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Management Control in Services. A Contingency Study of Responsibility Accounting in Highly Interactive Services

This report examines the use of management control in services, with particular reference to the role of formal control systems in attributing and devolving responsibility within organizations. The study draws extensively on the service as well as the management control literature and advances an analytical framework based on a process-oriented approach to responsibility accounting. The study is p

I rörelse : politisk handling under 1800-talets första hälft

A political movement is often discussed in terms of ideology and shared values. It is the ideas that are considered interesting, and it is the ideas that are thought to determine the action. While the intellectual content is subjected to profound analysis, the concept of movement is ignored and not problematized. In this dissertation, the ideological dimensions of the concept movement have been re

Leaching of concrete : the leaching process and its effects

The present report presents an experimental study of leaching of concrete caused by water percolating through the concrete, or by diffusion from concrete to external water in contact. An apparatus was designed and constructed in which de-ionised water could be forced, by external pressure, through a number of concrete specimens of differing characteristics. It was found that, whereas the initial w

Ties That Matter: A Qualitative Exploration of Social Embeddedness in Chinese Immigrant Lives

Among all immigration categories, the proportion of Chinese new immigrants in Nordic society is increasing, and their social ties and embeddedness are also receiving more attention. However, there is still a relative lack of qualitative research on the tie construction and embeddedness paths of Chinese immigrants. To fill this research gap, this thesis aims to investigate how the first generation

Theorising affordability in co-housing: unravelling the how and when of its affordability potential

Affordability is often cited as a beneficial aspect of co-housing; however, the specific factors that contribute to its affordability and the theoretical understanding of this phenomenon have received limited attention in research. Against the backdrop of the ongoing affordable housing crisis, this study seeks to investigate the circumstances under which co-housing holds the potential for affordab