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Att topprestera på två arenor, en studie om elitidrottens påverkan på ledarskap

Syftet med vår studie är att identifiera vilka egenskaper, beteenden och mentala förmågor före detta elitidrottare har utvecklat och tagit med sig från sin aktiva idrottskarriär, och hur dessa påverkat den nya yrkesrollen som ledare. Utifrån en induktiv och kvalitativ ansats har vi genomfört ett flertal casestudier där varje studie representerar en individ. Vi har haft 16 öppna intervjuer som ligg

Performance Measurements in a Chinese Labor Union

Performance measurement system, especially the Balanced Score Card (BSC) is gaining increasing popularity among various kinds of organizations, especially these years more and more non-profit organizations such as: schools, hospitals, labor unions, etc., are putting emphasis on the implementation of performance measure system to improve their practice. It was demonstrated that a great amount of ac

Which Swedish industries could become pioneers in extensive Intellectual Capital disclosure?

It is difficult to assess and measure IC, and most companies lack extensive disclosure of IC. Meanwhile, theories advocate a higher level of disclosure as it is considered beneficial for companies, investors, and other stakeholders. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate in which industries IC disclosure has effect on market values. Further, we want to keep a theoretical discussion whether th

Första chefsrollen - En jämförande studie mellan sistaårsstudenters förväntningar på en framtida chefsroll och förstagångschefers erfarenheter från arbetslivet

Syftet har varit att belysa chefsrollens många olika sidor och möjliga innebörd genom en jämförande studie mellan förväntningar på en framtida chefsroll hos sistaårsstudenter och erfarenheter från förstagångschefer i arbetslivet. En kvalitativ datainsamling genom semistrukturerade intervjuer har utförts. Det empiriska materialet har samlats in från studenter i slutfasen av sin utbildning samt från

Samhällsengagemang - en strategisk resurs?

Sammanfattning Examensarbetets titel: Samhällsengagemang - en strategisk resurs? Seminariedatum: Den 4 juni, 2010 Ämne/kurs: FEK591, Examensarbete magisternivå, 15 poäng Författare: Kristin Gulliksson, Charlotte Kovacs, Malin Laurén Handledare: Per-Hugo Skärvad Fem nyckelord: Corporate Social Responsibility, “strategiskt samhällsengagemang”, välgörenhet, intressenter, kärnkompetens Syfte: Syftet m

Intellectual Capital in the Venture Capital Industry

The purpose of this thesis is to answer the question: Is the present venture capital firm IC-consideration satisfactory when evaluating investment opportunities? The study is conducted with a deductive approach where a qualitative method is used to find the answer of our purpose. The research design used for this is problem analysis, where we have analyzed the views of a number of respondents thro

National Intellectual Capital: Examining the implications of intellectual capital elements in national and innovation system model context through a comparative study of Finland, Singapore and Malaysia

This paper seeks to examine the relationship between intellectual capital (IC) elements – human capital, market capital, process capital and renewal capital – and innovation system models (ISMs), on a national level, to determine if specific IC elements have a higher degree of influence in supporting economic competitiveness, and if both IC and ISM mutually influence and reinforce one another. Thr

Energieffektivisering av miljonprogrammet

Ämnet jag vill skriva om och undersöka är hur renovering av miljonprogrammet ser ut ur energisynpunkt. Hur energieffektiviserar man i ett fuktsäkert perspektiv(gällande bl.a VVS-system, el, fönster, väggar, grund, tak, fuktspärr m.m.)? Jag hade tänkt göra energianalyser mha Arkitekt- och Konstruktionshandlingarna för loftgångshusen innan och efter ombyggnad, och se över köldbryggor. Jag kommer äve

Hogia Notification

Hogia is a development company in the software industry. One of the products they deliver is a web-based portal for the accounting and auditing industry. This portal is a platform for agencies linking communication with their customers. The portal today lacks the ability of notifying customers, for instance via email, when a new event that concerns the customer has been added. This could for examp

Do clusters contribute to a divergence among the European regions? A study of the spatial patterns of knowledge-flows of the Scania life science cluster

This research was inspired from two of the European Union’s development policies: the cluster-approach with the goal of economic growth as well as the cohesion policy aiming for a divergence among the European regions. The paper tries to deal with one of the key-concepts of this policy by looking at the spatial patterns of the knowledge flow from a case study of the Scania life science, to see if

French and Canadian Immigration in a Comparative Analysis

The Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) rates 28 countries according to best practice performance in areas of migration policies, placing Canada in fifth place and France in the eleventh position. This study seeks to develop and further the MIPEX framework in an economic context, through an examination of labour market integration, labour market integration and public attitudes towards immigr

KBT-baserad korttidsintervention för viktnedgång

Seven women with obesity were treated with CBT based strategies for weight loss and weight loss maintenance respectively. Methods included psychological strategies for weight loss developed by Judith Beck. The intervention consisted of ten group sessions. Results were measured by differences in percentage weight loss and BMI, and scores obtained through TFEQ-21 (Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire).

Considerations and implications of issuing sovereign bonds: the case of Mongolia

The following paper aims to assess Mongolia’s recent decision to engage in its first issue of sovereign bonds, announced for the fall of 2010. To this end, both a qualitative and a quantitative analysis of the bond characteristics and implications were conducted. The comparative country analysis provides insight into previous activities on the sovereign bond market, and helps estimate the expected

Enterprise 2.0: Integrating Web 2.0 into Organizational Business Structure

In a social environment, web 2.0 technologies offer significant benefits to enterprises willing to integrate the technology into their business. The most socio-technological systems which have gained much more attention and generated most interest from companies in recent years are blogs, social networking and wikis. However, web 2.0 technologies provide opportunities for companies that are able t

CO2 Emissions Allowances. Modeling the Price Dynamics in the EU Emission Trading System

The aim of this paper is to characterize the daily price fundamentals of European Union Allowances (EUAs) traded in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) during the period September 2005 - February 2010. We use GARCH model in order to account for changes in volatility. We split our analysis into two periods according to the two phases of the ETS. We disregard the period 02.04.2007 – 11.08.2008, wh

“We have a name for something I’ve felt all my life” - Discovering and explaining asexuality

The purpose of this study was to investigate three aspects of asexuality. This was achieved through conducting six interviews with self identified asexuals, an observation on a meeting for asexuals, an analysis of what functions the two organisations for asexuals, Nätverket Asexuell and AVEN have, and a content analysis concerning how people talk about a lack of sexual lust on the internet. The co

Jesus är vägen, sanningen och livet - därför är islam...

”Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, therefore Islam is… - the view of Islam and Muslims in the student organization Credo Lund” is an inductive, quantitative interview-study. The purpose of the study is to investigate how a person, convinced of Christianity‟s exclusivity when it comes to salvation, relates to and talks about Islam and Muslims. The material consists of interviews with four m

Vad bestämmer prissättningen av SJ:s biljetter?

This paper examines how different variables affect the ticket price, using three different hypotheses. The first is how price is affected by time between ticket purchase and retirement. The second hypothesis tests the price changes in relation to the distance between destinations and the third hypothesis is testing whether competition has any role in the various cities. The various hypotheses are

New Evidence of Deliberate Fertility Control in Colonial Taiwan: Dajia 1906-1942

This paper deals with the disputable issue of the existence of Malthus’ Preventive Check in Chinese population. With the help of a newly established historical database (Demographic Database of Colonial Taiwan, DDCT), which currently including the individual level data regarding to the socio-demographic backgrounds of the registered population in fifteen townships in North and Western Taiwan, we t