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At the beginning of the 20th century, the Swedish state-funded housing concept egnahemsrörelsen, translated into ”own-home-movement”, emerged due to an acute shortage of housing amongst the growing working class. Seven properties were built between 1916 and 1936, funded with governmental loans, by a housing-cooperative of workers in Västra Sorgenfri, Malmö. The aim of this study was to examine if

This qualitative multiple case study has identified and examined two environmental sustainability innovations and their implications on the dairy value chain by utilising an abductive research approach. For this purpose, plant-based and cellular agriculture innovations in the U.S. dairy industry served as the case objects of the study and were analysed in terms of their disruptivness. Thus, plant-

Tanken med examensarbetet var att skapa grund för en framtida torkad produkt baserad på vildsvin. Vildsvin är idag en outnyttjad klimatsmart resurs som det finns gott om i våra skogar. Idén med att göra en produkt av vildsvinskött kom under vårterminen i kursen produktutveckling, som ingår i utbildningen Livsmedelsteknisk. Vildsvinsköttet är ett magert och näringsrikt kött. Enligt VärldsnaturfondeThe idea behind the thesis was to create a basis for a future dried product based on wild boar. Wild boar is today an untapped climate smart resource that there are plenty of in our forests. The idea of making a product from wild boar meat came during the spring term in the product development course, which is part of the Food Technology program. Wild boar meat is lean and nutritious. According to

Utilizing Business Intelligence (BI) technologies is becoming increasingly important in order to make data-driven decisions enabling organizations to stay competitive. However, with long lead times, organizations are not able to take those time-critical data-driven decisions in order to stay ahead. With the introduction of Self-Service Business Intelligence (SSBI) systems, more and more organizati

I Sverige finns det 335 500 hästar enligt Statistiska centralbyrån. Hästsporten är växande och handeln med tävlingshästar har kommit att utgöra en stor del av hästbranschens levebröd. Beroende på om säljaren bedöms vara näringsidkare eller privatperson så blir olika lagar tillämpliga vid en hästförsäljning. Som näringsidkare har säljaren enligt konsumentköplagen (1990:932) ett mycket långtgående aThere are 335,500 horses in Sweden according to Swedish Statistics. The equestrian sport is growing and the trade with competition horses has become a large part of the sports livelihood. Different laws apply depending on whether the seller is considered an entrepeneur or a private individual. As an entrepeneur, the seller has a far-reaching responsibility due to konsumentköplagen (1990:932) (Kköp

The use of the term ‘refugee crisis’ does already suggest a scenario that apparently, the European Union was not expecting and consequently, was not prepared to tackle. As the mass influx of asylum seekers arrived in Europe in 2015, the national reception systems, especially in states of first arrival such as Greece and Italy were disrupted, and the Common European Asylum System was put to a test.

A new pharmaceutical product suitable to act as a negative contrast agent for Computerized Scan (CT-scan) of the abdomen is under development. At the moment the product has the form of a powder, which when dispersed in water and whipped, gives a stable foam. The foam is ingested by individuals who are about to undergo a CT-scan, as a prior preparation step. The powder form has disadvantages such a

In this bachelor thesis, the causes and norms that has indicated an increase of drug abuse, both illicit and prescribed, for the past two years in the municipality of Lomma among middle school pupils, have been investigated. In order to understand this problem, student health staff’s, field workers’ and police’s point of views have been considered in three focus groups interviews. Qualitative data

Bakgrund: Att uppleva balans mellan sina aktiviteter är inom arbetsterapi förknippat med hälsa och välbefinnande. Hur arbetsterapeuter arbetar med äldre personer för att förbättra deras aktivitetsbalans är dock understuderat. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur arbetsterapeuter beskriver arbetet med äldre personer och deras aktivitetsbalans. Metod: En kvalitativ ansats med semistrukturBackground: In occupational therapy, experiencing balance between occupations is associated with health and well-being. There is little known about occupational therapists work with older people to improve their occupational balance. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate how occupational therapists describe the work with older people and their occupational balance. Method: A qualitative ap

When companies rise and fall faster than ever before due to rapid technological changes, the ability to respond to technological changes becomes critical for all organizations. The benefits of transforming are clear and many companies fail to transform and thus take massive hits. According to Forbes (2018), $900 million has been wasted as a consequence, making it important to identify what is hind

In this essay an econometric analysis has been made to examine how the swedish dwelling stock is affected by the rent regulation in Sweden as well as investigate if the regulation affects the rent level. The study observes Sweden, Norway, Belgium and The United Kingdom between the years of 1995 - 2015. Parts of the focus in this study has been on the effectiveness in allocation and if it can incre

Att anses vara en moralisk person är en strävan som de allra flesta har. Trots detta verkar det finnas en diskrepans mellan de etiska principer vi säger oss stå bakom och vårt faktiska agerande, ett fenomen kallat dubbelmoral. Denna studie undersökte hur emotionen skuld påverkar uppvisad dubbelmoral gällande personer av olika sociala grupptillhörigheter. Deltagare (N = 166) fick först läsa en instTo be perceived by others as moral and fair is something that most humans desire. Despite this, there appears to exist a discrepancy between the ethical principles we argue for and the actions we actually pursue, a phenomenon called hypocrisy. This article studied how the emotion guilt influences our hypocrisy, and how this varies based on social group membership. Participants (N = 166) were asked

Trust has attracted academic attention as the crucial social capital to foster economic development. Especially in analysing today’s knowledge-based economy, the influential role of trust on innovation has been studied by many researchers due to the favourable feature of trust in accelerating knowledge exchange and collaboration in innovation networks. However, the quantitative relationship betwee

What are the primary social motivational factors for women to join a terrorist group? There is a vision that women must be convinced by others to get involved in terrorism. In fact women are both capable and willing to make their own decisions to join. Behind these decisions are a number of motivational factors that governements and organizations need to have knowledge about in order to be able to

Eftersom vi idag lever i ett kunskapssamhälle är det viktigt med utbildning för att medborgarna ska kunna bidra till samhällsutvecklingen. Eriksson Gustavsson (2011) talar inom dyslexiforskning om att studenter med dyslexi i högre utbildning blir dåligt bemötta på grund av sin diagnos. Av den anledningen vill vi utifrån ett pedagogiskt perspektiv ge- nomföra en undersökning om dyslektikers studies

Syftet med detta examensarbete är att förstå vad som ligger till grund för dagens utformning av busshållplatser och vilka möjligheter det finns för att bygga attraktiva busshållplatser. För att kunna göra det är det viktigt att förstå de inblandade aktörernas ansvarsfördelning och intressen. Metoden som har använts är kvalitativa intervjuer med trafikplanerare från Malmö Stad, Skånetrafiken och anThe aim of this master thesis is to understand why bus stops are designed the way they are and what the possibilities are to build attractive bus stops. To do so it is also important to know which the invovled parties are and what role they play. The method for this study are qualtive interviews with transport planners from Malmö Stad and Skånetrafiken and other interesting parties. The study has

Interest in Robotic Process Automation is increasing exponentially within business and re-search context. The characteristics and benefits of RPA have increased its adoption in many organizations. Yet, there seems to be a difficulty in implementing RPA within organizations. The aim of this study is to investigate the factors that influence implementation of RPA pro-jects in organizations that have

Detta arbete handlar om Räddningstjänsten Syd. Syftet har varit att undersöka Organisationskulturen och vilka förut- sättningar den ger för Organisatoriskt lärande. Den kvalitativa metodansatsen har varit inom ramen för hermeneutik, med 4 intervjuer som datainsamlingsmetod. Den kvalitativa analysen genomfördes hermeneutiskt. I resultatet konstaterades att flera beståndsdelar av kultur kunde förstå

This study explores the political relationship between King Hussein and Margaret Thatcher, during her time as Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1979-1990. Through archival research, I explore data concerning the political situation and the bilateral relations of Jordan and Great Britain. These focus primarily on the political situation in the Middle East, as well as taking economic relations betwee