Essays about: "societal transitions"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 24 essays containing the words societal transitions.

  1. 6. Getting What You Want but Not What You Need - A Qualitative Investigation of Founder-CEO Role Transition During Venture Growth

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Vendela Högberg; Sanna Liljestrand; [2021]
    Keywords : Founder-CEO; Role transition; Entrepreneurship; Venture growth; Identity conflict;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurship is considered essential for societal and economic development, stimulating technical advancement, decreasing unemployment, and generating tax revenues. Likewise, founder-led companies have been proven to generate higher value than externally led companies. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Road To Urban Streets : The redevelopment of transport infrastructure in relation to the Swedish planning process

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Ellen McManus; Albin Bellander; [2021]
    Keywords : sustainable transport planning; socio-technical transitions; obduracy; urban streets; densification;

    Abstract : Urban planning needs to address the future role of transport infrastructure in cities. Due to previous planning ideals, our cities consist of transport networks that stand in conflict with ambitions to create dense and multifunctional urban environments, decrease pollution, and create safe urban space. READ MORE

  4. 8. The role of business models for technology innovation : a case study on Power-to-Gas

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Tone Fjellstedt; Thomas Hill Anderson Galbraith; [2021]
    Keywords : business models; low carbon transition; performative market device; sector-coupling; power-to-gas technology;

    Abstract : The thesis contributes to the understanding of business models as performative market devices for development and uptake of technological innovation in low carbon transitions. Transition studies are criticised for neglecting the role of business models as part of socio-technical transitions. READ MORE

  5. 9. Towards a sustainable and just energy system in the city of Malmö : Social Innovations in the Energy Sector

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Franco Crudi; [2021]
    Keywords : sustainable and just energy transitions; transformative social innovation; energy justice;

    Abstract : Like many other European cities, Malmö has set ambitious goals to become Sweden’s first carbon-neutral city by 2030. This objective is aligned with several public entities such as the Öresund Region, the Swedish Energy Agency, the European Union, and the UN within the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Urban Development. READ MORE

  6. 10. Entrepreneurship and the plant-based protein transition : A discourse analysis of packaging of Swedish plant-based brands

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Emma Vandenbroeck; [2021]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurship; plant-based protein; protein shift;

    Abstract : A protein transition from more animal-based to more plant-based proteins in human diets isessential for the health of the planet and its human population. This thesis focusses onentrepreneurship, one of the many angles of this transition. READ MORE