Syftet med studien är att undersöka om det råder ett signifikant samband mellan andelen kvinnor i bolagsstyrelsen och aktieavkastningen för bolag noterade på Stockholmsbörsen. Tidsperioden för studien sträcker sig från år 2000 till och med år 2015 och inkluderar 35 stycken industribolag noterade på Stockholmsbörsen. I studien utförs två stycken OLS-regressioner, en baseras på single-index-modellen

Under arbetet har en ny emissionsspärr, cTrap undersökts. cTrap appliceras för att förbättra inomhusluften genom att enkelsidigt absorbera önskade biprodukter från byggnadsdelar. cTrap har testats angående dess mögelresistens vid ingjutning mellan en avjämningsmassa och ett betongbjälklag. Totalt har tolv stycken provkroppar gjutits med olika tjocklekar, vilket ger olika förutsättningar för mögelpDuring several weeks a new emission barrier, cTrap was tested for its ability to withstand mould growth when placed between a concrete slab and a layer of self-levelling flooring compound, SLC. A total of twelve SLC slabs were casted with two different types of SLC and with different thickness and basis. Half of the SLC slabs had a vapour barrier placed between the basis of concrete and cTrap. The

Purpose: Based upon previous theories on customer-based brand equity, this study investigates whether the usage of either print or social media have relatively stronger impact upon the brand building components; brand awareness, emotional and functional brand image, willingness to pay a price premium and purchase intention. Methodology and Empirical Evidence: Perceptions on fictional advertisemen

To promote more collaborative sustainable governance processes, environmental information transparency is required at all stages. As an authoritarian country with rapid economic growth, China has faced serious environmental degradations that threaten citizens’ daily life. Over the last two decades, China has witnessed a trend to integrate third parties into environmental governance and an increasi

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur individer som i sin yrkesroll arbetar med flyktingar tenderar att uppleva medkänsletillfredsställelse, utbrändhet och sekundär traumatisk stress. En kvantitativ enkätstudie utformades baserad på frågeformuläret ProQOL version 5. Formuläret mäter professionell livskvalitet hos individer som arbetar i hjälpande yrken. Till mätinstrumentet adderades demog

Bakgrund: Awareness kan definieras som minnen av sinnesintryck under generell anestesi. Förekomsten av awareness uppskattas till 0,1-0,2 %. Det finns inget tillförlitligt sätt att mäta narkosdjupet på men awareness kan förebyggas genom att om möjligt undvika muskelrelaxation, bevara spontanandning och genom en kontinuerlig administration av sömnmedel. Syfte: Syftet var att undersöka anestesisjuksk

While mildly disruptive to the developed world, climate change represents an existential threat to the Pacific Island Countries. Indigenous communities have been consistently recognized as especially vulnerable due to their low adaptive capacity and cultural reliance on the environment. Many critical and post-colonial theorists argue that this due to environmental colonialism. The purpose of this

Svårt sjuka intensivvårdspatienter som inte kan kommunicera att de har smärta löper större risk att få sin smärta underbehandlad. Syftet med studien var att undersöka intensivvårdssjuksköterskans bedömning av smärta och jämföra med ett validerat smärtbedömningsinstrument för att upptäcka tecken på smärta hos intensivvårdspatienter. Studien genomfördes med hjälp av observationer där författarna obs

The science of climate change stipulates that fossil fuels must be kept in the ground in order for earth's global temperature to stay below the 1.5 degrees' Celsius increase pre-ordained as safe for continued human civilization, and to avoid catastrophic natural, social, and economic disasters. Although this is a scientifically proven and agreed upon, governments around the world continue

The purpose of this thesis is to introduce a global reading of the feminist Ethics of Care and its theoretical conceptualisation as framework for the political response to the global migrant crisis. To pursue this end, the thesis starts by indicating the need for a joint political response to the global migrant crisis, the lack of compas- sion on political level for refugees fleeing from conflict

Denna studie undersöker hur kommunikatören arbetar konsultativt för att sprida kommunikativ kompetens och förståelse i organisationen. Jag har undersökt kommunikatörens roll som rådgivare och/eller coach genom en kvalitativ studie med semistrukturerade intervjuer med kommunikatörer, medarbetare och ledare på Trafikverket. Syftet har varit att skapa större förståelse för hur kommunikatörer arbetar

This study aims to highlight and evaluate current energy policy instruments for supervising the work on energy verification of buildings. The verification is directed to be performed by each municipality. Energy verification is aimed to present a buildings real energy use. It will also confirm or deny that the building meets the requirements in the National Board of Housing’s building regulations

In recent years IT-solutions have had a big and fast progress in many areas and with this progress many opportunities have followed. The building industry has struggled to keep up with the progress IT has gone through, there for there are vast possibilities to use different IT-solutions in this industry today. This project focuses mainly on in what way IT-solutions can be used when building interi

At the IT department of IKEA, test specialists who are responsible for software testing are currently using a suite from Hewlett Packard called HP Application Lifecycle Management that includes an analysis tool for test result evaluation. During the implementation of this thesis work, the real world demand for a replacement of the analysis tool became apparent, as the interface of the analysis too

Internet of Things is commonly known as the next big thing in com- puter science. This thesis evaluates and shows the concept of Internet of Things using Microsoft Azure. The main goal was to exhibit the commer- cially purpose of the system to Combitech and other potential clients. The result of the implementation were a fusion of three different sensors that, combined with two microcontrollers, c

Dashboards are used in many different situations where it is necessary to be able to display information on a single screen, in a way so that the information can be monitored at a glance. This thesis explore the possibility of using a dashboard for the new graphical user interface of PinDown, an automatic debugging tool developed by Verifyter. The dashboard will be used to monitor projects from a

This thesis project has been conducted in collaboration with Automationsteknik in Hässleholm. The issue of this thesis was to investigate two vision cameras from different manufacturers and create an application that can improve part of an existing automation system. The process that was to be improved packs cupboard doors with an industrial robot arm. Mechanical aspects of the packing process wil

This bachelor thesis was executed at Mårtensson Consulting in Kristianstad. The thesis aimed at investigating how information from a PLC can be transferred to an SQL-database. The project was done with the intention of implementing it at one of Mårtensson Consulting’s clients. This influenced the choice of for instance PLC and software. The information that was to be logged came from a Clean In Pl

Most exporting firms in the world also import foreign inputs in production. Recent findings elucidate the importance of imports as a driver of firm productivity on the amount of goods exported. This study aims at investigating the correlation between imports and firm productivity, not the causality. It will add to previous research by shifting focus from import participation to import intensity an