Advanced search

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays matching the above criteria.

  1. 1. Adaptive Tactics in Software Operations: How People Manage Complexity by Asking for Help

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Michael Vincent Wettick; [2024]
    Keywords : Recruitment; Software Operations; Anomaly Response; Incident Response; Escalation; Adaptive Capacity; Decision Making; Tacit Knowledge; Complexity; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Society relies on the continued operation of software systems, from healthcare to social media platforms. These systems can be engineered to be highly reliable, but complexity assures surprise. People have the ability to manage this complexity, filling gaps in design by recognizing, diagnosing and correcting anomalies. READ MORE

  3. 2. Analysing privacy concerns in smartcameras : in correlation with GDPR and Privacy by Design

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Sebastian Floderus; Vincent Tewolde; [2021]
    Keywords : Privacy by Design; GDPR; IoT; security; data management;

    Abstract : Background. The right to privacy is every persons right, data regulation laws suchas the GDPR and privacy preserving concepts like Privacy by Design (PbD) aid inthis matter. IoT devices are highly vulnerable to attacks because of their limitedstorage and processing capabilities, even more so for internet connected cameras. READ MORE

  4. 3. Applying Purchasing Category Management on a purchasing department to increase its performances : A case study with a luxury automotive manufacturer

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

    Author : Victor Erik Vincent Cardenas; [2021]
    Keywords : Supply-chain; Purchasing; Purchasing Category Management; Purchasing performance; Automotive Manufacturer;

    Abstract : Nowadays, manufacturing companies compete as much with their products as with their supply-chain. Within the overarching stages of supply-chain, purchasing is a process that responds to the organizations needs of acquiring raw materials, components and semi-finished products in order to enable the execution of operations. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Reputation Circle : A study of the interplay between the reputational perception of companies and the effect on their non-financial performance

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Vincent Pave; Yvan Kenneth Nziengui Ebaley; [2021]
    Keywords : Reputation; non-financial performance; Corporate Social Responsibility; social relevance; stakeholder environment; community; value design; social media; influencers; digital word-of-mouth;

    Abstract : Reputation nowadays is a determinant of companies’ strategy. We used a qualitative study approach, based on semi-structured interviews. The choice of subject was motivated by recent scandals involving big corporations. We started therefore from the postulate that big corporations would rather not want to communicate on those issues. READ MORE

  6. 5. Can death predict life? : A study on the direct child replacement effect in Niger - an instrumental variable approach.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Vincent Karlberg Hauge; August Wadell Leimdörfer; [2020]
    Keywords : direct child replacement effect; child mortality; population growth; 2SPS; Niger;

    Abstract : Sub-Saharan Africa is the region in the world with the highest population growth and child mortality. By measuring to what extent the parents "replace" a child in the case of death, we estimate the direct child replacement effect in Niger between 1976 and 2011. READ MORE