The purpose of this Master’s thesis was to investigate which factors influence the size of loss, insured by If, that occurred as a result of fire or explosion. Further on, this information shall be implemented at If to gain a better understanding towards risk. This to facilitate the assessment of insurance premium and reinsurance requirement.

This report contains a mapping of the different types of goods imported into Sweden by air during 2004. The process of the collection of statistical data resulted in a model. The model was developed with the purpose to make future updates easier and more accurate. Finally, the report contains a vulnerability analysis for the supply chain of pharmaceuticals in Sweden. The role of aviation was taken

The base of the work is the standard IEC 61511 “Functional Safety – Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry Sector”. Developing a method for Hydro Polymers to decide a suitable Safety Integrity Level, SIL, for the safety instrumented system is the purpose of this thesis project. Assigning a SIL to the process is one way to handle the risk assessment and make the process adequately saf

The producing of safe products is very important for the food industry today due to increasing awareness of the consumers and competition in the market. To reduce the risk of pathogenic bacteria in the food industry a structured decision analysis is needed. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate which hazardous events that have occurred in the food industry, in which way these events best are

The aim of the thesis is to present a framework for risk management at Trelleborg AB. In doing that a literature study concerning what constitutes good risk management has been performed. Several useful guidelines for how good risk management should be conducted were identified. Risk management documents at Trelleborg were evaluated using these guidelines. Furthermore, complementary interviews wit

This report evaluates USAR (urban search and rescue) search methods and technical equipment that are in use today by international USAR teams. In addition, improvements to both the search equipment and methods and to USAR in general are considered.

This master thesis presents a framework, aimed at assessing fire risk in large automated warehouses. The International Electrotechnical Commission’s (IEC) framework, Risk analysis of technological systems, provides the base, as to the functions of a risk analysis framework and this is subsequently adopted and expanded to better suit the fire risk analysis in high-bay warehouses. The framework pres

The purpose with this master thesis has been to reduce the number of accidents and incidents related to spillage and discharge of product. This has been done by assessing the safety culture and strategies have been proposed on how to act upon the shortcomings that have been revealed in the assessment. An adjusted model has been developed for the assessment of the safety culture. The adjusted model

This thesis estimates the risk of the activity at the oil depot in Örfirisey and its location, to its nearby population. The thesis will consider possible risks from the oil depot it self in case of fire, today, in relation to health and safety. Transportation of the fuel from the depot through the city will be discussed in an attempt to see if other depot locations or strategies can lessen the ri

The aim of this project is to investigate the requirements of intern audit of fire safety management systems. The project started out with a literature survey followed by a case study at the warehouse Gekås in Ullared, Sweden. As a complement to the literature survey, representatives from a couple of different Swedish municipalities were interviewed. The goal with the case study was to find out wh

This thesis is about television formats and the main question if there is a need for a stronger protection than today. My reason to write about the television format that it combines two interesting areas of knowledge. The mix of media- communications and the law. It is also a question of practical aspects, what does the television business want and the theoretical side of it, what can be with law

I dagens samhälle görs IT investeringar i alla tänkbara verksamheter. Om investeringen lyckas eller inte beror bland annat på förståelsen av vilka delar av verksamheten som kommer att påverkas samt hur de kommer att påverkas. Uppsatsen behandlar hur nyttovärdering av IT-investeringar görs i verkligheten i jämförelse med vad som nämns i litteraturen. Syftet med uppsatsen är att få grepp om olika as

This thesis deals with technical analysis, exploring the profitability of a trading strategy based on buy/sell signals after N-day lows/highs. The strategy is tested on 10 years of data in the Forex market and the Swedish stock market. The results show that significant profit can be made, and this is discussed in light of the hypothesis of weak market efficiency.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om det finns modeller i golfcoaching på professionell nivå, som skulle kunna undersökas närmare, i perspektivet att de skulle kunna utvidga det pedagogiska handlandet i sångundervisning på musikhögskolenivå. De centrala forskningsfrågorna är: Vilka pedagogiska modeller inom golfcoaching skulle kunna göras till föremål för en undersökning om överförbarhet tiTitle: Can pedagogical models used in golf coaching be used in vocal teaching? The purpose of this study is to see if there are models in golf coaching on a professional level, that could be further investigated, in a perspective to expand the teaching repertoire in vocal teaching in tertiary education. The main questions of this study are: What pedagogical models in golf coaching could be investi

Studiens primära syfte var att testa hypotesen att motivation i arbetet skiljde sig åt mellan anställda som använder nätbaserade sociala medier på arbetsplatsen och anställda som inte gör det. Sekundärt ämnade jag också att undersöka vilka samband som finns mellan frihet under ansvar i arbetet och arbetsengagemang. En enkätstudie genomfördes på 60 företag inom olika branscher vars anställda hade t

Jobbgarantin för ungdomar (UGA) står i linje med en utvecklingstendens på den svenska arbetsmarknadspolitiken som i allt större utsträckning satsar på en intensifierad förmedling, istället för insatser som syftar till att höja ungdomars kompetens. Detta står i kontrast mot samhällvetenskapliga koncept om arbetsmarknadens utveckling, som även kan konstateras i Sverige: en ökad tjänsteorientering oc

Studies indicate that organizations are having problems to deliver IT services that correspond with the business processes. These problems are mainly a result of misalignments between business- and IT processes where IT processes have to be centralized, instead of separated from organizations. In this study we address the issue of misalignments between business- and IT processes by describing how

The journey towards Cleantech innovation commercialization is initially constrained by a lack of resources and legitimacy. It is suggested that collaborative means can help the firm gain legitimacy among customers and investors. The activities supporting the creation of legitimacy are especially those associated with proving the technology – such as prototyping and technology demonstration. It is

Syftet är att utreda om IAS 36 ger en rättvisande bild av goodwillvärdet utifrån att standarden ger utrymme för godtyckliga bedömningar och uppskattningar som kan leda till manipulation av informationen i de finansiella rapporterna. Studien är genomförd utifrån en abduktiv ansatts som bygger på en kvalitativ undersökning. Uppsatsen innehåller både primär- och sekundärdata i forma utav intervjuer,

Titel: De kritiska faktorerna vid implementering av Lean – en fallstudie på SCA Packaging Seminariedatum: 14 januari 2010 Kurs: FEKP01, Examensarbete i företagsekonomi på magisternivå, 15 högskolepoäng. Författare: Morena Pavic och Rickard Rosenqvist Handledare: Thomas Kalling Fem nyckelord: Lean, organisationsförändring, rationaliseringsprogram, kritiska faktorer, kulturförändring Syfte: Syftet m