Essays about: "small-scale enterprises"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words small-scale enterprises.

  1. 1. Effective Vulnerability Management for Small Scale Organisations in Ghana

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

    Author : Jerry Lartey; [2019]
    Keywords : Vulnerability management; patch management; small-scale organisations; Ghana; local ISPs; Cybersecurity Framework; small and medium-sized enterprises; subject matter experts; open source.;

    Abstract : Most Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana are notparticularly anxious about the consequences of inadequacy or lack of anyform of vulnerability management operation in their normal businesspractices. This case study research explores how a local Internet ServiceProvider (ISP) in Ghana and its local client-base can manage vulnerabilitieswith a targeted patch management practise integrated into their operations. READ MORE

  3. 2. Women Economic Empowerment and SMEs : A Case Study on Bangladesh

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Jasika Alam Jitu; [2019]
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    Abstract : Low income countries such as Bangladesh are among many of the developing countries in the world where people suffer from poverty which affect their living conditions, especially the empowerment, more specifically economic empowerment of rural and/or indigent women. Many actors such as non-government organizations (NGOs) aspire towards working on means which will improve the empowerment status of rural women in the economy of Bangladesh. READ MORE

  4. 3. Increasing transparency in the supply chain with blockchain technology : A case study of small and medium sized South African wine producers

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Patrick Engström Roxendal; Sara Westlund; [2019]
    Keywords : blockchain technology; traceability; trust; sustainability; internet of things; certifications; supply chain; transparency; Blockchain; värdekedja; transparens; teknologi; certifieringar; vinindutri;

    Abstract : The world is facing new challenges caused by global warming and is puttingpressure on governments, companies and the civil society to act fast. Like all industries, the wine industry is affected by climate change and wine producers are simultaneously struggling to stay viable while competing on a global market. READ MORE

  5. 4. Growing on (Un)common Ground: Motivations and Locational Choice of Urban Agriculture Entrepreneurs

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Kerstin Schreiber; [2018]
    Keywords : urban agriculture; commercial urban farming; location-based entrepreneurship; ecopreneurship; grounded theory; motivation;

    Abstract : Urban agriculture in post-industrial countries is commonly represented in form of shared community gardens or individual gardening lots. However, within the last years, an increasing number of commercial urban farming enterprises around the globe have started their operations. READ MORE

  6. 5. Willingness to pay for renewable energy among Indian small and medium-sized enterprises : a contingent valuation experiment

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Samuel Tafesse Wakuma; [2018]
    Keywords : contingent valuation; small-scale firms; WTP; double-bounded dichotomous choice; bivariate probit; India;

    Abstract : To limit climatic change, humans must achieve a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. India, as a large emerging economy, could substantially contribute towards this goal by transforming its energy system. READ MORE