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What is Financial Assistance? Quantitative studies made on Swedish social workers (Stranz 2007 et al) handling means-tested benefits have shown that decisions taken by social workers are often hard to predict. Hence, means-tested benefits seem to be characterised by a lack of consistent application of rules. Contextual factors for the social worker administering the benefits (such as gender, age
Det har skrivits mycket om Karen Blixen genom åren, både av danska, svenska och engelsktalande författare. Hennes liv och författarskap har fascinerat många, så även mig. I min uppsats kommer jag att ta fasta på några frågeställningar med anknytning till Den afrikanske farm. Ett syfte är att belysa genreproblematiken, och svårigheten att sätta in Den afrikanske farm i något av de vedertagna genre
Social media has taken a prominent position in our society and is constantly debated in media; warnings are mixed with promises of big opportunities. Young people writing about fashion and every day life make big money, politicians seek online for voters and big companies have found a new way to interact with their customers. Publishing houses and writers are forced to find their place in this new
Floriculture industry is very dynamic in its varieties and trade volumes demonstrating 6 to 9 % of annual growth. It gets also more and more diverse in terms of global actors. Now there are about 120 countries actively involved in the floriculture industry as global manufactures with the Netherlands as an epicentre of world flower production and distribution. In that respect, analysis of the flori
In order to increase trustworthiness and obtain societal legitimacy, media organisations want their members to become ambassadors. But becoming an ambassador requires identification. Often management tries to foster identification by implementing organisational values without including members in the process of constructing such values. In the present study we explore member identification in rela
The writing of a business plan has become increasingly more highlighted in the academic world during the last few years as courses are being taught on the subject and a number of competitions have been started. Lund Institute of Technology co-organises an annual business plan competition called Venture Cup in order to encourage students and other participants to get into entrepreneurship. People a
Tetra Pak Dairy & Beverage Systems AB (TP D&B) is a company within the Tetra Pak corporation located in Lund, Sweden, which manufactures processing equipment designed for the dairy and beverage industry. A large amount of stainless steel piping is a necessary part of every unit. As an effect of the great quantity of options the customer can choose from, the piping of each unit is designed
For any acquisition to take place the assets to be sold must be valued. Some argue that an asset is worth whatever an acquirer is willing to pay for it at any given time. We believe that there is an underlying value (intrinsic value) that depends on the expected future cash flows of the asset and the risk associated with these cash flows. There exist several methods for estimating this value. Trad
Maintenance Unit is one out of many divisions at Tetra Pak in Lund. They are producing spare parts for the dairies to enable a quick and easy way of serving the packaging machines. When assembling the spare parts, approximately 30 % of the components used are reconditioned components, lowering the price for the spare part. Today they have 1000 different spare parts in their product portfolio and d
This report deals with the implementation of a Japanese word prediction engine written by the author. As this type of software does not seem to exist for Japanese at the time of writing, it could prove useful in Japanese augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) as a software tool used to improve typing speed and reduce the amount of keystrokes needed to produce text. Word prediction, in co
Honorifics or keigo has been a part of the Japanese language for ages. In the past time it was a tool for judging and categorizing citizens after value. The closer you worked for the government the higher position was handed out to you. Today Keigo is about showing respect to one another and to present a humble front. In this essay the functions of Keigo are presented as well as its historical asp
Over the last few decades the increase in globalised trade has forced industrial companies all over the world to undergo major organisational reconstruction work, specifically in areas such as logistics and transport. Activities, that used to be managed within the company business model, are being outsourced to third parties to achieve flexibility and more efficient cost management systems. In tod
Ericsson India is looking into the possibility to enter a new business in the country. The business is a “telecom site leasing” service which would be included in Ericsson’s service portfolio. Services are an increasingly important part of the company’s total revenues. Demand for so called turn-key services, meaning full implementation and control over a customer’s network, is an example of a serv
Formidabel is a function oriented company in the processed food industry. Due to rapid growth and an ever-changing market the company is constantly exposed to new challenges, and running the risk of loosing focus on its vision and goals. The company’s target market is predominantly small and middle sized organizations and its business concept consists of having great knowledge in market trends and
Swedish Match is a global Group of companies with a broad assortment of market-leading brands in smokeless tobacco products, cigars, pipe tobacco and lights products. The South African organization comprises of three individual companies that were acquired between 1999 and 2001. This thesis was focused on two of these three companies, Leonard Dingler and Best Blend with pipe tobacco as the most im
Det här examensarbetet grundar sig på en översättning av en lättläst barnbok, som i sin tur är baserad på en myt från Snorres Edda. Uppsatsen inleds med en källtextanalys, som i viss mån utgår från Lennart Hellspong och Per Ledins (1997) modell, och som grundas på Göte Klingbergs (1977) teorier om bearbetning och översättning av böcker för barn. Därefter följer en kortare diskussion om övervägande
Informationsläckage har blivit ett allt större problem sedan näringslivet blivit allt mer konkurrenskraftigt. Fenomenet informationsläckage är ett diffust och komplext ämne eftersom det kan ske på många olika sätt vilket gör det svårt för organisationer att skydda sig emot det. Denna undersökning innefattar studier på myndigheterna Lunds Kommun och Försvarsmakten, där vi undersöker vilka handlings
In this essay I have done an analysis of a text by Nick Arnold who is a writer of children’s books about science with the ambition to make science accessible to everyone, and especially to children. I have translated the first 6 000 words of his Measly Medicine(2006), looked into different methods of explanation he uses in order to make difficult subjects available to children, and analysed what I
Since 2001 there has been an increase in oil price and unlike other times there is nothing indicating a major persistent decline. As oil is a limited resource and since current production capacity can not fully meet the growing demand the price on oil is kept high. A high oil price will not only result in higher price on fuel and thereby a higher cost of transport. It will also affect areas such a
The purpose of this Master thesis is to see if the kitesurfing market has changed by evaluating whether or not the kitesurfing market is a homogenous market or if it is diverging into different segments with diverse preferences. Furthermore the purpose was to look at how a North kiteboarding best can work on the kitesurfing market. Hence parts of the purpose were to understand market conditions, c
