The starting point of our thesis is the new Education Act (Skollagen) which was introduced in Sweden during 2011. It requires that all students have access to a school library, regardless of the type of school. Since the new Education Act’s (Skollagens) introduction, the school library has received a statutory basis and thus a stronger position in today’s schools. However, the Act does not define

Purpose: The goal is to see what an innovation process can make for a package and learn to ron a development project with multiple stakeholders. Theory: The theory chapter strives to provide a picture of how the package works. What factoTs are important and what more a package can offer than just protection for the product? Describe how an innovation process can help a development process and exp

Introduction: The Emergency Department (ED) is a complex environment. Patients present with many different complaints with alternating severity. This setting makes time efficiency and diagnostic accuracy crucial. The use of checklists in medicine has been successful in several medical fields, such as in reducing surgical complications and in decreasing catheter-related bloodstream infections in th

The debate on the relationship between trade and growth is ongoing and the question is if the GATT/WTO contributes to higher trade flows. In this paper, the modern literature relating to trade and growth will be reviewed, as well as the modern literature on the GATT/WTO and trade. Then, I examine how growth has been affected by the GATT/WTO by looking at growth for member countries for a few years

Zanzibar, as a part of a developing country in East Africa, struggles with a bad municipal solid waste management system. This master thesis is an attempt to analyse the current waste situation on Zanzibar and the environmental and social effects of four dumpsites in order to give recommendations on how to improve the waste management system. The thesis was made as a Minor Field Study funded by SI

Mot bakgrund av direktiv 1999/70/EG som genomför ramavtalet om visstidsarbete slutet mellan ETUC, UNICE och CEEP har det ifrågasatts om lag (1982:80) om anställningsskydd lever upp till direktivets krav avseende införande av hinder mot att tidsbegränsade anställningsformer missbrukas. Ramavtalet mellan de sociala parterna inriktar sig speciellt på missbruk som uppstår ur användningen av på varandrFollowing the entry into force of Council Directive 1999/70/EC concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP it has been questioned whether the Swedish Employment Protection Act is in accordance with the directive concerning the introduction of measures to prevent abuse of fixed-term employment contracts. The framework agreement between the social partners

During the last twenty years there's been a growing amount of exhibitions that in different ways challenge peoples feelings and ideas. It can be exhibitions that show other interpretations of a phenomenon than the once we're used to see or subjects that can be found sensitive or provoking to some people. I've found an explanation to why museums show this type of exhibitions in the ne

The importance of migrants' remittance transfers in global capital flows is steadily growing. A large body of literature has been dedicated to the study of remittances, its underlying causes, and its effects on development in receiving countries. Albania, one of the poorest countries in Europe, experienced massive emigration in its post-communist transition era, and remittances have since cons

In 2010 the center-right Fidesz-Christian Democrat coalition (Fidesz-KDNP) had an unprecedented electoral victory in Hungary. The party won two-thirds of the mandates, allowing the government not only to follow through with their reforms but change laws which require two-third of the votes. After the inauguration they started a fast legislation process, in the frame of this process the constitutio

In recent years, microfinance has evolved as an alternative method of providing credit to poor borrowers in developing countries. Despite high expectations and appraisals, the performance of microfinance institutions has been found to differ significantly between different countries. Previous research has focused mainly on formal institutions and macroeconomic conditions as potential explanations

Skuldkrisen drabbade Europa hårt år 2010. Det var flera länder som till exempel Irland, Portugal och Grekland som inte kunde betala tillbaka sina lån och finansiera sina optioner. Tyskland var beredda att hjälpa till, men Eu:s regelverk (Fördraget om Europeiska Unionens funktionssätt) förhindrade det. De fann lyckligtvis en kortsikitg väg att kringå regelverket. Tyskland och Frankrike tyckte inte

The main purpose of this thesis is to estimate and investigate the relationship between risk and expected return in the stock market within a time-series context. The model is based on the intertemporal capital asset pricing model (ICAPM), and the method of log-linearization is implemented in the analysis. As a result, two main components of expected returns, the risk and hedge components are iden

The aim of this thesis is to study and analyze from an archivists point of view how the function of the municipal archives relates to the aspects of the professional position and, work situation and education of those who work in archives, and to the laws and regulations. Our discussion is framed by the notions of democracy and transparency and their significance for archival practices in a munici

Till varje stats suveränitet hör utformningen av dess beskattning. Eftersom flertalet stater använder sig av olika principer vid bestämmandet av beskatt-ningsanspråken leder detta ofta till dubbelbeskattning för företag och indivi-der. Motverkandet av den ofördelaktiga beskattningen sker genom en till-lämpning av skatteavtal då deras syfte primärt är att undanröja eller lindra följderna av internaDesigning of the taxation system belongs to the sovereignty of each state. Since most states use different principles in determining the taxable claims, this often leads to double taxation of companies and individuals. The avoid-ance of the unfavorable taxation is made through the practice of tax treaties, as their primary purpose is to eliminate or mitigate the consequences of in-ternational judi

Denna uppsats fokuserar på frågor kring gränsdragningen mellan avtalsklausuler som ger tredje man rätt att fylla ut parternas avtal och skiljeklausuler i kontexten av värderingsklausuler. Dessa klausuler återfinns bland annat i kontrakt rörande företagsöverlåtelser. Vid en företagsöverlåtelse är priset på målbolaget beräknat utifrån de finansiella förutsättningar som förelegat vid överlåtelsedagThis paper focuses on issues related to the distinction between contract clauses that give third parties the right to fill out the parties' agreement and arbitration clauses in the context of purchase price adjustment clauses, the latter which can be found in contracts for business transfers. At a transfer of an undertaking, the price of the target company is derived from the financial condit

Authors: Amanda Haraldsson and Jennica Bjurman Title: From safety to freedom - entrepreneurship as a professionalization strategy among social workers [translated title] Supervisor: Karin Kullberg The aim of this study was to examine outcomes/results of Social Workers’ choice to commence working in private practice. We wanted to identify the advantages and disadvantages respondents believe exist