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In recent years, women entrepreneurship has received much attention from both economic policy-makers and entrepreneurship researchers - women entrepreneurs are considered important for inno-vation and thus economic development. This is manifested in an increasing interest in, and a prolif-eration of writings on, the topic. A number of studies undertaken in recent years to investigate women entrepr
Through different blogs, social medias and apps people are sharing pictures like never before. Sales in expensive DSLR cameras have increased, and companies in the photo industry are providing customers with lessons to help them in their quest to become better photographers. From being just an object symbol of tourism it has evolved into becoming a lifestyle for many photography enthusiasts. This
Despite global modern economic growth, most countries remained stuck in persistent poverty. Jeffrey Sachs suggested considering poverty itself as the explanation for persistent levels of poverty and low growth. The theory is based on the existence of poverty traps, which keep families and countries caught in poverty. This research contributes to the poverty trap literature by evaluating the effect
The purpose of the thesis work is to analyze the possibility to integrate a sit-to-stand functionality into the HOBBIT service robot for elderly people while keeping the stability of the robot. A prototype with a knee support and a handle was used in combination with a motion capture system to capture joints angles and forces during the sit-to-stand movement. A skeletal model was created using the
This study politicises transportation planning by applying a socioenvironmental justice perspective on the case of Bypass Stockholm. The theoretical framework includes nature-society and time-space relationships, socioenvironmental justice, and urban transportation concepts. Qualitative interviews, text analyses, and quantitative mapping of geographical distributions of social data are performed i
Problem discussion: What aspects of Intellectual Capital in health care centers are relevant to report? In what way are the difference aspects of Intellectual Capital best measured? How can anchoring and performance of an Intellectual Capital reporting in health care centers be facilitated? Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to develop a prototype for Intellectual Capital reporting in health c
Ökad konkurrens medför att företag måste förstå vilka framgångsfaktorerna är i deras bransch. Systems approach är ett bra verktyg för att identifiera möjligheter och för att skapa förståelse för vad som ligger bakom problem i värdekedjan. Användandet av olika metoder för att hantera materialflöden medför flera olika kombinationer av till exempel orderkvantitet och leveransfrekvens. Scania Producti
Uppsatsens syfte är att försöka förstå, utifrån existerande teorier och med hjälp av insamlad empiri, vilka parametrar i ett kundperspektiv som är av betydelse vid utvecklingen av en prissättningsförmåga bland business-to-business-företag. Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ metod vars ansats är av abduktiv karaktär. Den empiriska datan har samlats in genom semi-strukturerade intervjuer vilka har g
Syftet med uppsatsen är att öka förståelsen för aspekter gällande ekonomistyrning och dess utveckling gällande alternativa mätmetoder i multinationella företag på dagens mogna marknader. De teorier som används är ekonomistyrning i allmänhet relaterat till ekonomistyrning i multinationella företag samt presentation av traditionella och nya mätmetoder. Vi har utgått från en modell av Anthony & G
The purpose of this thesis is to study and determine how working in cross functional teams can generate value in an effort to facilitate innovation. An inductive scientific perspective is chosen as the research approach. A single case is investigated with the theoretical framework based on Resource Based View, Intellectual Capital, Innovation theory and theories concerning Cross Functional Teams.
The purpose of this thesis is to gain a holistic understanding of who are the consumers of fortified health food products; moreover to highlight what are the characteristics of the consumers who are likely to purchase these products. This thesis employed a quantitative strategy with an inductive and a grounded theory approach. The data was collected from a research company. Existing theories in th
Problem Until recent years, not enough focus has been placed on assuring the strategic fit of launched projects and multi-project management. Even though the situation is getting better, many companies still do not seem to get their project portfolio management right. At the same time research has shown that businesses that feature a systematic portfolio management process outperform the rest. To
Many consulting firms offer tailor-made solutions within complexity management, but these are not general frameworks built upon theories. Carlsberg are dealing with a large complexity within their one-way glass bottles, as they are growing by acquisitions, and are not attained enough economies of scale. This thesis balances the packaging complexity, with platform theory as a foundation. Twelve pla
This research aims at identifying the opinion leaders in order to study their behaviour, characteristics, their role within the word of mouth process, and what importance they have upon another consumers purchase decision. Also, to investigate the content of the message being spread. The results from the study show that opinion leaders are strong in spreading word of mouth. Messages were adapted b
PURPOSE: By analysing collected data using theory, we aim to interpret the design, implementation and the usage of BSC in NPO’s to be able to contribute to the research. METHODOLOGY: A case study design has been made through semi-structured interviews and backed up by a quantitative survey and internal documents. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES: Based on the sources given from the creators of the scoreca
Via comparing the processes of Japan’s and China’s industrialization, we work out the reasons why China chose a different way from Japan to conduct industrialization. Generally speaking, the different time they embarked on industrialization, their relationship with advanced industrialized countries, the industrial policies they adopted, amount & structure of FDI and expenditure on R&D are
This paper explores the gender differences of remittance sending behaviour of internal migrants in Vietnam. This study emerges from the context of rapid economic growth, feminisation of migration and the real potential of remittances for poverty alleviation. This twofold study investigates the determinants of remittances, and then explores if there are differences in proportions of income remitted
This study investigates the impacts of FDI on productivity and economic growth in comparative perspective by using two samples, namely “developing” and “developed” countries. The study employs panel cointegration and panel estimation methods. The panel cointegration test results indicate that there are long-run relations between “FDI and productivity”, and “FDI and economic growth” variables. The
ABSTRACT Thesis title: The “new” doctor-nurse game in decentralization –A case study in southern Sweden. Course: BUSM18, Degree Project in Managing People, Knowledge & Change, 15 Credits. Seminar date: 03-06-2010 Author: Vasileios Georgakopoulos Supervisor: Sverre Spoelstra Key words: Decision making, decentralization, popular culture, critical thinking communication, teamwork, stress, E.R ser
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the potential business model transformation in the forest industry, and to find out how, and in which areas future profits will be made. With an abductive approach, the study was conducted by forming a comprehension of the business model transformation in the forest industry, based on the developed theoretical framework. The empirical findings were generate
