Innovation has become increasingly important for the performance of firms and nations. At the same time, financial markets have come to exert a great deal of influence over resource allocation in publically traded firms. A significant body of evidence suggests that certain actors exert pressure on corporate managers to maximize short term financial results at the expense of investments in long ter

Med en teoretisk utgångspunkt i engagemang, volontärskap och ledarskap - mer specifikt transformativt ledarskap - har uppsatsen som syfte att undersöka och analysera hur ledningen i en organisation som bygger på frivillig arbetskraft skapar och bibehåller engagemang. Vi vill även undersöka hur ledarskapet fungerar i en organisation som präglas av en stor omsättning på människor, samt där en person

Elbilars utveckling går fort framåt och fler väljer att investera i en. Vilka olika laddningstekniker finns det? Hur kommer laddningen av elbilar påverka våra elnät? Kraftdistribution till en elvägssträcka modelleras för att påvisa kapacitetskrav och kostnader. Studien visar även hur hemmaladdning och arbetsplatsladdning kan påverka belastningen i elnätet om reglering uteblir.Sweden’s road traffic is responsible for a great part of the emissions of greenhouse gases in the country. Conventional vehicles, driven by fossil fuels, have low efficiency and emits environmentally destructive particles. Electric vehicles can be the solution! Electric vehicles have no local emissions while driving and the electric motors of today have an efficiency of above 90 %. But there are s

The sexual assaults in Köln on New Year’s Eve 2016 and similar events in Sweden started a debate in Swedish articles and editorials regarding the explanations to these assaults. Through a critical discourse analysis, the aim of this study is to examine how specific world views are upheld by focusing on how the writers argue reasons for the assaults’ occurrence. Furthermore, the study aims to exami

Fidgeting is a common behavior, though often with negative associations. In this master thesis positive effects of fidgeting, and possible connections with creativity are investigated. By conducting both literature research and several studies, four main reasons for fidgeting were identified. Relax, when fidgeting is done to decrees stress and anxiety; Focus, when increased attention and focus is

Vår uppsats behandlar ämnet känsloarbete. Känsloarbete är servicearbeten där de anställda måste hantera sina egna och kunders känslor. Dessa arbeten kan föra med sig en rad negativa aspekter och mängden forskning på området som har ägnats åt hur servicearbeten med låg status kan förbättras är mycket knapp. Uppsatsens syfte är att ge en inblick i hur organisationer på bästa sätt kan ge sina anställ

Building sustainable, collaborative solutions to contemporary sustainability challenges requires a new generation of future professionals or ‘change-agents,’ the engagement of non-academic stakeholders, and academic facilitation. Educational reform is needed in order to enhance students’ competencies in becoming effective sustainability professionals. Effective collaborative platforms have the pot

Nature-based solutions (NBS) offer the potential to sustainably address environmental problems in an urban context, with environmental, social, and economic benefits. As a relatively new concept, NBS is poorly defined in the literature and there is great need for more empirical information about implementation and impacts. This case study of the city of Malmö, Sweden, attempts to understand the st

The central role of solar photovoltaics (PV) energy to facilitate transition of energy systems leads to the global diffusion of solar PV systems. Despite increasing deployment, the adoption of solar PV systems still faces numerous barriers. The existence of a business model can contribute to the removal of barriers, and further catalyze solar PV development. This study carries out an assessment to

Chinese furniture industry is facing serious problem of limited virgin resources, environmental pollution and has an overall low profit rate. Implementing the circular economy in the industry is necessary and will contribute to its economically sustainable growth. Exploring and understanding these limited business models and conditions under which resource efficiency can be enabled and secured, es

The sharing economy, new and still evolving, is being put forward as a potentially disruptive sustainable solution to economic, social and environmental problems. Its design is mainly shaped and analysed by people from the Global North, while the spread of sharing economy initiatives in the Global South has escaped the purview of scholars. More so, the sustainability potentials claimed by proponen

As companies compete on the global market with an increasing amount of competitors trying to win market shares the need for an increasingly effective production becomes apparent. By utilizing the correct indicators the company can identify and improve their weaknesses to becoming more effective. The project is performed at five of Alfa Laval’s production sites, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The study is also

This essay investigates the online L2 processing of restricted collocations and figurative idioms. Earlier research has shown there to be a difference in how these word combinations are processed depending on a variety of factors. In this study a self-paced reading experiment is administered to 15 second language learners of English (L1 Swedish) where their reading time is measured by DMDX softwar

Food insecurity has proven to be a significant problem in many developing countries, which in some cases occurs due to the lack of adequate methods of preserving foods for longer periods of time. Solar drying of foods could be a feasible method for preserving foods in developing countries. To maintain a good product quality, the design of the solar dryer used needs to be considered. A faulty desig

Stadsodling– ett verktyg med potential för omställning, beroende på hur det värderas Det finns flera anledningar till att odla i staden – fritidsintresse, stärkt integration eller möjlighet till försörjning. Stadsodling kan stärka stadens sociala, ekologiska och ekonomiska hållbarhet i stort. Men denna studie visar att det trots dess potential finns tydliga hinder. Hindren uppstår eftersom stadsoThe complexity of climate change creates a need for multifunctional solutions. Urban farming is a tool with potential for adapting and transitioning society. While not a new phenomenon, the incentives have changed and therefore contemporary characteristics for urban farming need to be further examined. This study analyzes how urban farms are valued and central barriers together with drivers. Opera

Den förefintliga uppsatsen ämnar undersöka utvalda paratexter på bokmarknaden i form av för- eller efterord. Samtliga undersökta paratexterna tillhör översatta titlar författade av översättaren. Uppsatsen syftar till att söka utröna paratexternas funktion på bokmarknaden samt deras förhållande till läsaren. I avsikt att uppnå syftet samt besvara frågeställningarna appliceras Gérard Genettes metod

The present study seeks to explore the criminalization of, and punitive responses toward poor and marginalized people, through a case study on street children in Cairo. The specific focus of the study is public perceptions of the street children. Through focus group discussions with Cairo residents of different ages, gender and socioeconomic backgrounds, it explores how members of the public under

Ändtarmscancer är en av de vanligast förekommande cancersjukdomarna. Tillsammans med tjocktarmscancer är det den tredje vanligaste cancersjukdomen i världen. Den behandlas vanligen med kirurgi, under vilken en stor del av ändtarmen och dess omgivande fettvävnad tas bort. För att minska risken för återfall kan operationen kompletteras med strålbehandling, där patienterna oftast strålbehandlas innanBackground and purpose: During radiotherapy, rectal cancer patients show inter-fractional internal motion that effects the delivered dose distribution. The purpose of this work is to study I) the inter-fractional bladder volume change, II) the effect of bladder volume change on bowel dose distribution, III) the effect of bladder optimization on the relationship between bladder volume and bowel dos