Search for dissertations about: "scope for growth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 115 swedish dissertations containing the words scope for growth.

  2. 1. Profit-Orientation and Post-Growth Economies : Building Theory for Social-Ecological Resilience

    Author : Jennifer Hinton; Sarah Cornell; Wijnand Boonstra; Somya Joshi; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Systems thinking; Systems analysis; Post-growth economy; Degrowth; Sustainable economy; Sustainable business; Theory of the firm; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : This thesis takes a post-growth perspective in order to answer the overarching research question:  How does business profit-orientation affect social-ecological sustainability? It is the result of putting different pieces of the puzzle together - across the microeconomic and macroeconomic scales - in order to build a stronger conceptual and theoretical basis for sustainable post-growth economies.In Part 1, I describe what a post-growth perspective entails, as an inherently social-ecological systems approach. READ MORE

  4. 2. Go the Extra Mile for Accountability : Privacy Protection Measures for Emerging Information Management Systems

    Author : Jenni Reuben; Simone Fischer-Hübner; Sabrina Kirrane; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; accountability; Privacy By Design PdD ; privacy risks; Privacy Impact Assessment PIA ; audits; privacy compliance; access control; differential privacy; graphs; edge-labeled graphs; Semantic Web; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : The thesis considers a systematic approach to design and develop techniques for preventing personal data exposure in next generation information management systems with the aim of ensuring accountability of data controllers (entities that process personal data).With a rapid growth in the communication technologies, heterogenous computing environments that offer cost-effective data processing alternatives are emerging. READ MORE

  5. 3. Biomarkers for assessing benthic pollution impacts in a subtropical estuary, Mozambique

    Author : Maria Perpétua Janeiro Scarlet; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; subtrophical estuary; contaminants; biological hierarcial biomarkers; scope for growth; burrowing response; acethylcholinesterase; benthic fauna; southern Mozambique;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the marine environment in a subtropical estuary and particularly on exploring a suite of easy-to-use, cost effective and environmentally valid biological response tools (biomarkers). The main driving force of the thesis is the knowledge of the numerous anthropogenic impacts. READ MORE

  6. 4. Realizing a fast growth strategy - A case study of the evolution of management control systems in a fast growing firm

    Author : Kent Thorén; KTH; []
    Keywords : Management Control; Entrepreneurship; Accounting; Business; Organization; Growth; Change;

    Abstract : Growth has received considerable interest from researchersduring the past two decades. Some of this research focuses onorganizational issues as firms grow, proposing that thisprocess involves considerable formalization of structures,pro-cedures and systems. READ MORE

  7. 5. Relationship-to-Profit : A Theory of Business, Markets, and Profit for Social Ecological Economics

    Author : Jennifer B. Hinton; Sarah E. Cornell; Arnaud Diemer; Wiebren J. Boonstra; Eric Dacheux; Max Koch; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sustainability; Sustainable economy; Sustainable business; Institutional analysis; Systems thinking; Post-growth economy; Degrowth; Not-for-profit business; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : How does the relationship between business and profit affect social and ecological sustainability? Many sustainability scholars have identified competition for profit in the market as a key driver of social exploitation and environmental destruction. Yet, studies rarely question whether businesses and markets have to be profit-seeking. READ MORE