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Although income support work is performed in all municipalities and affects a large number of people, it is difficult to get a clear picture of how the work is done and what work methods that are used. This case study examines the work methods in income support and in relation to the organization of the welfare office. The aim of the study is to examine if work methods and organization are in any
The purpose of this study is to identify if a relationship exists between excess cash and stock returns analysed across periods of boom and bust. Our findings document an overall positive relationship between excess cash holdings and stock returns. In regards to the specific period this paper documents a negative relationship in boom times and a positive relationship in times of downturn. From the
The purpose of this thesis is to broaden the research field and contribute with a new perspective regarding insider trading and insiders’ ability to avoid negative abnormal return. An event study framework is applied to examine market efficiency on Swedish stock market. Market model is used as an equilibrium model for identifying abnormal returns. The theoretical framework is built on efficient ma
Seagrass fragmentation is a process that results in changes to landscape features and can seriously impact certain fauna groups. To understand how habitat fragmentation and patch size influences predator-prey interaction has become an important task for researches worldwide, in order to visualize how this process affects key species in this environment. We performed laboratory experiments to inves
This Study has been carried out in co-operation with SJ AB, Banverket, Västtrafik and the department for Production Management and Economics at the Faculty of Engineering of the Lund University, LTH. The Study has been based on a requirement specification from SJ AB, (the major railway traffic operator in Sweden). The objective of the study is to: · clarify the importance of methodically working w
The main purpose of the thesis is to provide Syncron with guidelines regarding how to modify their software for logistic planning in order to meet future customer needs. Furthermore, the thesis serves as input to the research project supported by NGIL, named Design and Control of Sustainable Supply Chains. Problem Formulation: Transport costs have not been a significant cost driver in the past, wh
The semiconductor industry is one of the most technologically advanced and complex industries in the world, not only because of the extreme development pace, but also because of the necessary production processes to create the finished product. The value increase from silicon as raw material, to integrated circuits (IC), is equivalent to the transformation of sand into a product worth more than it
The Panama Canal expansion is an external factor on the tanker freight market that is made to change cargo volumes, channel fee income, the average transit time and might also change or create new profitable transportation routes. Shipowners operating in the region will, in one way or another, be affected by this. For tanker shipping companies like Stena Bulk the challenge is to create robustness
An attempt to assemble play and dissociation through their common base, attachment, is presented. The Adult Playfulness Scale (APS) was given to 60 university students whereby eight with high scores on the APS and nine with low scores on the APS were selected for the second part of the study. The subjects completed the Dissociation Experience Scale C (DES-C), the Depression Anxiety Stress-Scale (D
Studien syftar till att belysa hur identitet förhåller sig till stadens fysiska och sociala gränser. Utgångspunkten är fem personers berättelser, personer som alla vuxit upp i nödbostäderna eller barnrikehusen i Sorgenfri i Malmö under 1920-1960-talet. Materialet består även av fyra romaner vilka behandlar platsen under den aktuella tidsperioden samt en amatörfilm vilken ger en bild av hur platsen
Riktade nyemissioner vid kapitalanskaffning är ett väl etablerat tillvägagångssätt. Huvudlinjen vid nyemissioner är att varje befintlig aktieägare skall ha företräde att teckna de nya aktierna i relation till sitt innehav. 1973 luckrades lagen upp till förmån för att bolag skulle kunna vända sig till Allmänna Pensionsfonder, och på så sätt blev en avvikelse från företrädesrätten möjlig. AvvikelsenTargeted issue are a well-established way of fundraising. The standard in the Swedish Companies Act (ABL) is that shareholder has a preemptive right to subscribe new shares pro rata to their current holding. In 1973 the legislator opened up for a deviation from the preeemptive rights, with the argument that companies could turn to public pension funds as a way of raising funds. However, the deviat
The following paper is devoted to the research about the shift in business models in the pharmaceutical industry. A fast changing business environment caused by a transformation of technology, communications and business itself, has created a new landscape for the pharmaceutical industry. The old business model built around the blockbuster drug development and production is not efficient any more.
Region Skåne har slagit samman Skånes två största sjukhus vilket har bemötts på många olika sätt, både positiva och negativa. Vi anser att sjukvården i Skåne är av stort allmänintresse och har därför valt att granska hur integrationen av journalsystemen utförts vid sammanslagningen, detta genom projektet SkåneGemensamt Melior. Journalsystemens kompatibilitet är starkt kopplat till patientsäkerhete
The purpose of the thesis was to design an object storage solution that fitted the modern needs of an urban bicyclist. The project was focused on analyzing today’s needs and whether or not these needs were being met by the current object storage solutions. A presumption was made that present day object storage solutions had stagnated in a small number of solutions that were not necessarily fitted
Vid Universitetsbiblioteket i Lund finns en handskriftssamling benämnd Olle Rybergs orientaliska handskriftssamling. Denna handskriftssamling har varken katalogiserats eller granskats fullständigt. Samlingen har tillhört Olof Ryberg (1905-1990), som var en välkänd profil i Lunds akademiska kretsar. Handskrifterna nr 178-275 i denna samling har studerats i syftet av att presentera en förstudie av
