Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the phenomenon of Product information leaks and to address whether it can be used as tool in marketing communications and new product development. Methodology: This qualitative exploratory study has studied the phenomenon product information leaks using two case studies (Apple iPad and Sony Ericsson Xperia Play) from the telecommunications and gami

The purpose of the study was to investigate how well international companies have adapted to the digital revolution and find the reasons behind implementing or neglecting certain digital marketing strategies. The study also looked at the impact such strategies have on the brand. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were applied during this study. A web asset audit developed by The Du

The results of this study shows that the consumer endorser has positive effects in creating effectiveness in the social media advertisement, influencing consumers' attitudes and behaviors. Some characteristics of the endorser which are trustworthiness and attractiveness can create product awareness, interest and desire in the consumers leading to intention to buy. However, expertise of the con

Corporate cash holdings have an important role in the financial management of corporations. Firms hold cash for various reasons, Keynes (1936) states the reasons to be of transaction, precautionary and speculative nature, respectively, and firms’ cash policies differ both on an industry and firm level. Previous empirical studies mainly deal with the determinants and behavior of corporate cash hold

Smartphone becomes the popular item nowadays and there are some studies indicated that reference group could influence mobile phone’s purchasing decisionmaking process. Theoretically, previous studies about reference group have shown that demographic factors of consumers such as age and nationality can affect the reference group influence. However, none of them have studied the demographic differe

Arild is a fishing village in the north-western part of Skåne, placed by the northeast foothills of Kullaberg opposite of the bay Skälderviken. A good friend of mine has recently bought a buildingplot in the village, and his dream is to build an old skånelänga with a timber-framed construction on that plot. Since it is not possible to completely rely on the old construction techniques and construc

Adengi is an advertising system for mobile applications. The system was developed by Crunchfish AB with the objective to be used globally by advertising agencies. The system requires an efficient scalable database system to maintain the availability of information in the server at any hour of the day. It can be done in particular by distributing information on various servers around the world. Unf

Begreppet mångfald har på relativt kort tid fått stor spridning i Sverige och gjort sitt inträde i arbetslivet. I svenskt arbetsliv har mångfald i synnerhet kommit att förknippas med etnicitet. Lunds kommun har nyligen gått från en definition av mångfald som jämställdes med etnicitet till en mångfaldsdefinition som omfattar ”alla de egenskaper som gör människor unika”. Denna förändring påverkar oc

Vi är omgivna av ett samhälle där marknaden grundar sig på produkter med tilltalande design, vilket har till syfte att locka konsumenter att vilja köpa något trots uteblivet behov. Dyr design på kläder och modeprodukter talar om vilka vi är, åtminstone vilka vi vill vara. Att äga ett dyrt designerplagg innebär status vilket således gör modebranschen till en lukrativ marknad för efterbildning. Syf

This thesis investigates differences in the industrial composition of employment and value added across COROP regions in the Netherlands for each year over the period 1995-2007. It is found that the direction of the regional specialisation trend – as measured by the Coefficient of Regional Specialisation – has fallen for employment but has risen for value added. This relation is further explored b

Dagens mobiltelefonanvändare har tillgång till en stor mängd funktioner. Några av dessa har tidigare bara gått att utföra på datorer. Operativsystemen till telefonerna blir mer komplexa för att kunna hantera den större mängden funktioner. En mobiltelefon har begränsade inmatningsmöjligheter och används i olika miljöer så funktionerna måste gå att komma åt snabbt.Detta ställer stora krav på tillver

The purpose of the present study was to analyze the relationship between attachment style and level of work satisfaction for employees (n = 95) within a wide variety of workplaces in Sweden. A survey method was used and the questionnaire that was distributed contained ASQ, QPSNordic as well as items measuring general work satisfaction. A positive correlation between secure attachment style and lev

Inom mentaliseringsteorin antar man att det finns ett samband mellan mentaliseringsförmåga och affektreglering, men detta samband har i väldigt liten utsträckning undersökts empiriskt. Syftet med denna uppsats var därför att genom en korrelationsdesign utforska sambandet mellan mentalisering och affektreglering i form av affektregleringsstrategier hos vuxna. Hypotesen var att hög mentaliseringsför

Serious games have been increasingly interesting to educators recently, but it is difficult to find good games that truly address the needs of young learners, especially in mathematics. Some games are either too simplistic or are not actual games. In the paper, an argument is made for the benefits of game-based learning (GBL) for instruction and assessment given what we know about Millenials and h

Bakgrund: Studiens mål var att undersöka en aspekt av relevanta faktorer för terapeututveckling, nämligen betydelsen av arbetsalliansen mellan handledare och student inom psykoterapihandledning. Syftet var att utforska om arbetsalliansen mellan student och handledare påverkar studentterapeutens upplevelse av utveckling vs stagnation i terapeutrollen. Design: Med hjälp av formulär skattande studen

Genom sitt beslut i målet Centros, öppnade EU-domstolen för en bred användning av etableringsfriheten för juridiska personer. I huvudsak konstaterar domen att det finns situationer där etableringsfriheten kan åberopas för att kringgå nationell lagstiftning. Sådana kringgående transaktioner kan betecknas som regelarbitrage Det ska förstås som åtgärder varigenom ekonomiska aktörer försöker dra nyttThrough its decision in Centros, ECJ opened up for a wide use of the freedom of establishment for legal persons. In substance the ruling concluded that there are situations were the freedom of establishment can be relied upon in order to circumvent national legislation. Such circimventional transactions can be denominated as regulatory arbitrage. It is to be understood as the actions by which eco

In one year water research project in Borensberg Waterworks, Motala, Sweden, water quality with respect to microscopic particle accounts both in raw water and drinking water were monitored by Predect’s Online Water Quality Monitoring System. Microscopic particle counts were documented with normalized value in real-time by P-100 for raw water and P-300 for pure water. This report aimed to evaluate

The term ‘beneficial owner’ was first internationally introduced by the OECD in the Model Convention in 1977 and since that time it serves as one of the anti-abuse rules directly provided for in double tax treaties. The concept is critical for determining the eligibility of a person for the tax treaty benefits and for the allocation of taxing rights between two contracting states with regard to di

The author of the paper discusses the issue of treaty shopping and anti-treaty shopping measures adopted by different states. The purpose of the paper is to find out the algorithm of determination of the borderline between the use of double tax treaties and treaty shopping in international tax law could be found. Thus, the author, firstly, discusses the mechanics of treaty shopping and shows the m

Äger varje person rätt att bli förälder? Även om inte staten kan sägas vara skyldig att erbjuda behandling för att avhjälpa barnlöshet kan människor, efter känsla, resonera kring denna frågas rimlighet. Oavsett inställningen är en intressant följdfråga; i så fall till vilket pris? När man talar om surrogatarrangemang är det ofta just pris som på något sätt kommer på tal. Inte pris som i valutameniIs everyone entitled to a right to parenthood? People may have a sense of what should be potential common rights even in cases where the government cannot always be considered liable to offer help, as in supporting those suffering from infertility. As a supplementary question one can ask: into what considerations could the right to parenthood extend? When it comes to surrogate motherhood, amounts