Norway has the past 20 years witnessed a boom in fishing and aquaculture industry. This thesis investigates whether it has been beneficial for economic growth on a regional level. Data from the 19 regions of Norway has been used to test three hypotheses through econometric analysis using a two-way fixed effect panel regression model. The first hypothesis implying a correlation between productivity

Bakgrund: Diabetes typ 2 är ett globalt hälsoproblem. År 2014 var det 8,5 % av världens befolkning över 18 år och 5–7 % av Sveriges befolkning som led av sjukdomen. Sjukdomen kan till stor del förebyggas eller minskas genom att hålla en normal vikt, träna regelbundet och äta hälsosam kost. Behandlingen består till största del av en aktiv egenvård där sjuksköterskan har en viktig roll för att uppmu

Konsultbranschen växer och hur detta påverkar individer, organisationer och samhället diskuteras frekvent i media. I denna studie vänds blicken mot konsulternas perspektiv och syftet med uppsatsen är att analysera konsulters upplevelse av sin yrkesform. Metoden för studien är kvalitativ och fem semistrukturerade intervjuer ligger till grund för den empiri som presenteras. Studien har gjorts utifrå

The aim of this study was to investigate how the phenomenon of an uneven breakdown by sex and differences between gender were described by group managers of an organization who offer camps for children with ASD. Six semi-structured interviews were conducted with the six group managers within the organization. The primary theoretical framework used for the analysis was a social constructivism persp

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka vad regleringen av elektroniska underskrifter är och om formkraven vid fastighetsköp kan anses vara uppfyllda vid användande av elektroniska underskrifter. Slutsatsen är att eIDAS-förordningen och lag (2016:561) med kompletterande bestämmelser till EU:s förordning om elektronisk identifiering reglerar elektroniska underskrifter. Elektroniska underskrifter The purpose of this study is to investigate what the current regulation of electronic signatures in Sweden is and whether the formal requirements for property purchases can be considered met when using electronic signatures. The conclusion is that the eIDAS-regulation and supplementary law (2016:561) with provisions to the EU-regulation on electronic identification regulate electronic signatures

The aim of this study was to examine how care managers experience the challenges that they encounter in their meetings with elderly who suffers from mental illness. We have through qualitative semi structured interviews interviewed seven care managers within the elderly care. To analyze our result we have used Michael Lipsky’s theory about street level bureaucracy. The care managers in our study t

The aim of this study has been to examine the way social workers view ADHD and the scope given neuropshycological disorders such as ADHD within the professional delimitation of the social services child and family unit. The study has taken a qualitative approach with six semistructured interviews being held with social workers currently working in the child and family unit. These social workers we

Sverige har under en längre tid blivit ett land med människor från allt fler olika etniska grupper och mångfaldsarbetet har därför utvecklats till att bli en viktigare del av arbetslivet. På den offentliga sidan av arbetsmarknaden är det endast möjligt att rekrytera efter särskilda kriterier. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka en statlig arbetsgivares möjligheter att rekrytera i syfte att uppnåSweden has under a long period of time become a country with people from increasingly diffrent ethnic groups and therefore the diversity work has developed to become an increasingly important part of the labour market. On the public side of the labour market it is solely possible to recuite according to special criteria. The purpose with this essay is to investigate a state employer’s possibilitie

Studiens syfte var att undersöka unga kvinnors upplevelser av att genom dejtingappen Tinder försöka inleda kärleksrelationer. Urvalet bestod av åtta kvinnor i åldrarna 23–27 år, vilka alla hade använt Tinder i syfte att dejta romantiskt. Datainsamling skedde genom semistrukturerade intervjuer. I studien användes en tematisk analys med fenomenologisk ansats där fenomenet i fokus var romantisk tindeThe aim of the present study was to explore young women’s experiences of attempting to initiate romantic relationships through the dating app Tinder. The sample consisted of eight women between the ages of 23 and 27 years, who all had used Tinder for purposes of romantic dating. Data collection was achieved through semi-structured interviews. A thematic analysis grounded in a phenomenological appr

The aim of this study was to examine how adolescents reason about climate change and how they themselves perceive that climate change affects their emotions and social interactions. Climate change is one of the greatest issues of modern time and adolescents are the ones who to a higher extent will have to face the issue in the future. The present study is based on semi-structured interviews with s

The purpose of the study was to investigate school counselor’s reasoning’s about collaborations with social services regarding children who have been subjects to a report of concern from their schools. Children’s needs for support and help from the school is not limited to merely before a report of concern is made but also after. Therefore, it has been of interest to investigate what is done to en

The rights of the children : a formality or a reality? Incorporating the Convention on the Rights of the Child into Swedish law This essay investigates the arguments for incorporating the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child into Swedish law through a discourse analysis. The empirical data for the analysis consists of the Swedish Government Official Report (SOU 2016:19) on the su

Emotional Strain - Social Workers Experience of their Psychosocial Working There has been a rise in work-related mental health issues that leave people sick and absent from work. This is especially true for people in social work and in municipal social services with exercise of public authority. The employer has the legal responsibility for a healthy work environment, yet the responsibility for t

Pallets are the most common tertiary packaging solution with over 80% the world trade currently being carried out using pallets. The most widely used pallet type is the four-way wood pallet which accounts for 86% of the pallet production worldwide and the most common pallet size is the Euro Pallet. A department at Tetra Pak called Additional Materials (AddMat) is mainly using Euro Pallets, which h

Due to the era of digitalization increased demands have been set upon businesses to stay up-to-date, being adaptive, flexible and innovative which contributes to a higher focus on learning at the workplace. To cope with these demands organizations have begun using e-learning platforms. This study is based on a case where we, in collaboration with a global organization, have been looking closer at

The aim of this study is to explore how employees at fountain houses in south of Sweden describes differences and similarities between them and members. The study is based on six qualitative interviews with employees, who has the title supervisors, from three different fountain houses. The empirics are analyzed throughout two main theories: Hannah Arendt’s theory about action, and Erving Goffman’s

The aim of the study was to investigate the participating psychologists’ experiences with compassion fatigue, and to identify individual, interpersonal and organizational factors and strategies perceived as contributing or protecting in relation to compassion fatigue. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with eight psychologists (three men and five women) with more than five years o

Denna uppsats undersöker huvudsakligen vad som händer med anställningsvillkoren vid en verksamhetsövergång. De situationer vi fokuserar på är då båda parter är bundna av kollektiv- avtal samt då ingen part är bunden av kollektivavtal. En diskussion om vilka förutsättningar som ligger till grund för anställningsvillkorens övergång förs. Detta leder till en redogörelse för vilka undantag som finns oThis essay will mainly investigate what happens with the working conditions for employees during a transfer of undertaking. The focus revolves around getting an understanding of applicable law and investigating which protection the employees are entitled to. To investigate the answers to the questions, the legal dogmatic method is used. To achieve the purpose of this paper, it contains a definiti

We examine the relationship between investments in working capital and shareholder wealth on Swedish firms. By measuring excess return on a sample consisting of 143 listed Swedish firms between 2009 – 2018, several conclusions could be made. First, for the average firm it is a disadvantage of hoarding cash when the objective is to maximize shareholder wealth. Second, for the average firm with net

Denna studie undersöker huruvida the protest paradigm går att urskilja i tryckta artiklar från tidningarna Aftonbladet, Dagens nyheter, Expressen och Göteborgs-posten som behandlar klimataktivisten Greta Thunberg i form av marginaliserande och diskrediterande frames. Studien undersöker också vilka frames som är möjliga att identifiera i texterna. För att genomföra undersökningen har en kvalitativ