The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affected the internal communication within organizations of different sizes, including high-growth firms. Therefore, this research examines how the CEOs recognition of the importance of communication skills –within informal interactions– may have implications for the overall development of the growing firm. Furthermore, it analyzes how face-to-face interactions have b

Currently well established technology-based manufacturing companies with a service business provides their markets with innovative and reliable products. Despite this, these companies often find their service delivery process to be inefficient, due to its time-based nature. Furthermore, the markets on which they operate are currently experiencing a shortage of qualified service personnel and thus

Omni-channel retailing, the concept of offering consumers a seamless experience by integrating physical stores and online channels, is growing within the retail industry. This transformation has forced entire organizations to rethink their logistics network and fulfillment operations, which has resulted in an endeavor to work more cross-functionally in businesses. This shift makes the competence r

In recent years localising humanitarian aid has been a strategic direction for many humanitarian organisations to give local actors more ownership and make humanitarian interventions more efficient. Nevertheless, in conflict situations localising humanitarian aid can result in a series of dilemmas. This thesis is concentrated around humanitarian organisations’ adherence to the humanitarian princip

Ekosociala åtgärder i befintlig utemiljö - En studie som kartlägger Lunds kommuns samverkan med fastighetsägare Kommuner har fått ett allt större ansvar och större uppdrag när det kommer till hållbarhet. Kommuners hållbarhetsarbete och uppsatta mål är ofta sammankopplat med både nationella och globala avtal vilket kräver samverkan då kommuner ensamma inte besitter egen rådighet eller har råd Previous research indicate that social and ecological sustainability dimensions are handled separately within the work of goal fulfilment. Important key actors are having a hard time finding synergies between them which leads to a slower green and healthy transformation of cities. On the local level, this problem is connected to the decentralization of municipalities due to their growing assig

China has adopted a new Civil Code, which is a newly updated and modern legislation. The Code consists of seven parts, and the part regarding contracts consists of 526 articles, which is the most significant part of all seven. Technological development all over the world has changed the way how contracts are concluded. The purpose of this thesis is to get clarity and a better understanding of how

Denna studie undersöker de aspekter som påverkar det musikaliska framförandet mellan pianoackompanjatör och sångare. Studien undersöker även de förhållningssätt och musikaliska verktyg ackompanjatörer och sångare har att tillgå inom denna musikaliska konstellation inom olika genrer. Studien har studerat musikexempel som är typiska inom K-pop, jazz och västerländsk konstmusik samt gjort fyra kvaliThis study examines the aspects that affects the musical performance between an accompanist and a singer. It also examines the different tools and approaches the accompanist and the singer have at their disposal in different genres. The study has examined three performances from three different genres and conducted four interviews with two pianists and two singers. The study shows that the activit

Through econometric analysis, this thesis explores the relationship between Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE), financial inclusion and economic development in 30 sub-Saharan African countries, with a special focus on Benin, Cameroon, Nigeria and Guinea. WEE is defined as the women’s ability to independently earn and control their income, seize economic opportunities and exercise their agency. Bui

We propose and implement a beyond Gross-Pitaevskii approach based on Many-Body Perturbation theory (MBPT) for the study of Bose-Einstein Condensate (BECs) ground states. Two partitions of the system Hamiltonian are considered. Firstly, a bosonic analogue to Møller-Plesset simply dubbed RSPT, and secondly an approach based on the Epstein-Nesbet partitioning scheme labeled ENPT. We consider one-dime

In direct comparison with other industries, technological innovations are slow to diffuse within the healthcare sector. Scholars estimate that the failure rate of implementing innovation within healthcare organizations range between 30% to 90%. This poses a question as to why the healthcare sector is lagging in the adoption of new technologies. This thesis examines the micro-, industry-level-, tec

Digitaliseringen har medfört en strukturomvandling som genomsyrar hela vårt samhälle. Det har lett till en teknologisk revolution för samtliga branscher, där spelplanen för aktörerna förändrats. Inte minst inom bankmarknaden där digitaliseringen medfört nya spelregler med PSD2 och Open Banking. Detta har ökat konkurrensen då många nya aktörer äntrat marknaden med nya innovativa produkter och tjäns

Fokus för denna studie är att undersöka statusen för Norra Bunnsjön och de utmaningar den står inför idag med betoning på vattenresurshantering för ett bättre bevarande av fiskbestånden. För att uppnå målen genomfördes litteraturgranskningar, datainsamling från olika källor och vattenprovtagningar på plats. Resultaten visar att sjön har höga halter av kemiska föroreningar som kvicksilver, kvicksiThe focus of this study it to investigate the status of the Norra Bunn lake and the challenges it is facing today then to address these issues accordingly with a focus on water resources management for a better fish stocks conservation. To achieve the objectives, various literature reviews, data collection from different sources and on-site water samplings are carried out. The study results show

Skyddet för arbetstagares personliga integritet blir allt viktigare med den tekniska utvecklingen som ger ökade möjligheter för arbetsgivare att övervaka sina anställda. Ny teknik har skapat nya möjligheter för arbetsgivare att ställa krav på arbetstagare, framförallt vad gäller lojalitetsplikt. För att skyddet för den personliga integriteten inte skall urholkas, medför detta en intresseavvägning The protection of employees' privacy is becoming increasingly important with technological developments that provide increased opportunities for employers to monitor their employees. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate what legal possibilities employers can use to monitor the employees in relation to employee´s personal integrity. There is no comprehensive legislation regarding person

The purpose of this study is to further investigate how market timing and cash need rationale affects stock performance subsequent to a seasoned equity offering and, by doing so, to expand on previous literature on the subject of seasoned equity offerings and stock performance. In this thesis a quantitative approach taken by estimating buy-and-hold abnormal returns subsequent to a seasoned equity

This study examines how norms about sexuality and gender are expressed in policies for housing supply in eight municipalities in the Swedish county Uppsala. Special attention is drawn to assumptions about cohabitation that are expressed in the policies. For this study, policy analysis is made of the municipalities' guidelines for housing supply based on Bacchi's (2009) WPR-method. The resu

Due to problems associated with the use of fossil fuels, new, sustainable methods are needed to synthesize biofuels and chemicals from readily available biomass. In this project, we report a method to quantitatively convert biomass derived chemicals into value-added chemicals and biofuels using hydrosilylation. Cost effective silanes, such as PMHS and TMDS, which are biproducts in silicone industr