Essays about: "serendipity"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the word serendipity.

  1. 11. Redesigning Palacky Square to Stimulate Social Interaction

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Åke Hjalmarsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Amenities; Encounters; Meetings; Palackého námésti; Prague; Public space; Redesign; Social interaction; Urban design ;

    Abstract : Design is about aesthetics and function and in this study following a research problem: How to redesign Palacky Square with vicinity to stimulate social interaction? This study identifies characters, design strategy and implementation of social interaction. The study area is chosen from a falsifying perspective. READ MORE

  3. 12. Standing in the Way of Control - A Study on the Creation of Markets by Entrepreneurs

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Eleni Miliou; [2011]
    Keywords : entrepreneurship; market-making; serendipity; innovation; market creation;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurship presents itself as a viable solution to current financial turbulences, as it has the power to create not only companies and thus jobs but also markets within economies that suffer (Read and Sarasvathy 2005; Sarasvathy 2001; Santos 2004). Despite the acknowledgement of this fact, there is little academic research into how exactly entrepreneurs create those markets, which leaves a gap in research and in our knowledge about this phenomenon. READ MORE

  4. 13. Sustainopreneurship - Business with a Cause : Conceptualizing Entrepreneurship for Sustainability

    University essay from Ekonomihögskolan, EHV

    Author : Anders Abrahamsson; [2007]
    Keywords : Sustainability; Sustainable Development; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Eco-preneurship; Sustainability Entrepreneurship; Sustainopreneurship; Enactive Research; On a Mission; Ignition; Open Space Technology;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a tentative definition of the concept of sustainopreneurship - in the most simplified form described as entrepreneurship and innovation for sustainability - “Business with a Cause”. The concept takes its departure from generic entrepreneurship theory development, its extensions and further contextualization into the domains of sustainability, primarily through recent research. READ MORE

  5. 14. Sociable Space in a City of Life : the Case of Hanoi

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Mikael Bäckman; Maria Rundqvist; [2005]
    Keywords : sociable space; public space; urban planning; urban environment; social life; people-friendly; city-scape; high-rise buildings; density; traffic; public transports; Hanoi; New Urban Area; urbanism; urbanity; development; refurbishment; sociala rum; offentliga rum; trafik; kollektivtrafik; täthet; bebyggelse; utveckling; stadsplanering; gaturum; platser; planering; höghus; MFS;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT This study, Sociable Space in a City of Life ¬ the Case of Hanoi, is a diploma work by Mr. Mikael Bäckman and Ms. Maria Rundqvist, for the Master’s Programme in Spatial Planning presented at the Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden. READ MORE