life depends. Moreover, the food system is highly globalized and geographically scattered, connected by global value chains. This creates potential vulnerabilities. READ MORE

  3. 2. Divisionalization of Multinational Corporations - A Glocalization Approach

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Jackson Eibel; Saynaz Mokhtari; [2022]
    Keywords : Divisionalization; Management Control; Glocalization; Universalism; Particularism; De-localization; Re-localization; Multinational Corporations.;

    Abstract : Background: Taking into consideration that multinational corporations (MNCs) need to not only act on a global level, but also with local adaptation, there is a need of filling out the existing gap in the theory of management control in the subject of divisionalisation.  Purpose: The research investigates the gap in the theory of management control with the lens of glocalization in order to answer and understand why MNCs do divizionalize. READ MORE

  4. 3. Global Cultures – Critical Zone Observatories of Everyday Objects : (A Global Environmental History of Yogurt)

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

    Author : Leni Charbonneau; [2022]
    Keywords : yogurt; biofilm; critical zone observatory; microbiopolitics; probiotic; microbial biodiversity; new materialism; OOO;

    Abstract : This study turns to what is for many an everyday item – yogurt – as a critical zone observatory, a synergistic, place-based laboratory which aims to integrate heterogenous representations of planetary phenomena as they are registered at a common surface. Yogurt has an impressive cultural endurance largely derived from its prominence in various paradigms of health. READ MORE

  5. 4. Politics of scale in urban food governance - A case study of Malmö, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Sofie Andersson; [2021]
    Keywords : urban food policy; urban governance; politics of scale; local food systems; food governance; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : With the rescaling of environmental issues through international city networks, cities are increasingly viewed as key sites where innovative solutions are formed. The issues concerning food, which predominantly has been viewed as rural and national issues, have also found its way onto the urban agenda. READ MORE

  6. 5. Geographical location of warehouses and its impact on delivery time - A study of e-commerce companies in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Therese Bergling; Lena Engberg; [2019-07-02]
    Keywords : e-commerce; warehouse localization; last mile delivery; end-customer; transports; express delivery;

    Abstract : E-commerce is challenging the traditional way of distributing goods. An increase in parcels, lower filling rates, more trips to distribute the parcels and a demand of fast deliveries within a limited time-window lead to increased logistics costs and environmentally unsustainable means of delivering packages to end-customers. READ MORE