Background: Health care reforms introducing patient choice have been gaining popularity during the last decades and several countries have implemented patient choice. The underlying principle of patient choice is anchored in the concept of the well-informed patient, an individual that knows what he or she is choosing between. Several information sources, related to choice of caregiver and treatmen

Vår studie visade att det fanns ett samband mellan marknadsandel och lojalitet. Vidare vad gäller sambandet mellan lojalitet och priselasticitet samt pris och lojalitet hittades inget samband eftersom denna var väldigt svag.Our study showed that there is a relationship between market share and loyalty. Regarding the relationship between loyalty and price elasticity and price and loyalty, the study shows a very weak correlation. Thus the conclusion that there is no correlation .

Idag använder sig organisationer av många olika system med många olika preferenser. För att systemen ska kunna vara kompatibla och kommunicera med varandra behöver de integreras. Mjukvaruutvecklare inom integration tillhandahåller den här tjänsten och använder sig av mönster för att integrera de olika systemen. Dessa mönster är abstrakta lösningsförslag som är erkända best practice metoder. Den

The majority of industrial control systems today are distributed over networks. These systems tend to be complex, and can be difficult both to configure and to analyze; therefore, there is definitely a gain in being able to simulate the behaviour of such a system prior to the actual implementation. This master’s thesis investigates the possibility to simulate the ABB automation system 800xA by ex

Denna studie är en analys av en muntligt formulerad diskurs med svenska kriminalvårdare om fängelsestraffets funktion och avskaffande. Syftet med uppsatsen är att visa på eventuella släktskap mellan en akademisk och en vardaglig diskurs om ämnet samt undersöka hur kriminalvårdarnas identitet tar sig uttryck i empirin. Detta görs med hjälp av fokusgruppsintervjuer med kriminalvårdare. Resultatet av

Abstract: Income inequality is a significant problem word face today. The study examines the correlation between income inequality and education in Turkey during the 1980 - 2005 period by using data from national surveys, Gini coefficient, Lorenz Curve and income quintile share ratio methods. The study concludes that the declining trend of Turkish income inequality is partly due to the education.

Fenomenet med e-handel växer men i Sverige är det fortfarande relativt få som väljer att handla livsmedel på nätet. Däremot ökar intresset och konkurrensen hårdnar. De stora svenska livsmedelsföretagen måste därför agera. Ett stort problem har varit att hitta lönsamma affärsmodeller för att flytta den traditionella handeln och hela butikens sortiment ut på nätet i ett så kallat e-grocery koncept.

The purpose of this research study is to identify and analyse how different CEO characteristics can influence short-term M&A performance. In particular, personal aspects in regards to M&A decisions are examined within a European setting, covering the time period from 2004 until 2013. The defined hypotheses, based on previous empirical research studies, are tested by conducting multivariate

Background: Internal communication is widely accepted as an elementary factor for venture growth, arguably an even more dominant factor than external influences. As companies highly differ, the implemented internal communication systems, which prove to be adequate for company needs vary. The internal communication systems additionally vary at different stages of company growth. The gap in research

Jag har i min studie studerat hur specialpedagogens roll bidrar till en inklusion eller exklusion av elever med ADHD. Begreppet En skola för alla är ett begrepp som myntades i Sverige under 1980-talet. Begreppet är en politisk vision som innebär att den obligatoriska skolan i Sverige ska anpassas efter varje individ och dess individuella förutsättningar. Det talas även om ett inkluderande perspekt

Hur blir man vuxen i det postindustriella samhället? Det är detta som är uppsatsens frågeställning, som besvaras genom att utforska de tre aspekter av livet i det postindustriella samhället som utgör hinder för unga vuxna från att bli och känna sig vuxna. Dessa tre aspekter är arbete, boende och utbildning. Detta har undersökts med en kvalitativ vetenskapsmetod och semistrukturerade djupintervjuer

Uppsatsens titel: Hållbarhetsredovisning i kommuner - En studie om nyttan av en lagstadgad hållbarhetsredovisning Seminariedatum: 4 juni 2014 Kurs: FEKH69, Examensarbete i redovisning på kandidatnivå, 15 poäng Författare: Adina Ahlgren och Samir Piragic Handledare: Rolf Larsson Nyckelord: Hållbarhet, hållbarhetsredovisning, kommuner, Carrolls CSR-pyramid, What gets measured gets done Syfte: Title: Sustainability reporting in municipalities - A study regarding the benefits of statutory sustainability reporting Seminar date: June 4th, 2014 Course: FEKH69, Bachelor thesis in Business Administration Authors: Adina Ahlgren and Samir Piragic Advisor: Rolf Larsson Key words: Sustainability, sustainability reporting, municipalities, Carroll’s CSR-pyramid, What gets measured gets done P

SVENSK SAMMANFATTNING Titel: Why Pay When You Can Get It For Free? A quantitative study of the web-based music industry Seminariedatum: 4 juni 2014 Kurs: FEKH19 Kandidatkurs i Strategic Management, 15 Hp Författare: Erika Fredriksson, Louise Klintner, Evelina Wennerberg Handledare: Christine Blomquist Nyckelord: Web-based music services, Buyer switching costs, Sampling, Willingness to pay, ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH Title: Why Pay When You Can Get It For Free? A quantitative study of the web-based music industry Seminar date: 4 of June, 2014 Topic/Course: FEKH19 Bachelors Thesis in Strategic Management, 15 University Credits Points (UPC) or ECTS-credits) Authors: Erika Fredriksson, Louise Klintner, Evelina Wennerberg Advisor: Christine Blomquist Key words: Web-based music services,

Background: A majority of sexually active adolescents in Sweden use contraception during sex, however STIs such as chlamydia has been seen to increase among 15-19 year olds. The overall aim of this study was to look into a wide set of factors that influence sexual risk-taking within individual, family and extrafamilial factors. A special focus was put on the influence of family factors on unprotec

JastAddJ is an extensible Java 7 compiler built using the meta-compilation system JastAdd. One of the main features of JastAddJ is that it supports modular extensions, making it well suited to use as a base compiler when implementing various types of language extensions or new languages built on top of Java. This thesis examines the possibility of extending JastAddJ with a module supporting the la

The purpose of this thesis is to examine if, from a portfolio perspective, the Value at Risk decreases when electricity is included as an asset to a portfolio of risk bearing assets and if this could have an impact on risk hedging strategies. The portfolio standard deviation used to calculate the Value at Risk is based on a Dynamic Conditional Correlation approach providing a time dependent correl

The number and popularity of graduate trainee programmes has recently increased rapidly in Sweden, while few studies have been conducted on the participants, leading to an incomplete understanding of what implications the programmes have for trainees. We analysed the sense-making of trainees based on a qualitative research design from an interpretative tradition. Data was gathered through 15 semi-

The impact of economic hardship has been proven to be a substantial factor in how people lived their lives in the 19th century Sweden. Equally the second-hand market has in recent studies been shown to have been a substantial part of the 19th century economy. The second-hand market consisting of market institutions such as peddler merchants, pawnshops and auctions were central to how people bought

To most people bitumen is an unknown material although it is the most important ingredient in asphalt pavements, something that everyone knows and uses every day. By merely distilling crude oil a substance is produced with unique properties and durability, which could not have been produced by synthetic means, at least not in those quantities used. The production is not that simple and the raw mat