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The purpose of this paper is to investigate in what ways sustainability is communicated in the branding of Fashion Week, both in Paris, France, and Copenhagen, Denmark. To achieve the purpose of the thesis and to answer the study's research question, a qualitative document study has been conducted by analyzing media content. The approaches applied for this thesis are the hermeneutic and ontolo

The Member States of the European Union push hard to address modern environmental challenges they face and achieve their environmental targets. However, in doing so, they need to comply with European Union law: the State aid policy and the ‘polluter pays’ principle often seem as obstacles before the Member States to implement their national environmental policies. On the one hand, State aid contro

To encounter mental illness within elderly care – A qualitative study on ageism amongst nurses. The essay aims to examine how nurses within Swedish nursing homes talk about mental illness amongst elderly; together with analysing the result, explaining how ageism expresses itself in the conversation and which impact ageism can have in the care of elderly. The study is qualitative and uses focus gro

År 2014 begick 22-åriga Elliot Rodger en attack i Isla Vista, Santa Barbara Kalifornien, som lämnade sex döda och fjorton skadade. Slutligen tog han sitt eget liv. Innan Rodger genomförde attacken mailade han ut ett 137 sidor långt dokument till bekanta. Detta spreds sedan på internet och blev känt som hans manifest. Via manifestet blev det tydligt att Rodgers syfte med attacken var att döda så må

This paper studies international trade in the case of Portugal as a small and peripheral economy in Europe and its trade integration with the European Union. The purpose of the paper is to find if Portugal’s EU accession in 1986 increased trade with EU members. Common for research on trade effects of EU integration is that ascending countries see significant increases in trade. Theory also suggest

Klimatförändringar är idag ett faktum och påverkar både människor och vår omgivning världen över. I Lund i södra Sverige beräknas både mängden och frekvensen av extrema skyfall att öka i framtiden, som konsekvenser av klimatförändringarna, vilket skapar stor risk för översvämningar. Samtidigt växer befolkningen och fler bostäder behövs men när nya stadsdelar byggs så finns det risk för att permeabThe consequences of climate change affect our environment as well as humanity all over the world. For the city of Lund in southern Sweden, climate change consequences are seen as an increase of both intensity and frequency of extreme rain events, which causes an extensive risk for pluvial flooding. Simultaneously, the population and need for housing are growing. When building new districts, the pe

In modern history, Sweden has experienced two major financial crises: the early 1990s and the global financial crisis in 2008. During the last decades, there has been an increased global focus on regulating and supervising banks, where Basel III is the leading framework. Today, one of the most debated issues within the global economy is Covid-19. It is uncertain how the pandemic will affect countr

In a modern-day circular economy context, there is a dire need for companies all over the world to change and adapt their business model from linear to circular. This thesis is thus dedicated to deepening the understanding of business models in circular transition, by looking at effects on the specific business model components: value proposition, value creation and delivery, and value capture (as

This thesis aims to provide information regarding which critical success factors that are beneficial for small and medium enterprises when implementing Robotic Process Automation. It has been done by identifying 11 critical success factors from 14 academic research articles treating Critical Success Factor’s in Customer Relationship Management and Enterprise Resource Planner implementations. The 1

Workplace surveillance is a necessity which was prompt by the development of information communication technologies that offered huge opportunities to employers to monitor their employees at work and even out of work which cause strict concerns for the privacy of employees. The present thesis examines such concerns of employees arising out of workplace surveillance. The legal protection of privacy

Bakgrund: Att intubera prehospitalt är oftast svårare än intrahospitalt. Prehospitalt behövs hänsyn tas till patientens placering och bristande tillgång till utrustning. Förloras luftvägen oavsett trauma leder det till en snabb förlust av livet. Syftet är att belysa anestesisjuksköterskans kompetensområde och hens upplevelse av att arbeta prehospitalt. Metod: En kvalitativ ansats har använts tillBackground: Prehospital intubation is usually more difficult than intra-hospital. Prehospital needs to take into account the patient's location and lack of access to equipment. Losing the airway regardless of trauma will result in a rapid loss of life. The purpose is to shed light on the Nurse Anesthetist´s area of expertise and her experience of working in a prehospital setting. Method: A qua

Inom det folkrättsliga regelverket för mänskliga rättigheter är förbudet mot tortyr absolut och okontroversiellt. Trots de betydande insatser som gjorts för att bekämpa tortyr, kvarstår det dock som ett allvarligt och utbrett problem, delvis på grund av att faktisk straffrihet förblir vanligt. Universell jurisdiktion har därför identifierats som ett verktyg för att försöka säkerställa straffrättslWithin international human rights law, the prohibition of torture is absolute and uncontroversial. However, despite considerable efforts to end it, torture remains a pervasive problem all over the world, in part due to the widespread impunity for such acts. Many have hence identified universal jurisdiction as one of the ways whereby accountability for torture may be enhanced. The present thesis ex

The importance of well-being has gained wide-spread recognition within entrepreneurial research and at the same time entrepreneurial coach relationships have received more attention in academia. There is however, a lack of understanding on the influence of coaches on the well-being of entrepreneurs. This study seeks to contribute to academic literature by focusing on the subject of accelerator coa

Detta examensarbete undersöker den nuvarande situationen för cyklande barn i Sverige. Den undersöker ett internationellt och historiskt perspektiv, vilket ger jämförbar information om säkerheten för cyklande barn i andra samhällen. Variationer över tiden i totalt cyklad längd studeras och dess inverkan på säkerheten är noga övervägd. Minskade cykelnivåer visar sig vara en avgörande faktor för säkeThis master thesis investigates the current safety situation for biking children in Sweden. It investigates an international and a historical perspective, which gives comparable information about bike safety for children in other societies. Alterations over time in total biked length is studied and its impact on the safety are considered. Reduction in levels of biking are found to be a vital facto

While carbon emissions hit an all-time high in 2019 and are expected to grow, it is important to explore strategies for reducing emissions and mitigating climate change. A potential focus for curbing emissions is the flying sector, since air travel is one of the most carbon-intensive activities an individual can engage in. Among air travelers, frequent flyers yield the highest potential for saving

Syftet med uppsatsen är att utforska och beskriva hur antagonistisk marknadsföring används i företagens reklamfilmer, samt analysera konsumentreaktioner som denna typ av marknadsföring väcker bland berörda brand communities med hjälp av det teoretiska perspektivet. Uppsatsen utgår från ett socialt konstruktionistiskt vetenskapligt förhållningssätt, med en abduktiv forskningsansats. Den empiriska

Household wealth is the gold standard of measuring poverty, however, poor individuals are not necessarily found in poor households. If household wealth is used in a context where the household members are not equally poor, poverty statistics measured on a household level might be wrong. This research aims to test the proposition ‘poor individuals are mainly found in poor households’. The relations

Den här studiens syfte är att undersöka hur tre värmländska spelmän revitaliserar låtar ur värmländska folkmusikuppteckningar. Målet är att ta reda på vilka parametrar som påverkar hur utövarna tolkar notbilden och huruvida det finns någon hierarki mellan dessa parametrar. Studien syftar också till att undersöka traditionsbegreppet och ta reda på hur utövarna förhåller sig till tradition i en musiThe purpose of this study is to study how three renown folk musicians (“spelmän”) from Värmland revitalize tunes from tune collections from the early 1900’s. The aim is to find what parameters that influence how the notation is interpreted and whether there is a hierarchy between different parameters. Additionally, the study aims to discuss the concept of tradition, and to study the three musician

Over the past few decades, Japan and South Korea have experienced unprecedented levels of population ageing brought about by the countries’ persistent sub-replacement fertility rates. This fertility decline has to be addressed in order to ensure future social stability and economic growth. The primary purpose of this thesis is to determine the primary drivers behind these low fertility rates. The