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It is common knowledge that shading systems and solar control glasses are used to avoid glare and overheating at expenses of daylight. In Dynamic Thermal Modelling tools, there is no assessment method where the shading use is expressed when predicting the building performance. Furthermore, literature often refers to studies where complex fenestration systems are optimized for specific cases. Howev

Kiviks Musteri AB has a vision to maintain a good environmental profile with a sustainable production. To achieve this, the aim is to decrease the product wastage and water consumption. Apart from the increased sustainability, this also leads to an increased income and is essential for the growth of the company. The main aim with this master thesis is to identify and chart the product wastage and

This research was requested by one of the divisional HR departments´of Region Skåne. The research explores the HR personnels’ perception of the organizational structure, in comparison with the aims of the geographical decentralization strategy, Healthcare Skåne 2.0, which was implemented in 2013-2014. Furthermore, it evaluates and analyses the grander implications of being a geographically decentr

There is a longstanding debate between environmentalists and economists regarding the possibility to combine economic growth and sustainability. So far, the neoliberal economists’ argumentation for a capitalist economic system with everlasting economic growth has been the dominating paradigm. In Sweden, one group of environmentalists able to influence policymaking without being actual decision-mak

Abstract: Austria-Hungary was from 1867 to the beginning of the first world war, one of Europe’s largest countries and also a monetary and customs union exhibiting features common in recent debates on economic integration. The role of economic integration on growth, development and industrialisation are central themes in today’s debates. The effects of economic integration have been debated thus t

Syftet med studien är att redogöra för bakomliggande faktorer som kan driva bolag att besluta om nedskrivning av goodwill. Därtill ämnar studien undersöka huruvida det går att påvisa ett samband mellan nedskrivning av goodwill och earnings management. Forskarna använder en kvantitativ metod med en deduktiv ansats. Studien undersöker nedskrivning av goodwill för bolag listade på Stockholmsbörsen unThe purpose of the study is to investigate underlying factors that might have a connection to impairment of goodwill. In addition, the study scrutinises if there is any association to be found between impairment of goodwill and earnings management.The authors used a quantitative method with a deductive approach. The study examined companies listed on Nasdaq Stockholm which made an impairment of go

Denna studies syfte är att identifiera om det finns ett behov av att utforma läromedel för lärare i Musikproduktion, och hur lärare arbetar med denna kurs idag. Detta har undersökts dels med en enkätstudie samt kvalitativa intervjuer med två pedagoger som undervisar i Musikproduktion på två gymnasieskolor. Litteraturgenomgången belyser vilka behov som finns i skolan idag där perspektiv på elever, The aim of this study is to identify if there is a need to produce educational materials for teachers in “Musikproduktion”, and how teachers work with this course today. This has been done partly through a survey study and qualitative interviews with two teachers in music production in two Swedish upper secondary schools. The literature review explores the need that exists in schools today where p

In the last decades, scholars, managers and consultants have shown increased interest in identifying the characteristics of high-performance organizations. Searching for ways to improve organizational performance and respond to a growing demand for quality products and services in a rapidly changing environment, this subject is of special interest of managers in both public and private organizatio

Despite being aware of the health risks associated with making “bad” health decisions, we seem to deny our personal vulnerability to the harmful effects of poor health behavior. Aiming to explore whether the harmful effects associated with poor health behavior are personalized once our peers suffer from them, reflected by improved health behavior and referred to as “peer effects”, this study uses

The use of internet based psychology interventions as well as yoga and mindfulness interventions in order to improve psychological health has increased during the past decades. However, most interventions are time and resource demanding and there is a need for investigating short and easily accessible interventions. In this four-week randomized controlled pilot study I measured the effects of the

Denna uppsats har som syfte att skapa en djupare förståelse för hur turismutvecklare på olika destinationer möjliggör värdeskapande för sina kunder. Vi vill även bidra med en förståelse för de möjligheter och utmaningar som självbetjäningsteknologi medför i värdeskapandeprocessen. Detta görs genom en kvalitativ metod och åtta djupintervjuer. Studien utgår ifrån två frågeställningar där den första

Strax väster om centrala Ystad, intill Ystad Reningsverk, återfinns en deponi vars ursprung har spårats tillbaka till tidigt 1960-tal. Deponin beräknas vara cirka 11 250 kv. m och begränsas i sydlig riktning av Östersjön. Vid tidigare markundersökningar inom deponin konstaterades det förekomma stora mängder fyllnadsmassor av heterogen karaktär hela vägen ned till strandkanten där även aktiv erosioAdjacent to Ystad Reningsverk, just west of the central parts of Ystad, there is a landfill whose origin has been traced back to the early 1960´s. The total area of the landfill is assumed to be around 11 250 sq. m and in the south the landfill it is limited by the presence of the Baltic Sea. During previous investigation and surveying within the landfill, a large amount of municipal solid waste (

The purpose of this research was to do a case study of how value stream mapping (VSM) contributes to operational excellence within an ICT company. To illustrate this, a case study was conducted at Swisscom, a large Swiss telecommunications company. The motivation of the study was to contribute to research within the industry of information and communication technologies (ICT) and secondly, to high

Smoked ham is commonly eaten in Sweden. However, smoked ham consists of a lot of salt (NaCl) which is an important component in the brine. Since a high salt consumption increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases, it is of great interest to decrease salt and other sodium-binding compounds in various food products, especially in smoked ham. Nevertheless, this is a challenge because the salt and o

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand the key managerial challenges associated with Big Data. The research aimed to look at the possible obstacles that managers need to overcome while implementing Big Data. The main research question is : What are the main managerial challenges associated with Big Data and what steps are needed to overcome those? Methodology: Based on the concepts of

En internetbaserad enkätstudie med 823 deltagare undersökte huruvida det gick att finna variationer i könsidentitet som överskred en binär syn på könsidentitet, om det fanns upplevelser av könsinkongruens i en icke-klinisk population samt hur två mått på könsidentitet förhöll sig till varandra. Detta undersöktes i en icke-klinisk population. Könsidentitet definierades som ”vilket kön en känner sigAn internet-based survey with 823 participants explored the possibility of finding variations in gender identity that lay outside the gender binary, whether any experiences of gender incongruence were present, as well as how two measures of gender identity were related to one another. This was explored in a non-clinical sample. Gender identity was defined as "the gender one feels like".

Purpose: To examine the wealth-generating effects of LBO exits from the PEs perspective depending on different exit strategies, and to identify how private sponsors’ features like historical performance, size, experience etc. might influence the success of the exit as well as the exit route choice. Methodology: A short-term event study to detect a cumulative abnormal return around LBO exit announc

Sammanfattning Problembakgrund: Forskning visar att mellanchefer har en utsatt roll med krav från många håll. Vidare har det visat sig att mellanchefer i grundskolan ofta slutar sitt arbete för att det är påfrestande på flera sätt. I grundskolan skapas förutsättningar för elever till att bli goda medborgare, vilket kräver att betydelsen av hållbart ledarskap uppmärksammas och förverkligas för mell

In response to the outbreak Global Financial Crisis and European Debt Crisis, major central banks took very accommodative monetary policy stances. By slashing interest rates to the zero-lower bound and introducing unconventional monetary policy in the form of quantitative easing they hoped to boost aggregate demand and inflation. This paper investigates the workings of QE, money creation, potentia