The paper employs Jegadeesh and Titman (1993)’s overlapping ranking period method to build winner-portfolio and loser-portfolio, and thereafter conducts empirical studies on the momentum and contrarian effects on the Chinese stock market from 2000 to 2010. One thing worth mentioning here is that the author processes the data using her own Matlab codes instead of doing tremendous manual work. It is

The paper, titled “Human Trafficking: Analysis of Belarusian legislation on Human Trafficking in the scope of International Human Rights Law”, aims to discuss the gradual development of Human Trafficking Law, since its beginning up to nowadays, thus trying to show the main shifts in Human Trafficking Law, different approaches, conceptions and definition and analyze the Belarusian national mechanis

Hotel fires in Sweden are a precarious issue since hotel guests are sleeping in unfamiliar surroundings and that the new legislation in 2004 clarified the owners’ responsibility for the safety of their guests. In 2004, two people were killed in a hotel fire and the owner was subsequently sentenced for unwillingly manslaughter. With an entirely qualitative approach, this analysis investigates how l

Vattenmolekyler som spricker Sönderslagning av vattenmolekyler med hjälp av intensivt ljus har haft avgörande betydelse för evolutionen och därmed för människan och världen. Vatten finns överallt omkring oss, och så har det varit under nästan hela jordens historia. Detta examensarbete undersöker hur det går till när kemiska bindningar i vattenmolekylen bryts på grund av intensiv röntgenstrålning.Water (H2O) is the most studied molecule in the history of science. Yet many things remain unknown about its nuclear motion and decay. In recent years some studies have been made on the behavior of core-excited water molecules and its subsequent Auger decay and dissociation. Particular attention has been drawn to the ultra-fast dissociation channel H2O* -> H + O*H, which occurs on a femtosecond ti

Online Access Panel (OAP) marketing research is a new method for conducting marketing research in order to create decision power. For example the decision power can be used in product development, business development and innovation. There are hardly any common practices agreed upon concerning OAP marketing research and there have been many discussions as to whether the method can be seen as repre

To decide what spare part item that should be kept in stock or not Alfa Laval, in the year of 2002, introduced a classification method based on picking frequency. Now it is time to make an overhaul of this method. Many different parameters are involved and Alfa Laval would like to have an evaluation of how their setup performs in comparison with other companies, universities and our own ideas. Pur

Background AB Ångpanneföreningen (ÅF) is one of the largest and oldest technical consulting firms in Sweden. The company was founded in 1895 and has witnessed four big technical advances: steam power, electricity, nuclear power and computerization. The company provides qualified services and solutions for industrial processes, infrastructural projects and in the development of products as well as

NOTE Lund is an EMS-based (Electronics Manufacturing Services) company and is a part of the NOTE group. The group has approximately 1000 employees and the company’s turnover in 2004 was one billion SEK. There are production facilities from north to south in Sweden and the group is represented with factories all over Europe. NOTE Lund is working with volumes from just a couple of units to hundreds

Purpose: The purpose of this master thesis is for Nolato Medevo to extract a system that measures the company’s manufacturing capacity. The system should also show the reasons why the utilization rate becomes as it is. Analysis of the output values from the system, as well as observations, should lead to proposals on how to improve the efficiency in the production. Methodology: Both a quantitative

During the latest years there has been a strategic decisive change when it comes to how the larger producers regard and treat their subcontractors. This is partly due to the increasing globalization and the fact that the economy is becoming more and more knowledge and networks based. The subcontractors are facing higher demands from the producers to deliver system solutions with more complex compo

This master thesis relates to future trends within the field of Business Intelligence. The purpose is to create and share knowledge about Business Intelligence. A theoretical study is necessary for both readers as mandator. With no or limited understanding of Business Intelligence it will most likely be hard to follow the discussions and results of the study. The main purpose is to increase the un

Introduction The company produces different kinds of hearing protection aids, varying from simple plugs to advanced hearing-muffs with built-in electronics. At the department where this thesiswork was executed, hearing-muffs with electronics are produced. The company wishes to analyse the production-costs for some of the products by using an activity-based costing, (ABC). The ABC is expected to re

Abstract This Master Thesis project was carried out at Tetra Pak Business Support (TPBuS), which is a company within the Tetra Pak group. Tetra Pak is a global company, they supply packaging solutions for the packaging industry. TPBuS main task is to support the core activities. They provide services such as goods handling, a company restaurant and a company shop for office equipment and supplies.

Title: Learning and creating – A study of organists’ learning and creative processes in playing a hymn and a hymn prelude. In this study, I wanted to explore how organists experience the learning and creative processes in interpretation of written music and improvisation. The empirical study consisted of four organists playing a hymn prelude and a hymn, and the initial aim was to study individual

The purpose of this Masters thesis is to improve IKEA San Diego’s existing working routine related to the out phasing process of outgoing articles. At the retailer IKEA San Diego, the process of phasing in and out articles was not working efficiently. To this day there have been several problems to get the process of phasing in and out articles that approach their end date sale (EDS) to work smoot

Background: Systecon is a leading European consultancy and software company within system logistics, system reliability, maintenance and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis. Historically the military and military suppliers have accounted for the majority of the commissions, but over time other industries have realized that effective maintenance and logistic support can greatly enhance the overall effec

An increased demand of beverage cans has caused problems with deliveries to several of Rexam’s customers. Rexam need to improve their delivery performance in order to maintain customer confidence. 3XUSRVH The purpose with this master thesis is to map, describe and analyses the production plant in Fosie’s production planning; regarding forecasting, material planning, safety stock, an optimal produ

Energi kostar idag mycket och därför behöver energianvändningen effektiviseras i de flesta företag. För att effektivisera energianvändningen på en industri behöver energiflöden kartläggas, undersökas och kontinuerligt mätas och bevakas. Vid genomförandet av detta examensarbete har en översiktlig energikartläggning över potentiella spillvärmekällor gjorts. Huvuddelen av arbetet handlar om att ta ti

Background: Many people are tempted to start their own business. The personal driving force varies but in most cases it’s all about making money. But it doesn’t always have to be for that reason alone. Maybe you want to take initiatives to changes, separate yourself from the crowd and take risks. Many people also like that they can be their own boss. These driving forces led to our own interests i

Syftet för denna uppsats är att undersöka fem instrumentallärares uppfattningar om sin undervisning i gymnasiekursen instrument/sång (INSÅ) utifrån begreppen; betygsättning, motivation, kreativitet och elevinflytande. Vidare är syftet att undersöka hur betygsättning i musik får konsekvenser för elevens motivation, kreativitet och aktiva påverkan av undervisningen. Studien är kvalitativ och grundarTitle in English: Instrumental education in high school; instrumental teachers' opinions regarding the concepts of marking, creativity, motivation and pupil influence. The aim of this essay is to study five instrumental teachers’ opinions of their instrumental teaching in the subject instrument/song (INSÅ) starting out with the concepts; marking, motivation, creativity and pupil influence. The