Syfte: Studien syftar till att ta reda på vilka faktorer företagen anser centrala vid olika beslut om lokalisering av butiker för dagligvaruhandel av livsmedel. Vidare utforskas om befintlig teori inom området används, explicit eller implicit, för lokaliseringsbeslut inom dagligvaruhandel. Slutligen presenterar studien slutsatser om hur företag med hjälp av existerande teori kan uppnå framgångsrik

Department: Institution for social work & social science, Lund’s University Authors: Eric Klingborg & Faris Mulaahmetović Title: ”The debate surrounding immigrants and cultural diversity- A discourse analysis of the portrayal in Swedish evening- and morning newspaper articles” The aim of this study has been to reach a deeper understanding about the construction and portrayal of immigrant

Belief revision is a theory of how an agent ought to change his or her beliefs in order to be considered rational. What's assumed is a formal language and a logical system which describe what consequences follow from an agent's beliefs. In addition, a list of postulates describe how the agent ought to do in order to be considered rational when revising his or her beliefs. This essay will t

Med hjälp av kvalitativa intervjuer med äldre personer undersöktes hur stamning förändras ur ett livslångt perspektiv. Relativt få studier har utförts inom området tidigare. Syftet är därför att få ökade kunskaper och en bättre förståelse för hur stamning påverkat det sociala livet, yrkeslivet och om den eventuellt har förändrats med åren. Tio personer mellan 59 och 71 år, som stammat upp i vuxen

A cost-benefit analysis is performed following inevitable renovation requirements for the public outdoor swimming facilities situated in Ljungbyhed and Östra Ljungby. The purpose of the thesis is to evaluate whether or not it is economically acceptable to perform the necessary investments to keep the facilities operating. The benefits are estimated using observed data regarding the number of visi

This study explores the relationship between democratic ideals and web technology discourses observable in the US media debate on the nation branding initiative Curators of Sweden. Having identified discursive patterns that touched upon issues of democracy and web technology, and by connecting the reactions to a theoretical foundation on digital democracy, the analysis show how the democratic valu

Global temperatures are expected to rise high above normal in our near future. The Nordic countries, like Sweden, will experience almost central European climate at the end of this century. This study investigates the effects that climate change will have on the Swedish national parks. Climate change will initially act as a stress factor towards the species. Furthermore, the species inside the bou

Business models (BMs) aim to create value for both customer and organizations (Johnson, et al., 2008). However, many organizations over focus on their existing business model(s) and they fail to transform their BM’s to exploit further opportunities and to adapt them to the changing dynamics of the market (Govindarajan & Trimble, 2011). Small medium enterprises (SMEs) seem to be neglected in th

Uppsatsen granskar den litteraturkritiska diskursen kring poesiöversättarens röst i fyra svenska översättningar av Emily Dickinsons poesi. Undersökningsmaterialet består av den efterföljande litteraturkritiken av Erik Blombergs och Johannes Edfelts översättning från 1949, Ellen Löfmarcks översättning från 1950, Ann-Marie Vindes översättning från 2010 och Ann Jäderlunds översättning från 2012. Upps

Syftet med den här undersökningen är att undersöka om reala växelkursförändringar har någon effekt i tillverkningsindustrin och i servicesektorn i Storbritannien och i Tyskland. Hypotesen för denna uppsatts är att servicesektorn inte kommer att vara påverkad av reala växelkursförändringar på grund av tidigare studiers indikation och att servicesektorn verkar mest inom landets egna gränser. Men i t

Konsumenters diskussioner kring produkter och tjänster, s.k. word of mouth, har fått alltmer betydelse i takt med framväxten av Internet och sociala medier. Dessa digitala verktyg har möjliggjort en större spridning av konsumenters åsikter och diskussioner, vilket kan påverka ett företags varumärke både negativt och positivt. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur word of mouth skapas kring Consumer discussions regarding products and services, so called word of mouth, has received increasing importance with the emergence of the Internet and social media. These digital tools have enabled a greater distribution of consumers' opinions and discussions, which can affect a company's brand both negatively and positively. The purpose of this study is to investigate how word of mouth

Purpose: This thesis seeks to increase knowledge of the possibilities and difficulties that appears when sustainability communication is performed on the social network site Facebook. Methodology: By qualitative research we executed interviews with IKEA employees and performed text analyses on their current sustainability communication online. Conclusion: Our findings suggests that being a comp

Social medias have changed the way we obtain information about current events in the world. Regular people have the opportunity now more than ever to voice their opinions and tell their stories over the net. Direct democracy proponents are calling for a paradigm change using the Internet to spread direct democracy. The recent revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa have been called Twitter

I den här uppsatsen undersöker vi vilka utmaningar sju svenska kommuner har stött på i sitt arbete med sociala medier. Genom intervjuer med tolv personer som arbetar med information och kommunikation i sina respektive kommuner har det framkommit ett antal utmaningar som har analyserats genom ett neoinstitutionellt perspektiv. Neoinstitutionalismen förklarar hur organisationer agerar för att anses In this thesis we will analyse the challenges that seven Swedish municipalities face while working with social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Based on neoinstitutional theory we try to find explanations to why these challenges exist, increasing organizations awareness of in what way and to which extent they are affected by the expectations from the surrounding world. Twelve persons in seve

This study investigates the relationship between the adoption of ‘good’ corporate governance practices and the subsequent stock performance of China’s publicly listed firms. Using the Shanghai Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Index (SSE CGI) that was launched in January 2008, a portfolio of CGI firms is benchmarked against a portfolio of matched conventional firms, their sector indices and mark

This study’s ambition is to investigate the effects of Foreign Direct Investment for Turkey at the individual sector level. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first endeavor to investigate the sector-specific effect of FDI on GDP for Turkey. The main research is carried out by support of basic neo-classical growth theory and new endogenous growth paradigms. The study mainly employs empirica

Abstract: The human gastro intestinal tract (GIT) plays a significant role in the well-being and has a significant impact on human health. Probiotics are the live microbial food supplement which alters the microbial composition in gut and prebiotics are the substrates that enhance the growth of probiotics. Our interest was to examine the prebiotic utilization of this probiotics and to check the c

Abstract Streptococcus pneumonia secretes a number of glycosidases that modify the glycosylation state of immune defense molecules such as immunoglobulins. Modulation of the glycan on IgG can affect the function and structural properties on IgG and cause immune disorders. StrH is a β – N acetylglucosaminidase that removes terminally linked N-­‐ acetylglucosamines from human glycoproteins. It is d