In recent years, the welfare state has found itself unable to combat issues such as unemployment and poverty, forcing an ever-increasing share of the population to face an increasingly precarious existence. In light of this situation, a growing number of activists and academics have begun to embrace a new means for combating such issues, basic income. Basic income represents a radical departure fr

Purpose: To identify strategies that can be applied to achieve a sustainable position when the equilibrium state has changed. Problem: Research question 1: What factors should be analyzed to predict how disruptive innovations change market structures? Research question 2: What strategies can an innovator apply to achieve a sustainable position at a new equilibrium? Research question 3: How are the

The encoding-retrieval match has been established as a means to improve memory performance. It has recently been proposed that memory performance is not only explained by the encoding-retrieval match and that the cue overload effect needs to be taken into account when predicting memory performance. In the present study, participants were tested using a cued recall methodology. During a study phase

The aim of this study is to describe how in the USA, book publishers and authors make use of film adaptations in the promotion of the books behind them. The investigation is based on the 22 books whose film adaptations made it into the top 100 of the American Box Office list from 2014, and it examines the film references that occur on the web pages created in order to promote these books. The resu

Denna kvalitativa studie ämnar undersöka krafterna bakom managementtrender, genom att skapa en förståelse för uppkomsten och implementeringen av fenomenet omnichannel. Studien utgår från auktoritativa texter från fältet där omnichannel figurerar, och kompletteras med intervjuer med medarbetare på både lednings- och butiksnivå hos klädkedjan MQ, där omnichannel nyligen implementerats. Empirin har vThis qualitative study aims to investigate the dynamics behind management trends, by attempting to develop an understanding of the inception and implementation of the omnichannel phenomenon. The study is based on defining writings from the fields in which omnichannel appears. In addition, interviews with both management and store level personnel are made at the clothes retailer MQ, who recently im

The geo-electrical survey (resistivity and induced polarization) with different settings, arrangements, time base, spreads and waveforms (50% and 100% duty cycle waveform) was carried out over the Liikavaara depo-sit, near the Aitik mine, in northern Sweden and all the measured data was inverted in two different softwares: Res2Dinv and AarhusInv. Surveys of induced polarization (IP) often contain

{swedish} \section*{Sammanfattning} Människans vardagliga liv bygger på transport av olika fordon som drivs med bensin eller diesel. Som bekant för de flesta människor idag bidrar avgaserna till negativa konsekvenser för miljön. Det är mindre känt att dessa avgaser reagerar i atmosfären där de under belysning av solens ultravioletta strålar bildar nya föreningar, så kallade sekundära organiska aerAbstract The behavior of automobile exhaust is well known through combustion science, but the potential health and environmental risks of secondary exhaust particles (created by solar irradiation) and soot are less well understood. Primary pollutants (raw exhaust) react in the atmosphere when irradiated by the Sun creating secondary pollutants (Secondary organic aerosols, SOA). The purpose of this

Big data usage is an often-hyped phenomenon within industry and academia. The automotive industry commonly employs BI technology to improve the quality of their decision-making. However, recent developments within the automotive industry such as the connected car and advanced manufacturing make big data usage increasingly important. Since the adoption of new technologies in organizations turns out

För att Sverige ska ha en möjlighet att uppfylla sina miljömål, sitt lagstagade vattendirektiv och internationella åtaganden är det av stor vikt att avsedda styrmedel fungerar så bra som möjligt. Denna studie utvärderar styrmedlet Lokala Vattenvårdsprojekt, även förkortat LOVA, i samarbete med Länsstyrelsen Skåne. Utvärderingen fokuserar på att undersöka vad som fungerar bra och dåligt med LOVA ocEutrophication is one of EUs most severe environmental problems. It is therefore of great importance that governments have well functioning environmental policy instruments to manage this problem and it is essential to assess these instruments. This study evaluates the Swedish environmental policy instrument Local Water Protection Project (LOVA), which aims to reduce the release of the nutrients n

The thesis is centered around an eight week long minor field study conducted on the Polynesian Islands of Samoa in 2010. Samoa is one of the worlds least developed countries according to the UN. However; people do not starve in Samoa. In Samoa, most land is still communaly owned, and every Samoan has through family ties access to so called customary lands. Moreover, customary land is inalienable i

Tidigare undersökningar har visat på förhöjda halter av pesticider i svenska yt- och grundvatten. Därför har en grov riskanalys utförts i Sjöbo kommun, Skåne, för att undersöka om det föreligger en risk för rester av växtskyddsmedel i dricksvattnet i kommunens enskilda brunnar. Utifrån geologiska och hydrologiska förhållanden samt nitrathalter från tidigare analyserade vattenprover kunde framföralPrevious studies have revealed that Swedish surface- and groundwater contain concentrations of pesticides above the recommended limits. Therefore, a perspicuous study of Sjöbo municipality in Skåne was made to get an overview if there is a risk of pesticide contamination in private wells due to agricultural activity. Based on geology, hydrology and previous water analysis, three areas which might

The main purpose of this dissertation is to analyze how the levels of equality and trust influenced the development of different Welfare State Regimes in Brazil and Sweden (see Esping-Andersen 1990). In order to show the relationship between inequality and trust, the dissertation utilizes Jordahl’s (2007) mechanisms which posteriorly will be related to the specific historical contexts of both coun

The aim of the thesis is to examine whether changes in the capital controls affect the premium of the cross-listed stock of Össur hf., it is listed on the Icelandic and Copenhagen stock exchange. The price difference is examined with two currency rates, the official rate as given by the Central bank of Iceland and the offshore rate. The Icelandic market is bounded within capital controls, while th

This thesis derives from a museological perspective on contemporary art exhibitions. The core in today’s art institutions is the exhibitions. In contemporary art exhibitions there often is a question about creating a meaningful context to translate to the public. The content of contemporary art is in relation to social, political and philosophical subjects in human relationships. Together with th

Personer som genomgått amputation av en nedre extremitet kan använda sig av en mängd olika strategier för att hantera sin nya livssituation. I tidigare forskning har strategier inte fått något större fokus utan den har inriktat sig på den fysiska återhämtningen. Syftet var att beskriva vilka strategier vuxna personer som amputerat en nedre extremitet kan använda för att bemästra sin nya livssituat

The present study investigates transcontinental differences of CEO communication towards stakeholders in CSR disclosure. It is motivated by the research question: What differences in addressing stakeholders can be observed in the CEO communication within CSR reports of European and Asian companies? Literature on the field of CSR in management has focused almost exclusively on comparative studies t

Climate change is shifting from being seen as a future prediction once, the realisation that it is already a reality is growing. Action to combat its impacts has to be taken now. Next to mitigation measures increasing emphasis is put on climate change adaptation action. While mitigation aims to tackle global climate change, adaptation focuses on reducing the local impacts. Climate change adaptatio

Under 2013 skapades kampanjerna Marabou Black, Miss Skinny och DILL, som alla kom att benämnas PR-bluffar. Kampanjernas målsättning var att väcka uppmärksamhet genom vilseledande information. Huruvida dessa PR-bluffar kan anses vara etiskt godtagbara är något praktiker, PR-praktiker och reklammakare, varit oense om. Syftet med denna studie var att skapa ökad förståelse för fenomenet PR-bluff och uIn the year of 2013 three campaigns were created: Marabou Black, Miss Skinny and DILL. These campaigns were titled as PR-scams because they aimed to get attention by using misleading information. Whether PR-scams could be considered as an ethically acceptable PR-strategy or not is something practitioners, PR-practitioners and advertisers, disagree on. The aim of this study was to create a greater

Author: Frida Vejdal & Hugo Nyman Title: The worthy victim – A critical discourse analysis about beggars and begging Supervisor: Malinda Andersson Assessor: Eva Palmblad The free mobility within the EU has contributed to an increase of EU-migrants. They travel to Sweden, among other countries, mainly from the poorer countries in the Eastern Europe with the aim to find a source of income. The

Denna studie ämnar undersöka samspelet mellan den mediala gestaltningen av en stad samt de strategier som används i försök att påverka densamma. Studien avser därmed öka kunskapen om skapandet och förmedlandet av platsvarumärken samt den strategiska kommunikationens betydelse för denna process. Med en hermene-utisk ansats har kvalitativa intervjuer samt kvantitativ såväl som kvalitativ inne-hållsaThe purpose of this study is to examine the interaction between the media framing of a city, and strategies used in order to influence this framing. The study intends to increase the understanding of the creation and mediation of city brands and the importance of strategic communication during this process. With a hermeneutical approach qualitative interviews and quantitative, as well as qualitati