Assuming that Proportion Dominance is based on reason and higher cognitive processes – as opposed to affective and intuitive reactions – the present study investigates whether priming to a calculating thinking mode will result in more willingness to contribute in scenarios saving large proportions of small reference groups than in scenarios saving small proportions of large reference groups. The p

This paper addresses how oil price changes affect the Oslo Stock Exchange. Multiple linear regressions with eight explanatory variables have been used to investigate the relationship between oil and the Oslo Stock Exchange between 1990-2009. The time period has also been divided into two sub periods to investigate if the effects of oil price changes have become more prominent over the years. After

Detta examensarbete var en del i ett forskningsprojekt som utfördes vid avdelningen för maskinkonstruktion vid Lunds tekniska högskola och gick ut på att studera hur metodiken kring produktutveckling används hos ett antal företag i praktiken och jämföra detta med metodiken från litteraturen och det som lärs ut vid Lunds tekniska högskola, för att identifiera brister i modellerna och fungera som etThis Master´s Thesis is part of a larger research project carried out at the Division of Machine Design, Department of Design Science, LTH, and is about studying the product development methodologies applied in the industry and compare these to the methodologies described in the literature and taught at LTH. The first part of the assignment consisted in studying the existing methodologies about pr

A study of Orientalist and Imperialist discourses in nineteenth century America. Mark Twain's famous and best-selling travel book, The Innocents Abroad (1869), seen as a cultural product of popular Orientalism, is analyzed with respect to some key categories: the Oriental city and its inhabitants, the religious life of the Orient and finally, women and sexuality. Chosen theory and methods can

ABSTRACT Author: Jennifer Hedin Title: Invulnerable children – a lost childhood. A biographical study by invulnerable children's descriptions of their childhood and how they have handled it as adults [translated title] Supervisor: Maria Heintz Assessor: Anders Östnäs The purpose of this study was to examine how invulnerable children described their difficult childhood. The aim was also to un

I dagens ekonomiska läge söker sig företag från dyra systemlösningar till mer kostnadseffektiva alternativ. Det nya fenomenet, Cloud Computing utlovar ökad resurseffektivisering i form av flexibilitet, skalbarhet och framför allt kostnadseffektivitet. Molnets leveransarkitektur kombinerat med de höga krav som ett affärssystem ställer på bland annat tillförlitlighet och säkerhet har påvisat ett ant

The Purpose of this study is to analyze possible differences in the conditions of labor market entry for young people in Swedish High Schools. Differences in conditions for students are interesting to study with the knowledge that youth unemployment in Sweden today is quite high compared to many other European countries and that young people generally have a weaker position in the labor market tha

The purpose of this paper is to analyze how disabled people’s sexuality is portrayed in reports and articles. We are inspired by discourse analysis theory as an analytical tool to explore this subject in this paper. We are analyzing three different time periods of history for disabled individuals in Sweden. We intend to explore how we talk about people with disability and their sexuality in articl

The aim of this paper was to study how the Swedish society thinks of euthanasia. Euthanasia is not legal in Sweden today although most of the Swedish society stands positive to a legalization. Our study is mainly conducted using secondary virtual data. We have analyzed the information based on an ethical perspective and the perspective of empowerment. The main result of the study was that euthanas

This essay portrays the prison system through interviews regarding the experiences of former prisoners. These different experiences of the prison system and the effects on people and society are being interpreted from an intersectional perspective. The method of the essay is based on four different interviews with four different ex-convicts that have experienced being punished in Swedish prisons.

The relationship between Church of Sweden’s diocese of Lund and the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony in the German Democratic Republic started in 1983 and came to an end with the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. The exchange-based relationship between the two churches started with a request from the church in East Germany, searching for allies and ecumenical contacts in Western

Denna uppsats gör ett försök att undersöka huruvida privata vårdcentraler i Skåne praktiserar cream-skimming efter införandet av Hälsoval Skåne. En redogörelse görs för hur ersättningssystemet till vårdcentraler är utformat och hur detta kan kopplas till ekonomisk teori om cream-skimming. Med stöd i ”agency”-teorin och i teorin om vinstmaximering konstateras att det finns incitament för privata vå

I ett kommanditbolag krävs att minst en av bolagsmännen, komplementären, har ett obegränsat ansvar för bolagets förpliktelser. Av bland annat skatteskäl och för att undvika den risk det innebär att vara komplementär används ibland ett aktiebolag som komplementär i bolaget. Att ett aktiebolag kan vara komplementär råder det inget tvivel om, men vilka effekter en sådan konstruktion medför är mer oklIn a limited partnership (Sw. kommanditbolag) at least one partner must be a general partner with unlimited liability. Because of tax reasons and to minimize the risk associated with being a general partner, a limited liability company (Sw. aktiebolag) is sometimes used as a general partner. Limited liability companies are required to comply with the capital protection rules provided in the Swedis

Abstract Power in the relation between users and social welfare secretaries – in a user perspective The aim of this study was to investigate and analyze how users of social service agencies perceive power in their interaction with their social welfare secretary. Power is a complex term and phenomenon that is hard to define and explain. The law is the greatest source for power and power exercised t

Den här uppsatsen är, som titeln anger, en strukturalistisk studie av Genesis 2:4b-24. Syftet är att belysa perikopens skillnader i beskrivningen av frambringandet av mannen respektive kvinnan. Vidare syftar studien till att ge en översättning av perikopen som kan visa dess relevans i förhållande till jämställdhetsarbete, vilket ett samfund som Svenska kyrkan bland annat har på sin agenda. Studien

Syftet med studien är att beskriva och analysera hur kopplingen ser ut mellan det balanserade styrkortet och belöningssystemet. Studien är en fallstudie med kvalitativ ansats, där det empiriska underlaget samlades in via intervju och mailkorrespondens. Empirin redogör för hur Lunds Energikoncernen och Nordea arbetar med det balanserade styrkortet, belöningssystemet samt kopplingen mellan dessa två

Avtalsfrihet är en av grundpelarna inom konkurrensrätten. För att främja den gemensamma marknaden inom Europeiska Unionen, har kommissionen och medlemsstaterna skapt regelverk som skapar spelregler för företagen. I samband med att alltfler statliga marknader avregleras, skapas dominerande företag som äger och/eller driver olika former av infrastruktur och nätstrukturer, som kallas essential facili

Growth theory is a controversial and topical subject in today’s debate since it’s in many contexts is seen as a potential solution on the reduction of poverty. There are several models that clarify the factors that contribute to a country’s economic growth. A commonly used model to describe countries that themselves are not seen as a driving force in the development of new technology is the techno