Filetype
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) constitute an important part of the national economies. In order to be able to survive and compete with large businesses, SMEs have to actively plan their future. This research qualitatively examines strategic planning practises in SMEs in Sweden, a yet unexplored country in this matter, in order to identify their extent and understand their nature. For th
The aim of this study was to analyze the content of children’s books with the theme grief with respect to gender and coping strategies. More specifically the aim was to see how gender is presented in the children’s books and to focus on who in the books that shows emotions. The study researches this by analyzing to whom the grief belongs to, what gender it is that shows emotions the most, if men a
In the midst of a global shift in world politics induced by the rise of emerging powers, the outdated and unequal international financial institutions (IFIs) that were set up after World War II are increasingly being challenged and scrutinized. International actors can use IFIs in numerous ways to enhance their position in the world system. For instance, they can be used as a vehicle to launder st
Med avstamp i de faktorer som i strategin för Nationell eHälsa påstås ha stor påverkan på användbarhet undersöker studien vilka användarkrav en användargrupp ställer på elektroniska journalsystem. Den teoretiska utgångspunkten är att användbarhet endast kan mätas i en specifik verksamhet; användbarhet är inte generaliserbart. Användbarhet handlar om att förenkla för användare och deras arbetssitua
This study investigates how magazine grooming advertisements currently portray and stereotype women. By examining women’s portrayal and stereotyping, this research aims to uncover whether advertising depicts women fairly based on their changing role in society from a rather traditional, domestic and dependent role to a more non-traditional, professional and independent one. With this purpose, this
Title: An Industry Perspective: The Perceived Barriers in Different Forms of U-I Collaboration and How they Influence the Outcome Date of the seminar: May 2018 Course: ENTN39 Master´s Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Internship and degree project (Master´s thesis 15 ECTS) Authors: Olaf Bouwstra & Tillie Johansson Supervisor: Joakim Winborg Examiner: Sotaro Shibayama Research que
Denna kvalitativa studies syfte har varit att lyfta fram och belysa personnamnets betydelse för individen och den egna identiteten inom två olika generationer. Undersökningens frågeställ-ningar har använts för att utveckla kunskapen om vilken betydelse personnamnet har för olika individer och deras identitet, samt om olika generationer ser olika på dess betydelse. Uppsatsen bygger på tidigare nati
Political ecology research has been prone to link conservation efforts and development programmes with structural relations such as neoliberal political economy. This thesis argues that this linkage is a too simplistic judgment and that more nuanced contextual understandings of the impacts of conservation programmes are needed. It does this by contextualizing the links between international conser
Haematopoietic stem cells are the source of all blood components including T-cells. When the T-cell programme is initiated in these cells, the expression of T-cell associated genes such as TCF7 is up-regulated, while genes opposing this fate are turned off. Subsequently, epigenetic marks on the gene BCL11B and its regulatory elements, disabling the expression of the gene, are removed and the trans
Parkinson's disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases, and stem cell therapy can be used to reduce patient's symptoms. In this therapy, dopamine producing neurons are transplanted into the patient's brain, after being derived from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). To understand current protocols for this process and to find new ones, it is necessary to understand the ge
I den feministiska utopin är vi alla jämlika och styr samhället på bredden snarare än från toppen. Men påverkan från samhällets hierarkiska och prestationskrävande strukturer gör att det är svårare att arbeta fritt från hierarkin. Med etnografins hjälp undersöker Johansson hur den platta organisationsstrukturen i relation till normer och (samhällets) maktordningar verkar. Med deltagande observatio
Volunteer and service user organizations play an important role in order to meet the needs of marginalized people in Sweden. These organizations operate within civil society and are characterized by experiential knowledge and peer support. The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain knowledge on how a service user organization can organize their work as a means to offer support to marginaliz
Övergödning är ett pågående problem i Östersjön och tas upp i bland annat the Baltic Sea Action Plan och inom ramen för Sveriges miljömål. Övergödningen beror på tillförsel av näringsämnen som kväve och fosfor, vilka når havet från flera olika källor. Dels från punktkällor som industriutsläpp och dels från mer diffusa källor som förbränning av fossila bränslen, skogsbruk och jordbruk. Från jordbruEutrophication is an ongoing problem in the Baltic Sea and is therefore found as a topic of the Baltic Sea Action Plan as well as the environmental goals of Sweden. One source to eutrophication is the leakage of phosphorus from agricultural lands. This study was aimed to map risk areas of phosphorus leakage from surface runoff in a catchment located in the southern parts of Sege river, Scania. The
Varför slänger vi hela saker? I en tid där shopping på IKEA är ett stående helgnöje och soffkuddar byts ut med varje ny inredningssäsong växer sig trots allt ett intresse för en mer hållbar ekonomi och en miljövänligare livsstil större. Att skifta dagens resurskrävande och avfallsproducerande ekonomi till vad som brukar kallas en cirkulär ekonomi är en möjlig lösning för att möta den växande popIn a circular economy all materials and resources should be used for as long as possible, therefore waste management is a crucial part. This study aims to map the reasons behind how people chose to handle things they no longer want. By con- ducting interviews with 91 respondents at the two recycling centres in Lund; Gastelyckan and Gunnesbo, some general reasons were discovered. By interview- ing
The purpose of this paper is to investigate banking stability in countries where Negative Interest Rate Policies (NIRPs) are implemented, then study this stability by examining the relationships between policy interest rates and indicators of not only banking profitability but also capital adequacy, asset quality, and liquidity. The dataset used are the Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) collec
This thesis investigates the Finnish government’s and its agents’ discursive justifications for the recently proposed civil and military intelligence legislation. In order to analyse the Finnish governmental agents’ discursive practices, this thesis engages with two additional questions; how are threats to Finnish security constructed in media, and how is the concept of exceptionalism constructed
First and foremost, e-leadership is leadership virtually performed. The aim with this master thesis is to analyze how e-leadership is experienced by the followers. The study is qualitative with focus on interviews to test the theoretical concepts existing already. First, the findings from the review of academic literature in the field is summarized in a theoretical framework, which explains how th
Improving and solving issues related to disadvantaged neighbourhoods have for decades been a concern for politicians, researchers, and professionals in Denmark as well as internationally. Recently, the concept of social mix has been very popular as a vision of development within planning practices and political strategies to develop disadvantaged neighbourhoods. This thesis investigates the academ
Transistors are used in all digital devices today. The demand of faster and smaller devices such as mobile telephones and computers constantly drives the develop- ment of smaller transistor technologies. Transistors can also be used in analog applications. Today there are commercial chips with both radio and digital sys- tems in the same package. Cellular Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to ma
Rising costs of healthcare in most OECD-countries have contributed to a quest for research into the field of healthcare costs and efficiency, something that has not been free of controversies. As a result of that, healthcare financers as well as providers have become more inclined to measure performance and compare themselves to others with the same responsibilities. In Sweden, the Association of
