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Background Introducing services for manufacturing companies can lead to improving customer satisfaction and new revenue streams as well as creating a more sustainable business. However, the current understanding of how this can be done in practice is limited. Purpose This master’s thesis investigates how a manufacturing company can generate sustainable value through the introduction of new repair
Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att bidra till en ökad kunskap inom forskningsfältet influencer marketing. Uppsatsen kommer att undersöka konsumenters uppfattning gällande influencers produktplaceringar i sociala medier. Detta för att få en ökad förståelse för vilka komponenter som gör en influencer trovärdig ur ett konsumentperspektiv. Metod: Uppsatsen har induktiv ansats som utgångspunkt och
Due to both the effects of climate change and the high concentrations of infrastructure and socio-economic activity in low-lying areas in NYC, floods have the potential to destroy homes and businesses, impair infrastructure, and threaten human safety. Measurement, reporting, and verification are vital steps in evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of a climate change adaptation efforts. Howe
Having notoriously escaped the operation table to be cut open for a full intestine check-up, the anatomy of the acclaimed ‘troops for influence’- assumption finally faces a full body search. Although appearing to be somewhat of a tacitly accepted ‘truth’ both in the academic and political world, there is confusion as to how we might actually understand the assumption of ‘troops for influence’ and
The development discourse on the international agenda is currently dominated by the MDGs and the SDGs, which is why it is important to analyze them. In this thesis my main purpose was to understand whether there were any changes within the discourses of the criticism on the different development goals, when using a postcolonial feminist theory. I chose to study this criticism in order to understan
When the rest of the world sank deeper into the mire of gold shortage and the Great Depression, China, a country still adhered to the silver standard, maintained a relative independent connection to the global economy. In the initial stage of the Great Depression, Chinese economy under relative inflation benefited from the blessing of the silver standard. However, with international silver prices
I dagens marknad måste akustiktak vara både funktionellt och estetiskt tilltalande. För att uppfylla de behoven har Saint-Gobain Ecophon utvecklat en produkt som heter Focus DS som är ett demonterbart akustiktak med dolt bärverk. Även om Focus DS uppfyller marknadsbehoven har Ecophon upptäckt att där är problem med den nuvarande designen av Focus DS som ofta leder till skador på takplattorna. MåleAcoustic ceilings in today’s market has to be both functional and aesthetically pleasing. In order to fulfill those needs Saint-Gobain Ecophon has developed a product called Focus DS which is a demountable acoustic ceiling with a concealed grid system. Even though Focus DS fulfills the markets needs Ecophon has discovered that there are issues with the current design of Focus DS that often results
Sub Saharan African (SSA) countries are facing severe economic challenges such as high trade costs, poor trade performance and low growth levels. As a result development assistance is needed to overcome these difficulties. SSA countries receive the highest share of Aid for Trade (AfT) and therefore it is important to assess the effects of AfT. This study investigates the trade effect of AfT on tra
Title: Why do some municipalities stop using the balanced scorecard? - A case study in three Swedish municipalities. Seminar date: 2014-06-05 Course: FEKH69 Authors: Denice Klytsareff, Pär-Ola Olsson, Hanna Tengeborg Advisor: Mikael Hellström Key words: Balanced scorecard, not for profit, municipality, management control, organizational change. Purpose: To describe and analyze why some Swe
Uppsatsen visar på hur Walt Whitmans tre dikter "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking", "As I Ebb'd with the Ocean of Life" samt "On the Beach at Night" kan läsas som ett gestaltande av Whitmans utveckling som författare.
Syftet med denna uppsats är att delta i den allmänna debatten och bidra i normbildningen. Studien avser att undersöka lämpligheten för IFRS for SMEs som underlag för K3 regelverket. Detta genom att tillfråga revisorer om vad de tycker i specifika jämförelser mellan IFRS for SMEs och ÅRL, samt de normer som ger råd om hur denna lag ska tolkas. Komponentavskrivningar och omprövning av restvärde, nyt
This thesis provides an analysis of three photographs from the New Mothers-series by Rineke Dijkstra, which serve as a point of entry for a discussion on how the maelstrom of visual expressions surrounding the contemporary subject is transforming his/her experience of what is real in relation to visual expressions. In the exploration, the concept of “the real” is examined in its construction and a
Passenger transport services constitute public utilities, exactly like all the other similar public networks e.g. energy & water distribution, TV broadcasting or postal services. The Member States in the EU have a keen interest in the development of passenger transport and therefore the financing of public transport is such an important economic, political and social issue. In its ideal form,
In 1989, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The convention, whose purpose is to ensure and protect children’s rights globally, was later ratified by Sweden 1990. Thereby, the country committed itself to legally follow the articles of the convention. By conducting a descriptive case study analysis of the CRC, this text aims to invest
Gruvdrift på havsbotten har länge varit ett intressant ämne. Första gången någon hittade mineraler på havsbotten var i slutet av 1800-talet. Under de senaste åren har det skett en teknisk och ekonomisk utveckling som har gjort det möjligt att kommersiellt utvinna dessa mineraler. Samtidigt finns det många som oroar sig för de negativa miljöeffekterna. Det är nämligen omöjligt att bedriva djuphavsbDeep-seabed mining has been of interest ever since they found minerals at the bottom of the ocean at the end of the 19th century. There has been a technological and economic evolution in recent years, making it possible to commercially mine these minerals. At the same time, many worry about its negative environmental impacts. With today’s technology, it is impossible to conduct deep-sea mining wit
Within the field of ecocriticism, there is an ongoing discussion about climate change fiction and the capacity for literature to inspire cultural change in relation to the climate crisis of the Anthropocene. Relatively new novels explore the inherent conflict between consumerist features of contemporary human culture and scientific facts regarding human impact on life on Earth. In Richard Powers P
Datadelning över företagsgränser är ett arbetssätt som tillgängliggör data för parter utanför dataägarens företag som annars inte hade haft tillgång till nämnd data. Arbetssättet blir alltmer vanligt och det finnes fördelar med att nyttja delning av data för att främja ekono-miska resultat. Det finns flera olika metoder för att dela data för företag att välja mellan, med olika fördelar för respekt
