Essays about: "unpredictability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 92 essays containing the word unpredictability.

  1. 1. Unpredictability: Natural disasters effect on rebel group recruitment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Emma Strömqvist; [2024]
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    Abstract : As natural disasters become more prominent, so do their consequences. One of these effects is how natural disasters affect rebel group recruitment. To investigate these effects, a comparative across-case study, using the two rebel groups, Pattani insurgents and the Kashmir insurgents, was conducted. READ MORE

  3. 2. Managing Innovation in Knowledge-Intensive SMEs: A Multiple Case Study of Balancing Exploration and Exploitation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Anders Persson; Filip Mannefred; [2023-07-20]
    Keywords : Ambidexterity; Innovation management; Innovation Strategy; Innovation Processes; Knowledge-Intensive firms; SMEs;

    Abstract : Managing the innovation processes and strategies is a common challenge for companies due to the complexity and difficulties of creating processes that favor exploitation and exploration, and not limiting the capabilities to one or the other. Being able to have a split focus and balancing these capabilities constitutes a paradox since stability and predictability are associated with exploitation, and since risk and unpredictability are associated with exploration. READ MORE

  4. 3. Offering a managerial perspective on stress management in the restaurant industry - How do managers perceive and handle stress in their daily work?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Amelia Lindh; Kevin Torgersson; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Stress management; coordination; accountability; predictability; common understanding; routines; flexibility; adaptation; restaurant industry;

    Abstract : Stress management is a significant topic to study within management as employee well-being and stress experienced at work is rising. One industry where work stress is increasingly rising is the restaurant industry. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mastering the shift: exploring external CEO successions in a comparative case study

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Nils Karlflo; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Actor-Network Theory; ANT; actors; negotiations; Sociology of translation; Management; Corporate Governance; CEO successions; CEO retirements; CEO departure; chief executive officer; boards; chairman of the board; externalizing; owner-led; owner-steered; owner-led companies; process theory; translation theory; family successions;

    Abstract : This paper critically examines the claim made by previous research that explains CEO successions as a result of a linear process, influenced by isolated factors of causality succeeding one another. Thus, it seeks to provide a more nuanced understanding of the process of CEO successions, acknowledges the complexity, ambiguity, and unpredictability in its nature. READ MORE

  6. 5. Predicting the Unpredictable – Using Language Models to Assess Literary Quality

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Yaru Wu; [2023]
    Keywords : perplexity; variance; unpredictability; homogeneity; generative pre-trained models; text generation; literary quality;

    Abstract : People read for various purposes like learning specific skills, acquiring foreign languages, and enjoying the pure reading experience, etc. This kind of pure enjoyment may credit to many aspects, such as the aesthetics of languages, the beauty of rhyme, and the entertainment of being surprised by what will happen next, the last of which is typically featured in fictional narratives and is also the main topic of this project. READ MORE