Abstract: As conventional linear economic systems transcend the environmental boundaries with hazardous consequences, the Circular Economy (CE) concept as an alternative gains ground on political and business agendas. Circular strategies and thereof evolving circular oriented innovations (COI) imply that product and material design, supply chains, and business models have to be integrated; however

The issues of tackling aggressive tax planning are actual throughout the whole history of global market economy. Earlier this struggle was held by the states individually through imposing rules into their national legislation authorizing tax supervisory bodies to use new methods of control, establishing liability for tax evasion, and developing the approaches by judgements of the courts on relevan

Triple Helix theory is to analyze the function and interactions of academia, industry and government in regional innovation systems. The cases of Silicon Valley, Boston, Cambridge and Scania in Sweden all provide empirical studies for understanding the effects of the triple helix model in improvement of absorption ability and industrial clusters. But some scholars also argue that the Triple Helix

Sustainable development has become a major goal of development policies across the globe and environmental innovation is commonly viewed as a means to fulfil this goal because it can create growth while simultaneously reducing environmental impact. Recent research in economic geography has provided evidence for a positive relationship between variety in local knowledgebases and innovativeness. Fol

Den här studien syftade att undersöka hur olika psykologiska mekanismer är relaterade till välmående. Mer specifikt undersökte studien hur psykologisk flexibilitet, psykologisk inflexibilitet, självmedkänsla och medkänsla för andra är relaterade till psykisk ohälsa och livstillfredsställelse. Data samlades in genom en online-enkät (N=171) med mått på psykologisk flexibilitet, medkänsla för andra oThis study aimed to investigate how different psychological mechanisms are related to well-being. More specifically, the study investigated how psychological flexibility, psychological inflexibility, self-compassion and compassion for others were related to mental illness and life satisfaction. Data were collected through an online survey (N = 171) with measures of psychological flexibility, compa

LDMX is a fixed target experiment designed to search for light dark matter. The experiment will search for dark matter signatures using missing momentum and energy in events with electrons scattering in the target. Part of the experimental setup in this search is a high granularity electromagnetic calorimeter to accurately measure the energies of recoil electrons. In this thesis artificial neura

The present research aims at finding the underlying factors that contributed to the recently observed disappearance of economic shrinking in Ethiopia, defined as negative rates of GDP per capita growth. Within the framework of the Theory of Shrinking (Broadberry & Wallis, 2017) it sheds light on structural, technological and demographic change, the occurrence of warfare as well as institutiona

This is a comparative study of several widespread and canonical texts from the lowlands of the Middle East and North Africa, with regard to historically reoccurring interconnected traits of ideal state structure among cultures, where Semitic languages have been main languages of communication from the 18th century BC to the modern day. The study is of reoccurring ideals of state structure with def

Financial advisors use paper-based questionnaires to retrieve the information useful to address the clients toward the right financial products and investment mix. In 2004 the European Parliament issued the MiFID (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) that has the objective to increase competition and investor protection, and levels the playing field for market participants in investment ser

I Sverige är det idag drygt fem miljoner människor som har någon form av sysselsättning och av dessa säger drygt en tredjedel att de någon gång har upplevt besvär eller ohälsa till följd av arbetet. Detta får konsekvenser både för samhället, organisationer och individer som alla på olika sätt blir lidande av ohälsa på arbetsplatser. Eftersom människor tillbringar så pass mycket tid på arbetsplatse

Trots uppsvinget för det populistiska forskningsfältet, inom vilket Ernesto Laclau och Chantal Mouffe varit pionjärer, och det stora intresset för Gula västarna i Frankrike, finns få analyser av proteströrelsen utifrån Laclau och Mouffes teorier. Syftet med denna studie är därför att utifrån beskrivningar av Gula västarna i vetenskapliga artiklar undersöka de diskursiva praktiker varigenom rörelse

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur digitala verktyg kan användas i improvisationsundervisning i ensemble på folkhögskola. Forskningsmetoderna är experiment som undersöker fem övningar för improvisation i ensemble och hur digitala verktyg kan användas i dessa metoder samt kvalitativa intervjuer där urvalet är fem ensemblelärare som jobbar på folkhögskolor inom pop och rock. Experimenten har utThe purpose of this study is to explore how digitals tools can be used as part of teaching improvisation within an ensemble. The research methods used are experiments that examine five different exercises for improvising within an ensemble context and how they may be developed by the use of digital tools. The experiments have been conducted by us, the writers of this study, and they have been supe

Hållbarhetsfrågor tar stort fokus i dagens debatter, personliga livsstilar samt företagens marknadsföring och affärsmodeller. Miljöarbetet i byggsektorn drivs framåt via bland annat miljöcertifieringssystem. Framförallt nybyggnation präglas idag starkt av skärpta miljölagkrav och miljöcertifieringar tillämpas här i stor utsträckning. Vikten av miljöarbetet med redan befintliga byggnader hamnar oftThe subject sustainability is taking a great amount of spotlight in most debates of modern society. This time the focus is on business models and marketing as well as the influences that sustainable certification systems have within the building sector. Especially when constructing new buildings, the new and stricter sustainability laws and certifications are setting the foundations of a new era.

This thesis aims to uncover whether having a long-term or permanent contract improves the quality of employment of internal migrants in China. The focus lies specifically on the labour reforms in 2008, which will be analysed using a differences-in-differences approach. Though the results seem to point towards a positive direct effect of having such a contract, the laws seem to cause ambiguity. In

The Fidesz government has likely had an impact on the Hungarian economy through the “nationalistic” policies implemented. The analysis in this thesis aims to calculate the extent of the economic impact of the Fidesz government on the Hungarian economy in the period 2010 till 2018. Moreover, in Hungary the regional economic inequality is significant. The second aim of the analysis is to see how the

Because of increased volumes in trade, maritime transport has been developed into an important determinant for economic development. Considering 124 countries over three time periods, this study aims to present the general correlation between economic growth and seaborne trade. The result is achieved by constructing a two-way error component model with fixed time and country effects consisting of

Host societies’ attitudes towards immigrants in Europe has continuously been getting attention in recent decades of increased levels of globalization, as attitudes determine the levels of immigrants’ integration. This, in turn, has huge influence on social cohesion so important for the functioning of peaceful and just societies. While Sweden has proved itself as an exception both in terms of open

De stora experimenten vid CERN:s partikelaccelerator LHC har redan tagit mänsklighetens insikt om hur världen är beskaffad till nya nivåer och de planeras att producera mer rådata framöver. För att tolka vad instrumenten säger oss behöver vi simulerad data att jämföra med och i dagsläget riskerar experimentens framfart att haltas om inte simuleringarna kan hålla uppe tempot. Vid Lunds universitet Simulations of large detectors such as the ATLAS detector at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) are compute-intensive projects, and are according to current internal estimates expected to be consuming 40 % of the total ATLAS CPU resources in 2020, creating a need for software optimization strategies. We investigate build configurations of the Geant4 simulation software to find if a) a performance imp

Titel: “​Platsmarknadsföring - en föränderlig process” ​- ​En studie om hur den ökade turismen påverkar hur destinationer förmedlar hållbarhet i sin platsmarknadsföring. Universitet: ​Lunds universitet, Campus Helsingborg, Institutionen för Service Management och tjänstevetenskap. Kurs: ​KSMK65 Service Management: Examensarbete för kandidatexamen, 15 hp, VT 2020. Författare: ​Kevin Borglin & A