This research advances the theoretical knowledge of the entrepreneurial process by investigating opportunity recognition, evaluation and exploitation in the context of prototyping. In particular, this thesis studies if, how and why the phenomenon changes the new venture creation process. Eight in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with founders of startups offering a digital solution

Författare: Robert Lövdahl Titel: Flaskhalsar och omkastningar: En kvalitativ intervjustudie om polischefer. Masteruppsats: SOCM04, 30 hp Handledare: Jan-Olof Nilsson. Sociologiska institutionen, våren 2018 Problem/Bakgrund: Två storskaliga omorganisationer har skett inom svenska Polismyndigheten sedan januari 2015: Dels har en parallell omorganisation skett till bildandet av en enda stor myndighe

This paper examines if the simultaneous fiscal consolidations of the United Kingdom and Greece after 2010 are related to each individual country’s successive development in economic growth. By using data mainly from the countries’ own national statistical institutions two hypotheses argue that each country’s development in economic growth is due to an exogenous shift of a thought IS-curve, either

Sociala medier är relativt nya kommunikationskanaler som ständigt är i ropet. För att följa med i trenden är det många myndigheter som har bestämt sig för att synas på sociala medier. För dem gäller det oavsett medium att följa språklagen. Den säger att alla offentliga verksamheter måste producera texter som är enkla, vårdade och begripliga. Samtidigt finns det rekommendationer för hur man bör skr

This research seeks to raise awareness of the wide range of constitutional issues engaged by the British referendum decision to withdraw from the European Union. Through the conducting of an empirical macro study, engaging experts from every major political party in the United Kingdom, it aims to provide an overarching view of the many substantive constitutional issues raised by Brexit and draw at

The proposed study aimed to understand the conditions central to the inclusion and exclusion of the newly arrived children in the Swedish education system by investigating the relevant procedures and actual practices. By employing an inductive qualitative approach, the data were collected from official documents and expert interviews with the responsible actors in the field i.e. government servant

Människan har alltid försökt förklara de naturfenomen som vi omgivs av med olika tankesätt och teorier. Den bästa nuvarande beskrivningen av universum kallas Standardmodellen, och är en beskrivning av världens fundamentala byggstenar och hur de interagerar med varandra. Även om Standardmodellen ofta fungerar oroväckande bra finns det många fenomen i vårt universum den inte kan förutsäga. Detta inkAbstract The current Standard Model of particle physics contains few interactions resulting in a final state with two leptons with the same charge. Any observation of an excess of such same-sign dileptons would be an indication of new physics processes, making it a useful channel when searching for exotic physics. This thesis presents three projects conducted within the ATLAS Same-Sign Dilepton gr

The relevance of credit ratings has seen augmented growth after the financial crises, especially in the Eurobond market, even though U.S. agencies have been criticised whether ratings are relevant information sources for international capital markets and if non-U.S. market participants relate their investment decision on the ratings. This paper is concentrated on the association between changes in

Over the last two decades Sweden became one of the European countries with the highest levels of immigration. About the same time the country experienced a substantial boom in house prices. Since many analysts view a housing shortage as the main driver for the increase in prices it seems natural to ask if immigration has the potential to accelerate prices in the housing market. This paper analyses

The aim of this essay is to analyze how the preconditions for legal recognition of gender contribute to cis- and heteronormativity in Finland. The material used in the analysis consists of the final report of a working group which was given the assignment by the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health to investigate possible changes in the Act on Legal Recognition of Transexuals. As it stand

Projektet tar avstamp i den flyktingvåg samt allmänna bostadsbrist som genomsyrar dagens samhälle och samhällsdebatt. Dessa förutsättningar för med sig många utmaningar för såväl politiken som byggbranschen, vilken borde driva fram kreativa lösningar och utmana dagens uppfattning om konceptet bostad. Fokus får inte enbart ligga på mängden bostäder som behövs utan även hur och för vem. Vi som arki

Människans påverkan på jordens klimat är tydlig. Ökande halter av koldioxid i atmosfären leder till en global uppvärmning. Haven arbetar emot klimatförändringarna genom att ta upp en stor del av överskottsenergin och koldioxid som ökat på jorden till följd av mänskliga koldioxidutsläpp. Den globala kolbudgeten undersöker hur vårt utsläpp av koldioxid fördelas runt om på jorden, mellan haven, atmosThe rising amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is an environmental problem. The temperature of the Earth is rising as a result of the large quantities of greenhouse gas emissions. The oceans absorb a lot of the excess heat energy trapped on Earth due to the positive radiative forcing of the substances, which results in the warming of the oceans as well as the land surfaces. The ocean also p

This paper analyzes the impact of skilled emigration on the economic development of sending countries. Specifically, our study is concerned with how feedback effects of brain drain may mitigate some of the loss incurred from the outflow of talent. We construct an endogenous growth model incorporating skilled emigration to consider in detail how the inflow of remittances, network externalities of t

Proclaiming the successful way forward for Africa to modernize continues to puzzle economists and policy makers. Though the region has experienced the highest growth rates for the past decade, no large-scale structural transformation can be observed. Africa’s continuous failure to industrialize has shown that the conventional model of a country experiencing an agricultural transformation and the r

Distribution and warehousing networks of Humanitarian Organizations has proven to be an area where cost reductions and shortened lead times can be achieved. Humanitarian organizations have also started pre-positioning goods in anticipation of disasters as a way to improve their disaster preparedness. Research in the area has, generally, been extensive but few articles have tried to incorporate the

This paper investigates the impact of information spillovers on the export entry decision of Chinese manufacturers between 2000 and 2006 by using a combination of firm and transaction level data that allows to track the occurrence of individual export starts and captures the extent of local export agglomeration at a detailed geographical level. We examine if the presence of neighboring exporters i

The aim of this paper was to study the municipal guidelines that socialworkers use in their judicial decision-making regarding clients right to welfare in relation to national recommendations of how a child perspective should be considered in all decision-making that concerns children. The study consists of 9 Scanian municipal guidelines that have been studied via the method of qualitative content

Over the past two decades non-representational and affectual geographers have cited the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze to the point of exhaustion. In this thesis I read Deleuze’s interpretation of Spinoza through the weird tales written by the American horror author H. P. Lovecraft to argue for a radicalization of the former’s work within geography. To this end I examine the often recognized, b