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The purpose of this study is to explore how relationship benefits and sacrifices matter in relation to members of referral networks and how these aspects affect overall member satisfaction. This study has an explanatory research approach since it aims to, by testing hypotheses; explain the impact relationship benefits and sacrifices have on satisfaction. It is based on both qualitative and quantit

Purpose: To explore perceptions of guanxi within Swedish establishments in China, and how these perceptions shape their China strategy. Design/methodology/approach: The research is based on in-depth qualitative interviews that serve as empirical evidence to investigate the relation between managers’ perception of guanxi and corresponding adaptation strategies. We have chosen a reflexive approach,

Climate change poses significant challenges, demonstrated by climate threats that are becoming increasingly severe and frequent. This creates a higher need for uncertainty communication that considers risk-based decision-making. Global climate research, synthesised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is a starting point for regional climate assessments, for which the Swedish M

Den senaste tidens utveckling av artificiell intelligens har möjliggjort framställning av AI-genererad media som bilder och videor. Med tiden har de blivit kallade deepfakes som på ett mycket trovärdigt sätt kan föreställa verkliga personer. Till följd av detta uppkommer frågor om hur gällande svensk rätt förmår skydda individens personliga integritet mot nya tekniska utvecklingar. Syftet med upps

It has during a long period been discussions whether Sweden should investigate the system regarding the rules on capital gains tax relief on home sales. The Commission has criticised Sweden regarding these rules for example because they do not enclose all legal forms of ownership. Sweden differs from the rest of the countries in the EEA as we use the legal form of appartments called ''bost

Title: HealthBook Sub title: Integrated End-User Device for Rural Health Workers in Low Resource Settings Author: Johan Larsson Supervisor: Goirgos Nikoleris, Machine Design Secondary supervisor: Rustam Nabiev, Karolinska University, MTA R&D Examiner: Robert Bjärnemo, Machine Design Introduction: This thesis is part of a project called ICT4MPOWER with the purpose to solve the problem with med

The purpose of this research is to investigate the value premium associated with extent of hedging in the U.S. airline industry during the period 2006 to 2010 and to study the results of hedging on accounting performance as a proxy for firm value. The multivariate approach has been taken to measure the firm value using Tobin's q and accounting performance variables. The results show that hedgi

In the last few years the airline industry had experienced a rapid growth within the low cost segment. The expenses for the airline companies have during the same period increased, mostly due to higher fuel prices and higher capital costs for airplanes. As a result of this, the economic situation for the airline companies has come to be very strained. The Swedish Civil Aviation Authority (LFV), wh

As a transition economy, China faces the reality of shortage of innovation resources and unbalanced allocation of innovation resources among regions when operating innovation activities. In order to solve these two problems, China needs to make efforts in increasing innovation efficiency and narrowing disparities between eastern regions and other regions. Among them, central regions are the area t

Svår, elakartad och längre gången cancer är ett stort problem i förhindrande av spridda tumörceller i kroppen. I detta sjukdomsstadium är oftast en lindrande (palliativ) behandlingsform enda vägen att välja för att hjälpa patienten. För närvarande sker detta genom att patienten får genomlida extern strålbehandling eller cellgiftsbehandling. Radioaktivt märkta och ”målsökande” antikroppar injicer

Lead was an essential part of bullets used at shooting ranges in Sweden. This has lead to that many shooting ranges have elevated amounts of lead in the soil, ie. lead ground contamination. As lead causes severe health effects on humans and animals, and accumulates in the nature then this is of great concern. This contamination and its effects on humans is also very important since many of those s

Summary: This is an investigation of Early Holocene water level changes based on the sediments in two bays, Sörevik and Norrevik on Senoren, an island in the Karlskrona archipelago in eastern Blekinge southeastern Sweden. This area has experienced a number of transgressions and regressions since the last deglaciation at approximately 12,600 BP. The history of the Baltic is characterized by many dr

In an age of American unipolarity it is not surprising that questions regarding the perseverance of the current international structure constantly recur in contemporary international relations debates. As the discussion about whether the balance of power theory vanished with the Cold War continues, soft balancing has become a popular way to describe second-tier states' use of non-military tool

I vilken mån kan man som svensk gitarrist spela och komponera autentisk flamencomusik? Denna studie bygger på författarens egen konstnärliga praktik som svensk flamencogitarrist. Tre spanska flamencogitarrister har fått lyssna till inspelningar av två av författarens kompositioner, kommentera inspelningarna och svara på en serie intervjufrågor. Målet med studien är att åskådliggöra möjligheter och

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur gymnasieelever upplever motivation i sin skolvardag inom sina profilämnen. Vad innebär motivation för dem? Vilka faktorer påverkar deras motivation? Hur upplever gymnasieelever motivation i sin skolvardag? Studien utgår ifrån kvalitativa forskningsmetoder och omfattar två elevgrupper från estetiska programmet, varav en grupp går musikinriktning och den andraThe purpose of this study is to investigate how high school students experience motivation within in their chosen profile. What does motivation mean to them? Where does motivation come from? What promotes it and what impedes it? How is their motivation affected by their education? The study makes use of qualitative methods and includes two groups of students from the arts programme. One of the gro

Psykisk ohälsa ökar i dagens samhälle och användandet av digitala medier likaså. Få studier har gjorts på hur organisationer kommunicerar kring psykisk ohälsa online. 1177.se, Sveriges samlingsplats på nätet för information och tjänster inom hälsa och vård, har skapat en temasida om psykisk hälsa med anledning att sprida kunskap och förändra attityder kring ämnet. Denna studie ämnar att öka förstå