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This thesis is a qualitative study on how the current President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, views the on-going project of European integration and how he constructs a ‘European identity’. The sample material consists of his three State of the Union speeches from 2015, 2016 and 2017, where Juncker reflects on events in the past year and presents the European Commission’s coming

In Sweden there are several political goals stating the importance of diminished quantities of waste from the food sector, yet several thousand tons of potentially edible food are being discarded of every year. This study has examined the hindrances and opportunities of six different organizations/initiatives working to lower the rates of food waste from retail stores. It has also looked into pote

Emphasis is being placed on how life narratives can be incorporated into caring for the elderly based on the assumption that aged health care should be grounded on narrative perspectives in order to reduce ageist behaviours. The success of this however depends on the willingness of the elderly to share their stories. The aim of this study was to explore the reasons why Swedish elders decline to sh

The question of guilt, considering the Holocaust, is a complex one. The recent Polish amendment to the law against Holocaust denial forbids, among others, calling the Nazi concentration camps for Polish camps. This makes the question of guilt even more complex. On one side the Germans acknowledge their guilt by, for example, their law against denying the Holocaust. Across the border, the Poles hav

Syftet med studien var att fördjupa förståelsen av hur hotell kan utforma sitt servicelandskap genom tematisering. Syftet var även att förstå hur det fysiska och virtuella servicelandskapet står i relation till varandra. För att besvara syftet valdes tre frågeställningar: Hur kan hotell utforma det fysiska servicelandskapet genom tematisering? Hur kan hotell utforma det virtuella servicelandskapet

Uppsatsens titel: Rapportering av intellektuellt kapital i Sydafrika - från företagens och investerarnas perspektiv; en kvantitativ studie i en tillväxtekonomi Seminariedatum: 2018-06-01 Kurs: FEKH69, Examensarbete i redovisning på kandidatnivå, 15 hp Författare: Hanna Rydholm, Josefine Ringnér och Carl De Geer Handledare: Kristina Artsberg Nyckelord: Intellektuellt kapital, Investerare, Humankapi

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has been part of Swedish domestic law since 1995 and the Swedish government and the Supreme Courts of Sweden asserts that Swedish courts implemented it. However, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have judged Sweden 61 times for violating the ECHR, including eight judgments regarding Article 3 (prohibition of torture). Thus, Swedish courts cle

The need for energy use reduction raises the question of electrical lighting use especially in the non-residential sector. Office spaces are particularly sensitive in this area, as lighting is quite essential, and connected to satisfaction, mood and performance. Literature suggests a wide variety of preferred conditions, although most of the studies refer to older ways of working. This thesis exp

The purpose of this study is to deepen and nuance the understanding of employees’ perception of acquisitions involving professional service firms, consultancy firms in particular. The theoretical framework is divided into three sections. Initially, Organizational Identity is presented, followed by Social Identity Theory and lastly Image. The collected material consists of data from seven interview

Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to assess whether there is a relationship between the financial performance of Swedish private schools and the quality of the education they provide. Methodology Parametric Tests and OLS-Regression Theoretical perspectives New Public Management, Public Choice Theory, Quasi-markets Empirical foundation The sample consist of 740 Swedish primary and secondary

Title: Price Premium FMCG products - An exploratory study of the underlying factors why consumers would be willing to pay more Date of seminar: 5th June, 2018 Course: BUSN39 Degree project in Global Marketing Authors: Tanvir Ahmed Shuvo & Mentor Krasniqi Supervisor: Burak Tunca Keywords: FMCG, Price Premium, Consumption, Consumer behavior, Consumer culture, Quality, Perceived Value, Conspicuou

In this paper a simulation of a convective cell of a thunderstorm system observed 19th of June 2000 during the Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study (STEPS) field campaign is being analysed. The storm system has been simulated with an Aerosol-Cloud model and the analysis is based on the output data. The analysis spans over 30 minutes which covers the mature stage and the begi

Urban development projects of a complex nature with many involved project participants are becoming increasingly common in the construction sector. The projects are often part of cities' investments in urban growth. The aim is often to create added value for large areas in the cities. Tight schedule allowance minimum mistakes. High project cost and usually many involving project participants d

To reach the global targets, a number of actions must be taken. Among other things, the EU has decided that the recovery rate for waste from the building sector shall be at least 70 weight percent by year 2020. This means that the building sector needs to take increased responsibility for its waste. Based on the global targets, the Swedish Parliament has formulated 16 environmental quality targets

Enligt Skatteverket (Skatteverket, 2018-05-29) skall varje händelse som påverkar ekonomin i ett företag bokföras. Bokföringen skall grunda sig på skriftlig handling, också kallat verifikation. Bland typer av verifikationer kan en sådan vara ett kvitto eller en faktura. I ett företag där anställda gör köp åt företagets vägnar är det alltid nödvändigt att sammanställa verifikationer. Processen av at

Invasive species are currently one of the main causes of biodiversity loss across the globe and recent research has shown that the personality of an invader can have significant impacts on the invasion dynamics for that species. Therefore, this study examined the impact of personality on both competitive success and predation susceptibility of the highly invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) describes a situation where the number of people crossing the international border has suddenly increased in which neither if exist, the normal individual asylum procedures nor the response capacity of individual State are able to deal with the assessment of such large numbers as a 'mass refugee influx.' In the international law con

Tuberculosis (TB) and other mycobacterial infections have become more difficult to treat since the strains need to be screened for resistance. Furthermore, the half-year long treatment time could harm hepatocytes as a side effect of the treatment. This calls for discovery of new compounds for a successful treatment. One such promising peptide was recently discovered and called NZX. In this study

Bilindustrin förändras! Många tror att den bil vi känner idag, med en taktfast förbränningsmotor under huven, snart är ett minne blott. Vi blickar då framåt till en värld där elbilar fyller våra gator. För många är detta glädjande besked men för den världsledande järnpulverproducenten, Höganäs AB, innebär det en omställning i produktionslinjerna. Deras järnpulver, som tidigare byggt upp dessa förbHöganäs AB is asking for a way to attach Somaloy® components onto aluminum in electric motors. Gluing, Crimping and Clamping are the attachment methods that are investigated. For the Gluing part, tensile tests are made at different temperatures. The tests are performed with six different adhesive combinations on aluminum and two separate Somaloy® materials. The adhesive’s ability to attach onto th