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Capabilities-based planning and capability assessment are high on the agendas of several countries and organisations as part of their risk management and emergency preparedness. Despite this, few definitions of capability exist, and they are not easily related to concepts such as risk, vulnerability and resilience. The aim of the present study was thus to broaden the scientific basis of the risk f

Purpose of this paper The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for describing and analyzing misalignments in supply chain management related to changes in supply chain structures, processes, and management components. Design/methodology/approach Based on the systems approach, a single-case study including several embedded cases from the same supply chain was deployed. This was done acc

Our paper starts with a reflection on how the classic left and right-wing scale has become less relevant in modern politics. Instead, we argue that completely new divisions in society are being formed. Examples are issues of globalization, immigration and identity. These are questions often associated with the other axis of the political scale - conservative or progressive. To examine this in prac

Syftet med den aktuella studien var att undersöka om en intervention i positiv psykologi kunde leda till ett ökat välbefinnande hos elever i årskurs 1-6 på en svensk grundskola. Det undersöktes även om interventionen hade olika effekt i olika årskurser. Frågeformulär administrerades före och efter interventionen. Enstaka frågor om trivsel i skolan, psykosomatiska besvär och mobbning samt Students’

Den föreliggande studien grundades på tidigare forskning som funnit samband mellan email-användande och stressrelaterade sjukdomar, såsom utbrändhet och emotionell utmattning, samt en ökad daglig stress. Syftet med studien var att undersöka om det finns ett samband mellan email overload, copingstrategier och upplevd stress. Vidare frågeställningar som studien baserades på var ifall det finns ett sThe present study was based on previous research that has found connections between email usage and stress-related diseases, such as burnout and emotional exhaustion, as well as an increased daily stress. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether there is a connection between email overload, coping strategies and percieved stress. Further issues on which the study was based was if there

In the name of collaboration : The significant meaning of a consultation team from a neoinstitutional perspective. Collaboration between human service organizations is to be considered desirable however also known to be hard to accomplish. The aim of this case study was to examine the phenomenon of inter-organizational collaboration by describing and analyzing the significant meaning of a consult

Urban environments are rapidly growing worldwide with severe consequences to animals and plants residing in our cities. Some of the most well-studied urban wildlife is passerine birds, where a wide array of effects have been documented; smaller clutches, earlier breeding, shorter telomeres and oxidative stress are just some costs among numerous others. Yet, few studies have so far investigated the

En affärsrelation mellan två kommersiella parter regleras ofta i flera, mer eller mindre sammanhängande avtal. Det kan då hända att bara ett av avtalen har försetts med en skiljeklausul medan övriga avtal saknar skiljeklausuler (eller innehåller oliklydande skiljeklausuler). Om det i framtiden skulle uppstå en tvist som inte grundas direkt på avtalet med skiljeklausul utan istället på något av de A business relationship between two commercial parties often consists of multiple contracts that are more or less connected to each other. In such a multi-contract context, it is possible that only one contract includes an arbitration clause while the other contracts lack arbitration clauses (or contain different arbitration clauses). If, in the future, a dispute arises which is not based directly

Aktieägaravtal har stor inverkan på det praktiska företagslivet. Aktieägare kan här på ett hemligt och flexibelt sätt skräddarsy begränsningar för hur aktierna ska kunna överlåtas. För minoritetens del handlar det ofta om att stärka sin ställning gentemot röststarka aktieägare. Ofta föreskrivs det överlåtelsebindningar i aktieägaravtal som begränsar aktiernas överlåtbarhet i syfte att förhindra oöShareholders’ agreements have a major impact on the practical business life. Here, shareholders can in a clandestine and flexible way make tailor-made restrictions on how and when the shares can be transferred to third parties. As for the minority, entering a shareholders’ agreement is often about strengthening its position towards shareholders holding stronger voting power. More often than not, S

Bakgrund: Äldre människor som upplever negativa hälsoeffekter av ensamhet är kontraproduktivt och skadande för samhället. Hälsan kan påverkas av aktivitetsbalans, mening och samhörighet mellan människor och husdjur. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att undersöka husdjurs betydelse i det dagliga livet gällande aktivitetsbalans, mening och ensamhet för äldre personer i ordinärt boende. Metod: En kvalitaBackground: Elderly people that experience negative effects on their health due to loneliness is counterproductive. Health can be affected by occupational balance, meaning and fellowship between humans and pets. Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate pets significance in the daily life regarding occupational balance, meaning and loneliness of elderly people living in ordinary housing. Method

Orden trygghet och studiero återfinns i Skollagen (SFS: 2010:800). Som en elev som inte kände trygghet under min egen skolgång och nu med en ämneslärarutbildning i musik i ryggen har mitt fokus hamnat på lärarens uppgift och möjligheter att skapa trygghet och studiero för elever, och mer specifikt för de elever som jag kommer undervisa i musik. Med den ingången är studiens syfte att undersöka vad

Traditionally, work on road safety analysis is based on accident statistics, but usually not in a structured and systematic way. Accident statistics provide an indicator of which sites are prone to personal injuries but do not represent an adequate indicator for assessing the road safety situation of the sites. This master thesis has been developed in order to create an understanding that preventi

This study is about understanding how contemporary, popular experts in parenting and children's behavior advices insecure parents how to deal with scared anxious children. The studies empiricism is retrieved from books, parenting sites and newspapers. The analysis and results is based on a method where the empiricism is studied from a problems perspective, analyzed in categories that answers q

Based on data from the past, predictive analytics can give a competitive advantage for companies when it is used to forecast the future. Specifically, predictive analytics can be used to aid decision makers in strategic planning. As the construction industry faces challenges with both more costly and complicated projects, predictive analytics can support decision makers in the industry in the most