The purpose of this thesis is to examine if it exists a relationship between gender diversity on the board of directors and firm performance and to answer if a legislated gender quota for corporate boards would affect the performance of Swedish public firms. The approach in this study is quantitative and conducted on 48 large cap companies listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm, during the time period 20

Automatisering har haft en stor påverkan i det svenska näringslivet och spås att fortsättas. Vi har genom intervjuer med olika ledare samlat in data som berättar om hur de tror ledare i framtiden kommer bli påverkade av automatiseringen. Resultaten visar på en tro om förändrat arbetsbörda, stort ansvar vid implementering av automatisering och ökat krav på teknisk förståelse. Resultaten visar också

This paper investigates to what extent Swedish-English code-switching and recent English loanwords occur in the printed and online versions of five newspapers and magazines. The newspapers and magazines that were included are Aftonbladet, Amelia, Elle, Café, and Helsingborgs Dagblad. The study shows that English was the most common in the printed media, while the hypothesis was that it would be mo

Pre-treatment with pulse electric field (PEF) of whole carrots was investigated, with the aim of achieving maximal tissue damage and reduce drying time of carrot cubes. Relative electrolyte leakage (REL) measurements and trypan blue staining was used to evaluate the extent of tissue damage of carrots subjected to PEF. The investigated PEF parameters were: electric field strength, number of pulses,

A radar detector excels in poor light conditions compared to a camera, but currently there is no way to visualize the radar detections in an arbitrary camera monitoring the same scene. In this thesis, a method for automatic calibration of a radar-camera system is proposed. With our method, the position and orientation of the camera (in relation to the radar) can be calculated automatically. The ca

På Volvo Construction Equipments produktionssite i Braås tillverkas olika varianter av dumprar. Produktionen på siten ligger i framkant men i ett av produktionsavsnitten har det inte skett några förändringar på många år. Uppdraget var därför att ta fram ett underlag till ledningen för möjliga investeringar samt förbättringar inom produktionsavsnittet. I uppdraget ingick även att undersöka hur en mAt the Volvo Construction Equipment site in Braås, different kinds of articulated haulers are being produced. The production is in the forefront of its kind but one of the sections of the production has not seen any changes in many years. This thesis aims to present a decision basis to Vovlo for future investments and how the section should develop their future work. The thesis also aims to presen

Storytelling have long been used by media and communication professionals to hit an emotional chord with the audience. Nowadays, the development of digital technologies opens new possibilities for conveying messages, and visual storytelling becomes a 'lingua franca'. Narrative visualizations are an emerging class of visual stories, primarily used by data journalists to share complex inform

The purpose of this study is to investigate the increasing specialisation of tasks in contemporary organisations and ensuing demand of expertise, and how these factors are affecting the leadership within virtual teams (teams in organisations working virtually with help of technology). Globalisation and a technological revolution has greatly transformed the business world during the last decades, w

As a millennial I’m used to buying almost everything Online, meaning I’m a big part of an ever growing problem for the logistics sector. An American poll from 2015 shows that close to 75% of the US population is now shopping online. That’s more than 200 million people doing the majority of there shopping Online. 1 Sweden’s e-commerce sector has an annual growth of 20% and a total turn ov

This thesis is a conceptual study focused on the relationship between populism and conspiracy theories to see if populism poses a totalitarian threat to democracy. Starting with a discussion on democracy and populism, this thesis examines the relations between conspiracy theories and populism as well as their respective constructions. Thereafter, departing from Hannah Arendt’s book the Origins of

This paper aims at exploring the effects of sustainability communication on luxury brand equity, in particular whether it can raise brand equity. The concept of sustainability has become more important for all types of consumers, which at the same time brings implications for businesses. Many mainstream brands have started to engage in sustainability practices and are willing to inform consumers a

När två parter formulerar ett avtal behandlas ett antal olika klausuler. I kommersiella avtal regleras ofta vilken tvistlösningsmetod som ska tillämpas på framtida tvister. Den dominerande metoden är skiljeförfarande. Skiljeförfarande är en typ av privat tvistelösningsform, där en skiljenämnd har behörighet att pröva tvistefrågor och meddela ett bindande dom. Skiljeklausulen anses vara ett självWhen two parties formulate a contract, several clauses are to be considered. In commercial agreements, a clause regulating which dispute resolution method should be applied on future conflicts is usually included. The dominating alternative dispute resolution is arbitration. Arbitration is a type of a private dispute resolution method, where an arbitration panel has the authority to try dispute qu

The Lunar Light House project was developed to provide a novel system of protection against cosmic radiation specifically for a surface Lunar base. It’s main target was to find a technical solution which would allow for more freedom in shaping the base structure and also potentially for introducing natural sun light. At the time of developing this project, there seldom were any ideas as to how t

The aim of this study is to investigate the working conditions for the cabin crew, if they are subjected to power oppression, like harassment, and how gender-coded practitioners and gender conceptions are made as processes within the organization. We have created this study as a feminist contribution to the labor market studies, gender studies and law studies since harassment crosses all these dis

The aim of this master’s thesis is to explore the interplay of commitment and empty labour in two widely different organisations. Empty labour can be described as when you are doing anything else than your official working tasks. Commitment on the other hand is how and in what way you feel obligated to the organisation, your boss, your colleagues’ etcetera. Depending on several factors such as col

3D-printad protesarm för ökad individanpassning och komfort Målet med en protes är att återställa så många funktioner som möjligt från en förlorad kroppsdel och skapa en naturlig känsla för användaren. Detta har vi jobbat mot i vårt examensarbete och med hjälp av både 3D-printerns och 3D-scannerns unika möjligheter har vi skapat en individanpassad och kroppsstyrd armprotes. Den enkla protesen är 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is a technology that uses a digital model to print a three-dimensional object, layer by layer. Today, it is widely used in many different fields and provides a manufacturing method with advantages such as precision and the ability to print complex shapes from many different materials. 3D printed prostheses have recently gained a lot of interest thanks to the

Fingerprint recognition is a well-known problem in pattern recognition and widely used in contemporary authentication technology such as access devices in mobile phones. The subject of this thesis is to investigate the applicability of convolutional neural networks for fingerprint recognition. This is accomplished by designing various network architectures for this task. Our starting-point is an a

During the Gorkha Earthquake in 2015 and its aftershocks, many schools have been damaged or collapsed in Nepal. Reconstruction of schools is still in progress. The lack of funding, resources, engineering skills, knowledge and accessibility makes it difficult for a lot of schools to reopen. My aim with this thesis project is to contribute to the resiliency of Nepal by proposing a design for a speci

By 2030, all countries in the World have agreed on fulfilling the 17 Sustainable Development Goals: being a tool for Sustainable Development Worldwide. To accomplish this, all countries need to find solutions how to reach these goals in their National contexts. In this regard, the thesis has examined whether legal pluralism can be a way to reach SDG16 in Ecuador, and if it complies with individual

Bakgrunden till denna studie grundar sig i egna erfarenheter kring pianoundervisning och hur lärares återkoppling har påverkat min utveckling. Denna studie undersöker därför hur pianolärare på musikestetiska programmet arbetar med återkoppling i sin undervisning och vad elevers uppfattning kring arbetet är. Det som är särskilt intressant är den återkoppling som främjar eller hämmar korttidsresultaThe background to this study is based on my own experiences in piano education and how teacher´s feedback has influenced my development. This study therefore analyzes how piano teachers at the musical program works with feedback in their teaching and what perception their pupils have of the work. Particularly interesting is the feedback that promotes or inhibits short-term results. Methods used to