The purpose of this master thesis is to establish the underlying factors that explain why limited companies’ in Sweden switch audit firm. We have applied existing economic theories that have been used in prior studies. The findings in our study demonstrate that a small amount of Swedish limited companies switch audit firm and that only audit quality is significant. Thus, we can conclude that there

En undersökning av High Frequency Tradings effekter på den svenska marknadsdynamiken. Vi använder oss av intervjuer med ledande personer på köp och säljsidan inom branschen för att undersöka vilka effekter HFT har på likviditeten och volatiliteten intradag. Vi använder oss även av volatility signature plot, realized volatility, autokorrelation samt måtten omsättning och Qspread för att testa hypot

Title: Bridging the Gap - The Role of Trainee Programs in School to Work Transition Seminar date: May 31th 2011 Course BUSM18 – Master Thesis, Managing People Knowledge and Change Authors: Malin Bränd, Sanna Häger & Jennifer Lönn Supervisor: Sverre Spoelstra, School of Economics and Management, Department of Business Administration, Lund University, Sweden Key words: Trainee, Trainee programs,

A common question that leadership students are facing today concerns the nature of leadership itself. House et al. (2004) call leadership as an enigma-a puzzle within a puzzle since there is no comprehensive definition that encompasses all divergent views about leadership. Researchers like Jackson & Perry (2008) argue that leadership is predominantly an American construct due to the fact that

Abstract This rapport contains a comparison between in-situ cast joists and prefab joists. We have looked closely at the aspects that should be taken into account when selecting the method and what should be most efficient economically and timely. The work we have done has been with the guidance of Peab Sverige AB in Linköping. It begins with a basic background and theory in the field. Then we con

This report covers a study that documents the status of BIM uses of two leading companies in the construction industry. What makes this study interesting is that, to date, there has previously not been an objective status report recording of BIM usage in Sweden. It would be of great value to test a method of assessment in Sweden to enable comparisons to be made and inform the nation of how far the

Enstegstätning av fasader fick stor uppmärksamhet i Sverige av allmänheten då SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut under våren år 2007 gick ut med information om dess komplikationer. De komplikationer som uppstått gäller främst för enstegstätade väggar som har tunnputs på cellplast med träregelstomme. Med komplikationer menar man vattenläckage genom fasaden. Dessa uppkommer på grund av fel utfö

I detta examensarbete har miljöcertifieringssystemen BREEAM och LEED undersökts. Ett miljöcertifieringssystem är ett ledningssystem för hur arbete med nybyggnationer ska ske för att vara mer miljövänliga. BREEAM är ett brittiskt certifieringssystem och LEED är ett amerikanskt certifieringssystem. Båda har ett antal kategorier med punkter på åtgärder som kan göras i projektet. Vissa av punkterna är

How will future developments in insulation affect current construction standards? Will it help to facilitate better construction solutions and slimmed-down designs? What price is reasonable for new insulation materials and what can be achieved with some of the newest features? With today's focus on environmental protection and improving environmental standards, energy efficiency in buildings h

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka om suggestopedimetoden med dess fokus på glädje och avspänning, frigörandet av hjärnkapacitet och ett tryggt inlärningsklimat leder till framgång i ordinlärning i ett andraspråk. Som utgångspunkt finns Krashens teori om att ett lågt affektivt filter och ordinlärning har ett samband. Undersökningen omfattade 32 studerande som studerar C-nivå inom ämnet Sv

This study focus on finding how project usefulness is connected to the Agile software development process. In order to narrow the broad research area down we have decided to only focus on the most adopted methods within software development, Scrum. The research model consists of values, principles and a project process model describing how an Agile/Scrum project process ought to be together with p

Affärssystem är ett verksamhetstäckande system som hanterar information inom företag genom olika funktioner såsom lagerhantering, inköpshantering, orderhantering och försäljning. Vid valet av affärssystem finns det ett flertal faktorer att ta hänsyn till. Syftet med studien är att identifiera de faktorer företag inom detaljhandeln tar hänsyn till samt hur de värderar och prioriterar den egna verks

Foreign aid and its effectiveness in combating poverty in the developing world have long been contested in the discourse of international development. This study analyzes the geographic and sectoral allocation of foreign aid in Armenia within the framework of Millennium Challenge Account – Armenia Program by examining rural poverty issues prevalent in the country. Although the Program has addresse

Finns det något utpräglande för debutverk eller är debutverk snarare en utgångspunkt för fortsatt skrivande? Föreliggande magisteruppsats beskriver Edith Södergrans, Karin Boyes, Elsa Graves, Sonja Åkessons och Katarina Frostensons debutverk. Dessa poeter analyseras i förhållande till senare verk. Metoden är textcentrerad och komparativ. Syftet med uppsatsen är att genom en jämförelse mellan debut

Title Pricing from a 4PL perspective Authors Louise Kjellberg and Maria Björholt, master students at Industrial Engineering and Management, Lund university Supervisors Jenny Sjöholm, Logistics Developer, Schenker Dedicated Services AB Dr. Andreas Norrman, Professor in Engineering Logistics, Department of Industrial Management and Logistics, the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University Problem

ABSTRACT Author: Charlotte Jeppsson Title: Leg amputation and change of identity Supervisor: Staffan Blomberg Assessor: Sune Sunesson Losing a leg is a devastating event, and as an amputee, the individual’s view of her- himself changes in relation to the society. As I have been working with amputees for a long time, I have observed these changes and have found interest in the issue. The purpose o

Studies show that preferences can be learned through repeated choices and feedback is identified as a mechanism through which people can learn from a repeated choice structure. In this study participants were subjected to repeated choices of bodies and repeated false feedback regarding body size. Images presented to participants were in fact videos in which the bodies increased or decreased in siz

Computational modeling is a commonly used method to understand, predict and explain for instance the organization of neuronal connectivity. Here it is applied to the problem of the development of the neural control of locomotion. Locomotion, e.g. walking and swimming, can be characterized as an alternate activation of opposing muscles and is controlled by central pattern generators, CPGs, in the s