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Large and strongly growing organizations tackle the issue of finding a way to decide which business requirements to fulfill and which projects to move forward but often forget the strategic. Once a strategy has been developed, its implementation appears to be seen as a matter of operational detail and tactical adjustment. As efforts and resources risk to be put on the wrong projects, how do you ma

Theories of Economics of Crime suggest that the unemployment rate should influence the crime rates and especially property crime rates. In this paper I investigate the effect of three different types of unemployment on crime rates (total unemployment (age 16-64), youth unemployment (age 18-24) and long-term unemployment (age 20-64)). Although theory is mostly applicable on property crimes I also i

Mother Abuse in the Eyes of the Social Services - a Qualitative Study of Violence and Parenting The purpose of this study was to examine how Child Protection workers understand the dynamics of parenting within a relationship that entails Domestic Violence, and to highlight how they understand the needs of the children in these families. Interviews were carried out with four female Child Protectio

Studien syftar till att undersöka den ojämna könsfördelningen bland flöjtstudenter i musik- och kulturskolan, samt vilka faktorer som skapar och upprätthåller denna fördelning. Fyra flöjtpedagoger berättar om sina perspektiv på valet av instrument. Vidare beskrivs elevunderlaget ur ett lärarperspektiv. Pedagogerna resonerar kring värdet av en jämnare könsfördelning. De diskuterar även hur de självThis study aims to examine the uneven gender distribution amongst flute students in the municipal music schools, and the factors that create and maintain this distribution. It describes, from the flute teacher’s perspective, factors significant in creating and maintaining this distribution. Furthermore the student basis is described from the flute teacher’s perspective. The teachers discuss the va

The reality demands – framing of residential care for unaccompanied minors. The purpose of this study was to examine what factors that influence the framing of residential care for unaccompanied minors and how superintendents within the field view and approach the National Board of Health and Welfare’s policy regulating standards for “HVB-homes”, SOSFS 2003:20, as well as the concept of “HVB-home

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Om ett föremål skjuts på från två olika håll, då är det ofta svårt att veta i vilken riktning det slutligen kommer att röra sig. Ännu svårare blir det förstås, om storleken på de pådrivande krafterna är okänd. Vassen i sjön Vänern är nu i en liknande, nästan villrådig fas. Den kan besluta att växa och ta sig vidare ut i vattnet, eller att minska och på så vis håA new regulation of water levels in lake Vänern, causes reason to expect reed to spread over larger areas. However, geese have the opposite effect, that is, their grazing on reed is expected to reduce the reed distribution. Hence, grazing by geese on reed will be monitored to cover the larger variables that affect the reed distribution after the introduction of the new water regulation. A method f

The garment industry is one of the most vulnerable sectors in the world, with bad working conditions. Low wages and not allowed union organizing is every day for most workers, especially in Bangladesh. The workers are considered to living on a minimum wage, which does not cover the basic needs for workers and their family; therefore we need to talk about a living wage. This study is to examine ab

The expression treaty shopping is of American origin and it is closely related to the term forum shopping, a term used in U.S. civil procedure. Forum shopping describes a behaviour by which a party in a court case tries to ''shop'' into a jurisdiction or circuit where he expects a more favourable decision to be given. When treaty shopping, one uses double taxation treaties (and/or

Studien vände sig till personal, olika yrkesgrupper, som arbetar med krigsskadade och torterade i Sverige. Syftet var att beskriva personalgruppens mående och tillväxt i relation till arbetet, inställning till död, ondska och förlåtelse samt bakgrundsvariabler (t.ex eget trauma och arbetssituation) och undersöka samband mellan dessa. 69 traumaarbetare svarade på ett frågeformulär som mätte dessa f

The aim of this study was to examine the experiences of adopted adults concerning their childhood, the search for origin and opinions on adoption and what influence these aspects have had on their lives. The method used was semi-structured interviews and the people interviewed were all adopted adults. To analyse our results we used John Bowlby´s “attachment theory”. During our interviews another a

The purpose of this thesis is to through the analysis of interviews with finance professionals in listed companies answer the question on what lies behind capital structure decisions, and to see how well the prevailing theories fit the answers. This article is an explorative and descriptive hypothesis creating study. We have used a qualitative method to analyse practice through theory. We have con