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1. Profit-Orientation and Post-Growth Economies : Building Theory for Social-Ecological Resilience
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
2. Lokal Agenda 21 för hållbar utveckling : en studie av miljöfrågan i tillväxtsamhället
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to analyse sustainable development as a political challenge at the local level of governance. It explores how local organisation for sustainable development (LA21, a short form of local Agenda 21) is influenced by economic conditions in contemporary society, as well as the specific conditions in the local context. LÄS MER
3. Go the Extra Mile for Accountability : Privacy Protection Measures for Emerging Information Management Systems
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
4. Biomarkers for assessing benthic pollution impacts in a subtropical estuary, Mozambique
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
5. Realizing a fast growth strategy - A case study of the evolution of management control systems in a fast growing firm
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER