Småföretagen upplever svårigheter vid finansiering med banklån. Anledningen till det är att bankerna ställer högre krav på säkerheter och historik till följd av finanskrisen 2008. Samtidigt söker investerarna alternativa placeringar utanför börsen. I denna miljö föds en ny finansieringslösning- gräsrotsfinansiering. Ämnet är nytt och i detta arbete ges en introduktion och en kartläggning av ämnet Small businesses encounter difficulties receiving bank loans due to the 2008 recession. Banks have harder requirements on collaterals and satisfactory records of accomplishment than before the crisis. At the same time, investors are looking for investments beside common stocks. In this environment, a new financing solution is being born – the crowdfunding. The aim of this thesis is to research on

The battle for Aleppo culminated in the year 2016 when Syrian regime forces captured northern parts of Aleppo making a siege a reality for many people. A question of who was to blame isn’t always clear when looking at complex conflicts. People often look towards media to make meaning of such complexities. This paper examines two different news organizations, RT and CNN, role in depicting perpetrat

Research shows that the ecologically most vulnerable regions of the world are also at risk of volatile conflict as a result of decreased economical productivity, migration and ethnic tensions. In societies that lack the ingenuity to adapt to resource scarcity, these processes might fuel or cause resentment and escalate to full-scale intrastate conflict. The Philippines has for centuries experience

Gång- och cykelvägar (gc-vägar) har blivit en allt hetare fråga i dagens moderna och mer miljö- och hälsomedvetna samhälle. Det planeras för fler gc-vägar mellan orter, men det råder osäkerhet kring hur rätten till dem ska säkras och flera alternativa lösningar har tillämpats. Vidare finns det oklarheter gällande vem som ska vara ansvarig för anläggande och drift av gc-vägarna. Det här examensarbeCombined walkways and bicycle paths has become an intriguing topic in today’s modern society with more focus on both health and the environment. There are plans for more combined walkways and bicycle paths between villages, but there is an uncertainty regarding how to secure the right to them. In addition legal custom regarding land access is scarce. When land is requisitioned for combined walkw

De senaste åren har den svenska sockerkonsumtionen debatterats flitigt i media. Att Sverige skulle införa en sockerskatt för att minska den höga konsumtionen har föreslagits av såväl akademiker som politiker. Trots att ett införande av en svensk sockerskatt har föreslagits i en rad riksdagsmotioner, har dessa avslagits gång på gång. Debatten har trots detta fortsatt, och att den till slut kommer uIn the past few years the high sugar consumption has been a concern in Sweden as well as world wide because of the health problems it may lead to. As a result of the increased sugar consumption, some countries have introduced a tax on sugar to reduce the consumption. In Sweden there is an ongoing debate concerning a possible introduction of this kind of tax, but the Swedish tax committee has rejec

This paper looks into the practices of climate change adaptation and stormwater management in Malmö. The study investigates current work with climate change adaptation in Malmö and looks into the project Ekostaden Augustenborg (Eco-City Augustenborg), a project in one Malmö’s urban districts carried out in the late 1990s. The project included the construction of an extensive new stormwater managem

ABSTRACT Title: Sustainability-centred business model innovation: Learnings from and insights into how sustainability has affected the business models of Nespresso and Starbucks. Seminar Date: 31st May 2017. Course: BUSN09: Degree Project in Strategic Management. Authors: Marcovecchio Hernán & Nambalirwa Kawuma Pamela Supervisor: Blom Martin Keywords: Sustainability, Business Model Innovation,

The notion of the bioeconomy is a growing topic in both politics as well as in academic papers. Related to sustainable transitions, this paper analyses to what extent differences in visions and expectations exist in the developing bioeconomy. In particular, the aim of this thesis is to increase the knowledge regarding differences in expectations and visions for industries collaborating in the deve

Traditional broadcasting of sport events, such as football or icehockey games, require continuos attention of a camera operator in order to capture the area which is of interest to a viewer. In many cases, however, this is not a practical solution, due to e.g. costs, and an automated solution is preferable. The first step of such an automated algorithm is to determine what part of the scene, calle

Matavfall, hur svårt är det egentligen att sortera rätt? Under de senaste åren i Sverige har det blivit allt viktigare att vi källsorterar vårt matavfall. Ett initiativ som har genomförts i syfte att minska den miljöpåverkan som orsakas av livsmedelsproduktionen. För att detta ska fungera krävs att vi sorterar vårt avfall rätt. Idag gör vi inte detta, utan vi slänger allt från plast, kattsand, tOne of the top priorities today in Sweden is to minimize the environmental impact caused from the food production. Swedish municipalities are therefor currently working to influence households to reduce their amount of food waste and increase the source separation. Relatively new statistics from municipalities has shown that the recycling ratio and the quality is significantly higher in single hou

Collective country-of-origin (COO) branding has been a previous research focus concentrating on beneficial aspects of this strategy. Regarding this focus, this thesis both lays open and refutes two major existing assumptions in collective branding research through its abductive approach: that collective COO brands are deliberately created and controlled by a brand manager and that a willingness to

Examensarbetets titel: Kulturanpassat sortimentsutbud? En kvalitativ studie om hur svenska dagligvaruhandeln kulturanpassar sitt sortimentsutbud Seminariedatum: 2 Juni, 2017 Ämne/kurs: FEKH29, Examensarbete kandidatnivå i Marknadsföring, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Dafina Haliti, Hirra Khan och Irma Trnovac Handledare: Lars Carlman Fem nyckelord: Kulturanpassade sortimentsutbud i svensk dagl

Lithuania like other Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries has undergone major changes from the communist socio-economic order to the system based on democratic capitalism. This shift towards market economy and the collapse of communist ideology were also reflected in higher education (HE) reforms. Since political parties are the main actors in modern democracies, partisan politics could in

For the last decades, the wind energy industry has been growing rapidly. More of the production is moving offshore, and in the Baltic Sea some key areas have been identified as particularly suitable for wind power plants. The European Commission have initiated the Baltic Integrid project to assess the potential of building meshed HVDC grids between the Baltic countries and use these areas for wind

This essay aims to investigate how the city of Malmö works towards creating an inclusive place branding. By studying theories regarding place branding, with focus on theories concerning the people living and working in the city, the essay aims to answer how these theories can be connected to and used in Malmö’s work. To be able to answer these questions, several documents from both the city of Mal

Economic growth research has over the past few decades tried to explain what causes coun-tries to achieve a sustainable economic growth. Many theories and hypotheses’ have been introduced and tried empirically. One key factor that has proven to create growth is the tech-nological progress. But what is technology? It is a very complex concept and in this paper we use panel data for 41 countries ove

Cambodia´s complicated political landscape has created a development context that the international community long struggled to navigate. In this paper I – through a theoretical framework that conceptualises a political context as a historically located totality and defines the quest for political legitimacy as a constraint that can be used to make inferences about the behaviour and actions prefer

During the Zika outbreak in Brazil, the incidences of Zika related congenital microcephaly seemed to be concentrated mainly among women from the lower socioeconomic classes. This study examines the relationship between the inequalities in Brazilian society and the effects they have had on the Zika outbreak. This is a qualitative case study using a comparative literature review of secondary sources

Diabetes typ II är en sjukdom där insjuknandet ökar påtagligt runt om i världen. Sjuksköterskan har en viktig roll i livsstilsrådgivning för att motivera personen med diabetes typ II till att bli aktiv i sin egenvård. Syftet med studien är att belysa sjuksköterskans erfarenheter av livsstilsrådgivning till vuxna personer med diabetes typ II. Studien genomfördes som en litteraturstudie där åtta kva

In this paper we analyze the effects that automation and population aging exert on economic growth. We do that by means of an Overlapping Generations Model (Diamond, 1965) in which automation capital is taken into account in the production structure of the economy. The framework we use was first created by Gasteiger and Prettner (2017) and we further develop it by adding a new feature: a pay-as-yo