Essays about: "thesis on small scale business"

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1. 1. Introducing software testing in an SME : An investigation of software testing in a web application

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Per Arn; [2023]
   Keywords : software testing; web applications; front end development; component testing; end-to-end testing; testing frameworks; Mjukvarutestning; webbapplikationer; frontendutveckling; komponenttestning; användartestning; testramverk;

   Abstract : Quality assurance and software testing of software artifacts is as important as ever and this is especially so the case in web applications. The web applications of today are more complex and are used in more critical systems at a larger scale than ever before. However, testing of these applications is very challenging due to their dynamic nature. READ MORE

3. 2. In the Business of Doing Good: A case study on social entrepreneurship within the small-scale rental sector in South African townships

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Ellen Lindén-Urnes; [2023]
   Keywords : backyard rental; small-scale rental; affordable housing; social entrepreneurship; impact; Cape Town; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Housing crises have become a global phenomenon, including in South Africa. Neither the South African government nor the market have been able to sufficiently address the growing housing deficit across the nation, especially not in the affordable rental sector. READ MORE

4. 3. Using a GIS to enable an economic, land use and energy output comparison between small wind powered turbines and large-scale wind farms: the case of Oslo, Norway.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Colin Potter; [2023]
   Keywords : Geography; GIS; Wind power; Renewable energy sources; urban wind energy; urban areas; planning; vertical axis wind turbines; comparative studies; urban integrated energy systems; Oslo; Roan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Responding to an identified knowledge gap, the study aims to determine if smaller wind turbines located on top of existing urban buildings are more resource efficient (land utilization and economically) than large scale wind farms. To answer this question, using a GIS, the resource efficiency of the Roan wind farm in Northern Norway was compared to a theoretical modeled installation of small-scale wind turbines on top of buildings within a 2km radius study zone in central Oslo. READ MORE

5. 4. More Fish, more Mahasoa? A Quantitative Analysis of Food Security & Poverty Reduction in Rural Small-scale Aquaculture in Madagascar

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Gianna Laura Angermayr; [2023]
   Keywords : Madagascar; Small-scale Aquaculture; Pond Aquaculture; Integrated Rice-Fish Farming; Community Well- being; Poverty Reduction; Food Security.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The role of food-producing sectors such as agriculture and aquaculture in the development process is debated and while some consider industrial production to be the answer, others suggest that small-scale production can also make contributions to poverty reduction and food security. This thesis aims to shed light on these relationships by performing quantitative analyses of the small-scale freshwater aquaculture sector in six regions of Madagascar. READ MORE

6. 5. Making Artisanal Gold Miners ‘Investable’ - A Novel Means of ‘Improving’ Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining? A neoliberal eco-governmentality analysis of ‘responsible’ artisanal and small-scale gold mining: the case of the Lake Victoria Gold Programme in Migori County, Kenya

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Gustav Dahlqvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining ASM ; responsible mining initiatives; neoliberal eco-governmentality; investability; gold; Kenya; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Objectives: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) - a labour-intensive and low-tech mode of minerals extraction and processing - has received increasing attention amidst global commodity booms and its concurrent expansion. Infamously associated with negative social and environmental impacts, responsible mining initiatives have emerged to promote, measure, and enforce sustainable mining practices for ASM. READ MORE