Nightlife environments are high-risk environments for violence, hence security guards and nightclub entry hosts are necessary to guarantee guest safety. However, there is little research on their view of their own safety and vulnerability. This study examines exposure to work-related violence and feelings of (un)safety among security guards and entry hosts working in nightclubs in Malmö, Sweden. I

Ecuador, in its endeavor to overcome the sustainability issues caused by the lack of adequate solid waste management (SWM), introduced an ambitious governance model seeking to stop environmental degradation and include waste recyclers into the system. In Quito, Ecuador´s capital, population growth, lack of waste separation at source, and space constraints for the final disposal of municipal solid

This study explores two intertwined stages: a) the various processes contributing to Turkey’s and Israel’s historical development of national self-images and security cultures, b) how these conflictual dynamics and processes playing themselves out vis-à-vis two key conflict resolution initiatives taken in both countries. In order to study these stages, ontological security theory is applied to gra

With this thesis, the aim is to understand how consumers relate to sustainability-labels on fashion products, in terms of perceived meaning and competence for using the information conveyed, and to understand how sustainability-labels may be used to influence product choices that are part of sustainable fashion shopping practices. Apart from a literature review on findings from prior research with

Varje elev med diagnosen dyslexi har ett unikt och indivi-duellt sätt att lära sig. Däremot har flertal elever med dyslexi förlorat motivationen att utbilda sig eftersom de inte får den hjälp de behöver när de behöver den. Där kommer digitaliseringen in. I detta arbete har jag valt att utföra en innehållsanalys, där jag analyserar forskning från olika kul-turer för att besvara följande forskningsf

The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate how social workers at LARO-clinics experience their role at the clinic, as well as investigate how their roles are shaped in interaction with cohort, patients and the organization. We conducted seven semi-structured interviews with social workers at different LARO-clinics in Skåne. For our analysis, we have applied symbolic interaction, the dram

The production of soybean and oil palm has rapidly increased in the last decades, justified by powerful actors through win-win discourses referring to food security, economic growth, and climate change mitigation. Yet, the accelerated expansion of these crops has led to many socio- environmental conflicts on the production sites. Some civil society organizations have promoted the introduction of s

In a constantly changing world with digitalization and multiple channels for consumers to explore and purchase new things through, a need for change in business has occurred for many companies. External pressure sets new demands for organisations to meet and the need for knowledge of organisational change and how to execute it has grown. In this changing environment, the risk for fear and worry in

This paper investigates whether the forecasting performance of Bayesian factor-augmented VAR (BFAVAR) models can be improved by incorporating an informative prior on the steady-state of the time series in the system. The BFAVAR model is compared to the extended steady-state BFAVAR in an application to forecasting Swedish inflation, making use of data from 1996 to 2016. Results show that the out-of

Vår studie ämnar att skapa en djupare förståelse för komplexiteten som små företag står inför när de ska tränga igenom dagens mediebrus och nå fram med sina budskap till konsumenten. Studien omfattar tre frågeställningar som utgår från våra två nyckelteorier; agendasättande teori och corporate storytelling. Vi har exemplifierat vår studie på ett litet företag som heter DoubleGood, som till sommare

Denna studie ämnar bidra till ökad kunskap inom ämnesområdet strategisk kom- munikation i allmänhet och individanpassad marknadsföring i synnerhet. Mer kon- kret ämnar författarna att ta fram ett underlag för hur företag som är verksamma inom marknadsföring kan jobba i bättre symbios med deras kunder. För att uppnå syftet utformades följande forskningsfråga: Vad är svenska studenters erfarenhet, kThe aim of this study is to contribute to increased knowledge within the field of strategic communication in general and personalized marketing in particular. More specifically, the authors intend to provide a framework that would allow for a less hierarchical relationship between companies within the marketing industry and their customers. To achieve this purpose, the following research question

Denna studie ämnar att behandla förhållandet mellan Bilia Jägersros ledning och medarbetare under perioden 2012 till 2017, då företaget genomförde en organisationsförändring. Det som intresserade oss var hur ledningens och medarbetarnas kommunikation och interaktion påverkade denna förändring. Vårt fokus ligger med andra ord i att integrera de båda perspektiven vid en organisationsförändring. För This study aims to describe the relationship between Bilia Jägersro's management and employees during the period of 2012 to 2017, when the company conducted an organizational change. We were interested in studying how the management and employees' communication and interaction affected this change. In other words, our focus is to integrate the two perspectives within an organizational chan

Sammanslagningar mellan organisationer är idag ett vanligt förekommande fenomen inom näringslivet, detta på grund av en strävan efter att bli mer kostnadseffektiv och konkurrenskraftig på den rådande marknaden. Det här examensarbetet syftar till att undersöka hur medarbetare upplever kommunikativa insatser i samband med en sammanslagning, vilken inverkan dessa kan ha på medarbetarnas inställning tMergers between organisations is a commonly occurring phenomena in the business world of the 21th century, due to a pursuit of becoming more cost-effective and competitive on a national or international market. This bachelor thesis aims to investigate how employees experience communication strategies and which impact they may have on attitudes when an organisation has been merged, and if it is pos

The massive growth of E-commerce is challenging the EU VAT system from different points of view. The Author explores the VAT treatment of E-commerce intermediaries involved in supplies of goods, services and digital services. Notwithstanding the EU Commission attempts to modernize the EU VAT system, there are still numerous issues that have not been dealt with. The Author concludes that the VAT ru

En kvalitativ studie som omfattar kompetensutveckling och dess betydelse för att utveckla och behålla medarbetare har gjorts i en kunskapsorganisation i reklambranschen. De områden som har behandlats är följande; lärande, förutsättningar för kompetensutveckling samt värdet av kompetensutveckling. Syftet var att kartlägga hur ledningen förhåller sig till och pratar om kompetensutveckling i organis

Credit risk is one of the largest risks facing a bank and following the Basel regulations, banks are expected to hold capital to protect themselves against credit risk. This thesis aims to evaluate models to calculate the capital requirement for credit concentration risk and compare them to the models suggested by Finansinspektionen. Credit concentration risk can be split into name and sector conc

The European sovereign debt crisis, which emerged in 2009, revealed unsustainable fiscal policies among several countries in the Eurozone periphery (Matthews, 2011). In fact, high debt ratios are a potential problem for a majority of the countries in the euro area, reaching an average ratio of 92.8 percent in 2015 (Eurostat, 2015). Theoretically, common pool problems and moral hazard within a mone

Det cirkulära Skåne – Ett regionalt perspektiv på hinder och möjligheter för att främja cirkulär företagsamhet En av de största utmaningarna för att minska vår negativa klimatpåverkan är att skapa hållbar konsumtion. Hade alla konsumerat på samma sätt som vi gör i Sverige skulle fler än fyra jordklot behövas – och det är tydligt att vår konsumtion innebär ett ohållbart förbrukande av jordens resuOver the past decade, the transition to a circular economy has gained attention as a necessary step towards sustainable development. In contrast to the linear economy that is rooted in a ‘take-make-dispose’ mentality, the circular economy aims to decouple economic growth from unsustainable use of non-renewable resources by closing the material loops in the economy. While the EU recognizes that na

Purpose - This thesis seeks to explore how people understand a social collaboration platform within a knowledge-intensive firm and how such a platform is significant to the organization. Research method - The study utilizes semi-structured interviews conducted in a global technology and consulting organization. Overall, an exploratory study was applied based on an interpretative and qualitative ap