Denna kandidatuppsats har som syfte att undersöka kvantitativa lättnaders effekter på makrovariabler i USA, Eurozonen och Storbritannien. Forskningsfråga: Har kvantitativa lättnader haft effekt på makrovariabler? De variabler som undersöks är arbetslöshet, ränta, inflation och BNP-tillväxt. Resultat: Programmen i kvantitativa lättnader har till viss del haft effekt på makrovariabler. Dock har int

The domestic cleaning business in Sweden has been controversial over a period of time, raising issues of “black” employment, exploitation and harassment of the cleaners. After 2007 the connection of the cleaning businesses with the state through the tax office, is claimed to have bettered the working conditions for the workers, interpreted through statistics, although qualitative researches are st

The purpose of this thesis is to estimate the parameters in a stochastic volatility model in order to hedge derivatives based on underlying assets under the real probabilities as opposed to the standard method of esti- mating them under the risk neutral probabilities. We choose a common and reasonable but not to complex model of stock prices and other traded nancial assets, the Heston model, as we

Matavfallskvarnar är ett smidigt sätt att samla in matavfall på. Med nya system behöver matavfallet inte transporteras till reningsverket utan kan istället lagras i tankar för att sedan köras direkt till biogasanläggningen. Här produceras biogas av matavfallet genom rötning. Biogas är en förnybar energikälla som bland annat kan användas som fordonsbränsle, uppvärmning och elproduktion. Genom att To collect, treat and use food waste is desirable in society in order to recycle and efficiently use all resources. One stage of one of the Swedish environmental goals is to collect and treat 50 % of the food waste biologically in year 2018. A useful product from this treatment is biogas, which can be used for fueling vehicles, heating and producing electricity. Biogas could be produced from food

This master thesis started as part of “Industry Wise”, an explorative research based project initialized by the company Interactive Institute in 2009. The goal of Industry Wise was to increase electricity awareness and/or stimulate change of energy behavior among employees in industries by visualizing their electricity consumption in real time. I joined Industry Wise to be a part of the research a

The purpose of this paper is to contribute with a new understanding of pop-up stores through a phenomenological perspective by examining how consumers experience pop-up stores. The study also aims to look at a micro and macro perspective to better understand how this phenomenon links to and is shaped by macro level trends of the contemporary consumer culture. Given the purpose and aim of the repor

Title Creating a new food category - Insights from stakeholders in the Swedish market Author Silvia D. García González Division Packaging Logistics, Department of Design Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University Supervisors Märit Beckeman and Karla Marie Paredes Issue of Study The food industry faces a large number of challenges. For that, companies need to understand the dynamic

Title (in English): Retail and Consumer Perceptions on Paper Packaging for Flour in Indonesia –with Insights on Perceptions of Environmental Sustainability Title (in Swedish): Handelns och konsumenternas uppfattningar om pappersförpackningar för mjöl i Indonesien - med insikter om hur de uppfattar miljömässig hållbarhet Author: Anindyaningrum Chrisant Rystiasih Divison: Packaging Logistics

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate how young professionals experience the phenomenon of work life balance (WLB) in the consulting industry and to explore how the differences in experience can be accounted for. Relevance Despite the widespread belief that consultants have a poor WLB, a great many newly graduates feel attracted to the consulting job. However, the literature clai

Purpose: This research aims to gain an understanding on how consultants in small consultancies, who also hold internal human resource responsibilities, promote their organisation in employee and employer branding. Relevance: Due to the ambiguous consultancy profession and the high potential for individual influences on the corporate brand, branding becomes a very germane topic in our particular r

Focusing on what motivates local authorities to apply for project funding from the European Union (EU) through its funds and funding programmes, this research paper explores the motivation with the framework of path dependency and the context of Europeanisation. Using a sample of Swedish local authorities, interviews with municipal staff members were carried out. By analysing the rhetoric and argu

Företagsinkubation har vuxit fram till att bli ett viktigt politiskt verktyg för att stimulera entreprenörskap, innovation, företagande och regional utveckling. Inom innovationssystemet finansieras inkubatorer över hela landet med offentliga medel. Inkubatorernas uppgift är att erbjuda olika former av stöd, kompetens och nätverk för att accelerera utveckling av Sveriges framtida tillväxtbolag. De

In this paper the implementation process and personal responses towards a workspace change within a small subsidiary of a big energy conglomerate have been researched. Although much research regarding organizational change has been conducted, how softer aspects affect change is still underdeveloped. This case study will therefore provide an in-depth look at how employees react to, and perceive the

This research paper tests the traditional market based pricing models and their ability to explain the return on portfolios constructed on cyclicality basis in the Eurozone region. The paper goes beyond the domestic market portfolios (indices) regularly used for asset pricing to the more regional or international approach of asset pricing through using regional market portfolios as a predictor fac

Denna deskriptiva studie undersöker behovet av logopedisk kompetens inom svensk kriminalvård. Fokus för studien är kvinnliga klienter och klienter med annat modersmål än svenska. Tidigare forskning har visat att det är vanligare med språkliga och kommunikativa svårigheter bland klienter än hos normalpopulationen. Undersökningen är baserad på intervjuer med 17 deltagare med olika koppling till Krim

Studiens syfte var att beskriva lexikal diversitet och densitet samt jämföra skriftlig narrativ förmåga mellan elever med språkstörning i ordinarie och särskild undervisning i såväl årskurs tre som årskurs sex. Analyserna syftade till att undersöka vilken skolplacering som är mest fördelaktig utifrån undersökta språkliga förmågor. I studien analyserades den skriftliga delen av nationella prov i sv

Litteraturen visar att elever med språkstörning uppvisar sämre resultat i skolan än elever med typisk utveckling, samt att måluppfyllelse inte gynnas av undervisningen i språkklass. Hur måluppfyllelse ser ut och utvecklas för elever med språkstörning, är inte ett vidare välutforskat område i Sverige. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur måluppfyllelse ser ut och utvecklas mellan årskurs 6

Syftet med arbetet var att översätta, kliniskt utvärdera, reliabilitetstesta och validera OMAS (Oral Motor Assessment Scale) samt att undersöka om de logopeder som använt sig av instrumentet anser att det är kliniskt användbart i Sverige. Litteraturen visar att prevalensen för orofaryngeal dysfagi hos barn med cp är hög och att det därför är viktigt att tidigt screena alla barn med diagnosen. I Sv

In this thesis, a methodology for aggregating district heating networks for use in dynamic optimization with the JModelica.org platform is investigated. Several methodologies for this network reduction are reviewed, and one, based on a detailed physical model of the system, is presented in greater detail. This method is implemented along with an abstract network representation and Modelica code ge

This paper has its goal in presenting an overall history of the Chinese science fiction movie genre but also to give an in-depth analysis of the thematic elements that is being presented in eight selected movies. Chinese films during the 21st century, which are being distributed outside of its domestic borders, have a tendency to be historical films, wuxia films or a mixture of these two genres. H