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Titel: Tillit på Bostadsmarknaden. Tillit, mellanhänder och redovisningsinformation Seminariedatum: 5 juni, 2015 Ämne/kurs: FEKH69 Examensarbete i redovisning på kandidatnivå, 15 hp Författare: Björn Tilly, Niclas Ulander och Sandra Nordin Handledare: Alexander Paulsson Nyckelord: Tillit, ekonomisk information, årsredovisning, mellanhänder, transaktionskostnadsteori. Syfte: Vårt syfte med u
The thesis consists of a description of the waste management in Sweden today, related to a case study at IKEA’s warehouses in Älmhult. Waste is globally one of the most important environmental challenges. Waste management in Sweden has developed a lot during the past years and is now standing in front of the next big challenge: to reach higher up in the waste hierarchy. By studying the academic li
Bara en liten del av vår historia ryms i historieböckerna. Vad hittar vi på hyllor i bokhandeln idag? Fokus i den här uppsatsen ligger på utgivningen av populärhistorisk litteratur i Sverige år 2014. Det är 208 titlar som ingår i undersökningen. Utgivningen analyseras utifrån ett genusperspektiv. Hur stor andel av den senaste populärhistoriska utgivningen i Sverige är skriven av kvinnor och handla
While more and more businesses incorporate sustainability in their core business strategy, there has recently been a shift from corporate social responsibility (CSR) to the notion of creating shared value (CSV). The thesis investigates this paradigm shift, aiming to understand the underlying dynamics and the impact CSV has on the company and its stakeholders. An analytical tool in form of a framew
The terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has in the recent year received much attention in the media for using sexual violence against women and girls in Iraq. This thesis investigates why sexual violence in wartime occurs by analysing the reasons for why ISIL uses sexual violence against women and girls in Iraq. Three theories are tested on the case of ISIL: the first is re
Productive agricultural soil is an essential ingredient in the agricultural landscape, which further exists in a dialectical relationship between ruality and the broader society. Soil destruction and industrial farming are common place in Scandinavia today, and resultantly, this essay problematises our ambivalent relationship with soil as part of our material base on one hand, and the consumer dri
Den stressrelaterade ohälsan i Sverige ökar och däribland utmattningssyndrom. Syftet med denna studie var att vidga förståelsen av utmattningssyndrom genom att belysa det ur ett psykodynamiskt- samt ett existentiellt perspektiv. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med tio erfarna psykoterapeuter kring deras sätt att förstå och arbeta med utmattningssyndrom. Materialet analyserades med tematisStress-related illness in Sweden is on the increase and notably, cases of stress-related exhaustion. The aim of this study was to widen the understanding of stress-related exhaustion and to shed light on it from a psychodynamic and an existential perspective. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten experienced psychotherapists about their way of understanding and working with stress-rel
Purpose: This research aims to study potential tourists’ expectations of sport event tourism experiences and discuss whether having past sport event tourism experiences influence tourists’ expectations for future trip experiences. Methods: This research combines a literature study, a qualitative study and a quantitative study. The literature review aimed to define a framework of sport event touri
This paper examines the standing of private firms in the post-privatization economic reform in China regarding their access to human capital. The cross-sectional dataset used to test the model is extracted from the World Bank 2012 Enterprise Survey. Using a sample of 2848 Chinese firms of diverse ownership types, the paper studies the effect of firm ownership on human capital, and further studies
This paper engages in the study of identity formation in Swedish foreign policy debate. The study is situated within a broad constructivist field of research, drawing upon theoretical debates on subjectivity and the performative making of the state. The study draws upon the notion of ontological security and claims that sub-state actors, just as individuals, search for stable identities and a sens
Sjuksköterskors arbete med att stödja närstående till patienter i livets slut är komplext. Tidigare forskning visar att närstående förväntar sig att sjuksköterskor ska kunna se deras behov och stödja dem i sitt lidande. Syftet med studien var att belysa sjuksköterskors stöd till närstående till patienter i livets slut för att bidra till en ökad förståelse för ämnet. Studien genomfördes som en litt
Denna uppsats syfte är att studera de föreslagna förändringarna gällande fasta driftställen inom ramen för BEPS action 7. Avstamp görs i gällande svensk rätt för att vidare diskutera OECD:s modellavtal och dess kommentars rättskällevärden med hänsyn till förändringar inom ramen för action 7. Utgångspunkten gällande kommissionärsupplägg i OECD:s diskussionsutkast formuleras som ”i många fall är komThe purpose of this thesis is to study the suggested changes in accordance to the PE definition introduced in the BEPS action 7 working paper presented by the OECD in September 2014, with public comments due in January 2015. Initially, the Swedish PE legislation is examined. Further the model convention on income and capital and its commentaries are discussed regarding its legitimacy as source of
Problemområde: Mellan 2010 och 2012 vårdades 4312 kvinnor inom slutenvården för självskadebeteende i Sverige. Studier har visat på ett bristande bemötande från sjuksköterskan gentemot kvinnor med självskadebeteende. Bakgrund: Studiens omvårdnadsteoretiska utgångspunkt grundas i ett holistiskt människoperspektiv. Brister har tidigare uppmärksammats i kunskap och kommunikation kring självskadebetee
In todays knowledge economy the use of information and communcation technology (ICT) is ever increasing. The need for investment in ICT infrastructure is stressed from a range of policy makers. In this thesis, using the concept of virtual proximity, the question of how these ICTs can facilitate innovation for rurally located companies will be discussed. The thesis will be aimed at the plastic indu
In Kenya, the commercialization of smallholder agriculture has become an inte¬gral part of the national strategy to address the problems of economic and food poverty. Despite extensive governmental efforts to promote the transition of smallhold¬ers from subsistence-based to commercially-oriented livelihoods, a broad based transformation of the sector has not yet materialized. The thesis is based o
Title: Training Organisational Soldiers: Leadership and Control in Trainee Programs Authors: Anna Piela and Annika Theiss Supervisor: Jens Rennstam Submission Date: May 22, 2015 Purpose: The purpose of our research is to provide a more critical perspective on leadership and leadership development within the context of trainee programs. Therefore we aim to understand how leadership is constructed i
Using cardiac computed tomography (CT), images of both the left and right ventricle can be acquired. Potential findings of interest are for example enlarged ventricles or inadequate pumping, which can be used for diagnosis. The analysis requires that the ventricles are outlined, either manually or automatically. Automated segmentation methods for clinical use exist for the left ventricle but not f
This dissertation examines the role of internal communication in enhancing employee motivation. As a role model – pharmaceutical company Roche Latvia was chosen. Roche Latvia is one of the Top 3 leading pharmaceutical companies in Latvia (Roche, 2015), and is seen as the main and most important contributor in educating patients and doctors, as well investing research and donating to charities. The
This research strives to examine the impact of online brand communication on the content strategy of a premium brand in the context of ETON e-commerce store. The secondary purpose of the study provides the insight as to why brand message affects brand content strategy through various communication modes. The research set forth brand perspective to create an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms
This essay investigates, using semiotic deconstruction, how Korean TV fiction dramas signify gay men in the contrasting of a designated 'normal' that effectively communicates heteronormativity as "myth" obscuring other ‘alternative’ ways of life. This heteronormativity is neither universal nor eternal but is rather part of the situated collective imaginings of Korean communities
