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Kågeröd is a village in the municipality of Svalöv with about 1500 inhabitants. The village has only one remaining grocery store, Coop Konsum, and the store is currently in a financial struggle due to to the high rate of crime that has affected the store during the past six months. When the inhabitants of Kågeröd found out that the store, which functions as a social meeting point, was threatened t

Syftet med studien är att undersöka kundlojalitet på lågengagemangsmarknader och därigenom förstå och redogöra för om företag som erbjuder lågengagemangsprodukter kan uppnå sann kundlojalitet utifrån sitt produkt- och serviceerbjudande och i så fall hur de detta kan göras. Denna abduktiva studie är utformad utifrån en kvalitativ ansats med inslag av kvantitativ metod i form av fokusgrupper, observThe purpose of this study is to analyze the customer loyalty that exists in a low-involvement market. The study will enable an understanding for if companies selling low-involvement products can attain true customer loyalty through the product and service offered, and if so, how this can be accomplished. This abductive study is using a qualitative framework with elements of a quantitative method b

Arbetsdomstolen har som högsta instans endast vid två tillfällen fällt en arbetsgivare för lönediskriminering på grund av kön i Sverige och senast det hände var 1996. Sedan dess har vi fått en ny diskrimineringslag, EU-rätten har fått ett ökat fokus på civila rättigheter och jämlikhet mellan könen har gått från att vara en konkurrensfråga till en av EU:s huvudprinciper. Den individuella lönesättniThe Swedish Labour Court has on only two occasions ruled in favor of the plaintiff in cases of wage discrimination based on sex, and not once since 1996. Since then, a new anti- discrimination law has been passed. EU-legislation has moved some of its focus towards civil rights and equality between the sexes is now one of its main principles. In the Swedish workforce wages are now more than ever se

Business Intelligence has been growing fast the last two decades and more organizations are seeing a need of BI software to analyse data and make fast and accurate decisions. Public sector and municipalities have also adapted to this trend and implemented BI in their organizations. It is claimed that public sector tends to be slower and more resistant when adapting new technology. The purpose of t

Models for dynamic simulation of a parabolic trough concentrating solar power plant were developed in Modelica for the simulation software Dymola. The parabolic trough power plant has a two-­‐tank indirect thermal storage with solar salt for the ability to dispatch electric power later in the evening and during the night when little or no solar irradiation is present. The complete system consists

Emotion regulation and emotional work can have both positive and negative effects. Previous studies have suggested that emotion regulation is taught through early life socialization, and that this socialization may be gendered. If this were the case, we learn to regulate our emotions differently, and for some to, for instance, be socialized into suppressing their emotions may lead to negative cons

The events of 9/11 and the subsequently launched ?war on terror? ushered in a new era of world politics. The new, global security agenda came to dominate international politics bringing about the securitization of a range of international policies. As a part of this process, international development cooperation has come to be increasingly articulated in the language of security as well, i.e. it h

After the Cold War the nature and character of international conflict has changed dramatically, from traditional inter-state conflicts to protracted social conflicts. This constitutes a major challenge to contemporary peacebuilders, foremost the UN, but the expanding size and number of peacekeeping missions are threatening to erode UN resources. Peacebuilding scholars have different views on what

Composers? and choreographers? world of ideas. Aspects of the art process. This inquiry is about the artistic process when composing contemporary music and choreographing modern dance. I have studied three composers? and three choreographers? thoughts about the artistic process and the work that leads to a piece of music or a dance. The purpose of the study is to find similarities and differences

This is a study of predictions made by the press during the financial crisis in Asia in the autumn of 1997. The study includes a qualitative, quantitative and comparative analysis of the Swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet and Dagens Industri. In the last chapter a quantitative analysis of the newspaper Finanstidningen, that today no longer exists, has also been made for comparati

The aim of this study was to compare educational systems in Sweden, Czech Republic, Italy and Scotland. In the light of the Bologna Declaration signed in 1999, I was particularly interested in comparing social work educations in these four countries. Especially to clarify how far they have come to fulfill the goals of the common European educational policy. Central questions asked were: How do th

This paper presents a study of the attitudes and values related to gender young people have. Five people, four women and one male, all about eighteen years old, were interviewed about their attitudes and values related to gender. Although the study is relatively small, the results are compatible with other published studies and indicate that young people, without consideration to their sex, has a

Abstract Previous research has shown that welfare officers have gradually left behind what is considered traditional social work in favor of therapy treatments and this is mainly due to the high degree of further educations in psychotherapy amongst them. The purpose of this study is to examine whether this is true within the welfare officer occupation and in particular regarding the psychiatric we

Our aim was to describe a large population-based cohort of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) during the last decade, evaluating possible improvement in survival and to identify subgroups in need of novel treatment strategies. The study population encompassed all patients diagnosed with DLBCL in Sweden from 2000 through 2010. Altogether 5349 patients were identified. There was no increase in in

Knowledge of the forest biomass and its change in time is crucial to understanding the carbon cycle and its interactions with climate change. LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology, in this respect, has proven to be a valuable tool, providing reliable estimates of aboveground biomass (AGB). The overall goal of this study was to develop a method for assessing AGB using a synergy of low poin

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) account for the majority of total morbidity cases in the working-age Swedish population. These disorders are thought to be the reason given for one-third of total certified sick leave requests. In addition to the high cost to society, MSD involve both physical and emotional suffering, pain and financial and social problems for the injured persons. The aim of this st

The surface emissions trap, an adsorption cloth developed for reducing emissions of volatile organic compounds and particulate matter from surfaces while allowing evaporation of moisture, was used to improve the indoor air quality of a school building with elevated air concentrations of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol. An improvement of the perceived air quality was noticed a few days after the device had been

Popular Abstract in Swedish Genom att använda marina sedimentkärnor från havbotten kan vi dyka ner i forna tiders hav och förstå hur klimat och havsmiljö har utvecklats över tid. Sedimenten och dess innehåll av olika mikrofossil utgör ett fantastiskt miljöarkiv och ju längre ner i sedimenten vi kommer desto äldre är de vanligtvis. I mitt doktorandprojekt har jag studerat marina sediment från kusteThere is a limited understanding of how the benthic environment within upwelling regions responded to past rapid climatic changes. Within this thesis, a multiproxy approach is applied to two marine sediment cores from two coastal upwelling sites in the low latitude subtropical Atlantic. With a focus on benthic foraminiferal faunal analyses, the response of the benthic environment to rapid climatic