The world is urbanising at an unprecedented rate. Cities are perceived to be potential solutions as well as causes of the many problems our society faces. On the one hand, cities are considered the driving forces of prosperity through innovation, wealth creation and growth. On the other hand, cities are perceived to be the roots of urgent environmental and social issues. In fact, the very notion o

The world’s fisheries and marine ecosystems are in danger of collapse. Fish is a highly traded commodity worldwide and the WTO regulates most global trade. Yet, overfishing is an environmental problem and the WTO is not an environmental organisation. Due to its power and reach, increased observance of sustainability could be very influential. It is argued that a tool like ecolabelling can improve

This paper examines if it is possible to achieve a higher cumulative and risk adjusted return through an active portfolio strategy compared to a passive portfolio strategy. This is done through a mean-variance framework in which the variance is forecasted using two different models. The results show that it is possible achieve a higher cumulative and risk adjusted return by dynamically changing th

Urban design and city planning have historically been a practice undertaken by distanced experts and funded by detached donors and political bodies. The result is often urban sprawl, transit domination, and streets deprioritizing pedestrians. While urban areas do support innovation and knowledge-intensive production, the occurrence of social and environmental urban vulnerabilities is increasing an

In an effort to mitigate global climate change, the REDD+ mechanism (an acronym for ‘Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stock’) continues to be put forward as an attractive carbon sequestration and forest conservation tool. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), hosting m

I den nya översiktsplanen för Malmö, som antogs den 14:e maj 2014 läggs ett stort fokus på hur man kan stärka social hållbarhet genom insatser i den byggda miljön. De miljöer som beskrivs som socialt hållbara ska präglas av täthet och funktionsblandning. Detta står i skarp kontrast till vilken typ av miljöer som har förespråkats för att stärka social hållbarhet tidigare i Malmös historia. Under 19

Studiens syfte är att öka förståelsen för hur den köpande organisationens val av samarbetsstrategi kan påverka Green Supply Chain Managements genomslagskraft i försörjningskedjan. Teorin definierar begreppet Green Supply Chain Management och redogör för vilka hinder och drivkrafter som kan återfinnas vid miljöarbete. I den teoreriska referensramen definieras armlängdsstrategin samt relationsstrate

The purpose of this study was to investigate what preconditions Kurdish families in Sweden have to solve childcare and how they do it. This was done by using qualitative, semi-structured interviews with six Kurdish mothers of young children and theoretical foundations that links childcare, welfare conditions and transnational migration. The study shows that migration causes a vulnerability which m

This paper takes a performance-based approach to corporate governance and investigates whether compliance with the corporate governance code in Sweden equates to a lower cost of capital, measured as cost of equity, cost of debt and the weighted average of these, the WACC. The premonition is that adherence to governance codes should lower the risk profile of the firm, leading investors and creditor

Title: Managing service innovation in small-medium sized enterprises: a resource based view Date of Seminar: 3rd June 2014 Course: Master Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Internship and Degree Project (Master Thesis 15 ECTS) Authors: Elida Cimic and Junjie Ren Supervisor: Joakim Winborg Keywords: Service Innovation, Small and Medium sized Enterprises, Resource Based View, Innovation Strat

Denna uppsats är skriven med syftet att undersöka Malmö stads arbete med symmetrisk och dialogisk kommunikation med sina medborgare i sociala medier. Med uppsatsen hoppas vi nyansera bilden av de organisatoriska krav som ställs på organisationer för att kunna bedriva symmetrisk tvåvägskommunikation. För att uppnå vårt syfte har vi med ett hermeneutiskt förhållningssätt utfört textanalyser av MalmöThis study intends to research the city of Malmö’s work with symmetrical and dialogical communication with its citizens in social media. With this study, we hope to nuance the image of the organizational demands put on organizations to be able to manage symmetrical two-way communication. To reach our purpose, we have with a hermeneutical approach conducted document analyses of the city of Malmö’s

Nowadays, value at risk (VaR) has developed into a standard indicator in the financial risk measuring field. The aim of this study is not only to measure the risk of the Chinese stock market using VaR methods, but also to value whether the downside risk is priced in the expected return in the market. This study estimates VaR of six indices using four approaches at both 95% and 99% confidence level

Apartheid is officially abolished in South Africa since 1994. However, it still exists in the country today. The aim of this thesis is to examine how the heritage of apartheid still affects South Africa today, 20 years after it was abolished, and to show that racism is still very much a part of daily life in South Africa although it can be more or less disguised nowadays. My focus in this thesis i

There are many different methods for pricing discretely monitored barrier options. There is a trade-off, however, between speed and accuracy. The players on the financial markets would of course ideally want a method which is both exact and returns a price instantaneously. In this thesis we start from a fast, but on the other hand somewhat less accurate, approximation formula. It will be referred

Thesis purpose: To identify relevant criteria underlying the partner selection process in a leading company in the consumer technology industry, as well as to subsequently analyse the influences which those criteria have on overall outcome. The intention is to draw valid implications for future research as well as for actors in similar market environments. Methodology: The researchers of this pa

Transportation is a necessary part of our daily lives and the environment would greatly benefit if the majority of people used sustainable transport. The current mechanisms set in place to change people’s behaviors, however, have lacked an in depth psychological understanding of how people make transport decisions. The aim of this thesis is to explore the world of psychology and behavior and to at

The demand of today for advanced manufactured parts with high precision is due to the increasing complexity of technologies. The parts are typically made by CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines, which are expensive and comparably big. By using industrial robots that are significantly cheaper, reduced costs can be achieved, which is particularly beneficial for small and medium enterprises. Rob

Open source är idag ett vida känt begrepp och det finns numera ett open source alternativ till nästan varje mjukvara av proprietär sort. Med en växande användarbas och en kostnad som nästan alltid är obefintlig är det naturligt att företag ser open source som ett alternativ till att köpa proprietär mjukvara. Genom denna uppsats undersöker vi därför vilka egenskaper hos open source som är viktiga o