The transformational mode of sustainability science is concerned with generating actionable knowledge and practical solutions to complex sustainability challenges in order to facilitate a transition towards sustainability by strategizing transformational pathways. However, some scholars in the field believe that sustainability science lacks such capacity, since so far greater focus has been put on

In recent times the increasing economic importance of electricity raised new interest in the study of its market. In particular the existence of an efficient derivative market where players can mitigate their risk exposure has been considered fundamental. In this work an analysis on the weak form of efficiency for the forwards market at Nord Pool is carried through taking the three most traded con

Syfte: Syftet är att ur ett resursbaserat perspektiv öka förståelsen för ett konsultföretags resursanvändning, och för de bakomliggande faktorer som skapar framgång i ett växande konsultföretag. Syftet är även att utreda om den resursbaserade teorin kan vara ett komplett analysverktyg för sådana företag. Metod: Vi använder oss av en kvalitativ metod med deduktiv ansats. Vi kommer med hjälp av priPurpose: The purpose is to increase the understanding of the resource allocation of a consultancy firm from a resource-based view, and analyze how the underlying factors can create success in a growing consultancy firm. The purpose is also to review if the resource-based view can be used as an analyzing tool for such firms. Methodology: We have been using a qualitative method with a deductive ap

Inom ramen av sin recension av Ross’ bok On Law and Justice presenterade Hart mycket framgångsrikt vad han senare skulle bli känd för inom rättsfilosofin - den interna ståndpunkten. I sin kritik av Ross rättsteori hävdade Hart att rättsliga omdömen om giltighet främst skall uppfattas som interna, normativa omdömen och som ett uttryck för acceptans av lagen som en beteendestandard. Han uppfattade iWith his review of Ross’s book On Law and Justice, Hart introduced something for which he later on, would become famous in legal philosophy – the internal point of view. In his criticism of Ross’s legal theory, Hart claimed that legal statements of validity are primarily internal, normative statements, manifesting acceptance of the law as a standard of behaviour. He did not acknowledge the possibi

The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of credit ratings on European firms’ capital structure decisions based on the premise of Darren Kisgen’s Credit Ratings–Capital Structure (CR-CS) hypothesis: that firms face discrete costs (benefits) associated with differences in credit rating levels. This project's empirical investigations are based on historical data from Stand

Sammanfattning Vad: Kandidatuppsats, Service Management, Lunds Universitet, Campus Helsingborg, VT2012. Författare: Rebecka Blomkrantz, Markus Karlsson och Joel Lundkvist. Titel: David mot Goliat – Egna märkesvaror och mindre återförsäljares förhandlingspositioner gentemot dess leverantörer. Handledare: Ola Thufvesson och Åsa Alftberg. Syfte: Syftet är att ta reda på om mindre återförsäljare fått

Problemformulering: Butiken kommer i denna uppsats ses som en plats för event och inte endast som en plats för försäljning. Vi kommer därför att bidra med att se om event i butik kan skapa varaktiga konkurrensfördelar genom att engagera kunden i butik och i samband med detta även skapa kundrelationer. Syfte: Syftet är att ur ett företagsperspektiv beskriva och analysera om butiken som ett upplevel

Many problems in computer vision can be formulated as optimization problems that can be solved using minimum cuts in flow networks. However, these applications can be demanding, with the memory bandwidth being the main bottleneck on the performance. This thesis introduces an efficient solver that reduces the memory requirements while improving the speed. The code is freely available on-line.

The MS thesis is concerned with the problem of scheduling the daily energy loads in a multihouse environment from the point of view of an energy retailer. We assume that the residential users own a set of home appliances (washing machines, dishwashers, ovens, microwave ovens, vacuum cleaners, boilers, fridges, water purifiers, irons, TVs, personal computers and lights) that are supposed to be use

Syftet med detta examensarbete var att identifiera och undersöka kritiska framgångsfaktorer för underhållet av vägar samt att jämföra dessa faktorer mot Trafikverkets verksamhet. Därefter utvärderades Trafikverkets verksamhet baserat på denna jämförelse. Av detta skulle det framgå vilka styrkor och svagheter Trafikverkets drift- och underhållsverksamhet har baserat på framgångsfaktorer i det teore

To examinate the incentives there is today and if new verified incentives can generate synergy for a more efficient and extended work with those environmental green building certification systems that are available in Sweden today. This study will focus on Green Building, Miljöbyggnad, LEED and BREEAM.

I takt med den tekniska utvecklingen som har skett de senaste decennierna har ett nytt begrepp och utförande gällande nya bostäder vuxit fram – Intelligenta hus. Detta innebär att byggnader automatiseras i större utsträckning och med hjälp av ett kommunikationssystem kan den boende kontrollera och styra hemmets funktioner efter närvaro och aktivitet. Denna studie ska utreda vilka funktioner s

Överallt i det svenska samhället finns det fenomen som går att härleda till människans vilja att integrera livet, eller en del av livet, i samförståelse med naturen. Som exempel kan fenomen som naturturism, ekologiskt och närproducerat livsmedel nämnas. Detta kan vara ett tecken på att det existerar en myt. Syftet är att genom en dokumentanalys av tidningarna Lantliv, Livet på landet och Land ta r

Student housing is an ongoing and ever debated issue. Students often have to pay for inefficient square meters which are both difficult to furnish and lack function. In Helsingborg, the supply of student housing is wide but with varying quality and efficiency. Therefore, future student accommodations in Helsingborg should be carefully planned and adapted to their purpose - with more effective squa

In recent times the increasing economic importance of electricity raised new interest in the study of its market. In particular the existence of an efficient derivative market where players can mitigate their risk exposure has been considered fundamental. In this work an analysis on the weak form of efficiency for the forwards market at Nord Pool is carried through taking the three most traded con

Digital 3D city models are used in many GIS applications, such as urban planning. Manual digitization of 3D buildings is rather tedious, hence automated approaches are much preferred. In this study, a pipeline for automated extraction and estimation of building roof facets from LIDAR data are devised based on available methods and ideas, which is part of the entire frame work of automatic creating

Creating Non-governmental Self-help groups (SHGs) has been a common thing in India since the early 1990’s. Studies show that the SHGs usually empower their members in different ways. The empirical material being used in this paper consists of one group discussion and twelve semi-structured interviews with members of five different SHGs being organized by a Non governmental organization (NGO) in Mu

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and try to reduce thermal bridges in Skanska's standard building components. Thermal bridges occur when an inferior insulating material breaks through better insulated. You then get an increased energy loss in these areas compared to the rest of the particular building part. In addition to increased energy loss, thermal bridges can also give rise to poo