Essays about: "war profit"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words war profit.
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1. Business Operations in Armed Conflicts : An analysis of the criminal responsibilities of business executives operating in high-risk contexts
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : The involvement of multinational corporations, international traders, transporters, processors, and retailers has a crucial significance in high-risk contexts there is a wide range of commercial activities that can make economic actors criminally responsible for gross violations of international humanitarian law and human rights: this includes the sale of weaponry, pillaging or commercial transactions unrelated to war. Allowing companies and their managers to shield themselves is harmful to the development of international law. READ MORE
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2. Volatility Timing using Machine Learning - An Application to a Signal Based Portfolio
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Recent events such as the covid-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian war have led to a tremendous increase in volatility, making financial markets riskier for investors. To see whether investors can counteract or profit from such risk, we develop a volatility timed trading strategy. READ MORE
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3. The implementation of collaborative robots in production environments : a review of academic literature and industrial applications
University essay from KTH/Industriell produktionAbstract : The evolution of the global market that happened after the second world war has made competition between manufacturing companies much more difficult than before. In contrast to the days of Fordism, where mass production allowed companies to cut costs and have a profit margin through high productivity, flexibility is currently considered the key to surviving the competition and it require new production systems: information management systems and automated production systems that enable the expansion in product variety. READ MORE
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4. Traditionella metoder i moderna tider : en studie av jordbruk i naturreservat i Södermanlands skärgård
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Som en del i att bromsa förlusterna av biologisk mångfald har vi miljökvalitetsmålet ”Ett rikt odlingslandskap” att förhålla oss till i Sverige. En rationalisering och likriktning av jordbruket allt sedan efterkrigstiden har lett att livsmiljöer för arter förvunnit. READ MORE
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5. In the Net : The Visual and Verbal Rhetoric of the Campaign “Operation Dolphin Bycatch” by Sea Shepherd France
University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : The marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd is most known for its radical direct action, e. g., against whale poaching. This thesis examines the campaign “Operation Dolphin Bycatch,” coordinated by the French branch of the NGO, through discourse analysis and interviews with Sea Shepherd France (SSF) members. READ MORE
