Background The Master’s Thesis Case Study Company is a premium brand automotive OEM. In the Swedish fleet car (or company car) market, the company is lagging behind its main competitors in terms of market share a fact that is not true for several other European markets. Concurrently, the automotive industry is set to go through radical changes the next few years. The speedy development of digitali

Background: Gesture control represents a new paradigm in Human-Computer-Interaction, with an interesting use case in hygienic hospital settings; as it would allow staff to control computers without risking cross-contamination. Even though this has evident advantages, hospitals are increasingly emphasizing monetary gains in investment decisions; which in the case of gesture control is not that easy

Background This study was conducted at a business unit at the Company, a leading global consumer goods company based in Europe, working in an increasingly hostile environment due to market deregulation and international competition. The business unit was recently separated from previously being integrated in other units and now have high targets to meet. To reach these targets, the rate of innovat

The growth of tissues and organs in plants is governed by the morphogen auxin coupled with the membrane protein PIN, which together generate patterns that guide development. Systems of this kind have been studied extensively in experiments and computational system biology models. This thesis builds on that work by introducing a stochastic version of these models to examine differences between stoc

Today heritage is considered to be an important resource for society and a valuable asset for sustainable development. This notion is true from international to local/regional level. This thesis investigates the current heritage discourse in the European Union (EU) and provides a qualitative assessment of the values and potential impacts of the two case studies, conducted in the proceedings of thi

Problem definition Additive manufacturing is a technology that has received a lot of attention and many are wondering how it will affect them plastic industry in the future. Additive manufacturing is mostly used for prototyping today but there is reason to believe that the technology has potential to overtake other application areas for plastic or used as a complementary method to existing manufac

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate how the customer offering of service companies can be de designed to be more customer oriented and gain market shares in a competitive market. In particular, focus of the study was on revenue models and customer offerings based on value co-­‐creation and its implications on the business model as a whole. Method: This study is based on a case study

Problem Description Both academic researches and consulting firms claim that Internet of Things will come to change the society we live in, as well as create entirely new business opportunities for companies. However, there is little research that analyzes the actual benefits with Internet of Things, how companies should act in order to find these benefits, and in what way their business models m

The purpose of this master thesis is to evaluate the performance of an inventory policy in a one warehouse, multiple retailer inventory system with end customer demand at all stock locations. The objective is to compare the performance of a multi-echelon model with stock rationing, compared to real inventory data which is based on uncoordinated single-echelon optimization. The comparison is carrie

Agile Management is a management method based on the principles behind Agile Software Development. Compared to Traditional Management, Agile Management is more iterative and is therefore suited for fast paced and unsecure environ-­‐ ments. Even though agile is a fairly old methodology; there are few case studies outside the software industry. There are indi-­‐ cations, though, that Agile Managemen

Problem definition Freight transports are necessary to supply urban areas with goods. The complexity of urban freight transports is affected by growing cities that increases the demand for goods and the competition of city space, globalization which is altering the extent and complexity of supply chains, and technology innovations which have introduced new data collection methods. Policy makers of

Background IKEA has realized the potential benefits of improving inventory management on a strategic level. For IKEA as a market leader in the home furnishing business, an efficient supply chain and proper management of inventory is of crucial importance in order to support their business idea of offering lowpriced products to the many people. Inventory management at IKEA is characterized by an ad

A growing middle class and increased consumption call for better utilization of resources. For companies to make use of all resources in the production system is not only a way of meeting the changing customer demands and regulatory changes regarding sustainability, but also a way of increasing profits. Finding new business opportunities for by-products can be considered as early stage innovation,

Commercial private equity as an investment industry have quickly grown since its formation in the late 80’s, and now account for a significant part of the investments made both globally and in Sweden. In 2014 the Swedish commercial private equity companies had a combined turnover of 311 billion SEK, accounting for around 9 % of Sweden’s GNP. The sector has been studied extensively by the investmen

Background Kenya is facing social and economic problems related to the high unemployment rate the country has suffered since independence. The Kenyan government are placing a lot, if not all, eggs in one basket and betting on entrepreneurship to solve these problem. For entrepreneurship to thrive there needs to be an ecosystem facilitating it and inherent in this ecosystem are support organisation

Arbetets syfte är att belysa hur en effektiv överlämning av stora projekt från entreprenad till drift och underhåll går till. Syftet är också att undersöka vilka nyckelfaktorer som skapar framgång och motgång i denna fas av projektet Frågeställning i studien är: Hur görs en effektiv överlämning av ett stort projekt? Vilka faktorer skapar framgång tillika motgång för projektets överlämning? Varför The purpose of the study is to illustrate how a efficient handover is done in mega project between the constructional and operational phases. Furthermore the purpose is the study what key factors lead to success and failure throughout the handover. The objective of the study is to answer the following questions: How is an efficient handover done? What factors lead to success and failure in mega pr

The objective of this study is to describe and analyze the child welfare officers’ understanding of their work with the young offenders and how they explain and handle their double assignment (help vs. control). Three main questions in this study are following: 1. Which goals, motives and methods do child welfare officers have in their work with the young offenders? 2. What makes a child a young

Våld mot kvinnor är ett könsbaserat hatbrott. Våldsutövandet sker mot dem just för att de är kvinnor. Mest förekommande är våldet från män de har eller haft en nära relation med. Våldet skapar fysiska och psykiska påfrestningar för utsatta kvinnor. Samhället behöver med gemensam kraft få ett slut på våldet. Kvinnorna i sin tur måste veta vilka skyddsåtgärder som finns att tillgå när de riskerar elViolence against women is a gender-based hate crime. The acts of violence are committed against women expressly because they are women. Most often they are hurt by men who are close to them. Violence and abuse cause terrible physical and emotional pain for the women. The society needs a wide strategy to combating the violens. Women have to know their rights and ability to get protection when they

Within the climate justice movement there is a clear tendency in the last years towards actions of civil disobedience. The Red Lines protest in Paris during COP21 was meant to be one of the main events of the movement in 2015. However, the Paris attacks on November 13 and the subsequent state of emergency drastically changed the conditions for political protests. This thesis provides an analysis o

Potatoes Solanum tuberosum, L are among the most consumed crop type by millions of people around the world. It has high amount of starch content and it is known to be a good source of potassium, vitamin B6, vitamin C and fiber. There are more than 4000 varieties of potatoes. Salome, Ditta and Asterix cultivars are among well-known potatoes in the Swedish market. In recent years the consumption of