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The production of soybean and oil palm has rapidly increased in the last decades, justified by powerful actors through win-win discourses referring to food security, economic growth, and climate change mitigation. Yet, the accelerated expansion of these crops has led to many socio- environmental conflicts on the production sites. Some civil society organizations have promoted the introduction of s
In a constantly changing world with digitalization and multiple channels for consumers to explore and purchase new things through, a need for change in business has occurred for many companies. External pressure sets new demands for organisations to meet and the need for knowledge of organisational change and how to execute it has grown. In this changing environment, the risk for fear and worry in
This paper investigates whether the forecasting performance of Bayesian factor-augmented VAR (BFAVAR) models can be improved by incorporating an informative prior on the steady-state of the time series in the system. The BFAVAR model is compared to the extended steady-state BFAVAR in an application to forecasting Swedish inflation, making use of data from 1996 to 2016. Results show that the out-of
Vår studie ämnar att skapa en djupare förståelse för komplexiteten som små företag står inför när de ska tränga igenom dagens mediebrus och nå fram med sina budskap till konsumenten. Studien omfattar tre frågeställningar som utgår från våra två nyckelteorier; agendasättande teori och corporate storytelling. Vi har exemplifierat vår studie på ett litet företag som heter DoubleGood, som till sommare
Denna studie ämnar bidra till ökad kunskap inom ämnesområdet strategisk kom- munikation i allmänhet och individanpassad marknadsföring i synnerhet. Mer kon- kret ämnar författarna att ta fram ett underlag för hur företag som är verksamma inom marknadsföring kan jobba i bättre symbios med deras kunder. För att uppnå syftet utformades följande forskningsfråga: Vad är svenska studenters erfarenhet, kThe aim of this study is to contribute to increased knowledge within the field of strategic communication in general and personalized marketing in particular. More specifically, the authors intend to provide a framework that would allow for a less hierarchical relationship between companies within the marketing industry and their customers. To achieve this purpose, the following research question
Denna studie ämnar att behandla förhållandet mellan Bilia Jägersros ledning och medarbetare under perioden 2012 till 2017, då företaget genomförde en organisationsförändring. Det som intresserade oss var hur ledningens och medarbetarnas kommunikation och interaktion påverkade denna förändring. Vårt fokus ligger med andra ord i att integrera de båda perspektiven vid en organisationsförändring. För This study aims to describe the relationship between Bilia Jägersro's management and employees during the period of 2012 to 2017, when the company conducted an organizational change. We were interested in studying how the management and employees' communication and interaction affected this change. In other words, our focus is to integrate the two perspectives within an organizational chan
Mergers between organisations is a commonly occurring phenomena in the business world of the 21th century, due to a pursuit of becoming more cost-effective and competitive on a national or international market. This bachelor thesis aims to investigate how employees experience communication strategies and which impact they may have on attitudes when an organisation has been merged, and if it is pos
The massive growth of E-commerce is challenging the EU VAT system from different points of view. The Author explores the VAT treatment of E-commerce intermediaries involved in supplies of goods, services and digital services. Notwithstanding the EU Commission attempts to modernize the EU VAT system, there are still numerous issues that have not been dealt with. The Author concludes that the VAT ru
En kvalitativ studie som omfattar kompetensutveckling och dess betydelse för att utveckla och behålla medarbetare har gjorts i en kunskapsorganisation i reklambranschen. De områden som har behandlats är följande; lärande, förutsättningar för kompetensutveckling samt värdet av kompetensutveckling. Syftet var att kartlägga hur ledningen förhåller sig till och pratar om kompetensutveckling i organis
Credit risk is one of the largest risks facing a bank and following the Basel regulations, banks are expected to hold capital to protect themselves against credit risk. This thesis aims to evaluate models to calculate the capital requirement for credit concentration risk and compare them to the models suggested by Finansinspektionen. Credit concentration risk can be split into name and sector conc
The European sovereign debt crisis, which emerged in 2009, revealed unsustainable fiscal policies among several countries in the Eurozone periphery (Matthews, 2011). In fact, high debt ratios are a potential problem for a majority of the countries in the euro area, reaching an average ratio of 92.8 percent in 2015 (Eurostat, 2015). Theoretically, common pool problems and moral hazard within a mone
Over the past decade, the transition to a circular economy has gained attention as a necessary step towards sustainable development. In contrast to the linear economy that is rooted in a ‘take-make-dispose’ mentality, the circular economy aims to decouple economic growth from unsustainable use of non-renewable resources by closing the material loops in the economy. While the EU recognizes that na
Purpose - This thesis seeks to explore how people understand a social collaboration platform within a knowledge-intensive firm and how such a platform is significant to the organization. Research method - The study utilizes semi-structured interviews conducted in a global technology and consulting organization. Overall, an exploratory study was applied based on an interpretative and qualitative ap
Bakgrund: Ambulanspersonalens beslutsprocess påverkas av riktlinjer, lagar, författningar och etiska koder. Dock finns det en stor del i beslutsprocessen som kan påverkas av ambulanspersonalens subjektiva upplevelser och erfarenheter. Syfte: Belysa bakomliggande faktorer som påverkar ambulanspersonalens beslutsprocess. Metod: Litteraturstudie med hjälp av åtta vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativ
Emerging markets have shown higher average returns alongside higher volatility. This has attracted investors around the globe who see these markets as a precious alternative to developed ones, as has become clear in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Hence, we consider it logical that more emphasis be put on investigating not only stock market returns in these developing economies, but also th
Studiens syfte var att undersöka kvinnors erfarenhet av depression och sätta in dem i en samtida kontext. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med åtta kvinnliga deltagare med erfarenhet av depression. Intervjumaterialet analyserades med tematisk analys och åtta olika teman identifierades. Till studiens resultat hör att deltagarna beskrev depression ur flera olika perspektiv och använde delvisThe purpose of this study was to look into women’s experiences of depression and to put them in a contemporary context. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight female participants having experienced depression. The data was analyzed by using thematic analysis, which enabled the identification of eight different themes. Results shows that participants described depression from several
This paper examines the properties of the two recent structural break unit root tests developed in Harvey, Leybourne and Taylor (2013) and Narayan and Popp (2010). The properties are investigated by Monte Carlo simulations in an environment where two trend breaks of small to large magnitudes are present. We find that the Harvey, Leybourne and Taylor (2013) test has superior size and power properti
Välgörenhetsorganisationer använder sig ofta av marknadsföringsstrategier som spelar på mottagarens känslor för att samla in donationer. Fungerar denna strategi, och skiljer det sig åt när det handlar om engångsdonationer eller månadsdonationer? Det antogs vara en skillnad mellan rationella och intuitiva människor där de intuitiva skulle uppleva en psykologisk avtrubbning när de utsattes för en koNon-profit organisations often use marketing strategies that play on people’s emotions to encourage donations. Does this strategy work, and does it differ between single and monthly donations? It was hypothesized that there is a difference between rational and intuitive people where the latter would experience a psychological numbing when facing a continuous negative framing. It was therefore hypo
