We have extended our knowledge about the complexity that exists in the marketing of countries. With sweden.se as a case, we have investigated how nation branding is actually managed from a sender perspective. We have analysed which desirable values the Swedish public organization NSU (National Board for Promotion of Sweden Abroad) communicate through the website sweden.se. The results we have ar

Internal control of foreigners is a measure of migration control employed by the Swedish state, with two main goals: to monitor that no foreigners reside in the country without legal permits, and to find and detain foreigners who are to be deported. Charged by the government to increase efficiency in expulsions, the Migration Board, The National Police Board and the Prison and Probation Service in

The sun is an important reason to why there is life on earth. To be able to predict future solar activity it is important to uncover past solar activity and its cyclicity. This thesis investigates the solar activity throughout the past 2000-years to the beginning of 21th century. Diagrams which contain relevant data from radionuclide and sunspot records have been constructed to get a better overvi

Food policies have become increasingly relevant for the federal and municipal planning in the recent decades. Poor quality diets are associated with a number of diseases, such as obesity, heart diseases, diabetes, and some cancers. I have done a case study of food policy in San Francisco. I focus on the three dimensions of the city food planning, such as access to healthy food, sustainable and loc

Denna studie har en socialkonstruktionistisk utgångspunkt och syftar till att undersöka upplevelser av intern varumärkeskommunikation som styrningsverktyg från ett mottagarperspektiv. Syftet grundas i en problematik där den strategiska idén med interna varumärken går förlorad när hänsyn inte tas till medarbetares subjektiva upplevelser av varumärket. För att uppnå syftet har en fallstudie genomförFrom a social constructionist view, the purpose is to examine experiences of internal brand communication as a management tool from a recipient perspective. The problem is based on the fact that the strategic intention of internal brands is lost when co-workers’ subjective experiences are not taken into account. To reach the purpose, a case study has been conducted where co-workers on operative le

De flesta bostadsöverlåtelserna i Sverige förmedlas av en fastighetsmäklare. Ett centralt begrepp i regleringen av fastighetsmäklare är god fastighetsmäklarsed. Lagstiftaren har ansett att innebörden av god fastighetsmäklarsed inte lämpligen bör låsas fast genom lagstiftning utan att begreppets innebörd istället bör bestäm-mas av bland annat praxis. Störst påverkan på begreppets innebörd har avgör

Den digitala plånboken är ett nytt kapitel i smartphonens historia som i och med mobila betalningslösningar kan agera substitut för traditionella betalningsmedel. Något denna plånbok däremot inte innehåller är en motsvarande lösning för legitimationen, ett plastkort som i digitaliseringen inte verkar ha någonstans att ta vägen. Faktum är att legitimering med smartphonen blev möjligt i takt med lan

Historically, technological innovations have substituted human labor for decades and if the revolutionary technological developments continue, substitution may happen at an increasing pace. This increasing pace might place high demands on society to quickly adapt if high levels of technological unemployment are to be avoided. This paper examines how the computerization of society may affect the la

För att bibehålla nyckelpersoner i företag är det sedan 1990-talet allt mer vanligt med olika sorters incitamentsprogram. Anställda får förvärva ägarandelar i bolaget som incitament att fortsätta arbeta hårt för företaget och dess framtida resultat. Vanligt bland konsultbolag idag är s.k. delägarprogram där anställd i bolaget får möjligheten att förvärva aktier i bolaget mot att de bibehåller sin Since the 1990s it is increasingly common to retain key personnel in the company through different kind of incentive plans. These plans involve the partners in a company’s profit development by giving them the opportunity to take part in a incentive plan. Common among consulting firms today are ownership plans, where employees have the opportunity to acquire shares in the company for upholding the

With todays up-to-date architectural style, there are commonly occuring complications with masonry construction. This architectural style and a growing demand for illuminated space require buildings to be designed with larger facade openings. The diculty with this is that the masonry superstructure will be loaded by large shear forces, while at the same time its shear capacity is limited. To handl

Reactor vessels in nuclear power plants are contained by a large prestressed concrete structure, which is subjected to elevated temperatures during operation. According to the American standard ACI 349, which is also used in Sweden, two limits should be carefully considered. These temperature limits are 66°C (150°F) and 93°C (200°F). Previous studies usually focus on concrete subjected to fire, th

Författare: Anna Stjärnqvist Titel: Gemenskapen i skymundan: En analys av en legal mc-klubbs sammanhållning, syn på samhället och passion för motorcyklar. Kandidatuppsats: SOCK01,15hp Handledare: David Wästerfors Sociologiska institutionen, vårterminen 2014 Mc-klubbar präglas av mystik med ”farliga” motorcyklar, stark sammanhållning och män med skinnjackor. Tidningarna framhäver oftast de krimin

Det allmänna preferenssystemet GSP är ett av EU: s viktigaste unilaterala handelsavtal som ingås med utvecklingsländer. För att gynnas av behandlingen måste länderna uppfylla särskilda kriterier. Ett av villkoren är ratificering och effektiv implementering av ett antal internationella konventioner om mänskliga rättigheter. Bland dessa ingår Internationella arbetsorganisationens (ILO) internationelThe Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) is one of the EU’s most important unilateral trade measures which grants tariff preferences to developing countries. In order to receive this preferential treatment countries are required to fulfil specific criteria. One of the conditions is the ratification and effective implementation of a number of international human rights conventions. Among these,

Syftet med denna uppsats är att studera ifall det pågår en jämställdhetsbacklash i Spanien genom att utföra kvalitativa intervjuer med spanska kvinnliga feminister om hur de upplever jämställdheten samt kvinnors situation i landet över tid, vilket kommer sättas i en vidare historisk kontext. Vidare redogörs även för den ekonomiska krisen och dess samband med jämställdhetsutvecklingen och det nya l

The aim of this paper was to examine how social workers in the field of substance abuse describe their backstage coping strategies and how these are used to cope with the stress they experience in their every day work. The paper has drawn its empirical material from four semi-structured interviews with social workers that work in an institution for care under the Care of Abusers Act (Swedish). Erv

This thesis evaluates the evidence for the absolute-income hypothesis (AIH), relative-income hypothesis (RIH) and income-inequality hypothesis (IIH) in Australia using individual level panel data from the first 11 waves of The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey under General Release 11. The analysis is performed with an individual fixed effects estimation and the int

Studien syftade till att skildra och förstå återkopplingspraxis efter psykologutredning av barn. En webbenkät skickades till 1 053 psykologer inom habilitering och psykiatri i Sverige. Svarsfrekvensen var 34,9 % och det slutliga stickprovet bestod av 317 respondenter, varav 64 % arbetade inom psykiatri, 82 % var kvinnor, medelåldern var 40 år, och medianvärdet för antal utredningar var 15 per år. The study aimed to examine how clinical psychologists provide feedback after assessing children. An online survey sent to 1,053 psychologists at children's rehabilitation and psychiatric facilities in Sweden gave the response rate 34.9 %. The final sample included 317 participants, of whom 64 % worked at psychiatric facilities, 82 % were women, average age was 40 and median number of assessmen

The aim of this study was to examine the views of middle managers in public elderly care regarding their role in their organizations. The study used semi-structured interviews and five middle managers from the same municipality were interviewed. The interviews showed trends in how the managers felt about the area they had to operate within and the slack they had to take personal decisions pointing