The purpose of this study is to explore the role of brand management, specifically the user-brand relationship in online brand communities for innovation purposes by conceptualizing brand requirements which can be derived from users’ perceptions and expectations. Hereby the authors apply the Social Exchange Theory which helps to understand what a brand needs and how a brand can support innovation

The purpose of this paper is to add knowledge to the understanding in which way the measures of the audit reform are in accordance with the EC’s intended objectives. This is examined for the case of Germany. The study further contributes to the program impact theory by applying this theory to a new research area.

Using a newly digitised historical dataset on clean water technologies in Swedish cities, this study tries to find the causal effect (and the magnitude of this effect) of the introduction of clean water technology on mortality in urban areas. Using urban mortality data on a county level, and clean water access data on city level, both OLS, fixed effects, and difference-in-differences models are tr

- Examensarbetets titel: Visionären, Mästaren och Databussen – En fallstudie om styrning av kunskapsintensivt arbete på ett svenskt spelutvecklingsföretag. - Seminariedatum: 2015-05-26 - Ämne/kurs: FEKN90 – Magisteruppsats på civilekonomprogrammet, organisation, 30 HP - Författare: Fanny M Bystedt - Handledare: Nadja Sörgärde - Nyckelord: Kunskapsintensivt arbete, styrning, spelutveckling - Syfte- Title: The Visionary, The Master and The Data Bus– A case study of control of knowledge intensive work at a Swedish game development company. - Seminar date: 2014-05-26 - Course: FEKN90 – Master Thesis in Business Administration, 30 University Credit Points (30ECTS) - Author: Fanny M Bystedt - Advisor: Nadja Sörgärde - Key words: Knowledge intensive work, control, game development - Purpose: The

Media has a great influence on our everyday life, where they report on a daily basis about news from all around the society we live in. With the help of their stories we create our own realities and truths. Media decides to write about incidents that has a public interest, however there is also an underlying thought of economic interest. Malmö has long been seen as a dangerous city with a high cr

Huvudsyftet med detta examensarbete har varit att utröna vilken plats och betydelse samtycket har i lagstiftningen kring adoption och överflyttning av vårdnad. Med utgångspunkt i barnets bästa och föräldraskapets olika roller analyseras den gällande rättens möjligheter till ändring av den rättsliga ställningen mellan föräldrar och barn, och samtyckets roll i detta. Uppsatsen aktualiserar vilken inThe main purpose of this thesis is to determine the importance of consent in legislation regarding adoption and transfer of custody. On the basis of the best interest of the child and the different parenting roles, the legal possibilities of changing the legal status between child and parents are analyzed, as well as the role of consent in these matters. The essay raises the relative priorities an

Problem background: The barrier between physical stores and online stores is blurred, which is paving the way for multi- and omni-channel retailing. Consumers of today are having a great access to information, due to their increased use of digital devices. Thus, the power among consumers is increasing, which is creating a thought of whether the consumer, or the retailer, is the party in charge. A

IKEA is today using HP’s application lifecycle testing environment which consists of several tools. One of the tools is Performance Center which is used to schedule and run performance tests. When a test run is finished, the tester uses LoadRunner Analysis which is another tool in HP’s testing environment. This tool is used to visualize a test run in graphs. These graphs are used by the tester to

The power of play: Play motivates and stimulates true human curiosity and interest. While playing with toys (any object that seems interesting at a given time, intended toy or not), children are taught how to control and get knowledge of things, objects and materials. If the children have learned this in their childhood, they will continue “controlling and understanding them” later in life. When

This essay analyses how Mary Shelley challenges speciesist thinking popular at the time of the publication of Frankenstein (1818). Speciesism is a discriminatory belief that favours the human species over any species other than human, and that is manifested in how we perceive and treat nonhuman beings. Much literary criticism has touched upon Frankenstein’s monster’s otherness, mainly in relation

Inrättandet av marina skyddsområden är en kompletterande förvaltningsåtgärd som i allt större utsträckning används för att skydda biologisk mångfald och hotade arter. I studier av skyddsområdenas effekter tas det sällan hänsyn till konsekvenserna av en bristande efterlevnad av de regler och förordningar som implementerats, trots att bristande efterlevnad rapporterats från skyddade områden i alla dThe establishment of marine protected areas is a complementary management measure that is increasingly used to protect biodiversity and endangered species. Studies of the effects of protecting certain areas rarely take into account the consequences of non-compliance of rules and regulations, despite the fact that non-compliance of protected areas have been reported from all parts of the world. Thi

The number of people who choose e-books rather than reading traditional paper books are increasing as a result of our world becoming more digitized. Libraries need to keep up with this trend and modernize its lending procedures for their digital products. The purpose and goal of this Master thesis were to answer the questions how e-books can become more attractive to those who have not yet dared t

Seismisk undersökning stärker förvalt-ningen av den byggda miljön Den byggda miljön är full av plattor: t.ex. bjälklag, grunder och vägbanor. Nya algoritmer för utvärdering av seismiska undersökningar öppnar dörrar för att modellera plattor med mer komplicerade geometrier. Genom-förda simuleringar visar att t.ex. väg-banor kan modelleras enkelt. Författare: Christian Nielsen Examensarbete: Semi-AnGuided waves have a signicant potential for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) due to their relatively long distance of propagation and sensitivity to discontinuities along the propagation path, anywhere through the material thickness. The inability to model wave guides of arbitrary cross-section using current matrix methods, has led to the development of a techni

Bakgrund: Personer med utvecklingsstörning har komplexa vårdbehov, ofta i samband med kommunikationssvårigheter. Sjuksköterskan har en skyldighet att anpassa omvårdnaden efter patientens behov för att kunna utföra en personcentrerad vård. Syfte: Belysa vilka faktorer som påverkar sjuksköterskors omvårdnad av personer med utvecklingsstörning. Metod: Systematisk integrerad litteraturstudie baserad p

I denna uppsats testas den konsumtionsbaserade CAPM empiriskt på den amerikanska marknaden. Undersökningen tillämpas både på års- och månadsbasis för perioden 1970-2013 samt delperioden 1970-2006. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka modellens precision på historisk data och utifrån detta tillämpas tester för att se om modellen är korrekt specificerad. Först konstrueras 20 stycken aktieportföljer

In the aftermath of the public protests now known as the “Umbrella Revolution”, many Hongkongers struggle to renegotiate what it means to be “Chinese”. Previous agreements about universal suffrage and political autonomy in Hong Kong, as outlined in the “One Country, Two System”-policy, now appear like broken promises. This thesis asks the question whether the Umbrella Revolution has changed the un

En studie med fokus på vad som utgör detta glapp avseende platsmarknadsföringens vision för Malmös senaste upprustningsprojekt i relation till mottagargruppens attityd och beteende som bekräftar respektive förkastar dessa riktlinjer.

En trend i städers arbete för att profilera sig som cykelstäder och uppnå ett hållbart resande är att införa lånecykelsystem av olika slag. I Sverige har de etablerats såväl i Stockholm som i Göteborg och i augusti 2014 invigdes Lunds lånecykelsystem Lundahoj. Därtill planerar även Malmö stad att införa ett lånecykelsystem. Det faktum att Lundahoj ännu ej har utvärderats samt att det i regionen föThe report highlights Lund conditions for a bike sharing as well as the goals that are set for Lundahoj. In addition, the usage is studied and how well the bike sharing system works in relation to the objectives set by the municipality and how Lundahoj has contributed to more sustainable travel. The analysis shows that the proportion of users living in Lund (53 %) is slightly larger than the propo