Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Röjningsrösen kan härstamma från bronsålder och ända in i modern tid. De är svåra att datera då det inte finns några karaktäristika för ett röse som skapats under en viss tidsepok. Röjningsröseområden är likväl en stor källa till kunskap om hur jorden brukats under förhistorisk och historisk tid. Med hjälp av paleoekologi kan den förhistoriska miljön studeras. PIn the village Berg, Gällared’s parish, Halland, there is an area with 60 to 75 hectares of abandoned arable fields is present. Within Berg, Yttra Berg’s nature reserve is situated, where 9 hectares of the abandoned arable fields has been recorded, consisting of clearance cairns, terraces and stone walls. Close to the recorded abandoned arable fields a smaller bog, Sänkemosse, is situated. Nearby

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: För 420 miljoner år sedan, under den tidsperiod som kallas för silurtiden, låg Sverige vid ekvatorn. Stora delar av landet var täckt av ett grunt och tropiskt hav där bland annat koraller, bläckfiskar, trilobiter och havsskorpioner trivdes. Även Gotland låg under havsytan och det var under denna tid som den kalksten som utgör öns berggrund byggdes upp. Förutom dThe Late Silurian Lau Event is one of the three major events identified in the Gotland strata. It is associated with one of the largest stable carbon isotope excursion recorded in the Phanerozoic, as well as rapid lithology changes, and extinctions and faunal turnovers among various fossil groups. In this study, early vertebrates (fishes) were investigated over the Lau Event interval. The study wa

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Det Rinkiska bältet är den nordliga delen av en bergskedjebildning som kallas Nagssugtoqidisk-Rinkiska orogenesen (NRO), på centrala och norra Västgrönland. NRO är en gammal, djupt eroderad, 1000 km bred bergskedja som bildades vid kontinent-kontinent kollision för 1,85-1,87 Ga sedan och som korreleras med det angränsande nordöstra Kanada. Det Rinkiska bältet beThe Palaeoproterozoic Rinkian fold belt forms the northern segment of the Nagssugtoqidian-Rinkian orogenic (NRO) system of central and northern West Greenland. The NRO is an ancient, deeply-eroded, 1000 km wide orogen formed during a continent-continent collision c. 1.85-1.87 Ga ago correlated to the adjacent north-eastern Canada. The Rinkian fold belt consists of Archaean basement and the unconfo

The purpose of the thesis is to investigate if there is any preferred capital structure among European flight companies. We can, with high statistical significance, draw several conclusions about the capital structure of the investigated companies. Some conclusions can be interpreted as if there were a pecking-order that decides the form of capital structure, some others are harder to interpret.

Corporate sustainability is concerned with environmental, social and economic efforts in an organisation’s performance. Legitimacy is a central theme in corporate sustainability communications and this can be acquired through co-creation and impression management strategies. The maintenance of stakeholder dialogue and relations is highly recommended and should be managed by the public relations de

Syftet är att testa om Hyman P. Minskys teori om finansiell instabilitet och uppkomsten av finansiella kriser är relevant för, och applicerbar på, moderna ekonomiska förhållanden. Studien är framför allt av kvalitativ metod, och tar hjälp av tidigare forskning och olika nyckeltal i analysen av de finansiella kriserna. Valet av kriser har avgränsats till den svenska fastighetskrisen, Asienkrisen, I

A considerable number of studies on historical and some third world populations have reached a magnificent consensus that both mortality and fertility do respond to economic changes in a surprisingly shared pattern. Such response, however, remains a great deal of controversy, obscure and inconsistency in the secular industrialized countries. The aim of this paper is to explore the association betw

Det finns två kategorier av anställningsformer, fasta och tidsbegränsade. Andelen tidsbegränsade arbeten har ökat under de senaste två decennierna. För den anställde kan tidsbegränsad anställning vara ett ofrivilligt val. Anställningsformen innebär ofta större osäkerhet för individen, men kan även innebära andra begränsningar. Syftet med studien är att undersöka vilka faktorer som påverkar sannoli

Europeiska Centralbanken (ECB 2003) använder sig av en modell med två stöttepelare för prognostisering av inflation. Den första stöttepelaren ska hantera reala aspekter, utbud och efterfrågan, som på kort sikt påverkar inflationen och den långsiktiga monetära hantera penningmängden och de faktorer som påverkar den på lång sikt. Detta kan knytas an till monetära teorier som bygger på Friedman (1963

The aim of this thesis is to examine the long-run relationship between regional house prices, how the house price model behaves in the short run and if aggregated national house price models may be misleading. To investigate whether house prices are related in the long run we use cointegration tests to look for common trends. The short-run behaviour of the model is estimated by an error correction

Den klassiska debatten kring hushållsnära tjänster behandlar frågan om hur beskattningen bör se ut. Denna uppsats vill istället behandla ämnet på samma sätt som barnomsorgen har gjorts de senaste decennierna, det vill säga som en statligt finansierad reform för att öka alla inkomstgruppers arbetsutbud. Avsikten är att testa de ekonomiska effekterna av ett extra barnbidrag, öronmärkt för hushållsnä

In 2007 the largest landlord in Malmö, MKB fastighets AB, performed a survey amongst all their tenants. In this thesis we have analysed MKB’s approach in the survey, we have looked at their results and we have suggested ways to lower the costs without getting a poorer result. We started by comparing MKB’s package of measures with the results we got from our analysis in SPSS Statistics and finished

Web 2.0 is a debatable term and draws much argument. In spite of one’s opinion towards the term, Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, wikis, podcasts and RSS feeds are enormously used in learning environments. In this sense, the overall purpose of this research was to investigate potential of using different Web 2.0 tools in collaborative learning as well as their advantage. Four interviews have been cond

This thesis deals with the topic of effectiveness of automatic stabilization in Sweden from 1970 and onwards. A simple model of how the business cycle affects taxes (through the automatic stabilizers) is used to construct new series for disposable incomes, aggregate demand components and finally aggregate demand. The effectiveness of the automatic stabilizers is measured using the ratio of the roo

The energy industry in Europe has been exposed to major changes since the early 1990s. What effects this changing market scene has had on the companies active in the energy industry is an interesting research area. We aimed in this thesis to investigate what were the determinants behind firms engaging in M&A transactions, between the years 1995 and 2005, based on theories and hypotheses that a

Examensarbetets titel: FÖR ÄNDRINGENS SKULL – en studie av hur ledarskap kan användas som verktyg för att styra en förändring. Seminariedatum: 2009-06-03. Ämne/kurs: FEKP01, Examensarbete magisternivå, Företagsekonomi, Strategi, 15 HP. Författare: Simon Madeling, Henrik Möller & Stefan Olsson. Handledare: Anna Jonsson & Magnus Nilsson. Fem nyckelord: Ledarskap, kommunikation, change manage

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to map the remuneration schemes to the top management and the board of directors in the companies listed on the Large-cap list at the Stockholm Stock Exchange as well as analyze if any trends in the design of incentive plans can be deduced. Methodology: A quantitative methodology has been used together with an abductive and descriptive approach. This has been

In this thesis, I address the potential success factors of sonic branding. By extensively examining sound identities and sonic logos, across all the possible phases of its creation and implementation; I am conducting this study with the ambition of finding, mapping and analyzing its potential success factors. My main purpose in carrying out this study is hence to contribute to a clearer, more focu

The purpose of this study is to explore how relationship benefits and sacrifices matter in relation to members of referral networks and how these aspects affect overall member satisfaction. This study has an explanatory research approach since it aims to, by testing hypotheses; explain the impact relationship benefits and sacrifices have on satisfaction. It is based on both qualitative and quantit