The proliferation of poverty and global inequality between and within the countries has resulted in an emerging consensus among the actors in the field of international development on the importance of social policies in the process of development. One type of social policy measures employed to tackle poverty is Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT). These have been formed within the World Bank Group a

En föränderlig omvärld ställer ständigt nya krav på organisationer; utveckling och anpassning är ständigt pågående processer. Framgångsrika idéer har blivit en handelsvara som recept på framgång. I dag har dessutom ett större antal av dagens medarbetare kapacitet att ta till sig de idéer som florerar och kommunikationsforskningen har inte riktigt hunnit med i denna aspekt. Denna uppsats är en kvalAn ever changing world is constantly putting new demands on organizations; development and adjustment are ongoing processes. Successful ideas have become merchandises as recipes for success. Additionally, a larger amount of co-workers has the capability to embrace the flourishing ideas and the communicational research has not been up-todate in this matter. This thesis is a qualitative case study o

Tomas Eloy Martínez´ Santa Evita displays a profusion of ekphrastic sequencies through which the photographic representations become a recurring theme. This study examines these descriptions of photographies with the purpose of studying what the inclusion of this visual collage responds to and what place this occupies in the temporal development and in the general imaginary economy of the work. To

The main purpose of this study is to examine how Knowledge Management is conducted in a practical setting. This research concerns a single case study conducted from an interpretative, qualitative perspective. The empirical base is a single case study of a management-consulting firm consisting of nine interviews with employees. Contextual factors on Knowledge Management forms the theoretical framew

Utgångspunkt för den här uppsatsen är en översättning av ca 6000 ord tagna från olika delar av en internetbaserad reklamsida för ett PC-spel vid namn Diablo III i genren dark fantasy. Uppsatsen inleds med en källtextanalys där ett par aspekter av texten tas upp och analysen grundar sig på Hellspong & Ledins (2007) modell. Därefter följer en översättningskommentar där uppsatsförfattaren fokuser

Knowledge is the essence to run IT projects. Managing knowledge in the project context can be contradicting with the limited resources and time span in the projects. Increased empirical research is made to explore the crucial factors influence knowledge management in projects. Even though the research domain is substantial on the subject, there is still limited amount of research of focusing relat

Due to circumstances like increased competition and difficulties competing on traditional parameters, companies in the office space market want to develop their offers. The Authors investigates what the current offer really is, why it looks the way it does, and possible cases of differentiation. The thesis aims to investigate the current offer to office-tenants and how it is presented, to examine

A theoretical study is presented, in which the nonlinear response of a bi-ased Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) is calculated. The calculations are based on the nonequilibrium Green’s function formalism. Assuming a periodic electromagnetic field in the calculations, this formalism provides not only the stationary behavior Green’s functions, but also the part of the response that varies in time according

Organizational Learning is regarded as a major factor that leverages the competitive advantage of a company. Nowadays, many enterprises are relying on Knowledge Management systems for various purposes, but the utilization of these systems for enhancing Organizational Learning has not reached its optimum level. In the actual context, the purpose of the research is to determine how Knowledge Managem

In this paper, using Chinese provincial sector data, I examine the market integration between provinces in China both in wages and different prices of commodity. I use the beta convergence, sigma convergence and the correlation coefficient to determine the degree of market integration and analyze how the wages and prices have differed over time for the period 1986 to 2011. The results indicate tha

Ett naturbruksgymnasium är ett socialt rum. Inom det sociala rummet finns det olika fält som hästtjejerna befinner sig på,inom dessa fält synliggörs hästtjejernas positioner genom deras kapitalinnehav. Syftet med studien är att analysera hästtjejernas upplevelse av gruppen som finns i stallmiljön och vad som ger status i stallmiljön. Empirin bygger på kvalitativa intervjuer med fem hästtjejer i ål

Purpose: This thesis concentrates on Swedish equity funds investing in Sweden. The objective is to determine to what extent actively managed funds really are active and if there is any relationship between excess return and active management. Data and Methodology: The data used in this thesis consists of 37 mutual funds and one index and stretches from 2001-2012. The fund data is collected from t

The purpose of this study is to investigate if a CRE sale and lease back transaction generates a positive abnormal return on the lessee’s stock value, by using event study methodology. Furthermore, the probable relationship between the positive abnormal return and the transaction value, as well as the cash flow is investigated by using linear regression. A short term as well as a long term perspec

Denna magisteruppsats grundar sig på min egen översättning av första halvan av reportaget DIE GELDBOMBE, Wie aus einer großen Idee eine Gefahr für Europa werden konnte, publicerad den 26 september 2011 i det tyska nyhetsmagasinet Der Spiegel. Uppsatsen inleds med en presentation och en analys av källtexten. Källtextanalysen utgår från Lennart Hellspong och Per Ledins modell och ger en översikt öve

COURSE: BUSN29: Master Degree Project AUTHORS: Orkun Eti, Lysbet Doutzen de Boer SUPERVISOR: Mr. J. Bertilsson THESIS PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to investigate how passionate consumers experience their brand relationship. With help of the photo elicitation technique we aim to evoke feelings, stories, and memories in order to provide a new perspective on the theory of brand love.

This is a comparative study of symptom differences between Funktionell Family Therapy (FFT) and Treatment as usual (TAU) for compulsory care of young Swedish women, aged 16-21 years. Are there any differences in problems/symptoms between these both groups of youth that can be crucial to where they get their treatable? Current research supports and admits home-based family therapy. Department care

Purpose: The aim of the thesis is to shed light over the relationship between aid organizations, TQM and overall quality assurance. More specifically, we aim to identify the challenges with quality assurance work in the context of Swedish party affiliated organizations. Methodology: Our study is a qualitative study with an abductive approach. Theoretical perspectives: Our theoretical perspect

I föreliggande studie utvärderades behandlingseffekten av ett internetbaserat KBT-program för patienter med egentlig depression inom öppenvårdspsykiatrin. Studiens andra syfte var att undersöka patienternas följsamhet till och upplevelse av internetbehandlingen. Det tredje syftet var att undersöka i vilken utsträckning deltagarna i föreliggande studie skiljer sig från självrekryterade deltagare fr

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning De båda polerna har naturliga variationer med istäckets utbredning. Arktis och Antarktis har väl anpassad biota som klarar av det stränga klimatet och som är beroende av isens säsongsvariationer med att frysa och smälta. Isen spelar även en stor roll vid klimatvariationer och förändringar. Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka vilken isbildning som är mest The polar areas have natural variations in the ice extent. The Arctic and Antarctic environment have well-adapted biota that can handle climate and that are dependent on the seasonal variations of freezing and melting of the ice. The ice also plays a major role in climate changes and climate variability. The aim of this report is to determine the type of ice formation that is most common for the p