Graham Greenes roman The Quiet American analyseras, till stor del med utgångspunkt i uppsatsförfattarens förförståelser av Greenes författarskap och 'Greeneland'. Genom Hans-Georg Gadamers hermeneutiska teorier så som de presenteras i Wahrheit und Methode och det textbegrepp Roland Barthes presenterar i "The Death of the Author" söker uppsatsförfattaren att medvetandegöra sina fö

Denna uppsats syftar till att utreda skillnader och likheter mellan syndikerade lån och syndikerade garantier. De garantier som behandlas är demandgarantier samt standby letters of credit. Dessa garantier är speciellt anpassade för de krav som ställs på den internationella transaktionsmarknaden. Standby letters of credit eller standby remburser har utvecklats för att motsvara demandgarantier och dThis thesis aims to investigate differences and similarities between syndicated loans and syndicated guarantees. For this purpose I have chosen to examine demand guarantees and standby letters of credit. These guarantees are especially adjusted and well suited for challenges on the international transaction market. Standby letters of credit have been developed to match demand guarantees and the sp

This essay examines the volatility spillover effects from oil price shocks across different US and EU industries, using a GJR-GARCH(1,1) model. We conclude that the European industries are much more sensitive to oil and stock market shocks compared to their US counterparts. In US, oil news have significant effect only on Basic Materials, Industrials, Utilities and Consumer Services and coefficient

Abstract Authors: Nina Svärd and Susanne Ekerholm Title: Resilient children (Maskrosbarn) – from weed to flower [Translated title] Supervisor: Christina Erneling Assessor: Anders Lundberg The purpose of our study was to examine children’s resilience when they grow up in a dysfunctional family and how they were able to handle long-term stress. We wanted to compare different group’s ways of describi

Social dimensions of a healthcare profession – midwives’ psychosocial work with adolescent mothers-to-be in Swedish prenatal care (translated title) The aim of this study was to examine how Swedish midwives work psychosocially with adolescents in the prenatal healthcare individually and groupwise. Adolescents who become parents are according to research more often troubled by psychosocial risk fa

Problem definition: In recent years, Kalmar has received an increased number of requests and indications from the market concerning automated solutions in the industry. In the paper industry this is mainly caused by the increased costs in the customer's key processes that possibly could be reduced by fully automated solutions. However, there is currently no clear view of the market potential a

Abstract IKEA’s business idea is to offer a wide range of well designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. To be able to do this the costs must be kept as low as possible. Achieving desired customer service levels is although the key objective while cost reductions are a secondary focus. To be able to retain desired cu

In February 2009, ST‐Ericsson was formed as a joint venture bringing Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST‐NXP Wireless together, creating an industry leader in development and design of wireless semiconductor components and platforms. The new company became one of the top players in wireless semiconductors. During the integration, purchasing of indirect material at ST‐Ericsson was outsourced to an out

This thesis follows previous research on sunk cost associated with exports of heterogeneous goods. The impact of sunk cost is evaluated at the industry level, using the Chilean wine industry as a case study. Data for export flows to 92 destination countries over the period 1990 – 2006 shows strong evidence on the importance of sunk costs for future export decisions, and the results are statistical

Even though the coordinated inventory control is becoming more well-known, it is relative unused by companies, whose advantages of using it should be obvious. This master thesis illustrates the result of using coordinated inventory control compared to a currently used non-coordinated inventory control. There exist precise coordinated methods for control of a multi-echelon inventory system, but the

Det har framkommit i forskningsrapporter att elever med hörselnedsättningar har större svårigheter i skolan än normalhörande. Det är därför av intresse att genomföra en brukarut-värdering av eleverna i Hörselteamet i Lund för att undersöka måluppfyllelse samt att kvali-tetssäkra och lära mer om verksamheten för att eventuellt kunna förändra och utveckla den. Frågeställningar som behandlas är eleve

Syftet var att jämföra två tematiskt likvärdiga böcker avseende språk och stil. En av böckerna är skriven av en höglitterär författare, den andra av en populärlitterär. Böckerna som jämfördes är Kerstin Ekmans Händelser vid vatten och Camilla Läckbergs Fyrvaktaren. Hypotesen var att Läckberg använder språket som ett medel för att berätta sin historia, medan Ekman låter språket bli en del av sin hi

Purpose: The purpose is to map current measures in the main process Supplying and to select those that can be used to support the core process Plan & Secure Supply. Further, recommendations of new suitable measures for Plan & Secure Supply shall be given. Method: This is a qualitative study, mainly based on answers from semi-structured interviews with employees at IKEA. 51 interviews, with

Organizations have over the latest decades seen a growing need for new multi-dimensional measures for evaluating their business performance, since traditional accounting models for long have proven not to be applicable to the modern business environment. Together with the need for timely information this has caused extensive requirements on the ERP-systems which often do not meet the needed requir

Background: Increasing cost effectiveness and productivity are key issues for Haldex. These improvements are obtained through Haldex Way, the overall management and process improvement framework. Haldex Way‟s deployment, progression and assessment are based on a five level Tier model, the concern with Haldex Way Tier model is that its evolution has been inconsistent and the Tier levels have been a

Bakgrund: Tillgängligheten på text i elektronisk form har exploderat, framförallt med utvecklingen av internet. Även beräkningskpaciteten hos datorer de senaste 20 åren har haft en otrolig utveckling. Detta tillsammans har gjort det möjligt att analysera textmassor på ett mycket enklare sätt. Kairos Future har i ett joint venture tillsammans med IT-konsultföretaget A3J under det senaste året utvec

The purpose of this study was to analyze how parents of children with neuropsychiatric disorders experience their parenthood. More specifically the aim was to allow parents of children with the neuropsychiatric diagnosis ADHD to share their experiences of parenting related to a variety of themes. These themes, family situation, school, knowledge, positive experiences, problems and difficulties, he

Due to recent accidents involving goods wagon axle failure, there is an increasing international focus on axle safety. One way of increasing the safety of goods wagon axles is monitoring the distance traveled by the axle and using this information to improve maintenance of the axle. This fact has sparked the belief that regulations regarding monitoring distance covered by goods wagon axles will be

Denna uppsats undersöker hur varuexporten har förändrats för WTO medlemmarna sedan deras inträde i organisationen. Genom att jämföra handelsdata från WDI angående hur varuexporten har förändrats mellan de två inkomstgrupperna, utvecklade länder och utvecklingsländer före och efter medlemskapet till WTO kan vi bedöma om ett inträde i världshandelsorganisationen gynnar länderna. Genomgående under up

During this master thesis work that was conducted as a case study together with SWEP International, we have investigated marking standards and marking technologies that support handling of varying customer demands and increased information density. We also studied SWEP’s internal information handling and traceability. We were asked to specifically look at the usefulness of RFID for SWEP, and came