The purpose of this thesis is to identify barriers to innovation faced by firms delivering healthcare services and to analyse their effects on healthcare service firms' innovation process. This thesis therefore aims to close a gap in literature. Insights gained can help policy-makers understand how their actions impede innovation in the healthcare industry and how they can remove or reduce spe

This thesis is a thematic analysis of two major themes in the poetry of Sylvia Plath: Death and rebirth. The idea is to look at selected poems by Plath without taking into account biographical data. The thesis investigates death as perfection, the act of dying and the performative aspect of rebirth. It also takes a closer look at the meaning of the color red and the movement upwards (the ascent) a

Studiens syfte var att undersöka hur upplevd stress, självkänsla och livstillfredsställelse samvarierar, om könsskillnad förekommer bland dessa variabler samt undersöka huruvida upplevd stress kan prediceras utifrån självkänsla och livstillfredsställelse vid kontroll av kön och ålder. Studien baserades på en enkätundersökning med 144 studenter från Lunds Universitet. Enkäten inkluderade RosenbergsThe aim of the study was to examine how perceived stress, self-esteem and life satisfaction covariate, if gender differences exists in these variables and to examine whether perceived stress can be predicted from self-esteem and life satisfaction when controlling for gender and age. The study was based on a survey with 144 students from Lund’s University. The survey included Rosenberg’s Self-Estee

I detta arbete presenteras en del av den ryggradsdjursfauna som fanns i södra Sverige under krittidens senare del, dvs. för mellan 100 och 66 miljoner år sedan. Vidare avhandlas ett mystiskt, fossilt skelettfynd från Kristianstadbassängen i nordöstra Skåne. Syftet med studien är att identifiera fossilet och att försöka bestämma till vilken djurgrupp det kan ha hört. Benet hittades i grundmarina sThis work presents a part of the vertebrate fauna that existed in the southern of Sweden during the latest Cretaceous period, between 100 and 66 Ma ago. Further, data on a mysterious skeletal finding from the Kristianstad Basin will be presented. The purpose of the study is to identify the fossil and to determine to which group of animals it might have belonged. The fossil was found in shallow, m

I Sverige får i dag hälften av befolkningen dricksvatten från vattentäkter som helt saknar eller har ett föråldrat skydd mot föroreningar. För att få bukt med problemet har Naturvårdsverket tagit fram anvisningar i form av tjugo punkter, samt tre tilläggspunkter, för upprättandet av ett vattenskyddsområde runt vattentäkten. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie har vart att jämföra sexton vattenskyddsIn Sweden today, half of the population gets their drinking water from water extraction areas without- or with out-dated protection against contamination. To resolve this problem the swedish government institution, Naturvårdsverket, has written a list, in the form of twenty directives, to help in the establishment of a water protection area around the water collection point. The purpose of this li

Huspriserna har i Sverige och flera andra länder gått upp kraftigt sedan 90-talet. Det debatteras om de höga priserna är hållbara eller om det existerar bostadsprisbubblor som om de spricker kan påverka den övriga ekonomin negativt. Flera länder där bostadspriserna gått upp upplevde fall i dessa och minskad ekonomisk tillväxt vid finanskrisen 2008. Sverige upplevde inte något drastiskt bostadspris

Abstract Author: Amanda Rask & Mariaserena Baretta Title: Prussiluskan - en diskursanalys om socionomstudenters syn på socionomyrket Supervisor: Mikael Sandgren Assessor: Maria Bangura Arvidsson The aim of this study was to examine how social work students speak of social work, and what knowledge they consider necessary for a social worker. Our main question to analyze was however how the stu

The aim of this master’s thesis is to examine which competencies and qualifications Swedish government agencies require when hiring records managers today. Recently, the archival sector has encountered several challenges regarding technical solutions for electronic archiving. This thesis also attempts to address whether these changes affect the need for specific qualifications in records managers.

This thesis has its focus on the interaction between competition law and the public procurement regime. Since the two systems have the same objective of the creation of an internal market it is vital that the two systems reach coherence. Despite this there is now express provision on the importance to fight anti competitive behaviour in the Public Sector Directive 2004/18/EC. On March 28th 2014 th

Denna studie undersöker hur politiska debatter och folkliga diskussioner om brott och straff formas diskursivt. Syftet med studien är att förstå återkommande tendenser i dessa sammanhang som uttryck för en styrande diskurs. Materialet omfattar ett antal kriminalpolitiska debatter, motioner och partiprogram samt brottsfallsdiskussioner hämtade från olika internetforum. I analysen tillämpar jag teor

Ett förändrat klimat som en funktion av den pågående globala uppvärmningen kan i Sverige komma att leda till en ökning av naturkatastrofer i form av bland annat skred. Längs Norsälven i Värmland har det vid flera tidigare tillfällen inträffat skred och området har nu valts ut av Statens Geotekniska Institut (SGI) för att under 2013-2014 användas som ett pilotprojekt inom ett regeringsuppdrag för sThe oncoming climate change due to the progressing global warming may in Sweden lead to an increase in natural disasters, among other e.g. in the form of landslides. Alongside the river Norsälven in Värmland there has on several occasions occurred landslides and this area has now been selected by the Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI) to be used during the period 2013-2014 for a pilot project fo

Meat production accounts for approximately 18 per cent of the total GHG emissions in the world and beef is the kind of meat associated with the highest emissions. This paper derives the beef demand and elasticities in Sweden using regression analysis. Further, it calculates the effects of a hypothetical pigovian consumption tax on beef to reduce beef consumption and the associated emissions. The s

This research addresses the role and the power that the media have in framing information about terrorism and also the importance of the media in a well functioning democracy. In order to do so, a case study of the Terrorist Organization November 17 (or 17N) in Greece is presented, using theories related to terrorism, media and political influence in order to better understand the way that the med

The goal for this thesis was to understand the scope of the healthcare exemption in the Directive 2006/123/EC on Services in the Internal Market (Services Directive) as it applies to national legislation/authorities of the membership states (MS) of EU. The basis for this thesis is the Services Directive; this Directive has certain exceptions in regards to the subject matter. Therefore, for a deepe

Sweden has a history of being seen as a tolerant and generous country when it comes to receiving refugees from countries suffering from war. In times of increased influence of radical right-wing parties across Europe, Sweden as the first country decided to grant permanent residence permits to refugees escaping the Syrian war. By applying the Multiple Streams Framework and treating Sweden as a devi

The aim of this study was to examine teachers' attitudes to the notification requirement of 14:1 SoL. It also aimed to examine the factors that influence their tendency to report, and what might constitute obstacles to report, according to the teachers themselves. The study is based on qualitative semi-structured interviews with four secondary school teachers in a municipality in Sweden. In

Issues of democracy and the greater debate on development cannot go without an examination of the various agencies that play a role in the larger development agenda and in political participation in particular, including NGOs and the Media. Here media refers to both traditional media of television, radio and press and social media and WEB 2.0. The case of YALI and the constitution making process i

Tillhörighet i en virtuell varumärkesgemenskap En ny medieekologi har växt fram med tekniska, kulturella och sociala förändringar som har skapat nya villkor, där konsumenternas deltagande har fått en central roll för företag och dess varumärkesbyggande. Syftet med vår studie är, att med Alex & Sigges podcasts varumärkesgemenskap som utgångspunkt, få en ökad förståelse för konsumentens nya aktiA sense of belonging in an online brand community A new media ecology has evolved with technological, cultural and social changes that have created new conditions, where consumer participation has been given a central role in the company and its branding. The purpose of this study is to in-crease knowledge about the active role of the consumer in a social context in a brand community. Our chosen c

För att uppnå de nationella klimatmålen har energieffektivisering vid renovering av flerbostadshus uppmärksammats som ett strategiskt område. Dock väljer många fastighetsägare bort investeringar i energieffektiviserande åtgärder till förmån för projekt som anses vara mer lönsamma. Därmed är det av intresse att undersöka hur fastighetsägarna motiverar sina val vid investeringar i energieffektiviserIn order to achieve the national climate goals in Sweden, energy-efficiency has been noticed as a strategic area. Despite of the possibility, investments in sustainable retrofit of building blocks are not prioritized among property owners. Instead, projects with a higher profit are chosen. Therefore, it is essential to scrutinize the decision-makers motivation during this investments and how the p

The thesis evaluates the process of making a survey and explores the statistics involved in the process. It is based on a study conducted in collaboration with Simrishamn municipality, which explores the habits and attitudes of migration in the municipality. An important finding is that age and gender affect the respondents’ answers and the response rate. Consequentially it is imperative to implem