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Organic farming, considered as an agricultural practice, is supported by the CAP as an initiation for promoting environmental friendly method. The CAP supports the growth of a consumer-driven organic market. Organic farming is a sustainable practise that benefits the environment; market supports economic growth and society benefits in terms of health and quality of food. A large number of Swedish

Purpose: The aim of this study is to unravel consumer motives for enrolling in multiple programs and explore the consumer experience of multiple memberships in the highly competitive loyalty program market. Methodology: We have conducted a qualitative research with a hermeneutic approach. A sample group of nine women in the ages 47-62 were selected based on a snowball sample. Through detailed acco

Sweden is a country surrounded by water and consequently boating is one of the most popular spare time activities in Sweden. The active boating life, in turn, leads to a healthy boating industry in Sweden and boating production plays an important role for the Swedish industry. The company SEAFLEX AB in Umeå is one of these Swedish boating equipment manufacturers. Their new range of mooring product

Unravelling the Bacterial Cytoskeleton Recent discoveries of several bacterial proteins have led to a general acceptance of the existence of a bacterial cytoskeleton. This cytoskeleton, much like that of eukaryotic cells, is vital for the functionality and wellbeing of Streptomyces, a genus of soil-dwelling bacteria. One such important function is polar growth. This type of growth is directed to

This report is based on work made on the behalf of Strålfors, a Swedish company, which focuses on customer communication. Their business idea is to help companies communicate with their customers in different ways. Now Strålfors wants to expand into the mobile application market and thus help their customers with communication through smartphones. In this project a study of potential users and a s

“Alla har en relation till odling och mat, oavsett om man kommer från Somalia, Irak eller Nydala i Malmö.” (Jimenez, 2012). Visst är det så! Att mat är något som vi alla har gemensamt och som förenar människor har varit utgångspunkten för detta arbete. Projektet har resulterat i ett sprudlande matcentrum i Nyhamnen i Malmö. Här kan människor från stadens alla hörn och besökare utifrån samlas krinThe fact that food is something that we all have in common and that it brings people together has been the starting point for this thesis work. The project has resulted in a vibrant food center in the future city district Nyhamnen in Malmö. Here people from all over the city can gather around the People’s Kitchen and Diner, a wine bar, urban farming facilities, food markets and more. The inspirati

This thesis set the goal to contribute to the fields of diaspora studies and cultural studies from a media and communication studies angle by addressing the blank spots ‘white minorities’ and book use. White diasporas are nearly invisible within academia and very often ‘under the radar’ in society as well. Books are underresearched within media studies in favour of other media. On the other hand,

Cities are being increasingly recognized internationally for their importance in addressing climate change. The 21st century has already seen the world population shift to being primarily urban and this trend is expected to continue. In order to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow, municipalities must find ways to effectively govern their transitions to being sustainable and liveable for the

This thesis extends Chinn & Kucko`s (2015) article which examines if a country's yield curve can predict its economic growth. The results show that Sweden's yield curve is not a particularly good predictor of the Swedish industrial production growth. In order to develop the article, the purpose of this thesis is to determine if the German and US yield curves can be used in order to pre

Tänk dig att du sitter i ett möte. Någon nämner någonting som kallas ’MVP’. Du tänker: ”MVP... Vad är det? ” Tänk ifall du snabbt kunde få upp en förklaring, som svävar i luften framför dig. Den här förklaringen gör att du kan hänga med i vad personen pratar om. Skönt! Det är många gånger vi stöter på ord eller förkortningar som vi inte har hört förut. Kanske har vi hört, men glömt bort vad de beLearning is something everyone has to do. Different approaches to facilitate the process of learning has been tried throughout history. With technologies such as Internet, and augmented and virtual reality there might be possibilities to devise new ways of learning. In this thesis I aim to explore an idea for such a new way of facilitation of learning, as well as exploring how to design for augmen

Under #metoo-uppropet hösten 2017 uppmärksammades problematiken med sexuella trakasserier på arbetsplatsen. Missnöjet har föranlett frågan om det arbetsrättsliga skyddet mot sexuella trakasserier behöver ses över för att säkerställa ett effektivt skydd. Uppsatsen utreder gällande rätt med utgångspunkt i DL, AML samt LAS, för att sedermera konkretisera vilket typer av problem som kan identifieras iOne of the subjects of #metoo late 2017 was the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace. Questions were asked whether or not the current labor legislation could ensure sufficient protection against further sexual harassment. This thesis investigates the established law, more precisely The Discrimination Act (DL), The Work Environment Act (AML) and The Employment Protection Act (LAS), in orde

The study aims to shed more light on the relationship between Internet penetration and labor productivity by analyzing the aggregate cross-country panel data available for a wide range of countries in the period of 2001-2015. An overview of hypothetical mechanisms behind the communication technologies’ impact on productivity is provided, while the Augmented Solow model is used as a theoretic frame

The present customer based and data driven world of business, together with the evolving social and technological trends continue to drive product complexity and product variety to a new height, one that is characterized by product customization. In the product realization pro-cess, the assembly floor remains the most vital part of the manufacturing process; to cope with the rigorous demands of pr

I litteraturen vilken behandlar bevisvärdering går att finna två övergripande uppfattningar om bevisvärdering. Den ena är holistisk bevisvärdering, vilken utmärks av att bedömaren ser till helheten. Den andra är atomistisk bevisvärdering, vilken utmärkas av att bedömaren värderar varje bevis enskilt. Till båda dessa uppfattningar kan hänföras olika bevisteorier. Till holistisk bevisvärdering kan bIn the literature, which deals with the evaluation of evidence, two broad types of evaluating evidence can be identified. One of them is the holistic approach, which is characterized by the assessor engages in a global assessment of the evidence. The other is the atomistic approach, which is characterized be the assessor, evaluates each piece of evidence individually. For both of these two types,

The railway is an important part of the Swedish infrastructure. For several years there has been an increase in traffic as well as in the demand for a well-functioning railway system. However the increased traffic does at the same time set higher demands for availability, reliability and punctuality. In order to meet these demands and to perform maintenance work in an efficient and predictable way

Purpose: There are two research purposes for this paper. The first purpose is to provide a comprehensive overview of the available performance measurement systems. The second purpose is to analyse which performance measurement systems, or a combination of performance measurement systems are the most suitable for multinational professional service firms. Methodology: This paper uses a qualitative

Sweden is aiming to become world-leading in utilizing the possibilities of digitalization and is expanding automated government decisions with the use of algorithms and robots. A project sponsored by the Swedish government was initiated in 2017 to spread “Trelleborgsmodellen”, the model of the first municipality to introduce automated income-support processing, to other municipalities in Sweden. W

This thesis has two aims. One is to situate COVID-19 in a macro narrative that characterizes our time as a risk society or reflexive modernization. The other is to bring public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic into the sharp focus of cultural trauma study which is closely related to media representations. The research scope is set in media and communication studies. Through the the