Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om det finns kausala samband, och i sådana fall vilka, mellan könsbaserad och etnisk mångfald och finansiell prestation i svenska företag. Metod: Vi genomför en kvantitativ studie baserad på paneldata från 72 företag noterade på Nasdaq Stockholm för tre år. Användandet av paneldata möjliggör att vi kan kontrollera för omvänd kausalitet. Vi operatioPurpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate if there exist causal relationships, and if so which, between gender and ethnic diversity and financial performance in Swedish companies. Methodology: We conduct a quantitative study based on panel data from 72 companies listed on Nasdaq Stockholm for three years. The use of panel data enables us to control for reverse causality. We operationa

Syftet var att undersöka upplevelsen av vad som påverkat måendet hos sju unga vuxna med självrapporterad erfarenhet av självskadebeteende. Urvalet har skett i en grupp som tidigare varit med i en enkätstudie vid tre tillfällen och vid något av dessa tillfällen rapporterat självskadebeteenden. Semistrukturerade intervjuer analyserades med tematisk analys. Resultaten visade att deltagarna upplever eThe aim of this study was to investigate the experience of what impacts well-being in seven young adults with self-reported experience of self-harm. The participants have previously participated in a survey-based study and reported self-harm at some point. Semi-structured interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. The results suggested that participants experience an external influence on t

Many new models of smartphones and small electronic devices are using their wireless charging feature as a key selling point. This is due to the convenience of cable-free charging as well as not requiring multiple power adapters for charging different devices. However, with the increasing use of devices having wireless charging capability, safety and efficiency issues arise. Safety concerns are cr

Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur den finansiella okunskapen på bostadsrättsmarknaden i Sverige ser ut och hur den kan reduceras genom förbättrad finansiell information. Metod: Uppsatsen utgår från en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi eftersom forskningsfrågorna är komplexa och kräver kvalificerad kunskap för att kunna besvaras. Teoretisk referensram: Den teoretiska referensramePurpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the financial illiteracy prevailing in the cooperative housing market looks like in Sweden and how it can be reduced through improved financial information. Methodology: This study is based on a qualitative research strategy because the research questions are complex and require qualified knowledge to be answered. Theoretical framework:

Thesis purpose: This study aims to explore how community platforms for services can be integrated and used in the customer journey in order to enhance consumers’ perception of convenience. Methodology: Due to the study’s explorative nature, the study utilised a qualitative method conducted in the context of the Swedish furniture retailer IKEA. Theoretical perspective: The thesis was based on pri

Since his return to office in 2012, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō has been widely recognised as pursuing a more proactive foreign and security policy than previous prime ministers. This thesis examines the maritime policies of Prime Minister Abe applicable to the South East Asia region as an example of his changed approach to foreign and security policies. First, this thesis addresses the que

This thesis draws on ten in-depth interviews in order to analyze young and educated, middle-class women’s perceptions on public safety in Mumbai, regarding the risk of sexual harassment. It focuses on the ways these women negotiate with risk and the patriarchal norms of women’s appropriate behavior in public spaces, further, examines how these women address their oppression and act in order to emp

The most common thermally insulated packaging used today is plastic-based and customer behavior towards plastic materials has changed rapidly in recent years. The Meal Kit Industry has a particular need for insulated packaging/cool pouch (CP) and is looking to shift from plastic materials to more paper-based ones. Unfortunately, paper-based insulated packaging hasn’t been completely developed in t

The world has witnessed a rapidly aging China and as a result of the social changes, numerous elderly people are living alone in rural and urban areas. No matter how they have been termed, the reality about the contemporary Chinese elders is that their needs for care is unlikely to be met. Previous researches pursing the theme of modernization in the contemporary Chinese society have argued that a

The purpose of this thesis is to increase the understanding of an organisation’s change process by observing how the non-management of meaning can impact organisational change performance. With an emphasis on technological change, we will draw upon Weick’s theoretical concept of sensemaking to analyse how individuals within such change projects formulate meaning towards events, allowing us to inve

Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka hur individer uppfattar arbetsförhållandena inom hotell-och restaurangbranschen kopplat till flexibilitet och arbetsrelaterade relationer och vilken påverkan dessa innebär för individers uppfattning av arbetet. Med hjälp av teorier och forskning angående servicearbete, flexibilitet och arbetsgruppen, analyseras insamlad empiri från respondenter vilka är

The purpose of this research is to study how organizations in public transportation are viewing branding. We aim for this thesis to acknowledge branding as a tool to create a strong brand. This thesis is of importance due to the influence public organizations within transportation hold for Sweden to reach their sustainability goals. By creating a strong brand public organizations could attract mor

The aim of this research is to combine the concepts of brand authenticity and brand heritage in order to generate a new theoretical understanding of luxury brands from a dynamic perspective. In this regard, the concepts of luxury, brand authenticity and brand heritage are functioning as three theoretical pillars in order to develop a new dynamic framework.

The aim of this qualitative essay is to examine how diversity is interpreted by a company and study how this interpretation is translated into real-life practice, additionally, it aims to identify possible gaps in the implementation process. A bank is chosen as the object of study and the material is gathered through semi-structured interviews conducted with six managers. Furthermore, an analysis

This paper aims to synthesise and build further on recent research of consumer behaviour, in order to explain how the industry affects consumer behavioural intentions towards early phase innovations. The rationale for this relies on the non-accessibility of early phase innovations and the implication that they cannot yet be experienced by consumers, which further means they cannot be objectively e

This study investigates the link between growth or fixed mindset and maladaptive or adaptive coping strategies in students. It is hypothesized that an overall growth mindset leads to adaptive (healthy) coping mechanisms, whereas an overall fixed mindset fosters maladaptive (unhealthy) coping strategies. There is only one study by Doron, Stephan, Boiché & Scanff (2009) available that examines t

This research aims to provide insights for both academia and marketing practitioners regarding traditional companies and the implementation of brand activism within marketing communication. Firstly, by exploring consumer perception in the context of Gillette’s commercial “We Believe”, and secondly by investigating the influence of said perceptions on the brand’s reputational capital. Furthermore,

Purpose We aim to investigate how professionals make sense of the culture in the context of PSFs and how they engage in organizational and professional identification. Methodology The researchers look into the sensemaking processes professionals attach to organizational culture from a symbolic interactionism tradition, while from a critical perspective challenging the mainstream assumptions about

Detta är kvalitativ studie som syftar att beskriva livsföringen i ett traditionellt bondesamhälle på brasilianska landsbygden och samtidigt visa om och i sådana fall hur modernitens framväxt påverkar vardagslivet, med stöd av Anthony Giddens modernitetsteori. Studien visar även inom vilka aspekter som moderniteten är frånvarande. Forskningen baseras på etnografiska observationer och semistrukturer