Tourism has recently been acknowledged as a potential means for sustainable development. This study examined what tourism has meant for the community members involved in community based tourism (CBT) projects in rural Quintana Roo, Mexico, with regards to the sustainable development of their communities. The study used a qualitative case study research design to compare two different approaches to

ABSTRACT Authors: Lina Bengtsson, Pär Eriksson Title: Homelessness – Five life stories Supervisor: Carina Tigervall Assessor: Anders Östnäs The purpose of this essay was to describe and analyze five persons process to and from homelessness in order to gain a deeper understanding of why Sweden, with it's well-developed welfare state, still has a problem with homelessness. To answer this questio

Med en kritisk diskursanalys försöker jag besvara frågan på vilka normer och värderingar som det går att urskilja i fyra olika jämställdhetsplaner och hur dessa värderingar och normer är kopplade till kön, klass, sexualitet och etnicitet. Jag ifrågasätter vilka kvinnor och vilka män jämställdhetsplanerna och lagen syftar till och menar att andra maktrelationer blir osynliggjorda och även legitimer

In Delhi, as in many other large cities in developing countries, the inappropriate management of municipal solid waste is a significant flaw in the quality of life of its residents, and a serious threat to the environment. Taking the integrated approach to solid waste management as its point of departure, this thesis focuses on city residents as waste producers and their role in municipal solid wa

En studie som beskriver och analyserar Espresso House styrmodell och hur styrningen förmedlas från ledningen till distriktscheferna och vidare ner till platscheferna. Styrmedel som budget, nyckeltal och benchmarking beskrivs utifrån företagets styrmodell. Denna modell innefattar; strategi, ledningsfilosofi, organisation och styrmedel.

Purpose To investigate the predicted relation between macroeconomic risk exposure and growth in the context of the European oil industry. Methodology Multiple regression analysis Theoretical Macroeconomic uncertainty, Financial constraints, The hierachy of Perspectives Finance, Fundamentals of hedging Empirical 225 observations have been included to determine a beta coefficient Foundation of -2.83

The thesis aims to determine the implications that the managerial approach and in particular IFRS 8 has upon the decision usefulness of financial statements. The further aim is to make a fundamental academic judgement about the need of this approach to be based on a hierarchy between the primary qualitative characteristics in order to produce decision usefulness information and thus accord with th

En sammanfattning av uppsatsen på maximalt 8000 tecken.

Title: Identifying with fun and family in the time of changes and downsize. Seminar date: June 1st, 2009 Course: Masters thesis in Business Administration Programme for Managing People, Knowledge and Change, 15 University Credit Points (15 ECTS). Author: Ellert Örn Erlingsson and Elvar Ólafsson Advisor: Sara Louise Muhr Key words: Cultural family metaphor, Resistance, Cynicism, Organizational iden

The purpose of this paper is to develop and propose from a social constructivist perspective a dynamic model for the concept of morale as it exists within two Swedish organizations. The impetus for doing the study comes from the current emphasis on maintaining or improving morale given the need for redundancies in the face of an economic recession. Further, to address the claims made that improvem

As a PhD research proposal, this paper is centered on the critical aspects of knowledge sharing and innovation under the background of global competition. By presenting an array of perspectives for understanding knowledge sharing and innovation, I get a close look at the problem within organizational control that goes central into innovation practice and knowledge sharing activities. To capture th

This Master Degree Project, presented as a Research Proposal, is critically portraying a couple contemporary Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) practices belonging to the Performance Management System: i.e. Performance Appraisals and Feedback. The SHRM function is being critically discussed against its’ history of development and secondly how this function acts as a representative of the ‘

Det är venture capital-bolagets tro på entreprenörens förmåga som är avgörande för om de skall engagera sig i ett projekt eller inte. Svenska venture capital-bolag satsar hellre på en dokumenterat bra entreprenör med en svagare affärsidé än på en tydlig och bra affärsidé men med en svagare entreprenör

Syftet med arbetet är att replikera metod för estimering av spread och konkursriskpremie ur artikeln ”Explaining the Rate Spread on Corporate Bonds” av Edwin J. Elton, Martin J. Gruber et al på obligationsmarknaden utgiven i EUR år 2001-2007 och på så vis kontrollera om deras metod ger ett liknande resultat på ett annorlunda urval av obligationer. Vi använder oss av ett kvantitativt angreppssätt f

Objectives: The objective of this study is to find out whether currency carry trades are prudent investments or a pure lottery. To consider currency carry trades as a prudent investment strategy they have to fulfill at least one of the following two criteria • The risk-adjusted performance of currency-carry trades should match or outperform the risk-adjusted performance of the equity indices. I.e.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur sammansättningen av företagsstyrelsen påverkar earnings management inom svenska börsbolag noterade på Large- och Mid Cap. Uppsatsen grundar sig på Earnings Management teorier samt styrelsesammansättningens roll och påverkan vid användandet av Earnings Management. Den modifierade Jones Cash flow modellen har använts för att identifiera diskretionära accrual

The main purpose of this thesis is to uncover the relationship that exists between the formation of purchase intentions and the factors that influence the process of intent formation; a specific focus will be given to the discovery of the impact of negative eWOM within a consumer’s pre purchase decision context. The thesis uses an inductive and qualitative design. The authors propose and apply two

The purpose of this thesis is to shed light on the effectiveness of the carbon labeling phenomenon for winning consumer trust in comparison to the effectiveness of generic eco-labeling, taking into consideration the increasing green washing image that consumers have of environmental labeling strategies. The goal of this paper is to give recommendations on whether the use of carbon labeling can hel

This study investigates the profitability of insider trading in the Thai stock market. The data set is taken from the 50 largest companies in the Thai stock market, the SET50. The time period to be investigated that has been chosen for this research paper is the year 2007. The method used to investigate if insiders can make abnormal profits is the market model. The results show that Thai corporate