Research question: How do the interdependencies of leadership and organizational culture influence cross-functional collaboration? Methodology: This single case study is of a qualitative nature, entailing an inductive stance bearing traces of deduction. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews among three departments within the case company and analyzed by applying the grounded

Genom att utvärdera Skochparametern och skapa tre konceptkompressorer har examensarbetet försökt komma till en slutsats om hur bladens längdförhållande påverkar en kompressors verkningsgrad och stabilitet. Skochparametern visade sig fungera mindre bra som ett verktyg och det visade sig att ett lägre längdförhållande innebar en liten minsking i verkningsgrad, men en betydande ökning i stabilitet. The design of an axial compressor is mainly the trade-off between efficiency, stability and cost. A parameter that affects all of these three aspects is the blade aspect ratio. Due to the intricacy and complexity of the flow in a compressor, solely the effect of the blade aspect ratio variation is difficult to obtain. A parameter that supposedly is a gauge of the combined airfoil and end wall loa

Huntington’s disease is a hereditary neurodegenerative disease caused by an expansion of CAG repeats in the huntingtin (HTT) gene. HD is fully penetrant around 40 CAG repeats and is characterized by motor impairments, psychiatric disturbances and cognitive deterioration. Unintended weight loss is also a clinical feature of HD, leading to reduced morality and a decline in quality of life in HD pati

Existing research acknowledges users as an important external source of innovation for firms, but mainly focuses on user innovation in mature firms. The aim of this paper is to understand why and how startups strategically integrate users in the innovation process. To achieve this purpose we chose an abductive, qualitative research approach and conducted a multiple case study on six Swedish high-t

This thesis aims to extend the capital structure literature and identify the firm specific determinants of leverage within the automotive industry, filling a gap in the academic literature, and providing a base for future research. Panel data comprised of 29 global automotive companies over a 10-year period, 2008-2017, is used to run OLS regressions on three classifications of capital structure: t

This study aims to examine the new and unexplored phenomenon political influencing from a recipient perspective. The phenomenon of Swedish party leaders being visible in influencers’ channels has increased and become more common, especially before the Swedish parliamentary elections in 2018. Although there is a lack of research on this phenomenon which has been the basis for the purpose of this st

The taxation of the digital economy has become a relevant subject, as business models and value creation chains of all sectors have been transformed bringing challenges to the international tax system and parameters for the allocation of taxing rights between source and residence jurisdictions. In view of these changes, the European Commission has published two proposals for directives on the taxa

Bakgrund: Mötet med vården är betydelsefullt och brister detta möte mellan sjuksköterskan och en patient med anorexia nervosa kan patienten avsluta sin behandling i förtid vilket kan leda till att patienten inte blir frisk. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturstudien var att beskriva hur patienter med anorexia nervosa upplever mötet med vården. Metod: En litteraturstudie har genomförts där åtta kvalitativ

Let’s get hyggelig in Denmark – a qualitative case study about place branding in times of mediatization In a world that is coined by globalization, individualization, commercialization and mediatization, place brands try to use their cultural assets to distinguish them- selves from others and compete for tourists. Although literature on place branding acknowledges the importance of culture, there

Hållbart resande i socialt utsatta områden En studie som genomförts vid Centrum för miljö- och klimatforskning (CEC) visar på att det finns vissa skillnader vad gäller resvanor i socialt utsatta områden jämfört med andra områden. På Rosengård i Malmö upplevs exempelvis behovet av att använda bilen som större jämfört med genomsnittet för Malmö kommun. Dessutom är cykeltillgången för området väldigRoad transportation is a large source of greenhouse gas emissions and contributor to climate change. To reduce the negative environmental impact from road transportation, the use of cars as a mode of transport should be reduced. This can be done by changed travel habits and sustainable transport planning. Previously, transportation planning and new investments have often been limited to higher soc

The old observatory in Lund is a building which is protected by Kulturmiljölagen. The building has been empty for nearly 20 years and is in desperate need of renovation because of its poor condition and doesn´t live up to modern requirement for fire safety and accessibility. The municipality of Lund request suggestions for a new function for the observatory with related changes which could be acce

In recent years the Swedish construction sector has enjoyed a literal building boom. This is the culmination of a growing population and lack of housing, construction is at its highest level in decades. Swedish contractors are simply not meeting the demand and numerous analysts have warned against the consequences of a crash in the construction sector. Industry interest organizations have suggeste

Vi rockar sockor varje dag - En kvalitativ receptionsstudie rörande medierepresentationen av Downs syndrom och kampanjen Rocka Sockorna utifrån ett föräldraperspektiv är författad av Hannah Lindell och Sandra Eriksson inom ämnet Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap vid Institutionen för kommunikation och medier på Lunds Universitet. Uppsatsen ämnar undersöka genom intervjuer hur kampanjen Rocka Sock

Studiens syfte är att fördjupa förståelsen för begreppet downshifting, vad som driver en individ till att downshifta samt hur skiftet påverkar dennes livskvalitet med avseende på sociala, psykologiska samt relationella processer. Studien använder en kvalitativ metod och semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med fem kvinnor som downshiftat. Datamaterialet analyserades med Interpretativ Fenomenol

Denna kandidatuppsats undersöker en direkt aktion mot brännvinsbrännerier som genomfördes i Karlshamn, november 1853. Den arbetande befolkningen i staden var vid denna tid mycket upprörda över det faktum att de lokala brännvinsbrännerierna fick fortsätta att köpa upp och bränna spannmål och potatis, trots den ständigt ökande bristen på livsmedel. Genom att tillämpa den brittiske historiken E.P. ThThis thesis aims to investigate a case of worker’s direct action against distilleries of hard liquor (brännvin) in the southern Swedish town of Karlshamn, November 1853. Many people were angry because the distilleries were allowed to keep on distilling grains and potatoes despite the constantly increasing shortage of basic foodstuffs. By applying English historian E.P. Thompson’s theory of “the mo

This thesis investigates whether or not the Chinese growth is sustainable in the longer term. The two major economies China and India share several common features in terms of e.g. growth and size, as well as fundamental differences regarding factors such as institutions and politics. There is a possibility that India, a democratic country, possibly, in the longer time horizon will overtake China

The aim of this study is to analyze the environmental impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last decades, increasing levels of environmental degradation have been recorded and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a region that is particularly vulnerable to these climatic changes. It has been claimed that the environmental degradation, with rising levels of CO2 emission,

Nutrient recovered faecal sludge is a novel alternative fertilizer product, and is proposed to be promoted in places where improvement in sanitation management is needed, for example in Uganda’s capital Kampala. However, Uganda and most of Africa is perceived as a faecofobic area, i.e. where faeces are stigmatized and guarded by taboos, and there is lacking information regarding Ugandan farmers’ p

Bakgrund: Inom palliativ vård möter arbetsterapeuter ett dilemma eftersom fokus ofta ligger på att öka patientens självständighet, underlätta återgång till roller, aktiviteter och relationer. Denna tillvägagångssätt förbiser patienternas behov av att förbereda sig inför döden och få en meningsfull avslutning. Denna studie fokuserar på patientens aktivitetshistoria som intervention och hur den bidr