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Title: Stocks vs. their underlying commodity – a comparison analysis Seminar date: 2011-01-14 Course: FEKP01; Master thesis, 15 ECTS Authors: Daniel Varaona, Jonas Åström Supervisor: Susanne Arvidsson Key words: Commodities, stocks, return, volatility, correlation, diversification, vertical integration. Aim: Our aim is to investigate to what extent diversification and vertical integration affect r
I ett meddelande från IAF år 2004 informerades det att arbetstagare med upprepade tidsbegränsade anställningar, som blir uthyrda av bemanningsföretag inte ska betraktas som arbetslösa vid uppehåll mellan uthyrningarna. Detta då de anses stå till bemanningsföretagets förfogande. IAF informerade vidare att det är omöjligt att ha en deltidsanställning på ett bemanningsföretag och samtidigt få fyllnad
Denna magisteruppsats bygger på en översättning av en text från hjälporganisationen ActionAid. Texten behandlar kvinnliga jordbrukares situation och hur denna kan förbättras. Uppsatsen består av en inledande textanalys där några av textens utmärkande drag tas upp. Därefter följer en genomgång av förutsättningarna för översättningen och valen av översättningsstrategier. Sist kommer en översättnings
Author: Anette Olsson Title: Have a drink – be a sport? Study of a reader debate concerning the drinking habits of parents on Aftonbladet.se. Supervisor: Håkan Jönson The aim of this study is to through a readers debate, sparked by an article in the media, look at as to whether the drinking habits of a parent could be considered as being problematic or not. I chose to view the debate from a social
Syfte:Genom analysen av våra fallstudier, bidra till en ökad förståelse av fenomenet Social Entreprenörskap. Metod: Studien omfattar en kvalitativ forskningsmetod med en abduktivt ansats och är en multiple fallstudie på två multinationella företag; Tetra Pak och Danone Group. Teoretiska perspektiv: Under studien har vi använt oss av teorier om Socialt entreprenörskap, andra begrepp och teorier som
Purpose The master thesis highlights improvements potentials that exist in the Psychiatric ER in Stockholm County and the resource-saving measures that can be realized in the medical logistics through by producing a simulation model of the system. Methodology In order to fulfill the purpose of the master thesis qualitative methods such as interviews has been used successfully. To make the simulati
The objective of this paper is to examine the possibility of predicting the recovery of a distressed firm into a turnaround based on its current financial situation and a set of variables that are considered of having a significant impact on the turnaround probability. To assess this problem 150 firms are used that were distressed at some point during the period 1991 to 2001. These firms were all
The purpose of this thesis is to empirically study companies internal and external reporting of intellectual capital to answer the following three questions: i) How much and what kind of IC information is reported to the top-management inside a company and ii) How much and what kind of IC information is presented to the stakeholders in the annual report. iii) Is there a correlation or is there dis
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to increase the understanding for if, and how, different views on efficiency and effectiveness characterized the organisation of the eye clinic in the SUS hospital merger. What presumptions operative efficiencies affected hospital management’s merger decision? What were the expected benefits and what kind of organisational structure would help to achieve these
Purpose: To gain a deeper understanding of consultancy by 1) emphasising the role of the client and 2) highlighting the paradoxical and dynamic nature of the client, as a discursive construction process made by consultants. Design/methodology/approach: The research is based on a performative approach to language and in depth interviews with 16 consultants serve as an empirical illustration of cons
Using qualitative interviews with twenty recent graduates, this study explores how participants understand and experience career in the aftermath of the crisis. Overall, this study suggests that several dominant theories and practical storylines surrounding notions of career and career development present a static view that fails to take important contexts into account. We aim to provide a deeper
Purpose: The main purpose of our research is to create interesting theoretical and practical insights rather than developing empirical generalisations about the experiences of employees from Prestige Consulting and BigTech regarding the merger and subsequent integration of the two organisations. Methodology (Empirical Foundation): The research is based on an empirically driven case study within th
Abstract of thesis (max 8000 characters) This qualitative study takes an inductive approach towards the field of gender and gender equality work. The main aim of the study is to gain understandings of how companies who seek recognition for their gender equality practices use an award for gender equality and how they view the concepts of gender and gender equality. Our research draws from a poststr
Key words: Corporate environmentalism, ecologic-economic decision-making, CSR worldviews Purpose: To explore environmental decision-aming processes at managers at Skanska, also with regard to enviornmental decison-making conceptualizations in theory. Method: The research of the thesis is based on a qualitative approach through the use of semi-structured and open interviews. Furthermore an interpre
The thesis is done for the company Gambro which manufactures dialysis products worldwide. The idea of this thesis is to investigate weaknesses of the communication protocol which is used in one of the Gambro dialysis machines, Prismaflex and thereby investigate opportunities to improve the system by using other protocols. The thesis is divided into three major parts. They are the study of Prismafl
This thesis examines the role of elections in Sub Saharan Africa. The discourse regarding democratic transitions in Africa has since a while been slightly negative. Staffan I. Lindberg introduces a positive perspective with his book Democracy and Election in Africa. He argues that multi-party elections as an institution in newly democratizing countries, in Sub Saharan Africa, generate a causal fac
Abstract Title Perceptions of Leadership in Chinese Heavy Industry: A Case Study Course Master‟s thesis in Business Administration, Programme for Managing People, Knowledge and Change, 15 University Credit Points (15 ECTS). Author Xiaoyan Zhang Supervisor Martin Blom Keywords Chinese culture, Western culture, leadership, emotional attachment, conflict resolution, motivation Purpose The g
Title: Core values and brand promises – A mixed quantitative and qualitative study of core values, brand promises and their interdependence among 104 Fortune 500 companies. Date of the seminar: May 31, 2011 Course: BUSM08 Degree Project in International Marketing and Brand Management Authors: Per Andersson and Ola Johansson Supervisor: Associate Professor Mats Urde, PhD; Docent Keywords: Core valu
In principal our empirical findings confirm the applicability of the Uppsala Model on SMEs. However we believe the Uppsala Model to be very general. This is the reason why it fails to explain some complexities in the real world. Simultaneously the model’s general approach is also its biggest strength. Since it focuses on explaining the fundamental elements of internationalizing firms it is possibl
Event marketing can be seen as an effective tool building a brand in a retail context since it can enhance brand awareness, brand identity and brand image. This, since it provides experiences stimulating consumers´ five senses adjusted to today's experience demands of consumers. Event marketing is effective catching consumers attention in today's media noise compared to traditional adverti
