Essays about: "why do we study economics"

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  1. 1. Persisting Change - Why do programmes addressing behaviour change fail to create long-term change for sustainable consumption

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Dushyant Manchandia; [2021]
    Keywords : sustainable consumption; behaviour change; durable; persisting; COM-B; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As we grapple with the existential threat of global climate change and biodiversity collapse, there is a growing recognition to address the ever-growing levels of consumption. There is an urgent need to clamp down on the excessive levels of lifestyle emissions fuelled by individuals in the developed world along with the growing middle class in the developing parts for us to have any chances of having a just transition to a carbon-neutral future. READ MORE

  3. 2. Deep reinforcement learning for real-time power grid topology optimization

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Jacob Rothschild; [2021]
    Keywords : Deep reinforcement learning; Dueling Deep Q-Network; electricity transmission network; real-time topology optimization; sustainable energy; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : In our pursuit of carbon neutrality, drastic changes to generation and consumption of electricity will cause new and complex demands on the power grid and its operators. A cheap, promising, and under-exploited mitigation is real-time power grid topology optimization (RTTO). READ MORE

  4. 3. Once upon a time there was a signature story

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Eileen Marlena Kersten; Felicia Do; Lieke Theadora Adriana Brinkhof; [2020]
    Keywords : Signature stories; Storytelling; Strategic message; Aaker’s criteria; Brands; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose – The term signature story was explored by David Aaker in his book published in 2018. The purpose of this paper is to further investigate, examine and build upon his concept. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gender Differences in Financial Decisions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lisa Rygård; [2020]
    Keywords : gender differences; decision making under risk; investment; sustainability; leadership gender; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Investment behavior is strongly affected by the level of risk we are willing to take and to what extent we believe an investment is going to be successful. It has been found in previous experiments that men and women tend to have different risk preferences and beliefs, with dissimilar investment behavior as consequence. READ MORE

  6. 5. When Business Becomes Politics - A Study of Consumers' Perceptions and Responses to Brand Activism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Cecilie Pedersen Broberg; Ifigenia Doshoris; [2020]
    Keywords : Brand Activism; Consumer Activism; Brand Meaning; KLM; SAS; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Thesis purpose: The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of consumers' perceptions of the phenomenon of brand activism, and how they respond to it. Theoretical perspective: For the theoretical foundation we drew upon the literature streams within brand activism, consumer activism and brand meaning. READ MORE