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The role of patents within innovation and growth is heavily discussed. Some scholars argue that with patents incentives for innovation is created, other argue that the effect of patent is highly limited. Within in economic growth the Schumpeter model states that patent is crucial for innovation, which creates a domino effect that later on increase productivity and increases economic growth. With t
Den stora flyktingkrisen som råder i Europa har resulterat i att många länder nu står inför en oförutsedd integrationsutmaning. Sverige är ett av de länder som un- der de senaste åren tagit emot flest flyktingar, vilket har resulterat i ett införande av en ny anvisningslag som kräver att alla svenska kommuner ska ta emot och ordna bostad och sysselsättning till ett visst antal nyanlända varje år. The refugee crisis in Europe has had many countries experience an unforeseen challenge of integration. Sweden has received one of the largest amounts of refu- gees during the recent years, which has resulted in a new distribution law requir- ing all Swedish municipalities to help arrange accommodation and employment. However, researchers have discussed whether these arrangements are sufficient for
Author: Johanna Lövall Title: ‘ You can get it everywhere’. Parents' views on their ability to influence young people's approach to alcohol and drugs. Supervisor: Teres Hjärpe Assessor: Katarina Jacobsson Background: There is extensive research from different national contexts pointing out parents and some specific parenting approaches as important in preventing or counteracting youth alc
Author(s): Marcus Alm Olle Pettersson Title: Loneliness in western Europe – Study over single household and life satisfaction in United Kingdoms, Sweden and Germany. Supervisor: Poul Hansen This study focuses on looking at differences and similarities in single households and life satisfaction between The United Kingdom, Sweden and Germany. To interpret the differences, we are investigating the a
Dagens samhälle blir mer och mer automatiserat, allt från smarta kök till autonoma bilar.Olyckor med autonoma fordon har inträffat den senaste tiden och skapat orosmoment gällande dess säkerhet. Då dessa fordon kommer spela en stor roll i vår vardag, ställer det stora krav på deras säkerhetsnivå. Denna studie undersöker vilka säkerhetsproblem som finns med autonoma fordon i dagsläget. Samt vilka å
Tapering is a mode of operation of insertion devices that allows the users to perform scanning in a range of photon energies. NanoMAX, BioMAX and BALDER are all beamlines of the 3 GeV MAX IV storage ring and will provide this special mode of operation for their users. In this thesis, the spectra of NanoMAX and BioMAX while operating with tapering were studied and feed forward tables that cancel ou
Denna studie handlar om musiklärares erfarenheter av och uppfattningar om kollegialt lärande. Studiens syfte är att förstå hur kollegialt lärande kan påverka individens arbetssituation, samt att undersöka vad som krävs hos individen för att det kollegiala lärandet ska fungera. Studien bygger på kvalitativ forskning i form av semi-strukturerade intervjuer som har spelats in, transkriberats och analThis study is about music teachers' experiences and perceptions of collegial learning. The purpose of the study is to understand how collegial learning can affect the individual's work situation, as well as to study what is required of the individual for the collegial learning to work. The study is based on qualitative research in the form of semi-structured interviews that have been recor
De senaste åren har mängden data expanderat och det ställs högre krav på företag att kunna hantera denna data. Business Intelligence, vidare kallat BI, underlättar för verksamheter att samla in, lagra samt analysera sin data och ta beslut utifrån analysen. Ett sätt att presentera datan är genom BI-dashboards. Det är ett verktyg som visualiserar en verksamhets nyckeltal, även kallat KPI:er. För att
To lose a child in suicide - A study about how gender norms in society affect the relatives of a deceased and their grieving process Background: Suicide is a comprehensive problem which majorly affects the relatives of the person who commit suicide. The grieving process is individual. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the parents of the deceased handle the grief, and if gender norm
In this thesis I study the performances of artificial neural networks (ANNs) and three various ARCH-type models to predict weekly volatility of the Swedish (OMXS30), the British (FTSE100) and the Australian (S&P/ASX200) major stock indices. The three various ARCH-type models are the GARCH(1,1), the EGARCH(1,1) and the TGARCH(1,1). The purpose is to investigate if ANNs outperform the more tradi
The autumn of 2015 constituted a major break with the prior migration regime in Sweden, as the government implemented temporary migration laws in order to curb the large-scale arrival of migrants, which had taken the authorities by surprise at the time. Following this, the question of migration has gradually to a greater extent come to be framed as a threat by government officials and the politica
This thesis uses the United Kingdom’s European Union membership referendum of 2016 to understand how, within the theoretical context of the hybrid media system, two prominent British media outlets framed their coverage for the British public. Using a typology of five news frames (attribution of responsibility, human interest, conflict, morality and economic consequences) the study applies a quanti
Policy making concerning prostitution is an element of ongoing processes in Europe. Recent changing in laws shed light on the double targets of the policies, they not only regulate economic activities of a discussed moral value, but they also attempt to contract sex trafficking illegal markets. Research is housing debates concerning the actual relationship occurring between prostitution laws and s
Bakgrund: Närstående försätts ofta i en krissituation när någon i deras närhet plötsligt avlider och organdonation är aktuellt. Vården av den avlidne, blivande donatorn fortlöper på samma sätt som innan döden inträtt, något som kan upplevas förvirrande och komplext för den närstående. Syfte: Att belysa närståendes upplevelser av vårdpersonalens bemötande i samband med organdonation av avliden dona
This study is about understanding how contemporary, popular experts in parenting and children's behavior advices insecure parents how to deal with scared anxious children. The studies empiricism is retrieved from books, parenting sites and newspapers. The analysis and results is based on a method where the empiricism is studied from a problems perspective, analyzed in categories that answers q
A shift in new venture creation can be observed from purely profit-oriented models to alternatives attempting to also answer social and environmental needs. Because of their nature, these alternatives face issues regarding their integration in traditional financial and business spheres. Shared Value Creation is a framework that attempts to analyse these ventures and those challenges. Blockchain te
The sociology of urban space is a field lacking in research and debate. Acknowledging that this is a matter with which all individuals interact, it is therefore curious as to why. This thesis argues that urban space in Malmö is not being utilised to its fullest potential and through simple attention to the social reality of humans, this could be achieved. In a thorough study of eight different soc
“The one you mess with is the one you like”. A qualitative interview study on school counsellors perspectives on sexual harassment in school. The aim of this study was to investigate school counsellor's perspectives on sexual harassment by looking at how school counsellors describe sexual harassment in their schools, how they describe the cause of the problem in their school and how they thin
This study is concerned with the collaboration between museums and amateur performers of historical reenactment and living history i Sweden. Historical reenactment were examined as a cultural phenomenon and as a potential way of bringing new volunteers and partners to the museum. Historical reenactment is part of a more traditional museology which emphasize the knowledge of museum collections and
