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The purpose of this study was to find out if gambling addicts experience turning points in their process to recover from their addiction. A qualitative approach with life chart method and semi structured interview was used. Fuchs Ebaugh theory about role exit and turning points was theoretical basis. The result is that every gambling addict in this study experienced one or several turning points d
The credit rating industry is a complex and fascinating industry. Its history stretches back more than 150 years and has gradually increased in importance. During its history the dynamics of the industry have changed. The extended-principal-agent model was developed by synthesizing different principal-agent-relationships into one model. This model provides a holistic understanding of the credit ra
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The purpose of this paper is to explore overarching themes regarding identity and the HR department. Our aim is to address some of the more recent developments in HR identity issues, such as dis-identification and how it relates to the changes that have occurred of late within the HR department.
In late 18th and early 19th century Britain, a new literary genre called The Gothic was created. It heavily featured architecture and its space in order to create atmosphere and emotional impact. The rise of the Gothic novel coincided with a growing interest in Gothic architecture. In order to gain knowledge about the conception of Gothic architecture during the romantic era, this bachelorʼs thesi
Människor skapar emotionella band till vissa platser, s.k. platsanknytningar, vilka anses starka nog att påverka samt påverkas av deras identiteter. Banden har undersökts för många typer av platser, däribland religiösa platser, men det är hittills oklart vad pilgrimers platsanknytning korrelerar med och varför. Denna studie syftar därför till att jämföra katolska och evangelikalt protestantiska pi
Denna uppsats har som syfte att genom fyra utvalda tal av den framstående abolitionisten Frederick Douglass se hur, genom hans tal, en svart människas värde skildras i USA under tiden kring det amerikanska inbördeskriget och genom vilka retoriska medel han nådde fram med sitt budskap. För att få svar på frågeställningarna har denna uppsats använts sig av Renbergs retorikanalys som teori och metod.
Denna studie syftar till att utveckla ett analysverktyg för företag som överväger en reshoringstrategi. Trenden att återflytta produktion till ursprungslandet är ny, men växande och ett tomrum av teoretisk vägledning har funnits. Arbetet är av främst kvalitativ karaktär med fallstudier av svenska industriföretag som återflyttat verksamhet. Forskningsdesign kan liknas vid pattern matching (Yin, 201This study aims to develop a framework for companies who are considering a reshoring strategy. The trend of bringing manufacturing back to the home country is new and lacks theoretical guidance. The study is mainly of qualitative character with case studies of Swedish industrial companies. The study design resembles pattern matching (Yin, 2013), where a potential pattern has been explored. The the
The aim of this essay was to examine how an abusive man is perceived from a professional point of view. We examined if the male abusers had certain traits in common, what causes a man to abuse and what treatment there is for the abuser. Socialstyrelsens reports 2006 that violence against women in Sweden is estimated to a cost of 2,7 to 3,3 billlion a year. Based on qualitative interviews with semi
The aim of this thesis is to show how risk is used in the construction and realization of alternative identities, and how this strategy is connected to world systemic processes. The focal point is on the relation between social movements and risk, which also motivates the use of the case studies, Occupy Wall Street and the drug movement. Their perceived risks and risk taking behaviors will be stud
Overcrowded units, excessive waiting lists and overstrained personell. Add an aging population and you have some of the challenges facing the Swedish health care system. Change is needed at multiple levels and it needs the involvement of a wide variety of actors. Some researchers suggest that many of the current change efforts fails to honor the complexity of health care organizations. In our the
Title: Value Creation in M&As in Sweden - Is the Stock Market able to Predict Customer Reactions? Seminar date: 2011-05-31 Course: BUSM36, Degree Project Master level in Corporate and Financial Management, Business Administration Master level, 15 University Credit Points (15 ECTS) Authors: Besnike Bahtiri and Ammeli Stigborn Advisor: Rikard Larsson Five key words: M&As, Sweden, customer re
The purpose of this study was to examine the connection between goodwill intensity and stock market risk and how the transition to the IFRS has effected this connection. In the end of 2010 several financial analysts expressed their concerns about the increasing goodwill intensity in listed Swedish corporations. However, in this study examining the connection between goodwill intensity and stock ma
Objectives: In this thesis we studied the performance of active extension portfolios constructed by using momentum/contrarian strategies. Fundamentally, the difference between the 130/30 and the long-only asset classes is the relaxation from the long-only constraint. The main implication of this study is to find out whether the 130/30 strategy is value adding, in comparison to other actively manag
I dagens samhälle ser vi diskussioner rörande klimatfrågor och jämställdhet både på samhälls- och individnivå. Dessa diskussioner engagerar och kan påverka allt ifrån stora aktörer till enskilda individer. Denna uppsats intresserar sig för hur dessa diskussioner samverkar när ett företag väger in båda frågorna vid marknadsföringsstrategier. Uppsatsen är en kvalitativ textanalys vars syfte är att u
