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Waste management in Sweden – Case study at the IKEA warehouses in Älmhult

Caroline Eliasson Avfall – en av framtidens viktigaste resurser Avfallshanteringen har i både Sverige och EU genomgått stora förändringar de senaste åren. Ny lagstiftning och nya styrmedel har implementerats och gett gott resultat genom att minska mängden avfall som deponeras. Nästa utmaning är att kunna utnyttja materialet i avfallet mer än en gång. För det krävs nya strategier. Avfallshanter

Is there a Gap within the Gap? A Municipal Analysis of the Gender Earnings Gap in Sweden.

In the past century, Sweden has seen vast developments in narrowing the gender earnings gap between men and women. Nevertheless the gap still remains, and has revealed patterns of stagnation in the recent decade. In the presence of a gender earnings gap there is an unequal distribution of economic power between men and women, which may lead to an inefficient resource allocation. Today there is a l

The key factors in meeting the evolving customer values in Swedish retail, an omni-channel perspective

The retail industry is in an ongoing transformation with new customer behaviors. In an omni-channel environment, multiple channels are integrated and the customer has a more central role within retail. Customers in an omnichannel environment are in general well-informed, digitally mature and have high demands towards the retailers they interact with. Traditionally, retailers could differentiate th

"We weren't Swedes, but we were moving in that direction" : First-generation Swedish Finns narrating belonging through time

We are currently witnessing an age of migration and globalisation. The growing hybridisation of societies creates continuous discussion and debate concerning who belongs and who does not. The media are traditionally seen to play an important role in this dispute through representational and discursive practices that contribute to our ideas about ‘us’ and ‘them’, simultaneously affecting the constr

Foreign direct investments and productivity spillovers in the Swedish manufacturing industry

Foreign direct investments (FDI) have considerably increased during the last twenty years throughout the world. Theory suggests that FDI affects host economies in a positive way through the advanced technologies they bring with them and which could spill over the domestic companies. Therefore, more and more research aims to assess the impact of foreign direct investments on the host economies. Thi

Promoting the Ecological Swede - A Frame Analysis of Swedish Green Party Policy

Recent developments within the environmental debate have focused on the individual’s role in mitigating environmental degradation this, together with the advancement of feminist thought and globalization, has lead Andrew Dobson to call for a new conception of citizenship an ‘ecological citizenship’. Although being scarce, practical application and empirical testing has affirmed the existence of su