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The company, qpunkt GmbH, recently developed a concept for an “innovative” thermal manikin – the Klimadummy. Before a decision can be made whether to realize the production of their manikin, there is a need for a market research, describing the current situation of the thermal manikin market, including the competitors and customers. Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to describe and analyze the

The mission aims to investigate the possibility to systematically document the knowledge and experience within the context of the daily work in order to safeguard the human capital for more efficient resource allocation, and to prepare recommendations on how the firm Networks Logistics can achieve a more rational knowledge processing. Methodology In the spirit of investigating Networks current kno

The main research interest of this study is to explain how GSM technology transformed telecommunications industry in Sweden in terms of: a. prices, b. products and services, and c. new industry directions. The background assumption about transformative effect of GSM is inspired by Schön’s observations on the impact of the Second Industrial Revolution on electrification of the Swedish industry. Thi

Problem definition: When investing in bonds there are some fundamental things the investor needs to be aware of, such as how the bond is being priced, how the structure of the company's capital structure is affecting the risk of holding the bond and the dynamics that could change the price of the bond over time. When a company tries to get more finance through credit capital markets, the capit

The Panama Canal expansion is an external factor on the tanker freight market that is made to change cargo volumes, channel fee income, the average transit time and might also change or create new profitable transportation routes. Shipowners operating in the region will, in one way or another, be affected by this. For tanker shipping companies like Stena Bulk the challenge is to create robustness

What characterises diffusion of mobile applications? Is it possible to find certain factors that to a great extent affect the speed which an application is diffused? What implications do technical and cognitive difficulties have on a user’s distribution behaviour? How important is the social dimension when spreading content to others? . Purpose: The purpose of the master thesis is to give guidelin

Detta examensarbete handlar om hur Agresso kan öka sin försäljning till befintliga kunder genom organisatoriska förändringar. Agresso AB tillhör Koncernen Unit4Agresso som tillverkar och säljer affärssystem samt tjänster kopplat till produkten. Företaget har under de senaste åren vuxit kraftigt i storlek gällande anställda, kunder samt produkter och tjänster. Arbetet berör frågan hur Agresso kan ö

The purpose of the report is to investigate and evaluate how a global company can use different strategies to achieve competitive advantages for the future. The existing Customer Relation Management (CRM) department in FLSmidth will be investigated to se if possible improvements can be made to make the department become the competitive advantage that it is intended to be. Methodology: To be able t

The objective of thesis was to do an analysis of the current situation of Vattenfall´s “Gewerbekunden”. The “Gewerbekunden” are small-to-medium enterprises that consume up to 100 000 kWh/year. Since the deregulation and liberalization of the energy market conditions have changed. New actors entered the market and the competition increased distinctly. All the energy suppliers were focusing on the p

Russia began its accession process to become a member of the GATT, which later turned into the WTO, in 1993, but has not yet become a member. This paper’s ambition is to investigate whether a membership in the WTO would have a positive effect on Russia’s export and if the country would gain from a membership. By using data from, mostly, UN-Comtrade and CEPII, and analyzing how trade flows from a s

An attempt to assemble play and dissociation through their common base, attachment, is presented. The Adult Playfulness Scale (APS) was given to 60 university students whereby eight with high scores on the APS and nine with low scores on the APS were selected for the second part of the study. The subjects completed the Dissociation Experience Scale C (DES-C), the Depression Anxiety Stress-Scale (D

Andelen svenska företag som på ett eller annat sätt har kontakter med Kina har på senare år ökat kraftigt. För många av dessa företag medför detta många immaterialrättsliga överväganden då Kina internationellt är ökänt för många fall av immaterialrättsliga intrång. I 1883 års Pariskonvention om industriellt rättsskydd nämns nyttighetsmodellen (svensk benämning är bruksmodell) som ett av de föremå

Att arbeta i projektform inom mjukvaruutvecklingsbranschen har varit ett påstående som fått stöd ända sen branschens ursprungsdagar. Inom dessa projekt har rollen teknisk projektledare befästs. Rollen har ingen standardiserad innebörd men utgår i denna studie från en ledare som har ett övergripande ansvar för organisationens nyutveckling. Företag har historiskt sett tilldelat rollen teknisk projek

There is a growing interest in the usage of social media in European museums. Research in the area is scares though. The problem is a lack of an overview on how the usage of social media is spread around Europe and on how museums use social media. Through the observation of 70 European museums and how they use different social media tools, we hope to clarify these questions. We used a three way ap

Abstract After 20 years of accomplishment Barney discusses in the recent issue of the Journal of Management (JOM, September 2011, 37(4)) the decline or the revitalization of the resource based view (RBV). This thesis gives support for its relevance in the field of sourcing IS- development. Looking into the discipline of IS-sourcing, at first glance it might be seen as a natural part as any other o