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Using qualitative interviews with twenty recent graduates, this study explores how participants understand and experience career in the aftermath of the crisis. Overall, this study suggests that several dominant theories and practical storylines surrounding notions of career and career development present a static view that fails to take important contexts into account. We aim to provide a deeper

2 Abstract The paper focuses on evaluating the most performant Value-at-Risk models from the perspective of financial institutions. A number of 18 VaR methodologies were used for this purpose, comprising of parametric and non-parametric methods, some of which include time-varying volatilities estimated by means of GARCH and asymmetric GARCH models. All methods were applied on real P/L data extract

Purpose: The main purpose of our research is to create interesting theoretical and practical insights rather than developing empirical generalisations about the experiences of employees from Prestige Consulting and BigTech regarding the merger and subsequent integration of the two organisations. Methodology (Empirical Foundation): The research is based on an empirically driven case study within th

Abstract of thesis (max 8000 characters) This qualitative study takes an inductive approach towards the field of gender and gender equality work. The main aim of the study is to gain understandings of how companies who seek recognition for their gender equality practices use an award for gender equality and how they view the concepts of gender and gender equality. Our research draws from a poststr

Sammanfattning Uppsatsens titel: Försäljningsprocesser inom B2B – en utvärdering och strategisk plan med utgångspunkt i Inis Sweden AB Seminariedatum: 24 maj 2011 Ämne/kurs: FEKP90 Företagsekonomi: Examensarbete för Civilekonom-programmet, 30 högskolepoäng Författare: Per Magnusson & Alexander Thomsson Handledare: Rolf G. Larsson Fem nyckelord: Försäljningsprocess, B2B, värdeskapande, nätverk

The purpose of this master thesis is to establish the underlying factors that explain why limited companies’ in Sweden switch audit firm. We have applied existing economic theories that have been used in prior studies. The findings in our study demonstrate that a small amount of Swedish limited companies switch audit firm and that only audit quality is significant. Thus, we can conclude that there

En undersökning av High Frequency Tradings effekter på den svenska marknadsdynamiken. Vi använder oss av intervjuer med ledande personer på köp och säljsidan inom branschen för att undersöka vilka effekter HFT har på likviditeten och volatiliteten intradag. Vi använder oss även av volatility signature plot, realized volatility, autokorrelation samt måtten omsättning och Qspread för att testa hypot

Title: Bridging the Gap - The Role of Trainee Programs in School to Work Transition Seminar date: May 31th 2011 Course BUSM18 – Master Thesis, Managing People Knowledge and Change Authors: Malin Bränd, Sanna Häger & Jennifer Lönn Supervisor: Sverre Spoelstra, School of Economics and Management, Department of Business Administration, Lund University, Sweden Key words: Trainee, Trainee programs,

A common question that leadership students are facing today concerns the nature of leadership itself. House et al. (2004) call leadership as an enigma-a puzzle within a puzzle since there is no comprehensive definition that encompasses all divergent views about leadership. Researchers like Jackson & Perry (2008) argue that leadership is predominantly an American construct due to the fact that

Abstract This rapport contains a comparison between in-situ cast joists and prefab joists. We have looked closely at the aspects that should be taken into account when selecting the method and what should be most efficient economically and timely. The work we have done has been with the guidance of Peab Sverige AB in Linköping. It begins with a basic background and theory in the field. Then we con

This report covers a study that documents the status of BIM uses of two leading companies in the construction industry. What makes this study interesting is that, to date, there has previously not been an objective status report recording of BIM usage in Sweden. It would be of great value to test a method of assessment in Sweden to enable comparisons to be made and inform the nation of how far the

Enstegstätning av fasader fick stor uppmärksamhet i Sverige av allmänheten då SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut under våren år 2007 gick ut med information om dess komplikationer. De komplikationer som uppstått gäller främst för enstegstätade väggar som har tunnputs på cellplast med träregelstomme. Med komplikationer menar man vattenläckage genom fasaden. Dessa uppkommer på grund av fel utfö

I detta examensarbete har miljöcertifieringssystemen BREEAM och LEED undersökts. Ett miljöcertifieringssystem är ett ledningssystem för hur arbete med nybyggnationer ska ske för att vara mer miljövänliga. BREEAM är ett brittiskt certifieringssystem och LEED är ett amerikanskt certifieringssystem. Båda har ett antal kategorier med punkter på åtgärder som kan göras i projektet. Vissa av punkterna är

How will future developments in insulation affect current construction standards? Will it help to facilitate better construction solutions and slimmed-down designs? What price is reasonable for new insulation materials and what can be achieved with some of the newest features? With today's focus on environmental protection and improving environmental standards, energy efficiency in buildings h

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka om suggestopedimetoden med dess fokus på glädje och avspänning, frigörandet av hjärnkapacitet och ett tryggt inlärningsklimat leder till framgång i ordinlärning i ett andraspråk. Som utgångspunkt finns Krashens teori om att ett lågt affektivt filter och ordinlärning har ett samband. Undersökningen omfattade 32 studerande som studerar C-nivå inom ämnet Sv

This study focus on finding how project usefulness is connected to the Agile software development process. In order to narrow the broad research area down we have decided to only focus on the most adopted methods within software development, Scrum. The research model consists of values, principles and a project process model describing how an Agile/Scrum project process ought to be together with p

Affärssystem är ett verksamhetstäckande system som hanterar information inom företag genom olika funktioner såsom lagerhantering, inköpshantering, orderhantering och försäljning. Vid valet av affärssystem finns det ett flertal faktorer att ta hänsyn till. Syftet med studien är att identifiera de faktorer företag inom detaljhandeln tar hänsyn till samt hur de värderar och prioriterar den egna verks

Foreign aid and its effectiveness in combating poverty in the developing world have long been contested in the discourse of international development. This study analyzes the geographic and sectoral allocation of foreign aid in Armenia within the framework of Millennium Challenge Account – Armenia Program by examining rural poverty issues prevalent in the country. Although the Program has addresse