Businesses are increasingly attracted to Emerging Markets due to the potential of increased demand for goods and services, driven mostly by macroeconomic trends in the external business environment. However, the business model approach for emerging markets differs from the one for developed markets as they are faced with a different set of demand and supply conditions. The purpose of this study is

The goal of this thesis is to gain knowledge on the psychological reality of some known rules, conditions, and categorizations that have been observed in the phenomenon of Japanese “rendaku” (also known as sequential voicing). The results presented in this thesis are based on a quantitative study that was aimed at native speakers of Japanese. The conducted experiment for this study was designed as

This thesis will examine the topic of gendered language in Japanese and the elements that contribute to making “feminine” and “masculine” speech what they are. This thesis will further try to distinguish the differences that can be found in women’s and men’s speech. The purpose of this thesis is to find out what perceptions exist of men and women who choose to either break or follow what are consi

Child undernutrition is a worldwide problem with dire consequences that compromises the quality of life and economic growth on different scales (individual, household and community). It affects mainly highly vulnerable populations. Maternal characteristics have proven to be key determinants for child nutritional status. Recently, Brazil has been considered to be a role model in how to fight undern

This thesis explores some of the possibilities of demand side optimization in online advertising, specifically how to evaluate and bid optimally in real time bidding. Theory for many types of optimizations is discussed. The thesis evaluates auctions from a game theory and control theory perspective. It also discusses how big data sets can be used in real time, and how agents can explore unknown st

This thesis concerns the evaluation of cost functionals on H2 when designing optimal controllers using finite Youla parameterizations and convex optimization. We propose to compute inner products of stable, strictly proper systems via solving Sylvester equations. The properties of different state space realizations of Laguerre filters, when performing Ritz expansions of the optimal controller are

Förtätning är en stark stadsbyggnadstrend idag. Med förtätning av tätorter kommer behovet av att göra kompromisser, alla stadsbyggnadskvaliteter kan inte rimligen få plats inom samma yta. De allra flesta kommuner har stora visioner och målsättningar om att fler ska gå, cykla eller åka kollektivt inom och ifrån kommunens tätorter, att bostadsbyggandet ska öka enligt särskilda nivåer, att handeln iIn Sweden, if you want to receive a building permit, you need to be able to solve the parking need from the use of the development, within, or close to your property. This is regulated in the “Planning and Building Act (PBA) (2010:900), Plan- och bygglagen”. The law regulations leave room for interpretation as of what the parking need is and how it should be handled more specifically. For this r

Co-dependency is a controversial concept today and a major social problem at both national and international level that affects a large group of individuals. There is a debate about whether or not co-dependence should become a separate diagnosis or not. There are also shared opinions about what a co-dependency really means. This study is about studying people who identify themselves as co-dependen

This study is about how preschool teachers interpret the Swedish legislative rule concerning mandatory reporting and how organizational culture affects the teacher to make a report. Our main questions are: How is the obligation to report in SoL 14:1 interpreted by preschool teachers and how is the obligation to notify practiced based on their interpretation? Are there and how do preschool teachers

Tidigare forskning kring klimat och identitet har framför allt fokuserat på hur vi kan förstå varför vissa människor konsumerar miljömedvetet, eller hur konsumtionen och identiteten hör ihop. Få studier har kopplat ihop just en miljömedveten identitet och den klimatsmarta konsumtionen, inte minst utifrån tanken om att vi lever i ett konsumtionssamhälle. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka de

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur värdmoderskapsprocessen framställs i media för att få en ökad förståelse för vilka ideal och utmaningar som konstrueras i relation till de tilltänkta föräldrarnas perspektiv. 19 artiklar från olika dagspress tidningar utgör studiens empiri och handlar om de tilltänkta föräldrarnas beskrivningar av hur det är ett genomgå värdmoderskaps- processen. Artiklarna The aim of this study was to examine how media in Sweden presents the surrogacy process with the purpose of enhancing knowledge of what ideals and challenges are framed through the intended parents perspective. The empirical material of this study consist of 19 articles that depict the intended parents stories of having been through the surrogacy process, which have been collected from different S

Långtidssjukskrivningar har ökat markant under de senaste åren och sjukfrånvaron är högst inom bland annat vård och omsorg. En arbetsplats som arbetar aktivt med sin arbetsmiljö på ett proaktivt sätt kan förhindra uppkomsten av sjukskrivningar. Denna uppsatsens syfte är därför att redogöra för variationer i medarbetares uppfattningar om sin psykiska och fysiska arbetsmiljö för att se vilka de bako

Innan ett företagsförvärv genomförs bör en noggrann företagsbesiktning av det aktuella målbolaget utföras. Processen brukar benämnas due diligence och den utförs vanligen av biträdande jurister på affärsjuridiska byråer. Syftet med en due diligence är att köparen ska få tillräcklig kunskap om köpeobjektet så att risker kan fördelas mellan köpare och säljare i överlåtelseavtalet. Den juridiska aspeBefore an acquisition of a company is carried out, a thorough inspection of the target company should be performed. The process is usually called due diligence and is commonly performed by associates on business law firms. The purpose of a due diligence is to make sure that the buyer acquires sufficient knowledge of the purchase object in order to divide the risks between the buyer and the seller

Biogena flyktiga organiska föreningar (BVOC) förekommer som naturliga utsläpp från biosfären till atmosfären och är en del av de globala utsläppen av kol. BVOC bidrar med omkring 5-10% av de totala kolutbytet med atmosfären. Utsläppen av BVOC från biosfären kommer främst från växter och organismer och består av flera olika kemiska föreningar, som till exempel kan vara isopren, monoterpener (MT), sBiogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) are emitted naturally from the biosphere to the atmosphere and are a part of the global carbon emissions. BVOCs are contributing to around 5-10% of the total net carbon exchange to the atmosphere. The BVOC emissions from the biosphere are mainly from plants and other organisms and consists of many different compounds, such as isoprene, monoterpenes (MT) a

Den rättsliga utredningens avsikt är att besvara frågan om huruvida det är möjligt att ställa arbetsrättsliga villkor i en upphandling där utstationering förekommer. Uppsatsen visar att det finns ett visst utrymme att ställa arbetsrättsliga villkor i en offentlig upphandling. För att sådana krav ska vara förenliga med EU-rätten måste de dock överensstämma med EU:s allmänna upphandlingsprinciper. DThe purpose of this study is to illustrate the interaction between the EU rules on public procurement and the regulation of posted workers. The intention is therefore to discuss the role of labor requirements in public procurement regulations at an EU level. In order to answer the research question this study will investigate the EU rules on posted workers and public procurement. In addition, case

Dagens arbetsmarknad har blivit allt mer rörlig och individer har fler möjligheter gällande valet av arbetsplats än vad de under tidigare decennier haft. Humankapitalet har även kommit att ses som en allt mer betydande faktor för organisationers konkurrenskraft. Dessa aspekter har i sin tur lett fram till att en organisations arbete med employer branding kommit att spela en allt mer väsentlig roll

As of June 2019, medical health care social workers will become eligible for authorization, thereby putting an end to an over 50-year-long debate. The aim of this study was to investigate this debate and how it has been expressed in various texts, foremost legal documents and professional journal articles. Discourse analysis was used as a methodological tool in order to examine explicit and implic

The purpose of this paper is to describe and understand the social secretaries’ experiences regarding their discretion in relation to the client group (young people with criminal behavior 15-20 years) from an o. We used a qualitative method through semi-structured interviews with six different social secretaries within one and the same social service in a municipality in southern Sweden. When anal

This thesis studies Marcus Oscarsson, Joakim Lamotte, Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet, some of the biggest journalistic actors on Facebook in Sweden, and what kind of political material from them that gets spread and engaged with on Facebook. The thesis also analyze the difference between the private actors Oscarsson and Lamotte and the traditional actors Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet and what typ