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Globalization increases competition between companies and competitive advantage is becoming more and more important. Global trends such as international trade, overseas production and increased consumption have led to that freight transport volumes have grown strongly over the past decades. As the global warming debate intensifies, increased costs and stricter regulations on CO2 emissions are intr
Many actors in the construction sector as well as in the research community emphasize the importance of experience feedback and knowledge building in order to streamline and improve the working methods. Taking advantage of positive experiences, sharing them with colleagues and documenting them within the organisation can be useful for future projects. On the other hand, negative experiences should
This Bachelor thesis is intended to deduce how future single family homes in Sweden will be constructed in the near future as well as an analysis of today’s market. The EU has the goal that by the year 2020 all newly constructed buildings should be ”near zero energy houses”. This is the primary reason for the choice of topic as well as the uncertainty that surronds what a near zero energy house im
Branding är det begrepp som används för att beteckna det arbete som läggs ner för att bygga starka varumärken. Branding har allt mer kommit att handla om att bygga upp en identitet och en image kring verksamheter, för att på så vis skapa konkurrensfördelar. I litteraturen betonas vikten av att den valda identiteten ska förmedlas genom alla de kommunikationskanaler och kontaktytor som finns tillgänBranding is the term used to denote the work being done to build strong brands. Branding has increasingly come to focus on building an identity and a brand image around businesses to create competitive advantages. The literature emphasizes the importance of the selected identity to be communicated through all communication channels and interfaces available. Thus, branding can include everything fr
I dagens informationssamhälle vill medborgarna kunna ta del av så mycket information som möjligt, varför visselblåsning har blivit ett mycket uppmärksammat ämne. Visselblåsare utgör ett viktigt kontrollmoment i samhället som historiskt sett avslöjat uppgifter och skandaler av stort allmänintresse. Denna framställning syftar i en första del till att i ett rättsutvecklingsperspektiv redogöra för de In the age of information people want to get hold of as much information as possible, which is probably why whistleblowing has become such a hot topic. Whistleblowers constitute an important body of control in society which historically has revealed information and scandals of great public interest. The aim of this essay is two-folded. First off the aim is to in a perspective of legislative develo
Cancer, a group of diseases with abnormal cell growth, is today very common in our society. There are different forms of cancer, which all display different symptoms, but still have mutual characteristics. One such is the way cancer cells create energy which, like healthy cells, starts with glycolysis of glucose to pyruvate. In healthy cells, with sufficient oxygen supply, the enzyme pyruvate dehy
The solidarity clause was drafted a year after the terrorist attack in New York in 2001 and was informally further substantialised after the terrorist attack in Madrid in 2004. It became evident that terrorism is also a real and current threat to the Member States of the EU. The solidarity clause is now a part of the Constitutional Treaty (CT), which at the moment is subject to ratification in the
My thesis is a case study on the intervention in Iraq 2003, which was intensely debated prior the intervention and the debate is not yet concluded. My purpose is to analyse whether the intervention may be seen as a humanitarian intervention according to the criterions stipulated by the ICISS's report on the ''Responsibility to Protect'' and other authors' views about what j
Over the past decades, sustainable production and consumption pattern has been addressed on a global level. Business is a powerful stakeholder in the development of sustainable consumption and production systems as it represents a great proportion of competence, resources and mechanisms (Charter, Gray, Clark and Woolman, 2008). The global approach toward achieving sustainable production and consum
Det Palestinska Territoriet har sedan 1967 varit ockuperat av Israel. Som följd av ett stort antal oroligheter och protester mot ockupationen har Israel infört restriktioner för rörlighet inom Västbanken och Gaza. Rörligheten är styrd med hjälp av exempelvis vägspärrar och blockerade vägar. År 2002 började Israel bygga en betongmur runt om och inuti Västbanken, trots att det motsätter sig internatThe Palestinian Territory has since 1967 been occupied by Israel. Following a large number of disturbances as protests to the occupation, Israel has imposed mobility restrictions for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. The mobility is regulated by for example checkpoints, roadblocks and earth mounds. In 2002, Israel started to build a concrete wall around and inside the Palestinian Territory o
Am I allowed to help? – The care manager’s new dilemma Authors: Thea Nilsson Svegard and Helena Rülf Title: Am I allowed to help? – The care manager’s new dilemma Supervisor: Staffan Blomberg Assessor: Alexandru Panican The aim of this essay was to examine how care managers working with elderly look upon their own role in relation to customer-choice. The customer-choice reform is spreading rapi
De flesta aktiebolag i Sverige är fåmansföretag – vilket innebär att de ägs till övervägande del av en eller ett fåtal personer – och för dessa företag gäller särskilda skatterättsliga regler. Bakgrunden till denna särreglering är att det inte föreligger något sant tvåpartsförhållande mellan företaget och dess ägare, vilka utan särreglering därför skulle kunna skaffa sig omotiverade skattemässiga Most limited companies in Sweden are closely held companies – which mean that they are predominantly owned by one or a few persons – and for these companies there are special regulations applicable. The reason for having special regulations is that there does not exist a bilateral relationship between the company and the owner. Hence, without these special regulations the owner could receive unjus
Faiveley Group is an international company present in 22 countries, and with their headquarters in France. The subsidiary Faiveley Transport Nordic AB, Faiveley, is responsible for the Nordic and Baltic markets and is also the competence centre for the development of the BFC brakes. Faiveley is currently in a changing period and various projects are currently in progress, including hiring outside
Swedish labor law is essentially based on the notion that the social partners will regulate working conditions. In view of this, a special practice on unfairness assessments of collective agreements has emerged. It is felt that collective agreements should be more difficult to amend in Court than other types of agreements. Since 1995 however, Sweden is obliged to apply EU law, and not to take acti
Background and problem: In October 2010 the European Commission issued a Green Paper on Audit Policy in which they set out to draw lessons of the auditors’ role in the recent financial crisis. The European Commission considers the function of the audit to be a key contributor to investor confidence and suggests a number of controversial measures with the aim of ensuring financial stability in the
Engineering ceramics follow a persistent technical evolution with an increasing amount of applications within advanced industrial solutions. As it is a part of the technological progress, it is of importance that SKF maintain an understanding within the area and stay alert with changes in the environment. There are three main deliveries generated from this report; a market scanning of the most int
Work Shop B at ITT Flygt manufactures submersible pumps primarily for the construction industry and are today using an assembly principle, working on benches. Because of the demand on short delivery times and great variations of orders during the year there is a high pressure on the work shop. Because of the aspects above, the work shop wants to investigate whether it is possible to find a model f
This master thesis examines the internationalization of small and medium-seized enterprises with focus on how companies should proceed to establish sales activities overseas. Our thesis work has been done at QlikTech, a small international software company. QlikTech intends to penetrate the British market. The purpose of this master thesis is to create strategies how to gain market shares in the B
