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Sustainability communication is an emerging concept in communication practice and become organization matters in term of organizational communication and organizational legitimacy. This study is taking from a sustainability initiatives point of view on how the organization communicates their sustainability initiatives in order to gain legitimacy and stakeholder support, particularly through web-ba

This master thesis is performed in collaboration with Orkla Foods Sweden AB. The aim with this study is to investigate and compare nutritional contents in processed and homemade foods by investigating three selected ready meal products from the product range of Orkla Foods; meatballs, potato mash and pasta bolognese. This originates in a general perception that foods produced in a large-scale indu

En av de allra största utmaningarna världen står inför idag är beroendet av fossila bränslen. För att möjliggöra en hållbar framtid för kommande generationer måste vi minska beroendet av fossila råvaror och utveckla användningen av förnyelsebara resurser. Utvecklingen av förnyelsebara material är ett område som kan göra en stor skillnad i vägen mot en mer hållbar framtid. Med det enorma behovet avWith a mission to reduce the dependency of fossil-based plastics, the collaboration company to this master thesis project has developed and patented a technology that enables plastic production from wood fibers. The fibers of the company have been chemically treated in order to be more “plastic like” and thereby easier to mix and disperse with conventional or biobased plastics, to create a granula

The aim of the project was to develop a methodology for the chromatographic analysis able to identify the key odorants in meaty food products. The approach was based on the analysis of an already in market product and the theoretical background of the meaty flavors sensorially. Firstly, a custom-made flavor was created for the experiments covering as much as possible a broad area of compounds prec

Åt skogen med Sveriges sätt att bedriva skogsbruk? - Framtidens klimat kräver anpassning! Vem minns inte stormen Gudrun 2005 eller den extremt varma sommaren 2018? De ökade utsläppen av växthusgaser påverkar vår jord och ändrar förutsättningar som vi idag tar för givet. Klimatet blir varmare och extremväder blir allt vanligare. Skogen vi känner till dag kommer inte vara sig lik i framtiden. SkogeIncreased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will have an extensive impact on Sweden's forests. These are an important natural resource, and they contribute with socially important functions such as ecosystem services and timber production. The purpose of the study is to synthesize existing knowledge about how climate change affects Swedish forests, which risks are increasing, and what forest

Under 2000-talet har betydande förändringar skett på marknaden. Ett företags förmåga att leverera rätt produkt, i rätt tid och till rätt pris är inte längre bara viktigt för företagets framgång utan kommer också vara avgörande för företagets långsiktiga överlevnad på marknaden. Med hjälp av ett lager kan företaget påverka sina servicenivåer, svarstider och kostnader. För att möta kundernas krav ocThe 21st century has brought significant changes to the market. The ability to deliver the right product at the right time with the right price is no longer just crucial for a company’s competitive success, in the long-term perspective it will decide if the company will survive on the market at all. A warehouse has a major impact on a firm’s service levels, response times and overall cost. To meet

Lean is a concept and methodology created and developed in the automobile industry. Today it has become widely used in public service organizations in Sweden. The aim of this study was to examine how the Swedish Migration Agency communicates about why and how they have adapted Lean. Furthermore, it investigates how the Swedish Migration Agency in this process try to make their organization legitim

The purpose of this study is to analyse the communication of Apple to illustrate how social exclusion is used to produce fear, and how it has played the role as a means of persuasion in a constructed reality. In the present investigation process the researchers have taken a critical stance. The authors aim at unveiling the structure of implicit means of persuasion in various Apple’s campaigns over

Popular science summary As the climate warms and species move northwards, some species encounter populations of a similar species. In this case, the banded demoiselle damselfly Calopteryx splendens is moving north, further into Fennoscandia than it has been known to go before, and is meeting populations of the beautiful demoiselle damselfly Calopteryx virgo. Males of both species set up and defen

The title, “for she loved much”, stems from Luke 7:47. The aim of this essay is to interpret Luke 7:36-50 using the method of narrative criticism, since the structure and rhythm of the episode is similar to the structure of a novel. The purpose is to inquire into the issues of forgiveness by analyzing whether the sinful woman of the city was forgiven before or after approaching Jesus during the di

Den 1 juli 2014 valde regeringen att införa nya bestämmelser i Arbetsmiljölagens sanktionssystem, detta för att effektivisera samt bättre förebygga ohälsa och arbetsplatsolyckor. De nya bestämmelserna, som till största del handlar om sanktionsavgifter, har lett till en utökad befogenhet för Arbetsmiljöverket. Verket har i uppgift att tilldela sanktionsavgifter till de företag eller organisationer The Swedish government decided on the 1st of July 2014 to establish a new sanction charge system in the Work Environment Act, to improve the efficiency and prevent unhealth and accidents at the workplace. The new regulations that are focused on the sanction charges, gives the Swedish Work Environment Authority an extended power to penalize employers and employers’ representatives when they have vi

After the discovery of graphene in 2004, a single layer of graphite, the assembly of 2D materials became a promising research area in solid state Physics. This thesis explores fabrication of 2D-heterostructures that aim to probe into graphene’s electronic structure with the Tunneling Field Effect Transistor (TFET). In the fabrication process, we used mechanical exfoliation to obtain monolayer gra

The type of pattern recognition methods used for controlling modern prosthetics, referred to here as single-label classification methods, restricts users to a small amount of movements. One prominent reason for this is that the accuracy of these classification methods decreases as the number of allowed movements is increased. In this work a possible solution to this problem is presented by looking

Internationellt samarbete är centralt för att ta itu med de globala utmaningar som världen står inför, en av dessa är spridningen av antimikrobiell resistens. Åtgärder, som begränsar den internationella handeln, används ofta av länder för att uppnå politiska mål. I Världshandelsorganisationen (WTO) har relation mellan handel och icke-ekonomiska politiska mål, som miljö- och hälsohänsyn, diskuteratInternational cooperation is central in addressing the challenges facing the global community, one of them being the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Measures that affect international trade are often used by governments to achieve domestic policy goals. In the World Trade Organization (WTO), the relationship between trade and non-economic policy goals, such as environmental and health concerns

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur organisatoriskt lärande påverkar transaktionskostnader. Tidigare forskning indikerar att transaktionskostnadsteorins beskrivning av lärande behöver kompletteras för att ge en mer fullständig förståelse för de bakomliggande mekanismerna till företags agerande. Studien syftar därmed till att ge en mer övergripande förståelse för transaktionskostnadsteorin. StuThe purpose of this study is to examine how organisational learning affects transaction costs. Previous research implies that more research needs to be done to further develop the Transaction Cost Theory in order to give a broader understanding of transaction cost economics and the underlying mechanisms of firms’ actions. Hence, this study aims to give a more broad understanding by incorporating o

Nectar Sources in Sand Dunes – the Pollinators’ Last Stronghold Dunes are a habitat of special importance. They preserve a wide range of flowering plant species that has vanished from most places in our intensively used landscape. This is vital for both the survival of the plant species themselves, but also of many insect pollinator species. Pollinators depend on the presence of nectar and pollen

Det svenska integrationspolitiska arbetet utgår ifrån premissen att integration skall vara en ömsesidig process, av vilken alla samhällets aktörer och strukturer delar ett gemensamt ansvar i säkerställandet av dess genomförande. Trots denna politiska ambition har den samtida forskningen lyft kritiska frågor gentemot integrationsarbetet i Sverige; är det en process på lika villkor om en samhällsgruThe Swedish integration policy is based on the premise that integration is a mutual process by which all of societies actors and structures have a shared responsibility in ensuring its implementation. Despite the political ambition to regulate integration under such conditions, contemporary research have noted that the political process of integration target certain societal groups based on their

A novel method for the fabrication of a light-weight solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) has been evaluated at Catator. This was conducted in order to lower the weight and thus cost of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The main aim for this thesis was to achieve a thin, dense and crack-free electrolyte using a ceramic fibre paper as substrate. This paper was impregnated with colloidal solutions and pressed to