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The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyze the development and perceived usefulness and problems of the BSC in the city of Copenhagen a few years after its original implementation. A qualitative approach is used throughout the thesis. Primary data is collected through interviews. The study takes its theoretical stance in previous research and studies conducted within the Balanced Scorec
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Examensarbetets titel: Faktorer som påverkar företags upplysningar om anläggningstillgångar – En studie av IAS 16 och IAS 38. Seminariedatum: 2010-06-04 Kurs: FEKP01, Examensarbete magisternivå, 15 HP Författare: Frida Lindblad, Anna Tullgren och Ilknur Ömer Handledare: Torbjörn Tagesson Nyckelord: Upplysningskrav, materiella anläggningstillgångar, immateriella tillgångar, IAS 16, IAS 38. Syfte: S
Sammanfattning Titel: Beyond Astonishing- En fallstudie av TAT och dess utvecklingsmöjligheter Seminariedatum: 15 januari, 2010 Ämne/Kurs: FEKP01 Författare: Maria Lilliehöök, Minh-Hang Palmgren, Anders Petersson Handledare: Fredrik Häglund, Allan T Malm Nyckelord: TAT, Användargränssnitt, Mobiltelefonbranschen, Tillväxtsstrategier, samarbeten Metod: En kvalitativ fallstudie av företaget TAT som g
The aim of this thesis is to explain if certain auditor attributes affect Swedish auditors judgment and approach towards risk. The chosen methodology for this study is an explanatory method with a deductive approach. The method has been commonly used in previous researches in the field of audit risk judgment. With this approach, hypotheses has been formulated and then later tested towards empirica
The purpose of this thesis is to identify the whole positioning process by means of existing positioning theories as well as interviews with marketing practitioners and consumers. Furthermore, the authors wish to provide the reader with an overview of the complete positioning process as well as how it is used in practice today in order to better understand how well suited positioning theories are
This study presents a survey of 215 Swedish and German listed companies and their voluntary social, environmental and ethical disclosure practices. An eclectic approach in explaining the differences has been used, focussing on cultural differences.
The purpose of this master thesis is to develop a cogent understanding of brand agency that is informed by knowledge of how consumers negotiate brand meaning. It aims at both the betterment of brand management in practical application and making a meaningful contribution to brand management literature. A qualitative approach has been applied with data collection carried out through semi-structured
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how corporate branding as the organizational resource with different dimensions used for attracting employees. Corporate branding is the cutting-edge organizational and marketing research field and lacking of empirical work, many researches make focus on the relationship between the organizations and its customers, few empirical researches make the contribu
The auditor is seen as the guardian of the market. However, several scandals have resulted in the public’s suspicions of auditor ethics. Therefore, the need of investigation of ethical awareness and ethical judgment among auditors should be taken into a deep consideration. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the differences in ethical awareness and ethical judgment of auditors across nations,
Thesis Purpose: This study aims to test whether electronic word-of-mouth in the form of comments on twitter are representative of overall word-of-mouth. The relationship between marketing, twitter comments, sales is tested and compared to word-of-mouth theory and previous studies. Methodology: A combination of cross-sectional research and case study research methodologies were used to understand T
The area of measurement principles is considered one of the most controversial aspects of the Exposure Draft for Small and Medium sized enterprises. Although fair value measurement has been mandated for some assets and liabilities under IFRS for SMEs, the issues of when fair value accounting is appropriate and when is not is still far from resolved. Generally, the effect of application of fair val
The most noticeable common weakness found in Thai SMEs' operations are; (1.) weak costing system and, (2.) unhealthy management system. Fierce competition drives Thai SMEs to strike for continuous improvement. In the war of pricing, market price automatically sets ceiling price for businesses, supply surplus leads customers to choose the most quality product (expected quality at less money spe
Thesis Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the role of social media as a tool for eCRM. Methodology: This thesis has an explorative research approach as it aims to explore social media as a tool for eCRM. It has further an iterative approach and is based upon qualitative data combined with observational data. Theoretical Perspective: This study builds on the existing literature and t
This paper addresses how firms make decision of outsourcing knowledge-intensive activities such as new products development (NPD). Through the employment of transaction cost economics, resource based theory and knowledge based theories, a conceptual decision model is presented, and key factors which influence the decision making process are proposed and compared to the arguments generated from emp
This thesis studies the extent at which five factors affect the democratization process in Kuwait: elections & opposition, gender, media, mass belief and international influence. This thesis finds that there are two factors that affect the process of democratization more than the rest; gender and media. Recent reforms in these respective factors affects the democratization process, the politic
There are a limited number of scientific studies concerned with the evaluation of DSS in general, and even less concerned with the evaluation of DSS in a clinical context. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical DSS at the Department of Orthopedics at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in order to answer how one should evaluate clinical DSS. We have in our study created a research frame
In this qualitative study, we set out to describe how intranets are used for communication and collaboration. A literary review concerning intranets, communication, computer mediated communication, intranets and communication, collaboration and finally, intranets and collaboration were conducted. After reviewing the theory, 3 persons working at a consulting firm in the construction industry in the
During the past two decades several studies pointed out the contradiction between abundance of natural resources and its negative impact on economic growth and development. This paradox has been widely observed and documented throughout the development literature. In this context, China’s increasing demand for natural resources and consequent growing trade and influence in developing countries has
Undersökningar visar att effektiv användarmedverkan är en kritisk framgångsfaktor för lyckade systemutvecklingsprojekt. Att involvera användare i systemutvecklingsprocessen kan göra systemet mer användbart och dessutom underlätta införandet av det nya systemet. Jag vill undersöka vilka möjligheter och svårigheter interaktionsdesigners upplever med att arbeta användarcentrerat då systemutvecklingsm
