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Examensarbetets titel: Fondavgift, en indikation på förmåga eller pengar i sjön? – en studie över svenska aktivt förvaltade aktiefonder som placerar på den svenska aktiemarknaden. Seminariedatum: 3/4 juni 2020. Ämne/kurs: FEKH89, Examensarbete i finansiering på kandidatnivå, 15 högskolepoäng. Författare: Petter Blichfeldt, Johan Granberg, Gustaf Nordenlöw. Handledare: Göran Anderson. Nyckelord: Fo

Tidigare forskning har visat att vissa personer spelar datorspel på ett sätt som leder till att de förlorar kontrollen över sitt spelande och försummar andra delar av sina liv. Forskare inom fältet har däremot haft svårigheter att skilja på personer med ett engagerat och ett problematiskt spelande. Syftet med den aktuella tvärsnittsstudien var att undersöka samband mellan datorspelsvanor, emotionsResearch has shown that some people’s gaming habits lead them to lose control over their gaming and neglect other aspects of their lives. The field however has had issues separating engaged gaming from problematic gaming. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the association between gaming habits, emotion regulation ability, emotion regulation strategies and problematic gaming. Data

This thesis has been made in collaboration with the company Orbital Systems. The aim has been to optimize their product the Orbital shower, which is a circulating shower system. The work evaluates different sensor techniques suitable for detection of contaminants in greywater. After a comprehensive literature study, three techniques; ultrasound, IR and impedance were further investigated and prac

Different from the short-lived pleasure of hedonic well-being, eudaimonic well-being conceptualizes the often effortful but fulfilling nature of self-actualization. Eudaimonia has recently started to attract attention in entrepreneurship literature because it promises to reflect the specific attributes of entrepreneurial well-being. This study sets out to apply the concept to the context of socia

Ett kunskapsområde som elever i grundskolan förväntas behärska handlar om energi och miljö. Som ett stöd till sko-lans ordinarie energiundervisning har Helsingborgs stad gjort en satsning i form av Miljöverkstaden som elever från Helsingborg med kranskommuner kommer till för att utbil-das inom energiområdet. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att utvärdera Miljöverkstadens energiundervisnings målup

In this essay, I have analysed the video game franchise Assassin’s Creed and looked at it from an intermedial standpoint, where I have also focused on the educational qualities Assassin’s Creed can provide players. By applying Lars Elleström’s theories of intermediality and multimodality I have explained different parts of what builds up certain video games and how they are different from other me

In the last few years, the implementation of well-ventilated façades in buildings increased due to their improved energy performance. However, their double-wall construction due to the limited airflow within an air cavity represents a significant fire risk, since the flames that spread into the air cavity can elongate up to ten times. The main goal of this thesis is to provide additional informati

The main purpose of this study is to examine the revaluation effect on European target firms following a withdrawn bid. Thereto, investigate if different deal characteristics including method of payment, company status, cross-border versus domestic, and industry relatedness cause any variation in the revaluation effect on target firm wealth. This thesis employs a quantitative research approach by

Bakgrund: Arbetet är ofta en central del av en persons sociala sammanhang och att kunna arbeta är en stor del av en persons upplevelse av identitet och kapacitet. Bland personer som lever med reumatoid artrit (RA) kan 50% inte arbeta tre år efter diagnosen ställts, trots att det ofta finns en vilja att arbeta. Syfte: Att undersöka hur yrkesverksamma personer som lever med RA upplever sitt arbete.

Although a large volume of work has been conducted regarding tourism industries across the world, the dominant analysis in the geographies of tourism tends to draw upon post-modern discourse analysis and representational theories. This has resulted in calls to develop more materialist analyses of tourism landscapes. Using the case study of Long Bay, a small coastal settlement in Portland parish, J

Malmö city has decided to change their routines regarding aid to housing. The routines now contain a division between who is entitled to get aid from social services and who is not, that is between people in social homelessness and people in structural homelessness. Prior to the change, this division did not exist. The aim of this study was therefore to explore how the governing documents legitimi

Can children really be psychopaths? – A qualitative study about social workers’ view on children with psychopathic traits. The purpose of this study was to investigate how children with psychopathic traits are presented by investigators and therapists in order to gain a greater understanding of the social and cultural opportunities and limitations to approaching the phenomenon of psychopathy in c

This thesis aims to examine the focus in present literature on the alignment of people in an organizational context with regards to its conceptualization, whether it is seen as dependent or independent variable, its antecedents, its outcomes and how it can be measured. Therefore, a systematic review has been conducted, investigating the findings of 13 meta-analyses on the alignment of people. Res

The purpose of this study is to investigate the difference in consumer perception of and purchasing behaviour towards two different categories of companies (“traditional” fast fashion brands and “sustainability-driven” sustainable/slow fashion brands) and their environment-related CSR activities in the global fashion industry. The primary objectives of this paper are to determine if “sustainabilit

Today, digital services and digitization are natural parts of the library operations in Sweden, with the leading player, the National Library of Sweden, as a driving force. However, it is unclear which presumptions about digitalization support these activities. In this master’s thesis I therefore examine the underlying assumptions, and the way they influence how the concept of digitalization is un

Librarians and libraries’ work with information mediation are a vital part of facilitating and delivering information in society. Libraries and librarians’ efforts in making information regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) available is important both in terms of upholding democratic rights as well as improving personal health. The purpose of this thesis is to explore and inve

The aim of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of how librarians in Swedish public- and academic libraries approach the much-disputed question regarding the acquisition of controversial materials. This study is based on six semi-structured interviews with seven different librarians working in either public- or academic libraries in the south of Sweden, all assigned with the task of acqui

The purpose of this study is to examine whether gender-based price discrimination occurs on the Swedish market. If shown, an additional analysis of the result is made to study which gender is subject to discrimination and thus draws a disadvantage on the Swedish market. In order to examine this question, the study is completed with descriptive statistics, linear regression analysis as well as non-

The aim of the study was to examine how social workers from different sectors of the healthcare system reason regarding their possibilities to use their discretion to care for the psychosocial perspective. To achieve this, we performed eight qualitative, semi-structured interviews with health care social workers from the different sectors; psychiatry, somatics, primary care and habilitation. To an