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Titel: Absorb it! - An investigation of the four underlying capabilities of the absorptive capacity Seminariedatum: 2016-06-02 Kurs: FEKH19, Examensarbete i Strategic Management på kandidatnivå̊, 15 HP Författare: Astrid Lilja, Denise Sandberg, Viktoria Enhager Handledare: Devrim Göktepe-Hultén Nyckelord: Dynamiska kapabiliteter, absorptionsförmåga, öppen innovation, kunskapsanskaffning, kunsSummary Title: Absorb it! - An investigation of the four underlying capabilities of the absorptive capacity Seminar date: 2016-06-02 Course: FEKH19, Degree Project in Strategic Management, Undergraduate Level, 15 ECTS Authors: Astrid Lilja, Denise Sandberg, Viktoria Enhager Advisor: Devrim Göktepe-Hultén Key words: Dynamic capabilities, absorptive capacity, open innovation, knowledge acqui

Platooning is a way of how different transport companies could reduce fuel consumption and increase efficiency and safety. Concept implies that group of vehicles is driving in a convoy or string on the highway with close distance at particular speed with a help of driving assistance technologies, such as adaptive cruise control or cooperative cruise control. Several projects describe how platoonin

Vår studie syftar till att undersöka och belysa vilka utmaningar som uppkommer vid nära relationer i en mindre arbetsgrupp. Det gör vi utifrån frågeställningarna vilken påverkan har den mindre gruppens dynamik och styrning på dess enskilda individer och vilken roll spelar gruppdynamiken för uppkomsten av utmaningar. Studien har genomförts med en kvalitativ ansats på ett mindre bankkontor i södra S

This exam work has been carried by Omegapoint AB. The goal with this exam work was to develop a digital booking system with C# and .NET. With the help of the booking system the company employees would be able to book, change and cancel the conference room booking. To reduce the risk of time delay and to reach the results that would fit the client's goal. The decision was made that the developm

Due to an increasing ease of access to social media outlets, more tourists than ever are able to share their comments, images and videos of travel experiences. As such this user generated content is said to have more of an impact than professionally produced content on the decisions of prospective travellers. On this basis the major objective of this study is to identify the overall perspectives h

Mikroföroreningar är små molekyler som är restprodukter från t.ex. läkemedel, hormoner, kosmetika samt mikroplaster. Då majoriteten av dessa inte renas i våra avloppsreningsverk har mikroföroreningarna börjat ackumuleras i vattendrag och dess negativa inverkan på vattenlevande djur har börjat uppmärksammas. En av metoderna för att ta hand om och avskilja mikroföroreningarna i reningsprocessen är This thesis investigates the feasibility of integrating Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC) in to chemical treatment in combination with disc filtration of tertiary wastewater. Jar and tube tests have been performed, where the suspension was filtered through a 10 μm disc filter from Hydrotech Veolia Water Technologies. The effluent has been analyzed for total phosphorus (TP), total suspended solids (T

Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att få en förståelse för hur konsumenter uppfattar slogans. Studien undersöker vidare hur en slogan påverkar ett varumärkes Brand Equity i en bransch med hård konkurrens där företagen erbjuder snarlika tjänster. Metod: En kvalitativ studie har med ett hermeneutiskt förhållningssätt samt en konstruktionistisk ontologisk ståndpunkt genomförts. Vidare har en abduktiv tePurpose: The purpose of this thesis is to reach an understanding of how consumers perceive slogans. The study examines how a slogan affect Brand Equity in an industry categorised by tough competition and where the companies offer similar services. Methodology: A qualitative study with a hermeneutic approach and a constructivist ontological perspective has been implemented. The thesis scientific ap

När betongplattrambroar modelleras med moderna linjära 3D FE-modeller kommer stora dragkrafter att uppstå i brons tvärriktning från temperatur- och krympningslasterna. Dessa tvångskrafter är då mycket större än vad som har beaktats i de äldre 2D modellerna. Detta leder till att den tvärgående armeringsmängden, som beräknas i 3D-modellerna, är mycket större än vad som har varit norm innan. Denna avWhen concrete slab frame bridges are designed with modern linear 3D FE-models large tensile restraint forces will arise in the transversal direction of the bridge from the temperature and shrinkage loads. These restraint forces are much larger than those that are accounted for in the older 2D models. This leads to that the amount of transversal reinforcement, calculated in the 3D FE-calculations,

The growing trend in organic consumption has lead us to develop a research about barriers that influences young consumer’s beliefs and attitudes toward organic food. The study is based on results of a survey conducted in a supermarket from Malmo on a sample of 270 occasional and non-organic young consumers aged 18-36 years. The data collected was analyzed with SPSS 23.0 by carrying out hierarchica

Undersökning av Nanotrådssolceller på mikroskopisk nivå Solenergi är en förnyelsebar energikälla med stor potential. Den mest använda solcellen, Kisel-solcellen, närmar sig idag den teoretiskt maximala verkningsgraden. För att förbättra solcellers verkningsgrad och samtidigt hålla nere deras kostnader har forskning inom Nanotrådssolceller tagit fart. Dessa har fördelaktiga egenskaper tack vare sinA sample with five Nanowire Solar Cell (NWSC) devices of equal design were performance evaluated by characterizing the current spatially and by investigating the angular and polarization dependence. For spatial characterization a Scanning Photocurrent Microscopy (SPCM) setup was developed using a highly focused laser which is scanned across the device as the photocurrent is measured. The photocur

Kan strukturer 1000 gånger smalare än ett hårstrå ha någon effekt på den globala energiförsörjningen? Jorden tar emot mer energi från solen på en timme än vad som förbrukas under ett helt år. Genom att utnyttja en bråkdel av denna energi så skulle beroendet av fossila bränslen inte längre behöva dominera jordens energiomsättning. Ny forskning sammanfogar högeffektiva ”tandem-solceller” med nanoteThe I-V and photovoltaic properties of III-V semiconducting GaInP nanowires have been studied using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) in evaluation for usage as a potential "sub cell" in a nanowire based tandem solar cell configuration. This evaluation required precise I-V characterization and photo response measurements of individual nanowires. Such measurements usually involve rigo

Idag dimensioneras konstruktioner dels för permanenta laster såsom egentyngd, dels för variabla laster i form av snölast, vindlast och nyttig last. Mot bakgrund av pågående klimatförändringar och kraftiga regnoväder på senare år, exempelvis i Malmö hösten 2014, kan även vattenlaster få en större betydelse i framtiden. I synnerhet på låglutande och flacka tak finns det risk för betydande mängder kv

In this work, inverse diffusion equation and Monte Carlo methods are used in conjunction with diffuse reflectance spectroscopy to develop a protocol for evaluating the chromophore compositions of tissue mimicking liquid phantoms. A novel two spectrometer system is used which provides real time calibration of any intensity fluctuations of the light source. The calibration of this setup is investiga

This study aims to investigate and explain the portrayal of refugees in Swedish media, and to use the media as a way of understanding society at large. The analysis is based on newspaper articles written during times when nationalist parties have been in parliament in Sweden, the periods being 1990 to 1995 and 2010 to 2015. By looking at how the media portrays and reports on refugees through the t

Background. Lack of knowledge why consumers carry out unsustainable fashion practices inspired the following thesis to explore the phenomenon from a socio-cultural perspective. Although previous studies in green consumption explored to some extent how and why people consume green products, the research in the field is still underdeveloped. An extensive literature review demonstrated a limited unde

För att klimatförändringarna inte ska bli för stora har Sverige som mål att till år 2020 reducera utsläppen av växthusgaser med 40%. För att klara detta arbete behöver Sveriges kommuner hjälpa till med lokala mål och åtgärder, och Ängelholms kommun har då valt att i sin miljöplan bestämma att kommunen år 2021 ska vara helt fossilbränslefria i alla transporter som kommunen äger eller brukar. SyftetSweden has a goal to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases with 40 % until 2020 to prevent the climate change from becoming too big. Too succeed in this work, the Swedish municipalities need to help with local goals and arrangements. The municipality of Ängelholm has chosen to decide in its environmental action plan that the municipality by 2021 is going to be completely free of fossil fuels in

Comparing with traditional linear regression methods that used to monitor vegetation trends, a nonlinear regression algorithm (PolyTrend) developed by Jamali et al. (2014) can provide more accurate information of vegetation trends by fitting a polynomial line with a degree of up to three for ASCII-formed time-series NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) dataset of a single pixel. To extend

Planar antennae have become very popular owing to their relative ease of manufacture and unobtrusive nature (they are conformal to surfaces) especially with regard to certain devices such as smart phones, watches and fitness gadgets. Although the fractional bandwidth of planar antennae is small, the actual bandwidth in absolute terms is high owing to the higher centre frequencies used and proves u

This Master Thesis was performed for Sandvik SRP in collaboration with the Institution for Industrial Production Faculty of Engineering at Lund University. Tool wear is one of the main cost drivers in the mining industry. By being able to characterize what kind of rock involved, you can choose a more beneficial tool material to minimize the wear and thereby reduce the maintenance costs. The purpos