Sökning: "Niche Innovations"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 38 uppsatser innehållade orden Niche Innovations.

1. 6. Innovation for Climate Change Adaptation in Costa Rican Coffee Production: A comparative analysis of cooperatives in the coffee regions Guanacaste & Tarrazú

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Isabella Oline Rugholm Jensen; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Costa Rica; coffee; sustainability transitions; climate change adaptation; cooperatives innovations; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Latin America is predicted to experience losses of almost 90% of land suitable for coffee production due to climate change by 2050. Simultaneously, worldwide coffee demand is increasing steadily and is expected to grow continuously due to new emerging niche markets. LÄS MER

3. 7. The contribution of testbeds in sustainable innovation : a case study of aquaponics in Sweden

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Författare :Maximilian Demmer; [2022]
   Nyckelord :innovation; sustainable innovation; Testbed; experimental innovation; technological innovation systems; diffusion; strategic niche management; circular food production; aquaponics; sweden;

   Sammanfattning : Aquaponics has gained increasing popularity as it offers a more sustainable solution to farm fish and leafy greens sustainably and closer to urban centres. While generally seen as a real potential to improve sustainable food production, the commercialisation of aquaponics globally is though still at its beginnings. LÄS MER

4. 8. Spinning a Budding Industry

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Författare :Jansen Haneline; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Hemp fiber; hemp hurd; supply chain development; textile industry; pulp and paper industry; building and construction industry; alternative natural materials; transition theory; multi-level perspective; American industry; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The 2018 Farm Bill federally legalized industrial hemp in the United States following four years of state and tribal pilot programs. Industry actors have since been building a hemp industry from the ground up and have been met with many trials and tribulations that have been due to red tape policies, a lack of infrastructure, and broken supply chains. LÄS MER

5. 9. Driving the transition: Intermediary actors in the grassroots e-carsharing niche of rural Germany.

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Författare :Max Jürgen Halbwachs; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Sustainability Science; Electric car sharing; Socio-technical transitions; Intermediary actors; Sustainable mobility; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Rural Germany is massively dependent on fossil fuel driven cars. But in many villages, socio-technical innovations have emerged to tackle this dependency. Electric carsharing, often organised in grassroots-settings, is one of them. LÄS MER

7. 10. Quantum Portfolio Optimization : a Multi-Level Perspective Study of the Swedish Fund Management Industry

   Master-uppsats, KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

   Författare :Olle Malmberg; Joakim Wellenstam; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Quantum computers; portfolio optimization; multi-level perspective; technological transition; finance; socio-technical; Kvantdatorer; portföljoptimering; multi-level perspective; teknisk omvandling; finans; socio-teknisk;

   Sammanfattning : In recent years, quantum computers have achieved new levels of sophistication and are by some estimates only a few years from being used in production. A growing body of literature points toward their potential uses within various industries, with the finance industry identified as exceptionally full of prospective applications. LÄS MER