Vid genomförandet av företagsinvesteringar anses räntan vara en av de viktigaste faktorerna att ta hänsyn till. Eftersom klassisk makroekonomisk teori antar att en ränteökning kommer att leda till en minskad investeringsnivå var det inte konstigt att många höjde på ögonbrynen när den svenska styrräntan höjdes trots att en ekonomisk nedgång tagit sin början. Samtidigt har det visat sig svårt att up

Projektet gick ut på att undersöka 3D-Vision med hjälp av 3D-visionkameran Cognex 3D-A5120 och tillhörande programvara Cognex Designer. Målet var att implementera ett 3D-visionsystem som extraherar data från ett eller flera objekt avbildat av kameran. Data som extraheras består av centrumkoordinater och orientering av objektets hittade yta, i förhållande till ett fixt koordinatsystem. Det implemen

The growing expansion of price comparison sites, where shops are compared and ranked in order of lowest prices, has contributed to reduced friction and transaction costs for consumers. Previous research in this field of study has primarily relied on examining the relationships between ranking and consumers’ demand for the resellers’ products. This thesis investigates and explains whether companies

This thesis explores the phenomenon of youth entrepreneurship and start-up culture in Cairo and seeks to understand why highly educated young Egyptians choose to become entrepreneurs in the aftermath of the 2011 revolution. Through qualitative research methods, eight young Egyptian entrepreneurs who started their businesses after 2011 have been interviewed about their motivation and experiences. T

Det här examensarbetet har gått ut på att kunna styra en fontän, hämta och spara data från en DUC samt att göra den så feltolerant som möjligt. Arbetet har utförts åt Stadsbyggnadsförvaltningen på Drift och Underhållsavdelningen i Helsingborg för att bespara dem pengar, tid, undvika skador på personal och åtkomst till data. För att detta skulle vara möjligt behövdes en styrenhet som kan styra fon

For this paper we used Porter's Value Chain to examine H&M throughout a historical perspective. H&M have for many years strived to keep low prices for their customers, which is according to a Cost Leadership strategy. The fundamentals with a Cost Leadership is to always try to minimize costs, and the focus for this paper was then to see how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) specifi

This study focuses on the topic of education and economic growth. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between education and economic growth amongst the OECD member countries. What sets this study apart from a lot of the research is the inclusion of both quantitative and qualitative measures of education. This is done by using theory and previous research as a foundation to con

The topic of human migration and displacement has become more important in recent years and will continue to do so in the following decades. Voices become louder claiming that climate change is a driving factor for increased displacement and migration. Increasing unsuitable living conditions due to unpredictable weather patterns and increased number of extreme events are putting pressure on the so

Title: What Goes Around Comes Around Seminar date: 15th of January 2021 Course: FEKH49, Business Administration: Bachelor Degree Project in Organization, Undergraduate level, 15 University Credits Points Authors: Frida Briggner, David Mirosavic, Rebecca Tisén, Carolina Wester Advisor: Nadja Sörgärde Keywords: Leadership, Donald Trump, Media, Social constructionism, and Social Contagion Purp

Accurate estimations of background processes associated with top-quarks are vital to studies concerned with finding new physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)at CERN. Search for Higgs-like bosons in the ATLAS experiment at LHC was performed by optimising the use of b-jet tagging algorithms and improving on tt backgroundmodelling. Improved modelling was achieved using two different methods, tt

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att undersöka ekonomistyrningen i hotellföretag och analysera interdependencies i deras styrmix. Metod: Denna studie är en multipel fallstudie. Studien bygger på totalt sju semistrukturerade intervjuer med representanter från tre hotellföretag. Intervjupersonerna hade olika roller på ledningsnivå och avdelningsnivå. Teoretiska perspektiv: Ekonomistyrning utifrån ett

This research paper seeks to examine the emerging role of transportation infrastructure on economic activity in low-income countries due to its vital part in facilitating deeper integration of markets, hence fostering inclusive growth and prosperity for the poor. Although its economic causal framework suggests ambiguous results, transportation investments account for the largest share of the World

I Sverige har debatten om lagförslaget att införa ett slöjförbud i för- och grundskolan varit aktuellt under de senaste åren. Syftet med uppsatsen är att analysera argument som har framlagts i interpellationsdebatten om slöjförbud i den svenska för- och grundskolan 3 juni 2019, debatten i Malmö kommunfullmäktige 19 mars 2020 och slutligen argument av Sverigedemokraternas, samt Moderaternas motioneIn Sweden, the debate on the bill to introduce a veil ban in both preschool and primary school has been a relevant debate in recent years. The purpose of the thesis is to analyze the arguments that have been presented in the interpellation debate surrounding the veil ban in the swedish preschool and primary school during the 3rd June of 2019, the debate in council of Malmö City during the 19th of

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att undersöka på vilket sätt aktörer i ett digitalt ekosystem kan erhålla konkurrensfördelar och nätverkseffekter med hjälp av en plattform. Metod: Studien är en kvalitativ flerfallsstudie med abduktiv ansats. Primärdata samlades in med hjälp av semi-strukturerade intervjuer. Dataanalysen genomfördes därefter med hjälp av kontinuerliga jämförelser och selektiv kodningPurpose: The purpose of the study is to research in what way actors in a digital ecosystem can obtain competitive advantages and network effects with the help of a platform. Methodology: The study is a qualitative multiple case study with an abductive approach. Primary data was collected with the help of semi-structured interviews. The data analysis was made with continuous comparisons and select

Due to the era of robotization and new communication technologies, social robots are increasingly used in different areas of society. This thesis aims to examine the communicative situation between humans and robots from a social psychological perspective. We intend to increase the understanding of what a human-robot-interaction means to the communicative situation. The question that has guided th

People are inescapably affected by their surroundings. Or at least, that is what I believe. This project is based on my longing to work with the objects that surround us in our everyday lives, and my fear of that not being enough. Through an investigation of how people have worked with the concept of everyday things in the past, I established a set of basic principles and values to apply to my pr

Under metoo-hösten år 2017 publicerade pressen namn på flera kända män som blivit anklagade för olika typer av sexualbrott. En av dessa män var stjärnjournalisten Fredrik Virtanen som från en dag till en annan pekades ut som våldtäktsman i Sveriges största tidningar. Pressen publicerade namn och detaljer om anklagelserna, trots att anklagelserna grundades på bristfällig bevisning. Hur kunde detta