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1. 1. Green Transitions in Heavy Truck Transports : An explorative study on buyer-supplier challenges and enablers for green transition in the Swedish truck transportation industry

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (CeLS)

   Author : Jheffer Falk; Erik Nykvist; [2022]
   Keywords : GHG emissions; decarbonization; green logistics; green logistics practices; truck transports; logistics service provider; shipper; heavy-duty truck transports; collaboration;

   Abstract : Background  Global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions necessitates a decrease in carbon emission caused by the truck transport industry. To combat the threat of global warming, goals are being set up on a global, national and corporate level. READ MORE

3. 2. Shared Mobility As A Socio-Technical System : An investigation of the mobility system in Augsburg

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Centre for Information Technology and Information Systems (CenITIS); Jönköping University/IHH, Informatik

   Author : Wiebke Lena Henke; [2020]
   Keywords : shared mobility system; socio-technical system; experience ecosystem; Augsburg; Mobil-Flat;

   Abstract : A major shift in our society is the one from a goods-dominant logic to a service-dominant one. Ownership becomes less important, while services from the area of sharing economy experience a rising demand. Municipalities and private companies are adapting and different shared mobility systems are emerging from their pursuit of new forms of mobility. READ MORE

4. 3. The process of knowledge integration : A case of a change project

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

   Author : Edgaras Rakevicius; Louis Auzias; [2016]
   Keywords : Knowledge Integration; Process; Challenges; Mechanisms; Project evolution; Company; Back office; Shared Service Centre;

   Abstract : Knowledge integration is rather a new and not fully explored  concept in  business management. However there are many scholars, who have  researched knowledge integration in recent decades. This thesis is conducted in order to draw attention towards knowledge integration and its processual phenomena. READ MORE

5. 4. Vertical Integration : A Case Study of the Issues Regarding the Internal Trading in a Swedish Engineering Group

   University essay from IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Tobias Claesson; Erika Blomberg; [2013]
   Keywords : Vertical integration; internal trading; transfer pricing; decentralisation; sub-optimisation;

   Abstract : The success of vertical integration is highly dependent on units’ ability to collaborate towards common goals. Deficiencies in coordinating and controlling the internal trading activities could imply that the benefits and the purpose of vertical integration are unutilised. READ MORE

6. 5. Caring for the Caregiver

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Miriam Gottschalk; [2013]
   Keywords : Patient support; Patient- family centered care; Care giving; Heterotopia; Female ethic of care; Maori value system; Belonging; Travel; Ethics; Centre and Periphery; Ethnology; Ethnographics; Etnologi; Etik; Vård; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : When a person becomes a patient in the Auckland City Hospital, the largest public hospital in New Zealand, they often bring one or more family members with them for mental and physical support. This thesis focuses on these support persons, who in this thesis are referred to as the patient caregivers and their perspectives on staying at Te Whare Awhina (TWA). READ MORE