Ne is maybe the most common sentence-final particle in Japanese, and is a crucial part of the spoken dialogue. Though it is sometimes compared to the English 'tag questions' it is used much more frequently than the English equivalents, and it is hard to find a translation in another language that accurately describes the many functions that ne undoubtedly have. This thesis will attempt to

Syftet med denna uppsats var att operationalisera ned begreppet kreativitetsfrämjande ledarskap. Detta gjordes genom en studie genomförd enligt grounded theory, som undersöker fenomenet, kreativitetsfrämjande ledarskap, förutsättningslöst med utgångspunkt i vad chefer inom den privata sektorn har att säga på området. Studien röner en teori, som mer eller mindre försöker pussla ihop de delar av det

Vid Universitetsbiblioteket i Lund finns en handskriftssamling benämnd Olle Rybergs orientaliska handskriftssamling. Denna handskriftssamling har varken katalogiserats eller granskats fullständigt. Samlingen har tillhört Olof Ryberg (1905-1990), som var en välkänd profil i Lunds akademiska kretsar. Handskrifterna nr 178-275 i denna samling har studerats i syftet av att presentera en förstudie av

Syftet med denna uppsats var: att beskriva företags motiv till att hållbarhetsredovisa respektive att inte hållbarhetsredovisa, vilka vi kartlade genom intervjuer med utvalda företag inom telekombranschen. Analysen visade att våra två frågeställningar är komplexa och det föreligger således ett flertal motiv till varför företag väljer att redovisa hållbarhet eller inte. Vi har även kunnat utröna en

Företagsförvärv anses vara viktiga affärshändelser eftersom transaktioner oftast innebär omfattande förändringar, stora belopp och höga risker. Globalisering av marknaden ställer krav på ökad transparens och jämförbarhet bland internationella bolag. Gränsöverskridande transaktioner inklusive företagsförvärv underlättas och effektiviseras när finansiella rapporter baseras på samma principer och utf

This study provides evidence that Swedish corporations disclose more CSR information in their annual reports than Croatian corporations do. The study finds that size, industry, country of origin and management ownership affect the amount of CSR disclosures a company will make. Furthermore profitability cannot provide an answer while foreign listing and audit firm matter under different circumstanc

Studien presenterar fem huvudkategorier av faktorer vilka har stor inverkan på den anställdes motivation. Dessa är lön, gemenskap, flexibilitet, feedback och utvecklingsmöjligheter. Starkaste drivkraften är utvecklingsmöjligheter.

We have examined and analyzed the impact of ceiling sound absorbers and sound insulation in a false ceiling, on the speech privacy between two adjacent rooms. We concluded that they had a significant impact on the speech privacy and that the combination of ceiling sound absorbers with sound insulation in the false ceiling was the best option from an acoustic point of view.

The construction sector currently accounts for 41.4% of the total energy consumption in Egypt and the residential sector accounts for more than half of all electricity consumed in the country. Therefore, there is great potential for reducing electricity use. Much of the electricity is used for lighting, air conditioning and hot water, a great part of this use can be reduced by passive climate cont

This bachelor´s thesis concerns the solar energy systems in new small houses. First various terms of low energy buildings are explained followed by technologies that reduce energy demands are explained and the ways it is possible to recover heat energy. Thereafter a discussion in how solar energy can be exploited is raised, which solar technologies are available and how it is possible to use solar

Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to investigate whether the future development of the Digital Home creates incentives for Sony Ericsson to initiate an Open Source based platform strategy. Issues: The main issues presented: To create future scenarios of the Digital Home environment and describe its ecosystem of consumer electronics and mobile phones. To investigate the competitive advantage fo

ABB has identified a potential in decreasing their levels of capital employed and in particular net working capital, NWC. To release tied up capital from the balance sheet, a decision was taken to start an initiative with focus on NWC. The focus area is to reduce NWC as percentage of revenues and to reduce the levels of overdues. The objective of this report is to describe a methodology for decrea

The foundation of this thesis has been to investigate the possibilities of giving Stena Aluminium, a company recycling aluminium, increased control to regulate and steer the risk they are taking when exposing raw material and finished goods. Stena Aluminium wants to minimize the risk of losses on raw material and finished goods when prices change. This is a large problem for instance when raw mate

Working market-oriented and targeted calls for a strategic thinking and an understanding of both external and internal conditions of the company. Based on a qualitative research method a model is set up to act as a method of marketing. The model takes a systematic way of thinking into account, but also a lack of resources in terms of financial resources, skills within the company and market inform

This master thesis was commissioned for the company IAC Group AB in Gothenburg. The factory assembles and delivers instrument panels in sequence to Volvo Car Corporation. The task was to create and implement a maintenance system where all maintenance processes such as preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance can be registered. The purpose was to give the company a deeper knowledge of the

Nynas Petroleum is one of the world´s largest producers of naphthenic specialty oils. They have refineries in several parts of the world and their largest production facility is situated in Nynäshamn, Sweden. They also have oil depots in all continents and their largest depot is located in Antwerp, Belgium. In the beginning of 2007 Nynas introduced a new type of transformer oils, called Nova grade

The Master Thesis, which is a part of the education to become Master of Science in Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, has been written at Gambro in Lund. In 2006 new owners bought Gambro and Gambro has been working on new guidelines and strategies during the past year. The Master Thesis became a part of the work with new strategies and ther

As a consequence of the current global warming debate, many companies are today working towards minimizing their operations’ effect on the environment. The Swedish firm Ångpanneföreningen (ÅF), offers environmental consulting services through its EHS department (Environment, Health and Safety). The department’s largest business areas are services regarding state-regulated emission permits and meas

Adela Innovation is a company in a situation similar to many other small and medium sized enterprises in Sweden today. The question about internationalisation is important because the development on the Swedish market is declining, but the company still is very small in an international context. Adela Innovation needs to find markets to enter, that are of an appropriate size and that don’t require

Problemdescription As the environmental awareness grows in society customers becomes more conscious about their emissions from energy consumption. Moreover expectations are that future directives and legislations will force the energy sector to support energy efficiency towards the end user. This master thesis' challenge is to find opportunities for future changes, the key questions to answer