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Following a rapid change in the way information is shared in our society, we have seen over the last few decades a change in how libraries construct their activities in relation to the library space. Different attitudes and opinions on what should or should not be going on in the library space, and by that extension the library’s purpose in itself, have come and gone, and built on each other in th

Title: Private Equity Engineering - A study of Value-Creating Actions Undertaken by Private Equity Firms in Sweden Seminar date: 3rd of June 2019 Course: BUSN79, Degree Project in Accounting and Finance, 15 ECTS Authors: Jimmy Enhammar & Jesper Qvenild Advisor: Håkan Jankensgård Keywords: Private Equity, Value Creation, Financial Engineering, Operational Engineering, Governance Engineerin

Klimatförändringar är en av mänsklighetens stora utmaningar, över hela världen obbar forskare och företag på att ta fram nya tekniker och innovationer för att bidra till en fosilfri framtid.Climate change is one of humanities greatest challenges; the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are still increasing. There is not one solution that will fix this problem several different products, raw material and technologies are required to take the steps towards a renewable society. Biomethanol and substitute natural gas, are two fossil free energy carrier, they can both be produced through g

Medical marijuana has been argued to supplement the treatment of cancer in terms of relieving symptoms and side effects occurring from treatment, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. As the legalisation of cannabis becomes more widespread across the United States not only for medical but also recreational use, any effects on the well-being on those who undergo cancer treatment could have importa

In Sweden, the social work programme is currently given at 15 different centres of higher education. The programs are standardised through legislation concerning the educational goals, this can be seen through curricula and syllabus. A few of the centres of higher education have chosen also to follow the global standards published by IFSW and IASSW. In this study, the curricula and syllabi from tw

Integrate, revitalize and overcoming physical barriers. An opportunity for cities to activate abandoned areas and recycle what was once an active place. When industrial sites moves out of the city centers it can leave large open areas behind - brownfields. This can be an opportunity to revitalize areas and expand within the the city itself.

The purpose of this thesis is to create an increased understanding of how legal scholars use social platforms as a part of their scholarly communication. As a result of the digitalization of society social platforms have become a seemingly ubiquitous part of everyday life, and research shows that scholars are using social platforms as a part of scholarly communication. The starting point for this

The aim of this study was to examine how seniors with Bosnian & Hercegovinan ethnicity handled the challenges that occurred in their migration to Sweden after the Bosnian war. It also focuses on the analysis of coping strategies that have been seen as important to this group, and also show how their age affected this process, provided by their respective context and circumstances. Six intervie

Den här studien syftar till att öka förståelsen för hur den unga konsumenten mottar, tolkar och resonerar kring ämnet hållbarhetskommunikation. Studien utgår från ett socialkonstruktionistiskt perspektiv och betraktar de kommunikativa processer som konsumenten för kring ett specifikt fall. Det fall som denna studie utgår från är Max Burger AB’s hållbarhetskommunikation som återfinns i företagets dThis research aims to increase the understanding of how the young consumer receives, interprets and argues about sustainability communication. The study is based on a social constructionist perspective and considers the communicative processes expressed by the consumer in a specific case. The case from which this study is based is Max Burger AB's digital sustainability communication. The purpo

Within Peace Research, there is a long tradition of studying the creations and conditions of peace. Within this, Hybrid Peace Theory has constituted a more critical strand, emphasising the importance of the interactions between international and local actors. This thesis has aimed to contribute to critical peace research by arguing for the importance of including a gender perspective on the Hybrid

Raman spectroscopy is well known as a method that can be used to study the structural characteristics of carbon materials such as soot and carbon black. In this work, a Raman spectroscopy setup was used to record spectra of various carbonaceous samples under different experimental conditions. The wave-number range of interest was from 900 to 3300 cm-1, which includes the first and second order Ram

The present thesis examines how the museum visitor’s experience is being transformed by various developments and particularly by the advent of virtual reality technology. The research focused on identifying the problems of communicating the archaeological information to the museum audiences while highlighting best practices and proposing solutions. The immersive function of virtual reality was exa

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka det relativt låga valdeltagandet till europaparlamentsvalen i Sverige. Fokus har legat på väljargruppen ungdomar i åldern 18–30 samt på den delvis ansvariga myndigheten att utlysa valet; Valmyndigheten. Vidare har informationsspridningen gällande det i dagsläget stundande valet till Europaparlamentet, den 23–26 maj 2019, undersökts. Studien grundas i teorier This study aims to investigate the relatively low amount of young people voting in the European parliamentary elections in Sweden. Focus has been on the electoral group of young people aged 18–30 and the authority partly responsible to inform about the elections in Sweden; Valmyndigheten. This study focuses on the current election to the European Parliament the 23–26 of May 2019. The study is base

I dagens marknadsföring ser vi då och då hur organisationer använder sociala rörelser. Detta fenomen skapar oftast funderingar bland målgruppen huruvida organisationen verkligen bryr sig om rörelsen och anspelar på den för att aktivt ta ställning i frågan, eller för att kapitalisera på den sociala rörelsen. Genom denna studie ville vi fortsatt undersöka hur målgruppen upplever varumärken som genomIn today’s marketing, we now and then see organizations using socio-political movements. This phenomenon often creates questions amongst its audience whether the organization genuinely cares about the movement, or whether it is just an easy way to capitalize on the movement. In this study, we wanted to examine further how the audience perceives brands, which marketing alludes on social movements,

Den offentliga sektorn står inför utmaningar när det kommer till digitalisering och medborgare har höga förväntningar på att den offentliga sektorn ska vara effektiv och erbjuda högkvalitativ service. År 2018 tilldelades den portugisiska kommunen Cascais ett pris från organisationen World Summit Awards för sin digitala plattform City Points Cascais inom kategorin, Digital Innovation in Government The public sector is facing challenges related to digitalization. Modern citizens have expectations that the public sector should be more efficient and provide quality services. In the year of 2018, the municipality of Cascais, Portugal, was awarded the best platform in the category Digital Innovation in Government and Citizen Engagement by the World Summit Awards. The platform is called City Poin

Taxeringsvärden för fastigheter skall uppgå till 75 % av marknadsvärdet två år före taxeringsåret. Vid avstyckning av småhus med tillhörande tomtmark från en lantbruksenhet åsätt styckningslotten ett nytt taxeringsvärde som en småhusenhet. Taxeringsvärdet bestäms utifrån gällande riktvärdeangivelser inom värdeområdet. Det går att påvisa att fastigheter som genomgår en avstyckning tenderar att erhåAn assessed property value assigned to real estate in Sweden is required by law to represent 75 % of the market value two years prior to the year of taxation. It can be proven that the assessed value differs, when property is subdivided from an agricultural unit to create a single-family house unit. The purpose of this paper is to investigate and explain why assessed values of single-family hous

Hälften mjölk, hälften fail? Fallstudien syftar till att undersöka vilka attityder som går att urskilja gentemot Arlas varumärkesförlängning av sin Laktosfria Mjölk- och Havredryck samt vilka faktorer som påverkar formandet av dessa attityder. Detta för att få en förståelse för hur en varumärkesförlängning utifrån ett konsumentperspektiv kan påverka modervarumärkets varumärkesvärde. Det empiriska Half milk, half fail? The case study aims to investigate how Arla’s brand extension of an Milk- and oat drink from a consumer perspective is evaluated and perceived compared to Arla’s own view of the extension. Thus to gain an understanding of how a brand extension of a distinctive product category can affect Arla’s brand equity. Through a netnographic observation on social media, a semi-structure

Framväxten av sociala medier har möjliggjort för nya sätt som varumärken kommunicerar med sina konsumenter. Ett framväxande fenomen inom varumärkeskommunikation är möjligheten för konsumenter att samskapa mening av varumärken. En förenklad syn på kommunikationens roll inom litteraturen på samskapande har identifierats och legat till grund för studien. Syftet med studien har således varit att skapaThe rise of social media has enabled brands to communicate with their customers in new ways. A growing phenomenon within brand communication is the opportunity for consumers to co-create meaning for the brand. The basis for this study was the simplified view of co-creation in the field of research. This study aims to gain knowledge of how a brand with fans can, through communication on social medi

Denna studie syftar till att bidra med kunskap kring hur en organisation som utsatts för dataintrång kommunicerar ut detta till sina intressenter i digitala medier, för att på så sätt identifiera vilka kommunikativa faktorer som kan kopplas till intressenters positiva och negativa reaktioner. De kommunikativa faktorer som undersökts i relation till fallorganisationen Equifax kriskommunikation är kThe aim of this study is to gain knowledge regarding how an organization communicates a data breach to their stakeholders via digital media, in order to identify which communicative factors that can be linked to positive and negative stakeholder reactions. The communicative factors that are studied in this paper in relation to Equifax data breach are crisis response strategies, timing & reputa

The 'rule of law crises' in Hungary and Poland have shown weaknesses in the European Union’s system of enforcing the values enshrined in Article 2 TEU after accession. Especially Article 7 TEU as well as the other enforcement procedures have proven to be incapable of forcing Member States back into compliance with the values enshrined in Article 2 TEU so far. However, this thesis contests