Essays about: "start-up investments"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 essays containing the words start-up investments.

  1. 21. A multi-scale analysis of biofuel-related land acquisitions in Tanzania : with focus on Sweden as an investor

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Emma Johansson; [2013]
    Keywords : social impacts; environmental impacts; jatropha; sugarcane; Tanzania; Sweden; biofuel; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; Land acquisition; DPSIR; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Spurred on by pressure to find sustainable energy production alternatives to fossil fuels, many industries have been acquiring land in order to plant crops for biofuel production. In Tanzania, biofuel development is in an early stage, and over the last decade, several foreign actors have tried to start up biofuel projects in the country (without success). READ MORE

  3. 22. Understanding public venture capital in the cleantech sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Tomas Ramse Andersen; [2013]
    Keywords : Cleantech; Public venture capital; Policy instrument design; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The world is currently facing a number of large environmental challenges, and cleantech is pointed at to be one of the best potential answers. However, in the winds of a financial crisis, shifting capital markets and rapidly growing information technology sector, the cleantech segment currently finds itself in a disadvantaged situation where the direly needed early-stage capital is not finding its way to the cleantech start-up companies. READ MORE

  4. 23. Managing a Business on the Bumpy Roads of Kenya : A Study about Women Entrepreneurs in the Textile Industry in Nairobi

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen Textilhögskolan

    Author : Frida Lindell; Marlene Hansson; [2011]
    Keywords : women entrepreneurship; key success factors; management skills; social- and cultural context; business start-up; overcome obstacles; gender disparities; textile industry; kenya; social- och kulturell kontext; genusdiskriminering; textilindustrin; kvinnligt företagande; framgångsfaktorer; ledarskapsfärdigheter; företagsuppstart; övervinna hinder;

    Abstract : The textile industry in Kenya was once an important sector in the country but due to theliberalisation of trade and the second hand industry’s impact, the industry has declined inrecent years. The increased competition from import has boosted the costs of raw material andoutrivaled the local textile production. READ MORE

  5. 24. Financing life science start-up ventures in Sweden : Can funding be facilitated from British venture capital?

    University essay from Industriell teknik

    Author : Carl Andreasson; [2010]
    Keywords : high -tech; high-tech ventures; start-up; venture capital; united kingdom; equity gap; early-stage; investment;

    Abstract : This thesis has been carried out within the framework of the Master of ScienceProgramme in Sociotechnical Systems Engineering and performed for the SwedishTrade Council in London. The author investigates how the Swedish Trade Councilcan facilitate and bridge the contacts between venture capitalists in the UK andhigh-tech start-ups in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 25. ECC-D4 Electostatic Oil Cleaner Design for Heavy-Duty Gas Turbine Applications

    University essay from Mekanisk värmeteori och strömningslära

    Author : Murat Gorur; [2010]
    Keywords : Energy System; Electrostatic Cleaner; Gas Turbines; Electrostatic Field; Turbine Oil; Oil Clenaer;

    Abstract : The turbine technology improvements from 1980 onwards have considerably increased mechanical and thermal stresses on turbine oils which, cause oil oxidation and thereby turbine oil degradation (Livingstone et al., 2007; Sasaki & Uchiyama, 2002). READ MORE