Essays about: "sustained improvement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words sustained improvement.

  1. 1. Improper Structural Transformation & Stagnant Manufacturing in Post-Independence India: The Role of Agriculture and Inter-Sectoral Linkages

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sai Chandan Kotu; [2022]
    Keywords : Input-Output Matrices; Structural Transformation; Ordinary Least Squares; Agricultural Productivity; Capital Formation; Domestic-Market Linkages; Sustainable and Resilient Structural Change; Services-led growth.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : India is witnessing an unconventional pattern of structural change – involving a shift to services-dominated economy at lower income per-capita than early industrialisers. Despite significant policy rhetoric on industrialisation, the sector’s share in both value-added and employment has stagnated remarkably. READ MORE

  3. 2. Competing on sustainability - A study on stakeholder interaction, becoming truly sustainable and obtaining a sustained competitive advantage in an industry characterized by low sustainability maturity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Kristina Källner; Anna Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainability; cold chain; pharmaceutical industry; stakeholder theory; sustainable business models; VRIO analysis; truly sustainable; competitive advantage; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Although more and more companies are facing increasing pressure to take responsibility for their actions impacting sustainability, the pharmaceutical industry and in extension the cold chain solutions industry, have previously been exempted from scrutiny. Research on sustainability in the industry is lagging, why this master thesis aims to explore how sustainability can be incorporated into the business model while avoiding creating a disconnect between corporate strategy and actual sustainability impact. READ MORE

  4. 3. Achieving sustained improvement : A literature review for the years 2010–2021

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för kvalitets- och maskinteknik

    Author : Sofia Bridger; Emma Karlsson; [2021]
    Keywords : affinity diagram; change sustainability; literature review; major organisational change; sustained improvement; släktskapsdiagram; hållbar förbättring; litteraturstudie; större organisatorisk förändring; hållbar förändring;

    Abstract : Förändring och förbättring utgör komplex materia, och det finns många aspekter som kan påverka om resultaten blir hållbara över tid. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka vad som krävdes för en förbättring, som ett resultat av en större organisatorisk förändring, att bli hållbara över tid i ett verkligt sammanhang. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Effects of Mindfulness-based Interventions on Functioning of Children and Youth with ADHD : A Systematic Literature Review

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Cristina Pozneanscaia; [2019]
    Keywords : Mindfulness-based Interventions; MBIs; mindfulness; yoga; meditation; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; ADHD;

    Abstract : Background: Given the incomplete benefits of the pharmacological therapy for ADHD and its over-prescription in children over the last decades, there is an explicit need for alternative treatments. Mindfulness-based Interventions (MBIs) are a family of emergent self-regulation practices including meditation, yoga and body-awareness exercises, found to be an effective therapy for ADHD. READ MORE

  6. 5. Continuous Improvement Over the Long Term : A Cross-national Study of How Continuous Improvement Can Be Sustained

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för kvalitets- och maskinteknik

    Author : Kiia Kuisma; [2018]
    Keywords : continuous improvement; sustainability; Lean management; Total Quality Management; cross-national research; ständiga förbättringar; hållbarhet; Lean management; offensiv kvalitetsutveckling; tvärnationell forskning;

    Abstract : Enligt forskning är ständiga förbättringar ett väsentligt element i olika kvalitetsledningssystem, medan arbete med ständiga förbättringar i organisationer har undersökts vara ofta för begränsat i omfattning och svårt att hålla igång. Därmed var syftet med denna studie att bidra med kunskap om hur organisationer kan arbeta för att hålla ständiga förbättringar igång. READ MORE