The purpose of this study is to deepen and nuance the understanding of employees’ perception of acquisitions involving professional service firms, consultancy firms in particular. The theoretical framework is divided into three sections. Initially, Organizational Identity is presented, followed by Social Identity Theory and lastly Image. The collected material consists of data from seven interview

Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to assess whether there is a relationship between the financial performance of Swedish private schools and the quality of the education they provide. Methodology Parametric Tests and OLS-Regression Theoretical perspectives New Public Management, Public Choice Theory, Quasi-markets Empirical foundation The sample consist of 740 Swedish primary and secondary

Title: Price Premium FMCG products - An exploratory study of the underlying factors why consumers would be willing to pay more Date of seminar: 5th June, 2018 Course: BUSN39 Degree project in Global Marketing Authors: Tanvir Ahmed Shuvo & Mentor Krasniqi Supervisor: Burak Tunca Keywords: FMCG, Price Premium, Consumption, Consumer behavior, Consumer culture, Quality, Perceived Value, Conspicuou

In this paper a simulation of a convective cell of a thunderstorm system observed 19th of June 2000 during the Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study (STEPS) field campaign is being analysed. The storm system has been simulated with an Aerosol-Cloud model and the analysis is based on the output data. The analysis spans over 30 minutes which covers the mature stage and the begi

Urban development projects of a complex nature with many involved project participants are becoming increasingly common in the construction sector. The projects are often part of cities' investments in urban growth. The aim is often to create added value for large areas in the cities. Tight schedule allowance minimum mistakes. High project cost and usually many involving project participants d

To reach the global targets, a number of actions must be taken. Among other things, the EU has decided that the recovery rate for waste from the building sector shall be at least 70 weight percent by year 2020. This means that the building sector needs to take increased responsibility for its waste. Based on the global targets, the Swedish Parliament has formulated 16 environmental quality targets

Enligt Skatteverket (Skatteverket, 2018-05-29) skall varje händelse som påverkar ekonomin i ett företag bokföras. Bokföringen skall grunda sig på skriftlig handling, också kallat verifikation. Bland typer av verifikationer kan en sådan vara ett kvitto eller en faktura. I ett företag där anställda gör köp åt företagets vägnar är det alltid nödvändigt att sammanställa verifikationer. Processen av at

Invasive species are currently one of the main causes of biodiversity loss across the globe and recent research has shown that the personality of an invader can have significant impacts on the invasion dynamics for that species. Therefore, this study examined the impact of personality on both competitive success and predation susceptibility of the highly invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) describes a situation where the number of people crossing the international border has suddenly increased in which neither if exist, the normal individual asylum procedures nor the response capacity of individual State are able to deal with the assessment of such large numbers as a 'mass refugee influx.' In the international law con

Tuberculosis (TB) and other mycobacterial infections have become more difficult to treat since the strains need to be screened for resistance. Furthermore, the half-year long treatment time could harm hepatocytes as a side effect of the treatment. This calls for discovery of new compounds for a successful treatment. One such promising peptide was recently discovered and called NZX. In this study

Bilindustrin förändras! Många tror att den bil vi känner idag, med en taktfast förbränningsmotor under huven, snart är ett minne blott. Vi blickar då framåt till en värld där elbilar fyller våra gator. För många är detta glädjande besked men för den världsledande järnpulverproducenten, Höganäs AB, innebär det en omställning i produktionslinjerna. Deras järnpulver, som tidigare byggt upp dessa förbHöganäs AB is asking for a way to attach Somaloy® components onto aluminum in electric motors. Gluing, Crimping and Clamping are the attachment methods that are investigated. For the Gluing part, tensile tests are made at different temperatures. The tests are performed with six different adhesive combinations on aluminum and two separate Somaloy® materials. The adhesive’s ability to attach onto th

Syftet med studien är att ta reda på hur en pianopedagog kan berika eller använda sig av digitala verktyg inom ramen för att främja sin pedagogiska vision i pianoundervisning. Forskningsmetoden är en kvalitativ forskningsintervju där urvalet av informanter är fyra pianopedagoger verksamma på svenska musikgymnasieskolor med genreinriktningar inom jazz, blues, rock och pop. Litteraturgenomgången defThe purpose of this study is to find out how a piano teacher can enrich or use digital tools in the framework of promoting his or her educational vision in piano education. The research method is a qualitative research interview where the selection of informants comprises four piano teachers active in Swedish music secondary schools with genre orientations in jazz, blues, rock and pop. The literat

A method for syllable classification of the Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) has been studied and tested. This method uses multitapers in order to calculate the ambiguity domain and extracting features. Inspired by this technique four new methods, that build on extracting features from the ambiguity function using different types of multitaper kernels and noise reduction techniques,

There is a clearly visible dichotomy in architectural sustainability approaches today. While there are several housing solutions available fulfilling sustainability criteria, most of these follow the high-tech industrial approach. In main-stream architecture these are often referred to as “green” or “sustainable” architecture. “Natural” or “regenerative” building practices stand at the other end o

Vad gör vi när avgaser och cigarettrök förstört våra lungor? Vad gör vi när behovet av friska lungdonatorer blir för stort? Vi försöker tillverka lungor i labbet såklart! Våra lungor utsätts dagligen för avgaser och andra skadliga ämnen som finns i luften runt omkring oss. För det mesta kan kroppen reparera skadan på egen hand, men allteftersom påfrestningarna blir för stora höjs risken att missThe demand of healthy functional lungs is increasing, requiring a greater need of knowledge about lung tissue regeneration and repair. Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) – polysaccharide sidechains found on proteins in the extracellular matrix (ECM) – are believed to be involved in several processes in the lung including cell proliferation, cell differentiation and tissue regeneration. We have developed a

As greenhouse gas emissions are becoming a source of concern renewable fuels are becoming more and more interesting. Methanol is one such fuel. The main benefit of methanol is that it can be produced in two potentially carbon neutral ways. It can be produced from many sources of biomass, including wood, which makes it attractive in Sweden. In a long-term perspective it can also be produced from el

Purpose – The existing literature of open innovation (OI) has focused mainly on large companies and few on SMEs, leaving start-ups with scarce analysis of the use of OI. This paper aims to close that gap and contribute to a better understanding of what drives start-ups to open for innovation, how they use it and comprehend what challenges and benefits OI brings to start-ups. Design/methodology/ap

Some say that the fourth industrial revolution is here now that machines can communicate with each other. This combination of Internet of Things (IoT) with industrial machines has been labeled Industry 4.0. Alfa Laval, manufacturer of liquid separators, together with B&R, an industrial automation company, want to explore the possibilities with Industry 4.0 and especially how Augmented Reality

Denna uppsats är en kulturanalys av ett arkiv. Uppsatsen bidrar till utökad förståelse för det nukleära kulturarvet. Det empiriska materialet är dokument från den anti-nukleära rörelsen i Franska Polynesien och dess försök att stoppa Franska atombombsprovsprängningar där. Mitt arbete med att registrera materialet utgör ett led i analysen. Dokumenten är insamlade av ett aktivistpar: akademikern ochThis thesis is a cultural analysis of an archive that contributes to the understanding of nuclear culture and heritage. The empirical material are documents from the anti-nuclear movement in French Polynesia and the archiving process of these documents. The documents are collected by an activist couple: Swedish scholar and adventurer Bengt Danielsson and his wife Marie-Thérèse Danielsson. The prob