Research question: How does servitisation affect the adoption of sustainability-oriented innovations (SOIs)? A qualitative study on the role of servitisation on barriers and drivers for SOI adoption. Methodology: The methodological framework for this research is a qualitative multiple case study following an abductive approach. The agricultural industry was used as an empirical tool to conduct th

Infotainment har under de senaste åren blivit ett allt större område inom informations- och kommunikationsteknik. De största användningsområdena för begreppet är inom bilindustri och kollektivtrafik, varav det förstnämnda är ett område som studerats i stor utsträckning av interaktionsdesigners och forskare. Eftersom infotainmentsystem i bilar bygger på en hög grad av interaktion mellan förare och

Innovation implementation is the process in between the decision to adopt an innovation until its full routinization in the organization. Based on literature gaps found on the correlation between leadership and innovation implementation, but also between leadership and radical innovation (Denti & Hemlin, 2012), the authors aim to understand “How does leadership play a role in radical innovatio

The purpose of this study is to examine inequalities in terms of air and water quality in a cross-national study comparing determinants at both individual and national level using a subjective measurement. This study explores how uneven development and economic inequalities within and between countries affect people’s experience of environmental problems (i.e. poor water and air quality) in their

Conventional research on CSR communication takes on a managerial approach. This approach view CSR action as more important than CSR communication, and therefore risks losing valuable insights in the potential of CSR communication. A new line of communication scholars claim that CSR is essentially aspirational talk, and that speech is also action. This thesis questions this theoretical foundation b

Purpose – Increasingly, last mile logistics is driven by customer-oriented strategies that requires better understanding of customers’ perceptions. This thesis views last-mile delivery as a service and aims to examine the relation of logistics service quality and other constructs used in service management literature to measure customers’ perception. Built on the operational definition of perceive

The European Commission has recognised the need for a transition to a circular economy paradigm which promotes resource efficiency and sustainable waste management. To achieve such transition, there is a need to introduce new policy instruments that leads to waste management improvements. Quantitative macroeconomic modelling in this area is still scarce and provides few insights about the conseque

Ett aktuellt pilotprojekt avseende myndighetssamverkan mot grovt våld i en större svensk stad har studerats med fokus på samverkan på operativ nivå. Studiens syfte är att bidra med kunskap om faktorer som främjar respektive motverkar myndighetssamverkan. Studien har omfattat den operativa nivån i projektet. Intervjuer har genomförts med fem medlemmar i en arbetsgrupp som koordinerar myndigheterna

Kulturpolitik har kommit att kritiseras i mediedebatten för att utöva för mycket styrning på kulturen. Forskning har visat på hur kulturen har fått minskad status inom politiken och hur kulturen har kommit att instrumentaliseras för att göras legitim. Det saknas dock forskning på hur bedömning av offentlig kultur görs. Syftet med denna studie är att studera hur anställda på en regional kulturförva

Hållbar stadsutveckling är ett viktigt och allt mer prioriterat fokus inom samhällsplanering. Inom ramen för detta har gröna lösningar (ny eller upprustad grönyta, så som parker, gröna stråk, och regnträdgårdar) på senare tid fått ökad uppmärksamhet. Grönska och naturmiljöer utgör viktiga inslag i stadsmiljön och bidrar till att göra den täta staden trivsam, levnadskraftig och attraktiv, samtidigtIn the realm of urban planning, urban greening – the creation or restoration of green spaces in cities – has risen as an attractive approach for policy-makers and planners engaged in sustainability. As the benefits of urban greening are many, from social and cultural to environmental and economic, it has become positioned as a win-win solution to several urban challenges related to sustainable dev

Syftet med denna studie var att utforska på vilket sätt unga kvinnor resonerar kring sin egen kroppsuppfattning och särskilt i relation till hur de ser på andras kroppar. Tre fokusgruppsintervjuer hölls med grupper av fyra till fem kvinnor i åldrarna 21 till 26. Genom en tematisk analys identifierades fyra teman i det insamlade materialet. Fynden visade på att umgås med sig själv hela tiden skaparThe purpose of this study was to explore the way young women reason about their own body image, especially in relation to how they view the bodies of others. Three focus group interviews were conducted with groups of four to five women between the ages of 21-26. Through a thematic analysis four themes were identified in the collected data. The findings showed that constantly being with oneself cre

The paper analyzes the determinants of non-performing loans in 19 European banks in Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain based on quarterly data between 2006–2018. We implement a panel data model with interactive effects, which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence. The estimation approach we employ uses an analytical and iterative bias correction based on the work of B

This research study uses an event study regressing cumulative abnormal returns on four different narcissism measures and additional control variables. Moreover, a regression of M&A intensity, measured by the deal size divided by the total market capitalisation of the acquirer, is regressed on the beforementioned narcissism measures and different control variables. Supplementary, the different

The importance of early adaptation to reduce the impact of recognized risks has been underlined in recent years as featured aspect of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Action. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between forecasted food insecurity levels and allocated funding directed at food security. The dataset was built by combining quantitative dat

Den teknologiska utvecklingen går idag fortare än någonsin och allt fler funktioner och arbetsuppgifter i vår vardag datoriseras. Att teknologi både kan agera som ett substitut och komplement till arbetskraft gör det intressant att undersöka dess konsekvenser på arbetsmarknaden. Flertalet tidigare studier, publicerade av bland andra Frey och Osborne (2013) samt Autor och Dorn (2013), hävdar att nu

The purpose of this dissertation is to study the way in which Algún amor que no mate by Dulce Chacón constructs the story of psychological abuse to create the novel’s authentic effect. In this work, we will compare the events in the novel with the strategies of psychological abuse that Álvaro Rodríguez-Carballeira et al. suggest. In addition, we will explore a theory put forward by Elaine J. Lawle

I detta arbete undersöker jag det allmänna ombudets roll inom socialförsäkringssystemet och hur regeringens styrning av ombudet kan tolkas. Jag undersöker även hur detta förhåller sig till några av de problemen som existerar inom socialförsäkringsrätten idag. Jag diskuterar även hur lagstiftningen kan förändras för att göra det lättare för det allmänna ombudet att lyckas med sitt uppdrag. I undersIn this thesis I examine the role of the General Representative (allmänna ombudet) in the Swedish Social Security Insurance Administration. More specifically, I examine how the role of the general representative relates to some contemporary problems that exist within the social insurance system. Further, I discuss how the legislation can be developed in order to facilitate for the general represen

The purpose of this thesis is to determine if there is reputational harm as a consequence to a regulatory sanction. The focus of the thesis is the Scandinavian countries after the global financial crisis. To confirm if there is reputational losses associated with regulatory violations, an event study of abnormal returns was employed. The regulator, as well as the company in violation of regulation

Denna uppsats syfte är att analysera utvecklingen av Socialdemokraternas retorik i kriminalpolitiska frågor genom att placera den i en historisk kontext. Arbetet bygger på en studie av partiets valmanifest under perioden 1970-2018. Genom en metodkombination av en kvantitativ innehållsanalys och en kvalitativ begreppshistorisk analys jämförs användningen av de fem utvalda nyckelbegreppen ”straff”,