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This thesis investigates the existence of innovative performance and its institutional foundations in seven Central- and East European countries that are in a state of transformation since 1989. Innovative performance may be the key feature for these countries ability to develop a robust economy that can diminish the risks of unemployment. The concept of innovative performance is deduced from the
Background: Increasing demands of renewal and change on individuals and organisations require continuous learning and innovation in order to gain competitive advantages. This requires strategic planning. To do this, precise conceptions of what is to be planned are needed. In colloquial language, innovation and learning have come to be somewhat vague concepts, which warrants clarification as to the
This essay deals with the possibility for companies within the European Union to transfer their seat, special focus will be on the primary freedom of establishment and the regulations in Sweden and Germany. The transfer of company seat can be achieved through the transfer of the effective management because the OECD-MC assesses the tax liability on this criterion. As a result of the lost revenues
Tibet, the land of snows, has always in many people's minds been a mystical land with a deeply rooted religion and a people living in harmony with themselves and nature. Once one step outside this picture, the confrontation with the reality of the enormous problems and suffering that the Tibetan people had gone through during the last fifty years becomes almost to painful. Much of the violatio
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neuromuscular disease characterized by the degeneration and death of both upper and lower motor neurons for which there is no cure currently available. The degeneration of motor neurons leads to the inability to carry out voluntary movement and death usually occurs 3-5 years after disease onset by respiratory failure. The most common cause of familial ALS i
As we’re living in a modern society, most of us have been connected to the water and electricity grid, However, there’re still billions of people who are still lack of reliable water and electricity resource. In some developing countries like India and Philippines, the demand for electricity and water are far more than actual production, which causes frequent electricity and water shortage problem
Japan continuously attempts to reinterpret war-renouncing Article 9 while at the same time stressing its devotion to pacifism, most recently through the Legislation for Peace and Security. The new Legislation allows Japan to engage in collective self-defense, which was considered unconstitutional for 70 years. This thesis examines Japan’s legitimization of such change, answering the question; how
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine and compare the Nordic acquirers’ merger and acquisitions performance in two different market settings, defined as: in- and off-merger wave. Furthermore, the authors intend to examine and compare which transaction- and company specific characteristics perform better in both periods. Methodology: This research is classified as quantitative rese
Cross-functional teams and meetings are recurrent structuring tools in contemporary knowledge organisations. They are recommended as solutions to enhance innovation and creativity. Current research gathers a myriad of reference to the benefits of such tools, but studies of their potential negative effects remain limited. This paper is specifically concerned with the effect of interdisciplinary tea
This project was based on a thesis about how product semiotics and aesthetics has defined a design standard for many products. Hence the development for those products may have stagnated. The proj- ect began by researching different products and domains to see how designers throughout the years had “thought outside the box”, to then try to see how much I could push towards that direction. The fi
This thesis applies the GARCH-MIDAS model to investigate the effects of macroeconomic variables, sentimental indicators, and financial variables on Swedish stock market volatility for the period January 2002 to December 2016. The GARCH-MIDAS framework allows the incorporation of data at different frequencies into the same model and decomposes volatility into two components. A short-term component
Tourism is an important income for regions, where souvenirs play an important part. As we are heading into a more creatively oriented tourism, visitors are encouraged to participate rather than merely observe. The current supply of static objects symbolized by the host region, do not necessarily fulfill the underlying purpose of a souvenir; helping you remember a special moment in your life. Memo
Introduction: The increased importance of PET imaging in the health care system has lead to a constant need for improvement and optimisation of scanner systems and their protocols. By utilising the features of the GATE Monte Carlo program one can gain a better understanding of the limitations and possibilities of the system. GATE together with the reconstruction software CASToR provides a link fro
The many-body problem in quantum mechanics always presents new challenges and ways to discover new properties of existing materials. The difficulty (if not the impossibility) to solve the many-body problem analytically makes the numerical methods an appealing approach. Here we consider a Python code, which is under development to become an open-source tool to perform studies of finite lattice syst
At the 3 MeV light ion accelerator of the Lund Ion Beam Analysis Facility (LIBAF), a beamline is about to be constructed with the purpose of producing neutrons as a higher yield complement to the current Source-Testing Facility. When operational, the beamline will provide the possibility of tagging both thermal and fast neutrons. These neutrons will be used to test and characterise new available m
Previous research into women's patterns of migration suggests a female flight from the European weaker peripheral regions to its urban cores, due to women's experience of being economically, socially, culturally, and normatively hampered compared to men in rural space. The thesis' attempt to corroborate these results on the municipal level, with the use of survey data from Swedish yout
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the misalignment between brand vision and brand image. Particular emphasis is placed upon the role of customers’ perceptions when it comes to shaping the brand image. Literature review: The analysis of the misalignment between brand vision and brand image was based on the theories of brand perception and on the vision-image gap as well as on cogniti
Understanding how China is represented on international social media, such as YouTube, is potentially important for the success of China as a tourist destination. However, a study of how China is represented on YouTube by independent users has not been done. Given the unique circumstances of how Chinese people are banned from using YouTube, it is a site of destination placemaking and discourse tha
In this thesis, a new probabilistic risk assessment tool for road tunnels has been verified and validated. The verification and validation were performed along with a literature review to find different key variables that affect the risk in a road tunnel and find out how these variables can be handled. Examples of variables are heat release, ventilation mode and factors within evacuation modelling
Arbetet tar upp mycket av vår tid och en tredjedel av våra liv. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur en individs syn på sitt arbete relaterar till deras välbefinnande. Studien använder en enkät för att undersöka vilka synpunkter på jobbet deltagarna (N = 240) har. Arbetstillfredsställelse mättes med semantiska mätningar, som är öppna frågor analyserade med AI, och med Generic Job SatisfactWork takes up a lot of our time and a third of our lives. The purpose of this study is to examine how an individual’s view of their work relates to their well-being. The study uses a survey to explore what views of the job that the participants (N = 240) have. Job satisfaction was measured with semantic measures, that is open-ended questions analysed with AI, and the Generic Job satisfaction Scale
