This thesis presents the two hypotheses that airlines use their frequent flyer programmes (FFPs) to introduce switching costs to combat competition by increasing the percent discount of the value of the points their FFP members receive, and that they use their FFPs to support price discrimination by offering business travellers more value for their travel choices. Economic theory to support these

Have you ever wondered why there are ribs on bottles or cans? Perhaps you can guess that ribs are applied to the packages because of some technical functions. In fact, ribs carry more value than you can imagine. According to the literature review and the research on 100 Swedish consumers, ribs have both pros and cons but the former surpasses the latter. Originated from the demand of preventing def

Tidigare forskning har visat att KBT behandling inte är verksamt när det gäller patienter med utmattningssyndrom, varken för att förbättra måendet eller förkorta sjukskrivningstiden. Föreliggande studie har undersökt om detta överensstämmer med hur en grupp yrkesverksamma KBT behandlare på primärvårdsnivå uppfattar resultatet av terapier med dessa patienter och hur detta kan förklaras. BehandlarnaPrevious research has shown that CBT treatment is not successful for patients with stressrelated exhaustion, neither to improve the wellbeing nor to shorten the sick leave. The study has examined if this is accurate to how a group of CBT-therapists on primary care level perceive the results of therapies with these patients and how this can be explained. The therapists have also described which int

APIer över HTTP anpassas sällan för olika klienters behov vilket medför krånglig kommunikation och reducerad prestanda. En API-gateway kan placeras mellan klienter och APIer för att åtgärda detta.This thesis investigates the benefits and complications around working with API (Application Programming Interface) gateways. When we say API gateway, we mean to proxy and potentially enhance the communication between servers and clients, such as browsers, by transforming the data. We do this by examining the underlying protocol HTTP/1.1 and the general theory regarding API gateways. An API gatew

This qualitative case study explores the empowering potentialities of clitoral reconstruction for mutilated women in Burkina Faso. In this developing country of sub-Saharan Africa, historical high prevalence rates of excision leave millions of women in the most physical and mental ill being. This, as a consequence, causes their marginalisation from the development process. The methodology is bond

This study has set out to examine the way we in postmodern society look upon and understand ourselves. Furthermore, the focus has been to gather literature and through the already published theories try to get an overview about concepts like optimizing and fashion.

The natural environment of fungal hyphae is both physically and chemically heterogeneous, nevertheless is the fungal growth often studied on a flat surface of a homogeneous medium, for example agar. With the help of the well-established techniques of microsystems, it is possible to make structures that resemble their natural habitat. With microfabrication methods obstacles can be created at the si

The purpose of this study was to examine how personnel working with unaccompanied refugee children at homes for care or residence highlights individualized support in their work, and to analyze opportunities and obstacles within this work. Qualitative interviews were performed with five personnel, from three different homes for care or residence, working with unaccompanied refugee children. The co

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the Canadian government’s stance on addressing the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and to perform an analysis of ongoing violence and asymmetric conflict in Indigenous-Government of Canada relations. The Canadian government’s approach in regards to holding a national inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada w

Singapore and Finland, despite having very different approaches to basic education, both perform highly in standardized testing and are respected internationally for their education systems. This paper takes a policy-planning view in analysing what makes these systems tick, looking specifically for similarities in these contrasting systems, or a “different process same outcome” approach. This mean

Jag startade projektet med en öppen frågeställning med avsikt att undersöka väggen ur ett industridesignperspektiv. Väggen skapar rum och en av dess funktioner är att avskärma oss från ljud. Idag ställs det högre krav på akustiken i ett rum då det är allt vanligare med öppna planlösningar. Jag valde att studera olika typer av platser där människor samverkar i en öppen miljö och avgränsade projekte

Bakgrund: Många barn upplever våld i sina familjer i vårt land. Upplevelser av våld kan leda till psykisk ohälsa. De anmälningar som görs till socialtjänsten utreds men leder sällan till insatser. Utredarna inom socialtjänsten är nyckelpersoner för att upptäcka dessa barn så att de får stöd, behandling och psykoterapi. Syfte: Att genom en enkätundersökning ta reda på vad utredare inom socialtjänstBackground: It is a fact that some children experience domestic violence in our country. The experience of violence is a severe threat towards children development and mental health. Further reports made to the social Services which lead to an actual social investigation of the child’s wellbeing seldom result in that proper treatment take place. The social service investigators are the key to pay

Kvinnas roll i samhället har historiskt genomgått en stor förändring, från att ansvara över hushållet till att etablera sig på arbetsmarknaden. Föräldraförsäkringen infördes år 1974 med syfte att möjliggöra för främst kvinnor att kombinera arbetsliv med familjebildning. Mäns uttag av föräldraförsäkringen har sedan införandet ökat, men fördelningen är fortfarande långt ifrån jämn. Kvinnor tar ut maWoman's role in society has historically undergone a great change, from the responsibility of the household to establishment in the labor market. Parental insurance was introduced in 1974 with the aim of enabling all women to combine work with family formation. Men's use of parental insurance has increased since the introduction, but the distribution is still far from consistent. Women tak

Under de senaste 20 åren har alltfler människor vänt sig till Internet för att leta efter en kärlekspartner. Syftet med denna uppsats är att analysera nätdejtingens inverkan på individen och på dennes förhållande. Mina huvudfrågor är: Vad innebär ett konsumistiskt förhållningssätt för intima relationer? Vilken inverkan har fenomenet online-dejting på den traditionella uppfattningen om partnerskap?

Det talas mycket om vikten av kreativitet idag och det anses eftersträvansvärt inom både skola och arbetsliv. Det kan vara avgörande för ett företag att kunna främja personalens kreativa potential för att kunna vara en innovativ och konkurrenskraftig organisation. Open Space är en mötesform som sägs skapa inspirerade organisationer, där människor arbetar tvärvetenskapligt tillsammans och skapar in

Caroline Arvaker Utan naturen kan vi inte leva I naturen finns alla våra resurser vilket gör den viktig att skydda. Detta är en gemensam värdering hos ett antal unga utomeuropéer boende i Malmö. Dock leder inte pro naturella värderingar alltid till ett miljöengagemang i handling, det finns andra faktorer som spelar in. I mitt masterarbete har jag genom intervjuer undersökt hur tio utomeuropéer ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine how young adults with non-European background and with an upbringing in a city associate to nature and what may have influenced these associations. Given that a majority of people live in cities, there is a risk that many young people do not spend time in natural environments, which may affect their associations to nature and also their environment

This thesis investigates whether the stock market in the Baltic countries exhibit herd behavior during the period 2006-2014. A quantitative approach is used to see if investors show group oriented mentality in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and in the Baltics as whole. This is further complemented with a qualitative approach. The quantitative part is based on a market wide approach. The models pr

This thesis explores discourses surrounding the concept of diversity in the city of Malmö and how the municipality addresses diversity issues in policy and practice. The study is based on 17 qualitative interviews with eight politicians and nine civil servants on their understanding and experience with diversity in their respective roles. The informants define diversity as differences between soci

Lotta Lotass Fjärrskrift is a work that makes use of three different media, a 50 meter long teleprinter strip and two filmed versions, distributed in cinemas and published on internet, which are portraying how the strip is made through a teleprinter. The purpose of this study is to investigate by the use of Lars Elleström’s theory of intermediality the different connections between the three diff