Digitized workflows are becoming more common in the construction industry where building information modeling, also called BIM, is a common example of this development. The BIM environment enables an unbroken chain of information on a corporate platform. To ensure that the information is correct and that the quality is of sufficient quality, systematic quality controls are carried out. This thesis

Dagens utveckling inom digitalisering, tjänstefiering och globalisering erbjuder nya möjligheter för startup företag med digitala produktplattformar att tillämpa geografisk expansion. Examensarbetet applicerar teoretiska ramverk och modeller för att utreda en internationell marknadsutveckling av ett svenskt fallföretag som erbjuder digitala tjänster till hantverkarbranschen. Avgörande faktorer förThe emerging trend of digitalization, servicification and globalization offers new opportunities for geographic expansion of startup companies with a digital product platform. The master thesis performs a case study on a Swedish startup company offering digital services to the craft industry by applying theoretical frameworks and models in order to examine a potential international market developm

Economic reality constitutes a fundamental criterion for the application of the common VAT system. Although its reference by the CJEU has increased over the past decades, significant legal uncertainty does still exist regarding its origin, legal status, functioning and terminology. Van Doesum and Nellen have identified two functions of economic reality. In this regard, its benchmark of VAT reality

There is a great belief in the use of repression and increased state control to combat social problems, particularly crime, in current Swedish crime policies, visible through the 34-points program in which most points are aimed at longer penalties and increased state authority. At the same time, the government claims the need for promotion of desistance. This study aims to explore the governing of

Cryptocurrencies are attracting the interest of investors and the public since they are perceived as an alternative to overcome the limitations of the current financial system. Cryptocurrencies are energy-hungry; therefore, the environmental cost represents a limitation to their adoption. Research regarding the environmental aspect of cryptocurrency adoption is lacking and tends to be biased or ob

This paper studies the effect of the Czech economy on the Slovak Republic. Specifically, we analyze the general economic relationship as well as responses of macroeconomic variables of Slovakia to shocks in the Czech Republic. Firstly, we present the theoretical background of their relationship on top of which we build a regression analysis. Secondly, for the regression analysis, we used quarterly

The features of digital markets constitute entry barriers and facilitate large platforms to adopt strategic behavior. Large platforms benefit from these features, making it hard for new market players to enter their markets or compete. Besides, large platforms can employ strategies to foreclose competition based on the characteristics of digital markets, leading to large platforms holding dominanc

Capturing how consumers understand brand authenticity is a prominent quest by scholars. However, the concept is characterized by its multiplicity of meanings. Especially in the context of social media, the meaning of brand authenticity remains uncaptured. Focusing on beauty brands, this study aims to explore the consumers’ process of understanding brand authenticity on Instagram by taking the sens

Although the digitalization in the working place seems to be inevitable, employees’ sensemaking on digital internal communication and employee voice through enterprise social media has been ignored in the strategic communication research field. This study problematizes the insufficient knowledge in digital internal communication and highlights the employee perspective. Another research problem is

Easy exposure of biological particles for molecular stimuli is of interest when examining the effects of antibiotics on different bacteria or to perform toxicity analysis for biophysical studies of vesicles. Such experiments require advanced equipment that can only be found in laboratories and are vastly time-consuming. A possible solution to the problem could be a “lab-on-a-chip”, which in short

This thesis aim to evaluate how sustainability in terms of ESG-ratings affect portfolio performance. A portfolio strategy sorting stocks solely on ESG-ratings from MSCI will be evaluated with financial performance measures and regression analysis. Furthermore, the authors will use a quantitative method and incorporate stocks from the S&P 500. Portfolios will be rebalanced once a year to take m

Föreliggande uppsats har analyserat vilken påverkan arbetsgivares skyldigheter vid uppsägning respektive avskedande av personliga skäl har på arbetsgivares val mellan uppsägning och avskedande. Genom tillämpning av en rättsdogmatisk metod har gällande rätt analyserats och slutsatser dragits om vilka konsekvenser rättsreglernas utformning får. Mest påtagligt är att fler arbetsgivare väljer att avskThis essay will describe how the responsibilities of the employer differ between termination and dismissal for personal reasons as well as analyse the impact this has on employers' choice between termination and dismissal. The circumstances that are invoked as reasons for termination and dismissal are often the same, but in the event of dismissal, the misdemeanor must have a greater impact on

Idag omfattas de flesta arbetare av omställningsavtal men vetskapen om dessa, dess funktioner och betydelse för både arbetsgivare och arbetstagare är begränsad. Analysen som gjorts i uppsatsen, kommer fram till att omställningsavtalen underlättar för arbetsgivaren att göra val om vilka medarbetare som skall stanna vid en arbetsbrist. För arbetstagaren innebär det att det finns ett stöd men garanteToday, most workers are covered by adjustment agreements, but knowledge of these, their functions and their significance for both employers and employees is limited. The analysis made in the essay concludes that the adjustment agreements make it easier for the employer to make choices about which employees should stay in the event of a work shortage. For the employee, this means that there is supp

Genom den externa dimensionen av EUs migrations policys har EU och medlemsstaterna alltmer börjat använda sig av externaliseringsåtgärder som ett sätt att få till bukt på de irreguljära migrationsströmmar som når unionens externa gränser. Åtgärderna är karaktäriserade av inhemska handlingar med extraterritoriella effekter vilka leder till ökad migrationskontroll i de tredjeländerna som åtgärderna Through the external dimension of the EU migration policy, the EU and its member states have increasingly employed externalization measures as a means of stemming the irregular migration flows that reach the external borders of the Union. The measures are characterized by domestic conduct with extraterritorial effect leading to increased migration control in the third countries targeted by these m

In recent years whistleblowing has increased. At the same time, the hybrid media culture has allowed whistleblowers to further participate in, and influence narratives. Previous research demonstrates both the increased impact of whistleblowers and the relevance of the two-step flow model in the hybrid media landscape. What is not investigated, however, is the relationship between whistleblowers

Empirical EKC literature has conceptual flaws that arise due to the inclusion of polynomials and cointegrating relationships of powers of integrated processes. Additionally, previous studies focused on a narrow nexus between environmental degradation and economic growth that yield only a partial EKC. Considering hereinabove mentioned points the aim of this study is to assess the EKC hypothesis in

The aim of this thesis is to conduct a discourse analysis on Texas’ and Mexico’s abortion policies from September 2021 by applying Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ method, together with a theoretical framework based in reproductive governance and SRHR. The research questions are: what is the problem of abortion represented to be in these policies, and to what extent the discourses

A part of a semi-supervised learning pipeline is built to improve the classification of humans and animals in a home security detector. An AI teacher model that automatically labels data, which is then in turn used to improve a light-weight AI student model is created. The AI teacher is trained on existing labelled household camera image data. Approaches with leveraged convolutional neural nets an

This study aimed to understand how men who have sex with men discuss their body image in relation to the networking app Grindr. It also focused on how these men handle thoughts and feelings about their body which occurred when using the app. The study was based on a qualitative method with seven semi-structured interviews with men who have sex with men and who use Grindr or have used it in the pas