This thesis investigates the under-researched relationship between open innovation (OI) and organisational learning (OL). It addresses questions on how design agencies (DAs) (as a form of inbound OI) influence their client company’s OL process. It also considers the main barriers companies face at each stage of the OL process and how these barriers impact OL. To start, the literature on OI, DAs

Access to water is a necessity for farmers for them to be able to produce food. This poses a problem in Jordan, one of the world’s driest countries, but also in Sweden, where after a drought in the summer of 2018 the state of the water levels was more critical than ever. Virtual reality (VR) has shown to be a tool with a good effect on students’ learning. In this work VR has been taken advantage o

The aim of this study is to investigate what unaccompanied asylum-seeking children need according to the staff working at the homes where they are living. and how the staff tries to meet these needs. The method is qualitative and is based on interviews where six staff members were interviewed from two different homes. This study analyzes the relationship between the unaccompanied asylum-seeking c

Researchers, from various academic departments, are increasingly undertaking studies of phenomena by way of practices considered to be within the sub-field of emotional geography. Emotional geographers, in an attempt to imbue research with the intensely subjective experiences of events and spaces, seek to uncover feelings by way of emotions, yet cautiously avoids the non-representational by workin

Paradise Hotel (PH) är Sveriges största och mest populära reality-tv-program, men även kanske Sveriges största kändisfabrik; unga svenskar söker sig nämligen till programmet i hopp om att lansera ett sociala medie-baserat kändisskap. Till att börja med grundar sig PH i heteronormativitet och har ofta blivit kritiserat för förlegade könsroller, därför utgår denna studie från att undersöka de könsstParadise Hotel (PH) is Sweden’s largest and most popular reality TV show, but perhaps also the country’s largest celebrity factory as young Swedes are applying to be a contestant on the show in hopes of becoming a social media celebrity. First of all, PH is based on heteronormativity and has been criticized for its outdated gender roles, which is why this study starts off by examining the prevaili

Older people: Disgusting or in love? - Young adults’ descriptions of older people and their sexuality. The purpose of this study was to investigate young adults’ descriptions of elder and older peoples’ sexuality. A qualitative approach was chosen for this study, in which eight semi- structured interviews were conducted. The respondents, who were all young adults between the ages of 20-30 years o

Vad publicerar en partiledare på Instagram? En kvalitativ studie av politisk personalisering på Instagram Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka fenomenet Personalisering, i relation till Strategisk Politisk Kommunikation och Sociala medier. Genom en analys av fyra svenska partiledares användande av den sociala medie plattformen Instagram, strävade denna studie efter att finna potentiella temaWhat does a political party leader post on Instagram? A qualitative study of political personalization on Instagram The purpose of this study was to explore the phenomena Personalization in relation to Strategic Political Communication and Social Media. Through an analysis of four Swedish political party leaders usage of the social media platform Instagram, this study aimed to find potential patte

Following a rapid change in the way information is shared in our society, we have seen over the last few decades a change in how libraries construct their activities in relation to the library space. Different attitudes and opinions on what should or should not be going on in the library space, and by that extension the library’s purpose in itself, have come and gone, and built on each other in th

Title: Private Equity Engineering - A study of Value-Creating Actions Undertaken by Private Equity Firms in Sweden Seminar date: 3rd of June 2019 Course: BUSN79, Degree Project in Accounting and Finance, 15 ECTS Authors: Jimmy Enhammar & Jesper Qvenild Advisor: Håkan Jankensgård Keywords: Private Equity, Value Creation, Financial Engineering, Operational Engineering, Governance Engineerin

Klimatförändringar är en av mänsklighetens stora utmaningar, över hela världen obbar forskare och företag på att ta fram nya tekniker och innovationer för att bidra till en fosilfri framtid.Climate change is one of humanities greatest challenges; the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are still increasing. There is not one solution that will fix this problem several different products, raw material and technologies are required to take the steps towards a renewable society. Biomethanol and substitute natural gas, are two fossil free energy carrier, they can both be produced through g

Medical marijuana has been argued to supplement the treatment of cancer in terms of relieving symptoms and side effects occurring from treatment, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. As the legalisation of cannabis becomes more widespread across the United States not only for medical but also recreational use, any effects on the well-being on those who undergo cancer treatment could have importa

In Sweden, the social work programme is currently given at 15 different centres of higher education. The programs are standardised through legislation concerning the educational goals, this can be seen through curricula and syllabus. A few of the centres of higher education have chosen also to follow the global standards published by IFSW and IASSW. In this study, the curricula and syllabi from tw

Integrate, revitalize and overcoming physical barriers. An opportunity for cities to activate abandoned areas and recycle what was once an active place. When industrial sites moves out of the city centers it can leave large open areas behind - brownfields. This can be an opportunity to revitalize areas and expand within the the city itself.

The purpose of this thesis is to create an increased understanding of how legal scholars use social platforms as a part of their scholarly communication. As a result of the digitalization of society social platforms have become a seemingly ubiquitous part of everyday life, and research shows that scholars are using social platforms as a part of scholarly communication. The starting point for this

The aim of this study was to examine how seniors with Bosnian & Hercegovinan ethnicity handled the challenges that occurred in their migration to Sweden after the Bosnian war. It also focuses on the analysis of coping strategies that have been seen as important to this group, and also show how their age affected this process, provided by their respective context and circumstances. Six intervie

Den här studien syftar till att öka förståelsen för hur den unga konsumenten mottar, tolkar och resonerar kring ämnet hållbarhetskommunikation. Studien utgår från ett socialkonstruktionistiskt perspektiv och betraktar de kommunikativa processer som konsumenten för kring ett specifikt fall. Det fall som denna studie utgår från är Max Burger AB’s hållbarhetskommunikation som återfinns i företagets dThis research aims to increase the understanding of how the young consumer receives, interprets and argues about sustainability communication. The study is based on a social constructionist perspective and considers the communicative processes expressed by the consumer in a specific case. The case from which this study is based is Max Burger AB's digital sustainability communication. The purpo

Within Peace Research, there is a long tradition of studying the creations and conditions of peace. Within this, Hybrid Peace Theory has constituted a more critical strand, emphasising the importance of the interactions between international and local actors. This thesis has aimed to contribute to critical peace research by arguing for the importance of including a gender perspective on the Hybrid

Raman spectroscopy is well known as a method that can be used to study the structural characteristics of carbon materials such as soot and carbon black. In this work, a Raman spectroscopy setup was used to record spectra of various carbonaceous samples under different experimental conditions. The wave-number range of interest was from 900 to 3300 cm-1, which includes the first and second order Ram

The present thesis examines how the museum visitor’s experience is being transformed by various developments and particularly by the advent of virtual reality technology. The research focused on identifying the problems of communicating the archaeological information to the museum audiences while highlighting best practices and proposing solutions. The immersive function of virtual reality was exa

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka det relativt låga valdeltagandet till europaparlamentsvalen i Sverige. Fokus har legat på väljargruppen ungdomar i åldern 18–30 samt på den delvis ansvariga myndigheten att utlysa valet; Valmyndigheten. Vidare har informationsspridningen gällande det i dagsläget stundande valet till Europaparlamentet, den 23–26 maj 2019, undersökts. Studien grundas i teorier This study aims to investigate the relatively low amount of young people voting in the European parliamentary elections in Sweden. Focus has been on the electoral group of young people aged 18–30 and the authority partly responsible to inform about the elections in Sweden; Valmyndigheten. This study focuses on the current election to the European Parliament the 23–26 of May 2019. The study is base