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  1. 1. Value of CO2 neutrality for sustainable engineering steel: A case study of Ovako AB

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Författare :Erik Larsson; Filip Smith; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Automotive; Battery electric vehicle; Bearing; Blast furnace; Carbon border adjustment mechanism; Carbon dioxide; Electric arc furnace; Emissions trading system; Engineering steel; Green steel; Greenhouse gas; Innovation; Internal combustion engine; Life cycle analysis; Mining; Paris agreement; Science based target initiative; Steel; Sustainability; Sustainable steel; Triple bottom line;

    Sammanfattning : Steel production is today one of the most CO2-demanding activities and causes 8% of the global emissions of GHG. It is crucial for the industry to reduce its emissions radically in order to be in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the Science-Based Target initiative. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Rasism på West Point : En studie av fördomar och sociala relationer mellan svarta och vita kadetter på USA:s militärhögskola under 1870-talet

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Författare :Erik Vennersten; [2021]
    Nyckelord :US Military Academy; racism; nineteenth century; United States; Hugh Lenox Scott; James Webster Smith; USA:s militärhögskola; racism; 1800-talet; USA; Hugh Lenox Scott; James Webster Smith;

    Sammanfattning : This essay examines the social relations between colored and white cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point during the late 19th century. Through letters we are able to take part of two microhistories that show the social structure from two different angles. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Reinforcement Learning for Real Time Bidding

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Författare :Erik Smith; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Reinforcement learning; Markov decision process; value iteration; policy gradient; real time bidding; Technology and Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : When an internet user opens a web page containing an advertising slot, how is it determined which ad is shown? Today, the most common software-based approach to trading advertising slots is real time bidding: as soon as the user begins to load the web page, an auction for the slot is held in real time, and the highest bidder gets to display their advertisement of choice. Auction bidding is performed by different demand side platforms (DSPs). LÄS MER

  5. 4. The implications of the management accounting change paradox - A case study on the clashes between FAMCO and PE Inc concerning financial reporting

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Författare :Erik Myresten; Simon Lönnvik; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Management accounting change; Acquisitions; Private equity;

    Sammanfattning : This paper concerns an in-depth case study on a family-owned company (FAMCO), which was acquired by a private equity company (PE Inc) in 2011. Using paradox theory, this paper investigates how the previously noted relationship between stability and change impacted the management accounting change process following the acquisition. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Aid in continuity - Swedish foreign aid policies as myth

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Erik Kytömäki; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Foreign aid; development; Barthes; linearity; continuity; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis drives a twofold argument about the Swedish policies on foreign aid and development. First of all is it stated how there has been a continuity in this particular field of policy has since its inception in the 1960s and the issue has in the closest become depoliticised in mainstream politics. LÄS MER