In the light of the 2008 financial crises, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania experienced the greatest output declines in the world. In 2012 however the output gap has almost been reduced, competitiveness is regained and the budget balance deficit is kept within the requirements of the EU Maastricht criteria. These achievements were reached by conducting the controversial fiscal stance of austerity, im

This thesis is based on the assumption that the challenge of waste management needs to be addressed within the sustainability framework where society takes part in the solution. People’s beliefs, attitudes and values are what, ultimately, make people behave the way they do. Therefore this thesis intends to study a potential way of changing these worldviews towards more sustainable ones by utilizin

Abstract Authors: Maria Kronvall, Sofia Kuczkowski Titel:”Such a natural thing, that you have to be on the pill.” –Reflections on contraceptives among heterosexuals in relationships. Supervisor: Tove Harnett Assessor: David Hoff The aim of this study was to examine attitudes and preferences regarding contraceptives among heterosexuals in relationships. It examines how men and women choose contra

Den stilistiska medvetenheten är central i det skrivande som idag socialiseras allt mer genom utbildningar och handböcker i kreativt skrivande. Sällan eller aldrig ställs dock frågan om det är möjligt att vara för medveten. I den här uppsatsen görs just det. I studiet av stilistisk medvetenhet blir det tydligt att värdet ligger i att förstå både det som är medvetet och omedvetet, det skrivande som

Author: Sara Törnkrantz Title: Adopted to Sweden, A qualitative analysis of four adoptees experience Supervisor: Staffan Blomberg Assessor: Eva-Malin Antoniusson The aim of this study was to examine and analyze experiences that four people have of being adopted to Sweden. More specifically its aim was to try to understand why some of the adopted are showing mental illness and having mixed feeli

This thesis proposes an alternative way of comparing the performance of private equity funds and testing if they through active involvement can increase the value of their investments. Resent studies has shown that the true performance of Private Equity funds are about the same as the markets return so by measuring the performance of the companies that most resemble the private equity firms actual

The aim of this study is to examine and analyze the strategies and thoughts of the branch head in the Swedish Social service, in the area of making satisfied social workers. My questions are: Which strategies are the branch head describing in making satisfied workers? Which ways of rewarding and motivate good work could be read in the branch heads descriptions? In my essay I also want to discu

Entrepreneurship among immigrants is an old phenomenon that is caused by migration processes. It is receiving special attention due to the fact that its potential in contribution to countries‟ economies is huge. In European context it is a reason and a cause of international mobility, immigrant policies, integration issues and diversified society composition. Studying of immigrant entrepreneurship

Syftet med uppsatsen är framför allt att undersöka det intuitiva tänkandets betydelse i förhållande till det logiska i den skapande processen, när det handlar om att skriva en unik slags litteratur som är genremässigt svårplacerad, en prosalyrisk, grotesk och surrealistisk slags prosa med lutning åt ”det andra”. Det intuitiva tänkandet framgår då en regression uppstår, ett återgående till ett tidi

Authors: Anna Kling – Karin Viklund Title: Sexual assault – Counselors work with and understanding of young people that has been victim of sexual assault (translated title). Supervisor: Mats Hilte The teenage years is a time when the child starts to become independent and the path to becoming an adult can be a confusing one. The sexual identity is playing an important role in the process. Attitud

Abstract Title Standardization of Environmental Management and Sustainability Reporting Seminar Date May 29th 2013 Course BUSN68 Degree Project - Accounting and Management Control; BUSN69 Degree Project - Accounting and Auditing, 15 ECTS Authors Johanna Geijer and Linda Sturesson Advisors Per Magnus Andersson and Stefan Yard Keywords Standardization, Environmental Management, Sustainabilit

The vagueness of laws concerning social workers labor calls into question legal certainty; we therefore decided to study this matter. The aim of this study was to examine social workers assessments of a vulnerable child`s situation. The main questions to be answered were: What similarities and differences can be discerned in the social workers actions and reasoning? How is the child's perspect

Author: Merima Colak Title: Organization of financial assistance - Perspective on an integrated and a specialized municipality [translated title] Supervisor: Håkan Johansson Assessor: Staffan Blomberg The purpose of this study was to examine how specialized and integrated social services manage their social assistance. In addition to this the aim was to examine how social workers and officials wo

Abstract Online communication is a sphere where users share their views and opinions. The aim of this thesis was to scrutinize how a discussion thread in an internet forum creates certain images and thoughts about racialized and non-racialized women. From a social constructive standpoint and post colonial theory my text analyze has put light on how women is targeted as objects. Racialized and non-

The amount of electronic information is growing continuously in the corporate world and companies need to make sure to have a good solution for it to make effective use of time and document handling. A good task management is also an important part of a company’s structure to not create unnecessarily work. With this master thesis we have found a solution where a Workflow-software is implemented to

The purpose of this study was to examine how different Swedish municipalities proceeded to transform the sanction youth service to practice in the context of the laws, the preparatory works and the guidelines which concern the sanction. Semi-structured interviews were used to acquire the material along with a so-called interview guide, which consisted of a list of fairly specific themes that were

Author: Ulrika Eklund Title: "Sometimes the goal is not to become self-sufficient, it is rather about feeling better." A qualitative study on the activation of refugees, related to migration and mental illness. Supervisor: Torbjörn Hjort The purpose of this study was to examine how the city of Malmö are working with people with PTSD and mental illness related to migration who receives

The aim of this study is to examine why the establishment reform is deficient. In order to identify the problem, the study focuses on the sensations among new arrivals and employment agency, regarding the establishment reform. To complete our purpose, we conducted six qualitative interviews, where four of the respondents were new arrivals, affected by the reform, and the remaining were employment