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This study attempts to ask one question: are there structural characteristics of the hotel industry that has caused it to historically be reluctant in embracing environmental responsibility? To do so, the study draws on a number of different research areas in different disciplines, including business, management, and environmental management. It also attempts to draw upon industry sources like tra

EU har utfärdat ny lagstiftning angående deponering av avfall. Konsekvenserna av denna nya lagstiftning är att sammansättningen på avfallet som deponeras kommer att ändras drastiskt och det kommer även de kemiska och fysiska förhållandena i deponin. Fråga är hur detta kommer att påverka utsläppen från deponin. Eftersom väldigt låga halter nedbrytbart avfall tillåts deponeras antar lagstiftningen aNew legislation concerning the landfilling of waste has been issued from the European Union. The consequence of the new legislation is that the composition of the waste being landfilled will change drastically and so will the chemical and physical conditions in the landfill. The question is how this will affect the emissions from landfills. Since very low amounts of biodegradable waste are allowed

This thesis examines the concept of immersion concerning a physical space rather than a cinematic or virtual reality. The term has, within contemporary research of visual culture, often been ascribed to computer-generated realities in which the spectator is absorbed within a hermetically closed-off image space of illusion. Disconnected from the real, a critical aspect has been that the subject ten

Europe has established the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, from the early years of the construction of the EU as a tool against rural poverty and food deficit. As the years passed by CAP became more goal oriented towards the economic growth and development of each country. The latest development known as Agenda 2000 opted for a competitive agriculture led by the international market powers and fo

Increasing evidence on impacts from climate change an variability, suggests that poor rural communities in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa need to adapt in order to reduce effects on their livelihoods. In semi-arid areas characterized by high poverty, small reservoirs even though most of them are performing below average, act as important assets that support a wide range of livelihoods. However, in t

Empirically the thesis is based on a qualitative inquiry of five companies in the cultural sector. They have all been chosen because of their alternative ways of thinking in relation to the purpose of economic activities. They represent a social criticism not usually associated with entrepreneurship, they are not growth-oriented, they work in both the cultural- and the market sphere and they opera

In this thesis, a new theoretical framework is developed to study the relationship between human capital and economic development in a different perspective. The aim of this thesis is to examine the relationship between output composition and composition of education expenditure. Output composition is represented by the share of high value added sectors in total value added and composition of educ

Massmarknadsföringens framfart har gjort konsumenter mer resistenta mot stormen av information och budskap. För att nå den enskilde konsumenten direkt och med träffsäkerhet har många företag insett värdet av informationen. Den privata informationen som samlas in av företag används för att rikta marknadsföringen och på så sätt nå fram genom mediebruset med ett personligt och träffsäkert budskap. Fe

Poverty reduction, first on the list of Millennium Development Goals, requires access to modernized, stable energy to be realized. Rural areas are especially vulnerable, which is why renewable energy technologies (RETs) illustrate a promising solution for modernized energy access. Entrepreneurs play an important role in these sustainable development projects by helping build up an entire sector of

This thesis investigates the business model and technology ecosystem of Ant Group, focusing on their flagship product, Alipay. It examines how Ant Group has leveraged its business model and technology ecosystem to achieve success in the financial services industry. The research encompasses a literature review on technology ecosystems, paths of influence in technological evolution, and Ant Group

Diet-related diseases kill millions of people every year and pose significant costs to the economy and society. In Sweden, this is an increasingly prevalent phenomenon. However, a healthy diet can prevent this. This thesis investigates what costs and benefits there are to adopting healthy eating habits and how these effects impact the Swedish economy. This thesis finds that the costs and benefits

The current paper aims to explore the psychometric properties of two public domain cognitive ability scales, Cog15 and ICAR16, and investigate how well they each capture the g-factor in a Swedish sample (N = 428). The motivation for choosing these aims is that public domain, free, and easily accessible intelligence tests are needed for measuring the g-factor. Principal components analysis (PCA), c

Title: Stickering of Food Products at IKEA–Improving a Process Through Learning from Others; Increasing process maturity to ensure future performance Authors: John Nyqvist and Victoria Vernet Supervisors: Eva Berg, Department of Industrial Management and Logistics, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University Problem description: Stickering has been used at IKEA for a long time to create compliant f

Global post-industrial cities face the dual challenge of sustaining growth while repairing damaged ecosystems. Industrialization has left profound scars on both ecological networks and the urban fabric, demanding systematic spatial regeneration and environmental repair. Among these, abandoned brownfields hold unique potential: they offer opportunities to reshape urban structures, restore ecologica

With the adoption of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, the European Union (EU) and its Member States are encouraged to cooperate with third States through informal agreements, notably in the form of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs). These arrangements form a central component of the EU’s externalisation strategy, shifting its borders outwards and thereby limiting the circumstances under which

This thesis examines how Chinese passport holders understand their cross-border mobility and how this understanding forms within the interaction between state narratives and global mobility regimes. Rather than treating mobility inequality only as a structural issue, the study focuses on how it becomes embedded in everyday life through waiting, planning, comparison, and document preparation, makin

The purpose of this thesis is to analyse to what extent colonial trade patterns persist in former British and French colonies in Southeast Asia and West Africa, and how these effects differ between colonial powers and regions. The study combines a historic perspective combined with an empirical analysis of bilateral trade flows between France, the United Kingdom, and their former colonies over the

Rullstensåsar är en nyckelkomponent när det gäller att förstå glacial dynamik, speciellt under deglaciationsstadier. Rullstensåsar innehåller mycket information gällande inlandsisar och glaciärer, och kan potentiellt förmedla information om isutbredning, nedsmältning, dränering av ismassor och smältvattensystem. Deponerade rullstensåsar i nordöstra Skåne och västra till centrala Blekinge av den skEskers are a key component when it comes to understanding glacier dynamics, in particular during deglaciation. Eskers contain a lot of information regarding ice sheets and glaciers, and may serve as indicators of ice-front positions, meltwater discharge rates, and glacial drainage systems of the downwasting ice masses. Eskers deposited by the Scandinavian Ice Sheet (SIS) in northeast Skåne and wes