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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) har under det senaste decenniet blivit ett allt mer relevant koncept. De flesta multinationella företag (Multinational Enterprises, MNEs) har formulerat uppförandekoder och många har också anslutit sig till internationella initiativ som fokuserar på CSR, som exempelvis Förenta Nationernas Global Compact. Genom globalisering, avreglering, paradigmskiften och inCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has during the last decade become an increasingly relevant concept. Most Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) have formulated Corporate Codes of Conduct, and many have also joined international initiatives focusing on CSR, such as the United Nations Global Compact. Through globalisation, deregulation, paradigm shifts and not least the development of information te

Malmö stad har i olika punktinsatser bedrivit mångfaldsarbete sedan slutet av 1990-talet. Syftet med fallstudien är att utforska mångfaldsarbetet och frågan ställs om och hur måldokumentationen används för att nå ut till medarbetaren och medborgaren. Arbetet har genomförts med kvalitativ metod i form av en fallstudie genom dokumentanalys, observationer och kvalitativa intervjuer. Resultatet visar

Sammanfattning Titel: Hedgefonder – med eller utan systematisk risk. En jämförelse av svenskbaserade aktie- hedgefonder med marknadsindex 2007-2009. Författare: Cecilia Fransson Handledare: Erik Norrman Nivå: Kandidatnivå Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att göra en enkel regressionsanalys, uppställd efter Single- Index Modellen, för ett antal utvalda hedgefonders avkastningsserier under perioden 20

Purpose: Within the construction business pricing is traditionally done at current account. The purpose of this report is to investigate why pricing levels are low within the construction consultant industry in comparison to other consultant industries, as well as to examine what affects the choice of pricing models. In addition to this the report aims to analyze pricing models used today and to d

With the increasing interactions between Sweden and China, it is interesting to see how people of these two countries handle their intercultural communication. Based on my internship experiences, where I encountered many cases of intercultural communication between Sweden and China, this thesis presents some contributions to a better understanding of Swedish‐Sino communications.

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Traditional sex role attitudes and gender bias may be affecting not only the identification of female sexual offenders but also the development of gender specific risk assessment tools and treatment interventions. This papers aim is to explore whether stereotypical attitudes exist among trained professionals in Sweden, or if a specialized training is a protective factor concerning discriminative t

Syfte: Syftet med vår uppsats är att undersöka hur företag och organisationer skapar traditioner och ritualer och använder dem som en del i sin marknadsföring. Metod: I den här uppsatsen har vi utgått ifrån en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi för insamling och analys av data. Vi har använt ett hermeneutiskt synsätt, vilket är lämpligt vid kvalitativ forskning. Vi har genomfört innehållsanalyser av re

Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att kartlägga och skapa förståelse för hur kommuner, som ägare, bedriver ägarstyrningen i sin organisation. Metod: För att uppnå syfte har en kvalitativ metod med fallstudier nyttjats. Data har samlats in via intervjuer med personer i organisationerna och via litteraturstudier. Uppsatsen är baserad på en deduktiv ansats då arbetsgången inleddes med införskaffande av

Encouraging innovation is becoming more important for countries in order to sustain economic growth, performance and competitiveness in a world of fierce marketplace competition. However, previous studies and research reveal that there is a worldwide decline in innovation within organizations. This paper seeks to discover what’s behind this, and what’s hindering knowledge intensive firms from bein

In the early 1900s the district Eneborg grew up in southeastern Helsingborg. No. 8 in the block called Sländan was more expensive than average houses in the district, directed against the new cemetery and intended for officials and others in the lower middle class. As many of our older buildings, Sländan 8 has large deficiencies when it comes to energy and one could make significant savings, both

Problem: Among the few studies within the field of organizational communication that deals with technology, it is unusual to reflect upon the complex relation between ICT and organization and still connect it with social practice. Purpose: To elucidate and problematize the constitution of ICT and organization, through the concepts of power relations and sense making processes. Methodology: To crit

Communication strategies for successful marketing through social media More and more organizations recognize that it is now time to explore new ways of marketing for a more co-creating and value-added communication with its stakeholders. Social media as a meeting place is an area where many people come, making it an ideal venue to communicate with organizations. But how should organizations behave

The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether restrictions to parallel trade in the pharmaceutical industry, distorting the internal market, are treated differently by the Court of Justice compared to other sectors, on grounds of the specific characteristics of the pharmaceutical sector. For this purpose the focus is on restrictions deriving from dominant pharmaceutical companies’ refusal to su

Title: Pricing of Consultant Services within the Construction Industry – Introducing Alternative Pricing Models Authors: Emma Nilsson and Jenny Persson Tutors: Elisabeth Attebrant – Regional Director, East, Sweco Management Göran Alsén – Department of Business Administration, Lund School of Economics and Management, Lund University Bertil Nilsson – Department of Production Management, Faculty

The purpose of this study is to explore the behavior of a dense jet and bottom plume, composed of brine water, discharged into a receiving body of lighter fresh water. This situation is common in connection with freshwater production from sea water (desalination), which produces a brine waste stream, usually discharged into sea water. The increasing interest in desalination processes requires inve

This research paper focuses on historical, arithmetic equity market risk premium in emerging and frontier markets. Equity market risk premium, as we know it today, has been easily estimated in developed markets; whereas, emerging and frontier markets often require different approaches to determine an appropriate equity market risk premium. I make use of a variety of methods, including volatility a