This master thesis investigates the use of strategic sustainability storytelling by four automotive companies in Sweden. The study aims to explore how these organizations implement sustainability storytelling in their external communication to contribute to organizational legitimacy. This thesis has been conducted through a qualitative analysis approach where we compared the case studies qualitati

Disinformation campaigns are not only designed to attack nations, but to build a long-lasting narrative among its people. This study argues that despite the malicious intentions behind disinformation campaigns to disrupt nations and smear their image, the targeted audience becomes the most vulnerable and often ignored group whose voice and narratives can be amplified if not listened to. It derives

Food security and environmental sustainability are increasingly threatened by the current degradative practices of the agri-food industry. To mitigate the adverse environmental impacts of the agri-food supply chain, the circular food economy has been proposed as a strategy to enhance biodiversity, improve access to nutritious foods and reduce the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions. However, progr

Det svenska vägnätet är uppdelat i allmänna vägar, kommunala gator och enskilda vägar. De allmänna vägarna sköts generellt av staten via Trafikverket. Ansvaret kan emellertid, om regeringen lämnat ett förordnande om det, överlämnas till den berörda kommunen. Förordnandet kan gälla för ett helt område, eller enskilda vägar. Kommunen är väghållare för de kommunala gatorna inom detaljplan med kommunaA municipality in Sweden has two different choices regarding how to plan and build transportational infrastructure such as roads. The most used way is to use the planning and building act and establish a detailed development plan, but the municipality could also establish a road plan according to the road act. This paper examines the connection between the two laws and how those apply on the munic

This thesis examines the dynamics and impact of strategic cross-sector partnerships between businesses and non-governmental organisations, focusing on how these collaborations create shared value. The thesis looks at several strategic cross-sector partnerships involving large organisations such as IKEA, Hapag-Lloyd, UNICEF, and WWF to understand the unique characteristics that influence these coll

This study aims to explore, using a qualitative approach, how professionals outside the field of counseling relate to psychosocial support, the role of counselors, and teamwork. This exploration draws upon professional, role, and team theories to comprehend the various aspects of interaction among these occupational roles. The study constitutes a case study where a habilitation team within healthc

Under de senaste åren har Generativ Artificiell Intelligens (GenAI) fått betydande uppmärksamhet, särskilt inom skolsektorn. Denna undersökning fokuserar på att undersöka hur och på vilket sätt studenter använder och tillämpar Generativ Artificiell Intelligens (GenAI)-verktyg i sina egna studier. Således är syftet med denna studie att undersöka studenters tillvägagångssätt och upplevelser av använ

Phytates and RFOs are known anti-nutrients found in pulses, that can impair mineral absorption and cause digestive discomfort, respectively. Pulsed electric field (PEF) have emerged as a promising technology, for cell membrane permeabilization, potentially enhancing the accessibility of these compounds to enzymatic degradation. Fermentation, on the other hand, is a traditional method known to redu

Betong är världens mest använda byggnadsmaterial och kan användas i många olika syften. Betong består av cement som bindemedel och vatten, sand och sten (ballast).Tillverkningen av cement är problematisk eftersom det medför stora koldioxidutsläpp och det har varit ett fokus inom branschen att minska miljöpåverkan. De framsteg som har gjorts för att minska miljöpåverkan är bland annat att använda a

Responsible Innovation (RI) is a relatively new framework and there is limited literature on its implementation in businesses. This thesis investigates if and how three multinational technology corporations implement RI by using a comparative case study approach. The three firms chosen - Airskin, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Autec - have significantly different market positions (size and resourc

This study utilizes data from 2000 to 2024 together with an EGARCH approach to model the volatility of two indices, the S&P 500 and the S&P 500 Property and Casualty Insurance Sub Industry Index. Which in this paper acts as proxies for the stock market and the property and casualty insurance industry in the US respectively. Data from The Emergency Events Database is used to incorporate dis

Cykeln ses idag som ett transportmedel som har stor potential i framtidens hållbara stad, där bättre hälsa, mindre klimatpåverkan och förbättrad ekonomi för samhällen lyfts som stora fördelar. Malmö stad har som mål att cykeln ska vara ett självklart färdmedelsval för alla i Malmö och har ambitiösa mål för att öka cykelns färdmedelandel. Cykeln har dock under lång tid med bakgrund i den modernistiThe City of Malmö aims to promote cycling as a sustainable mode of transport for everyone. However, due to the dominance of cars and motorized transport in the city's planning tradition, cycling has been marginalized, especially in areas built during the Million Programme. Simultaneously, a big challenge for the city of Malmö is the social inequality between different areas that exists today.

The VUCA world we face today, proposes challenges for individuals with a high Need for Closure (NFC) as they may experience decreased well-being when faced with uncertainty and ambiguity. This in turn creates a problem for organizations as their employees with a high NFC may struggle to come up with innovative solutions to the complexity they are facing, making it difficult for the organization to

Uppsatsen syftar till att utforska hur second hand-plattformar, såsom Tradera, använder gamification, interaktionsdesign och teknisk acceptans för att motivera och engagera användare. Studien identifierar att Tradera effektivt implementerar olika gamification-element för att förbättra användarupplevelsen och stimulera användarengagemang. Detta inkluderar speltekniker som skapar en känsla av spänni

This study examines the effect of climate change on real estate prices. There is reason to believe that climate change should cause some kind of effect since several price-influencing mechanisms arise: on one hand the established economic law of supply and demand where price on real estate see a positive effect due to diminishing supply, on the other hand a negative effect in the form of an increa

Purpose of the study: This interdisciplinary study aims to explore the emerging and increasingly relevant field of best practices for stakeholder engagement, within a public management setting, by analysing sustainable urban mobility and cycling promotion in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Theoretical perspective: The study develops a conceptual framework to explain the success of cycling promotion bas

This thesis investigates how the problem of plastic pollution is represented within the environmental policies of the European Union and the United States. By adopting and utilizing Bacchi’s ‘What's The Problem Represented To Be’ approach, the research explores the specific aspects of plastic pollution that are problematized by these policies. The study applies issue framing and environmental

This paper analyses the short-term effects of El Niño and La Niña weather shocks simultaneously, using the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle and imposing assumptions on the econometric VAR model. We contribute to the climate macroeconomics literature by examining the impact of weather anomalies on commodity and food prices using monthly data. Our result for the world provides an overall in

This thesis utilizes panel data from 38 OECD countries, spanning 21 years to estimate the impact of corporate income taxes on foreign direct investment. This analysis aims to examine how the relationship between these two variables has changed due to the launch of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project from the OECD/G20. Regressions are computed both for the full time period and three