The following is a fire-safety-risk-assessment with the purpose of evaluating the safety of the shopping center Punkt in Västerås, Sweden. The risk assessment is an assignment in the course Brandteknisk Riskvärdering given at Lunds Tekniska Högskola, Lunds University, Sweden. Punkt is a shopping center on floor 3 and 3.5 of a 9-story building. The assessment will focus on the possibility of safely

Stora invandringsflöden till Sverige under många år har gjort Sverige till ett av de länder som har störst andel invandrare per yta. En av de viktigaste frågorna är huruvida invandrare kommer in på arbetsmarknaden och vad det i så fall har för följder på svenskföddas arbetsmarknadsutfall. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur invandringen påverkar den svenska arbetsmarknaden då det gälle

Amphibian populations are declining globally due to several abiotic factors such as climate, pH, water permanence and biotic factors including predation by exotic species, competition and the spread of diseases. Habitat destruction caused by humans is also an important factor. Several species of amphibian have been declining in Sweden, and in most cases explained by habitat destruction and isolati

Sedan 1970-talet har antalet kokböcker ökat markant på den svenska bokmarknaden. Undersökningen tittar närmare på hur kokboken förändrats i fråga om utgivning, inriktning och uttryck under perioden 1976-2015. Detta innefattar också en strävan efter att söka förstå vad som kan ha föranlett den kraftiga expansionen. Utifrån ett textsociologiskt perspektiv har en kvantitativ undersökning utförts baseSince the 1970s, the number of cookbooks has increased significantly in the Swedish book market. The thesis looks at how the cookbook has changed in terms of publishing, focus and expression during the period 1976-2015. This also includes an endeavor to understand what might have caused the huge expansion. Based on a text sociological perspective, a quantitative survey has been conducted based on

This study tests the efficiency of the Swedish and the Dutch stock markets by analyzing the performance of two dividend strategies – dividend capturing and dividend timing. To test these strategies and what factors influence them, the researchers collect a sample of 95 different firms, about half from each country and a total of over 8 000 dividend observation. A cross sectional regression is run

Syftet med vår uppsats har varit att undersöka språkintroelevers upplevelse av hur schemalagda programöverskridande aktiviteter påverkar inklusion samt hur detta tar sig uttryck. Bakgrunden till studien är den ökade globalisering vi står inför och den ökade rörligheten över nationsgränserna, som för många aldrig varit lättare men för andra innebär att riskera livet. Under 2015 fick Migrationsverke

Nowadays, there is a tendency towards higher dynamics in markets and increasing competition especially in engineering and high tech industries. Firms today need to invent new products, acquire unique business models and thereby continuously exceed customer expectations as well as outperform competition. In contrast to the previous innovative approach that relied solely on internal capabilities, ma

This thesis concerns the Swedish housing market, which is under constant debate. Prices keep increasing and many believe that this trend will consist due to low interest rates, high demand and lack of attractive building land. This tendency, resulting in a housing shortage, is particularly evident in the metropolitan areas. Earlier research states that the well-known Tobin’s q theory has a short

Syftet i den här uppsatsen är att diskutera om det finns historiska trender som tyder på att digitaliseringen kommer skapa teknologisk arbetslöshet i framtiden. Således är därför frågeställningen huruvida dagens teknologi, digitaliseringen, skapar teknologisk arbetslöshet. För att kunna besvara uppsatsens frågeställning används en kvantitativ metod där sekundärdata på länders olika branscher samt

In low- and lower middle income countries, female education is known to be one of the crucial elements for generating economic growth. However, a weakness in the established literature is the tendency to focus on either gender equality or human capital accumulation through female education as the driving force behind growth. Thus, this study seeks to contribute to existing research in the area by

The following study investigates the perception potential users have when considering the adoption of voice assistants (VAs). VAs are considered to possess characteristics linkable to both, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet-of-Things (IoT). This thesis aims to provide a deeper understanding of the determinants influencing the adoption of the new VA technology using the Unified Theory o

We investigate to what degree return on technology stocks are affected by industry-, country- and global factors. Furthermore, the analysis is extended to look deeper into the industry factors by examining what the exposure of technology stocks to industry-specific shocks is caused by. In previous studies, the aim has been to try to determine whether industry-, country- or global effects are the m

Ingen tidigare forskning inom politiska marknadsföring har använt sig av Cialdinis sex principer för påverkan. Den föreliggande studiens syfte var således att undersöka två av Cialdinis principer för påverkan och dess effektivitet inom politisk marknadsföring. Vidare var syftet att se vilka faktorer som avgjorde om deltagarna blev påverkade eller inte av två olika politiska texter. FrågeställningaWithin the field of political marketing there has not been any research that combined Cialdini’s six principles of influence with political marketing. The aim of the study was therefore to investigate two of Cialdini’s six principles of influence and its effectiveness within political marketing. Furthermore, the aim was to investigate which factor determined if the participants became convinced or

Financial intermediaries are ubiquitous in modern society and its impact have been exhaustively studied. A particularly vibrant field of research concerns the interrelationship between financial and economic development. While much research has been carried out on this topic, most only focus on narrow measures of both economic and financial development. Hence, this study assumes a wider approach b

Samhällets plastproduktion och –konsumtion har ökat markant sedan 1960-talet, vilket även har resulterat i den korrelerade ökade närvaron av plast i bland annat vattenmiljöer. Dagligen kommer information om de problem plasten orsakar, då exempelvis valar och sälar trasslar in sig i övergivna fisknät eller genom förtäring av plaster till sist dör av svält och undernäring. Genom olika biotiska och aThe use and production of polymeric plastic products have increased immensely since the 1960s, and with it, the correlated presence of plastics in the aquatic environment. Through different biotic and abiotic processes, the plastics will be degraded to smaller pieces, eventually down to the micro- and nanoscale as well. Previously known about these nanoparticles is their ability to enter cells dep

Background: The world is facing global warming because of excessive release of greenhouse gases. The Science Based Target Initiative encourages companies to do their fair share in limiting the temperature increase to 2 degrees above preindustrial temperatures. This is called setting science-based targets. Little research has been made on the target setting process and there are few practical examp

Title: Environmental antecedents and their influence on the tension between exploration and exploitation: The case of sustainability as a special example of environmental dynamism in the context of a technology-driven company Research question: How does sustainability as a special case of environmental dynamism influence managerial and organizational antecedents and thereby the tension of explora

Skattelättnadsregeln för medlemmar i oäkta bostadsföretag, som togs bort från och med inkomståret 2016, innebar att de kunde göra ett avdrag på den beskattningsbara bostadsförmånen. I och med borttagandet av denna regel påverkas cirka 5000 privatpersoner av en högre utgift för sitt boende. Att en bostadsrättsförening klassas som ett oäkta bostadsföretag beror ofta på att de har en stor andel lokalUp until recently, members of co-operative housing associations with a high income deriving from non-housing activities could benefit from a tax exemption rule. This rule was last applied in 2015 and meant that a deduction could be made for the taxable housing benefit. With the removal of this rule approximately 5,000 private individuals are affected by a higher cost for their accommodation. When

Research Question: How does international knowledge and its sources impact the strategic entrepreneurship of internationalized Swedish SMEs? Methodology: A qualitative research of Swedish SMEs, where the research was predominantly cross-sectional in nature. 17 firms were investigated and semi-structured interviews were the primary source of data. The data was analyzed in an inductive matter. TheResearch Question: How does international knowledge and its sources impact the strategic entrepreneurship of internationalized Swedish SMEs? Methodology: A qualitative research of Swedish SMEs, where the research was predominantly cross-sectional in nature. 17 firms were investigated and semi-structured interviews were the primary source of data. The data was analyzed in an inductive matter. The