Essays about: "thesis technology crisis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 191 essays containing the words thesis technology crisis.

  1. 1. Potential and Limitations of the Sketch Map Tool in the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Kimon Letzner; [2024]
    Keywords : Disaster risk reduction; Participatory action research; Community risk mapping; International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement; Colombia; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In disaster risk management, participatory mapping (PM) closes spatial data gaps in communities by integrating local risk knowledge. The thesis examined the potential and limitations of the Sketch Map Tool (SMT) as a PM tool for community-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) through an International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement case study. READ MORE

  2. 2. Increasing Governance Capacity and Governance Legitimacy. A Case Study of the Lithuanian Crisis Management System.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Marija Bukauskaite; [2024]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In 2022, the Government of Lithuania approved the new Crisis Management and Civil Safety law to establish the National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC). This thesis was written during the initial phase of the NCMC creation process. READ MORE

  3. 3. Examining the Effects of Economic Crises on Firm Leverage: Insights from Financial Institutions and Information Technology Companies Listed on the Swedish Stock Markets

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Nordlund; Vlad David; [2023-09-01]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Numerous studies have examined factors influencing a company's capital structure, but most focus on non-financial firms and neglect the distinct characteristics of financial institutions. Furthermore, little research exists on the Swedish financial and information technology markets despite their special market conditions, important global position and unique capital structures of their belonging companies. READ MORE

  4. 4. The Political Ecology of Green Hydrogen from the global South : An analysis along the socioecological fix framework

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Maximilian Rischer; [2023]
    Keywords : Socioecological fix; global South; green hydrogen; political ecology; just energy transition; decolonial; uneven development; Hyphen; Socioekologisk fix; globala södern; grön vätgas; politisk ekologi; rättvis energiomställning; avkolonisering; ojämna utvecklingen; Hyphen;

    Abstract : Infrastructural projects to realize the energy transition are framed by governmentsfrom all around the world very positively. This is also the case for green hydrogen,which is considered as a silver bullet to solve multiple crises simultaneously. READ MORE

  5. 5. Changes in Organization Design Produced by Covid-19 from a Path-Dependence Perspective : A Case Study of a Medical Manufacturing Company

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Carolina Artavia Muñoz; [2023]
    Keywords : Organization Design; Black Swan Events; Path Dependence Theory; Jay Galbraith s Star Model; Covid-19; Medical Manufacturing Industry.; Organisationsdesign; svarta svan-händelser; stigberoende; Jay Galbraits Star Model; Covid-19; medicinsk tillverkningsindustri.;

    Abstract : Covid-19 brought various challenges that the world that was not fully prepared to face since 2019. The pandemic came with both health and economic repercussions, and various organizations had to adapt their Organization Design to confront these new challenges posed by this Black Swan event. READ MORE