Abstract Representanter för 193 länder samt mer än 130 stats- och regeringschefer samlades i december 2009 för att diskutera ett nytt klimatavtal i Köpenhamn. Detta får stor uppmärksamhet i medierna då mötet innehåller en arena av representanter från olika länder och politiker som ska komma överens om ett hållbart avtal, samtidigt som näringsliv och miljörörelser närvarar. Vilka aktörer bär ansva

MC, Machine Corporation, although historically successful is facing challenges as the industry in which they operate is matured. They thus need to find new ways of generating revenues. The service and parts market penetration rate decreases in the Danish market as the machine ages, but the need of service and parts increase why we argue that there is a market potential not being exploited as of to

For the past fifteen years, ever since the Court of Justice’s ruling in its landmark case Bosman, the sporting rules governing player mobility have been a hot topic. The ruling prohibited transfer fees for players out-of-contract thus putting an end to the restrictive transfer system hindering the free movement of football players. The Court also abolished the nationality restriction where clubs w

The economic crisis and its negative effects on different industries is a very important and extensively analyzed topic today; this paper reflects these issues and aims at exploring two specific topics – the change in default risk in different industries during the economic downturn and the extent of this change as of before and after the crisis. The industries in the research have been categorize

Massmarknadsföringens framfart har gjort konsumenter mer resistenta mot stormen av information och budskap. För att nå den enskilde konsumenten direkt och med träffsäkerhet har många företag insett värdet av informationen. Den privata informationen som samlas in av företag används för att rikta marknadsföringen och på så sätt nå fram genom mediebruset med ett personligt och träffsäkert budskap. Fe

We aim to investigate the consumers’ perspective on what kind of values within loyalty programs with a one-to-one marketing approach, meaning personalized offers, which can be identified in a grocery retail setting. Our aim is to seek if there is any correlation between the potential value and consumers’ loyalty to a store. We find a lack of qualitative studies within the area of loyalty programs

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to do a comparison of the perception of auditing standards by auditors from different countries. Methodology: This study is based on quantitative analysis by a questionnaire sent to auditors in China, Kosovo and Sweden. A sample of 55 respondents with 25 auditors from China, 16 auditors from Kosovo and 14 auditors from Sweden was collected in order to analyze

Studies have shown that there are rapid changes in the business environment in which organizations and companies are operating. The environment forces them to cope with these changes in order to maintain and gain competitive advantage. As a result some organizations or companies opt for Business Process Management Systems (BPMS). BPMS are systems that help organizations to improve their performanc

Everyone knows that English is big on puns. However, most speakers of Japanese know that this is very much true for this language as well. Being aware of the poor attention western linguists have given Japanese puns, this thesis is trying to present, describe and classify several examples of Japanese puns from a western humour-theoretic perspective. This is done by first explaining modern theories

Vi är många som har en relation till sjukvården och som offentligt finansierad ligger det i mångas intressen att svensk sjukvård bedrivs på ett effektivt och tillgängligt sätt. Syftet med vår rapport är att studera interaktionen mellan arbetsorganisation och logistik och vilka faktorer som kan förbättra effektiviteten och tillgängligheten i vården. Men hjälp av flödesmätning, litteraturanalys och

Bakgrund: Dagens globaliserade värld, med upplevda kortare fysiska avstånd och en internationell snabbt föränderlig scen har lett till att andelen stora hotellkedjor med verksamheter på flera kontinenter och platser tagit form. Standardiseringen har växt fram som ett kontrollverktyg vilken främjar riskminimering och förutsägbarhet. Strävan efter en standardiserad verksamhet har dock ställts mot et

Kommunikationschefen Johan af Donner som arbetat på Röda Korset blir häktad, misstänkt för att ha stulit flera miljoner kronor från Röda Korset. Detta är starten till en hetsig nyhetsrapportering, där Röda Korset granskas in i minsta detalj av journalister. Vi har lagt vikt i att kritiskt granska journalisters utförande av artiklarna som publicerades. Vi har gått ner i artiklar och lyft fram detal

This thesis examines the complex humanitarian intervention (HI) situation involving the African Union (AU) and Zimbabwe. It attempts to 1) analyze why there has been no intervention regarding the atrocities caused by Operation Murambatsvina 2005; 2) conduct an explorative study on different reasons that work to prevent an intervention to occur in Zimbabwe. These reasons consist of contradictions w

The purpose of this essay is to give an image of the importance of humanitarian demining, it's difficulties and to what extent GPS can be a tool for this. A human rights perspective is used towards this through the entire work for what IMAS gives the parameters. GPS is a tool among others in the humanitarian demining process. GPS can be a tool in humanitarian demining especially in mapping min

This paper takes on the some of the problems surrounding threats from pandemic flu, more specific the tendencies of a threat to escalate or being made deliberately exaggerated. Former American president Eisenhower explained the constant ongoing wars with a theory of a military industrial complex. Fuelling conflicts with personal interest, foremost economic gain. With the same theory, although broa

The purpose of this essay is to examine whether Sweden acts under the realist theory or the liberal theory in the fight against terrorism by using the deportation of the Egyptians as a case. By analyzing conventions and Sweden’s foreign policy in relation of the deportation, the answers will reveal if human rights have been given a secondary role in Sweden’s actions against terrorism. The theories

En kvalitativ studie av Disneyfilmen Prinsessan och Grodan skriven av Josephine Rapp, Jonna Nordheim och Viann Jalal, enheten för medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap på Lunds universitet. Disneys fantastiska och magiska värld kan vid en första anblick te sig oproblematisk och fulländad. Vid en närmre titt och metodisk undersökning finner vi dock ett annat svar. De budskap Disney sänder ut i sin

This paper is a qualitative case study of the Normative Power Europe theory and Neo-realism, which will be applied to the case of EUFOR´s intervention in Chad and the Central African Republic. The paper seeks to find if European military interventions can be explained with a normative approach. The paper outlines the key elements in these two theoretical perspectives and uses them to analyze the c