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  1. 1. Supplier engagement for biodiversity : current situation and views

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Författare :Anouk Van Obergen; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Biodiversity; supply chain management; supplier engagement; sustainability; supply chain;

    Sammanfattning : This research focuses on supplier engagement for biodiversity and how this is currently viewed and utilized by companies. Biodiversity loss is a topic that has long been on the agenda, but only recently in combination with businesses. LÄS MER

  3. 2. “ESTAMOS ESQUECIDOS”A case study for capabilities in the perspective of small-scale vegetable producers in Southeastern Brazil

    Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Författare :Bruno de Paula; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Small-scale producers; rural poverty; wellbeing; collective action; peasantry; quality of life; capabilities; food security; food production; family farmers; São Paulo; Brazil;

    Sammanfattning : Global food supply chains have drastically changed over the last decades. Whereas some international firms embedded in the international markets are on the cutting edge of food production processes and technology, small-scale producers do not always experience the same opportunity in accessing such global value chains. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Analysis of price and quantity competition between public and private housing firms in Sweden

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Noah Englesson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Housing market; monopoly power; public sector; competition; Lerner Index; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This bachelor’s thesis concerns the Swedish housing market and how the publicly and privately owned firms may differ in goals, costs, and actions. Building upon a theoretical foundation of different models of competition and the Lerner Index’s measurement of monopoly power, an empirical investigation is made into whether competition on the Swedish housing market mainly expresses itself in price, quantity, or both, as well as how competition may vary across different kinds of municipalities. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Cooperation and innovation to develop tourism and combat seasonality : A case study of local tourism firms in Geiranger, Norway

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Författare :Vendela Beckman; [2020]
    Nyckelord :tourism; seasonality; innovation; cooperation; development; turism; säsong; innovation; samarbete; utveckling;

    Sammanfattning : This qualitative study describes how local tourism firms in Geiranger, Norway view innovation and cooperation as strategies to develop tourism and combat seasonality. The study examines different approaches to seasonality as well as how the innovation system of a tourism destination can be a way to transition from one to all-season tourism. LÄS MER

  7. 5. A thorny business : a study of how workers on kenyan fairtrade and conventional cut flower farms experience their working conditions: The cases of Timau Region

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Författare :Thomas Beutler; [2020]
    Nyckelord :working conditions; Kenya; fairtrade; cut flower; lifeworld;

    Sammanfattning : Roses and other cut flowers from Kenya can be found in innumerable European and Asian supermarkets, floristry shops and online mail-order firms. The importance of the floricultural sector is fundamental for the Kenyan economy. LÄS MER