Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att prova den klassiska principal-agentteorins tillämpbarhet i relationen mellan bemanningsföretag och deras konsulter, en relation som även påverkas av en tredje part; bemanningsföretagets kunder. Metod: Studien är en kvalitativ tvärsnittsstudie och samlar in data via intervjuer. Intervjuerna utgick från en intervjuguide som sammanställts baserat på vårt teoretiskaPurpose: The purpose of the essay is to test the classical principal-agency theory’s applicability in the relationship between staffing agencies and their consultants, a relationship that is also affected by a third party, the client of the staffing agency. Methodology: The study is a qualitative cross-sectional study and collects data through interviews. The interviews were based on an intervie

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the politics of adoption in Korea. A theoretical framework was adopted that address gender, culture, and power inequalities in a domestic and international context in order to understand why so many children have been given up to orphanages, and why international adoption has been and continues to be common in Korea. The thesis is based on secondary data in

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether Japan achieves a competitive advantage through digital technologies in order to enhance its socio-economic prosperity in this highly connected world. The author analysed the competitive advantage of Japan’s ICT sector with a particular focus on IoT through Porter’s Diamond Model of National Competitive Advantage. The main motive behind choosing

Understanding and being able to quantify sitting postures is a central asset in car safety evaluations. This is due to the fact that passengers can choose a range of different sitting positions. Studying and understanding how passengers choose to sit to obtain some comfort is important for increased safety in futures cars and is particularly challenging facing a heterogeneous population. Data is a

As the focus of Augmented Reality (AR) shifts from consumer entertainment to industry appliances, there is a big need for exploratory studies to figure out what role they will play in the years to come. This thesis aims to investigate how AR could be used to enhance the selling, planning and installation of a security system. A prototype was developed to demonstrate some of the potential benefit

Bakgrund: Ensamhet är ett omfattande problem för många äldre. Minskad social aktivitet och minskat engagemang kan påverka ensamhetsupplevelser negativt. Eftersom människor lever allt längre är det av stor vikt att utveckla metoder för ett hälsosamt och meningsfullt åldrande. Tekniken antas kunna bidra till ett aktivt och hälsosamt åldrande. Distriktssköterskan möter de äldre i deras närmiljö och f

In order to study and evaluate the care provided at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), an accurate model to assess severity of illness and predict patient mortality based on admission data is required. Since 1983, the Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) based on logistic regression (LR) has become one of the international standards for this purpose and is used in Sweden for adults. While being a

Lunds Tekniska Högskola har ett krav på att sammanfattningar i doktorsavhandlingar ska vara populärvetenskapliga. Min avsikt är att beskriva kommunikationssituationen kring detta krav samt undersöka om dessa sammanfattningar är mottagaranpassade. För att ta reda på detta går jag igenom LTH:s riktlinjer för att se vad de uttrycker om kravet och frågar anställda vid LTH samt författare till avhandli

This thesis aims to answer how a new specific electric road technique called Elonroad should be installed to operate an electric bus fleet in the city of Lund at lowest possible cost. An algorithm has been written in MATLAB to obtain the optimal locations for installing electric road sections. Real time measurements of bus movements, dwelling times, velocities and more were obtained from Skånetra

Problem: The open innovation research landscape is comprised of complex and fuzzy concepts, theories, and frameworks, as researchers have developed and relied on varying theoretical concepts that encompass diverse dimensions. The bulk of such research within this space is seen to be constituted by large companies with a lack of consideration for SMEs. Therefore, a framework and guideline that high

Between 2014-2016, Sweden received an influx of some 44, 617 unaccompanied refugee minors (UMs), under 18-year-olds who enter the country and seek asylum without a parent. Taking a short-term ethnographic approach, this study looks at identity (re)construction and fictive kinship among Afghan unaccompanied refugee minors who convert to Christianity in the Church of Sweden, challenging some of the

Biskop Bengt Jonzon i Luleå stift instiftade en tjänst som kyrkoherde för samer på 1950-talet. Författaren beskriver bakgrunden till detta baserat på publikationer av biskop Jonzon, en biografi av hans son Bror Jonzon samt diverse arkivmaterial. Slutsatsen är att tjänsten ger innehavaren bättre möjligheter att utveckla sim språkliga kompetens samt att genom att använda samernas modersmål bättre upIn Sweden the Sami people is a national minority of indigenous people. Traditionally they are living in northern Sweden but can be found all over the country. The Church of Sweden has a long tradition of giving church services using the native Sami language in the Swedish part of Sapmi, the Sami people name of their land. The problem of recruiting Sami speaking clergy has always been great and dif

Anthocyanin, a subgroup of flavonoids, is one of the most extensively distributed plant-based components (Pedreschi R,2007). What impedes a broader industrial adoption of anthocyanins is its poor stability. Micro-encapsulation is one of the most popular techniques to protect the anthocyanins from oxidation. Micro-encapsules consist of a selected encapsulating material surrounding the anthocyanins.

Cities are expected to increase in extent and land-use intensity in the future. Thus, it is important to understand how overall species diversity responds to increasing urbanization to develop urban biodiversity conservation strategies. In this study, I used birds a biodiversity indicator. Using general linear mixed models, I analyzed how urbanization impacts alpha and beta diversity of birds. In

Abstract Digital marketing has been widely explored within B2C while the development within B2B is slower. B2B companies still face difficulties to meet changed customer preferences for marketing and communication. Customers expect personalized marketing in real time, the information flow is changing and it is challenging, both for customers and companies, to handle all available data. This

Background: For most companies that handle large material flows there are buffers between different stages in the supply chain, often referred to as inventory. The main reasons for having these inventories are to achieve economies of scale when handling material flows and to buffer against uncertainties when matching demand and supply. Hence, the main objective in inventory control is to decide

Background Today’s healthcare faces a transformation, driven by an ageing population and an over encumbered care and welfare sector. Self-care solutions based on emerging information and communication technologies make it possible for patients to monitor their medical conditions from home, without the direct assistance of healthcare professionals. Thereby time and resources within the healthc

Background/Problem Description: The purpose of project management is to keep track, organize and assure that the specific goal of a project will be accomplished before the project ends. Without a project management model, it is hard for an organization to monitor and fulfill the purpose of project management. Therefore, ESSIQ AB believes it would be beneficial to have a project management mode

A number of global megatrends, such as self-driving technology, elec- trification of vehicles, ICT, CSR and a lot of other social and political trends are currently impacting the Swedish truck freight system. Identi- fications of these trends and preparedness for the potential impact they will have on the future truck freight system will be paramount for both incumbents and new actors in this system