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In recent years, the number of patent filings has risen dramatically. This increase is due to several factors, such as, emergence of new technologies, increasing importance of patent portfolios, strategic patenting and pro-patent views among policy makers. The rise in the number of patents has been accompanied by a growing importance of patent licensing and patent lawsuits. Today’s patent systems

I följande studie undersöktes hur valpreferensen och beslutsfattandeprocessen påverkas av positivt eller negativt framad information vid ett beslut om vaccinering eller inte mot A(H1N1), den så kallade svininfluensan, ett vid tidpunkten för studien pågående epidemi. Undersökningen genomfördes på en gymnasieskola vid två tillfällen (N=71). En hypotes om att negativt framad information skulle ge upp

ERP-systems have become a vital part in the modern economy. However, to achieve a high level of information integration between business units, ERP-systems have sacrificed flexibility. As organizations are constantly changing it may be questioned whether the ERP-systems are supporting or restricting the organizations during their change process. In this study we have aimed to clarify the relations

The present universities have their own websites to achieve academic goals, and for this reason, the process of maintaining a high quality and effective website is vital for a university to strengthen its unpredictable creativity and entrepreneurialism. The aim of this study was to develop and validate university website usability, quality and performance, especially focuses on English homepage an

När datorstödda informationssystem avvecklas behöver den information som systemen innehåller i vissa fall långtidsbevaras (arkiveras). Detta kan bero på att informationen måste sparas på grund av lagstiftning eller för att den har ett historiskt värde. Denna uppsats behandlar digital långtidsbevaring utifrån OAIS-modellen, som är en generell och tekniskt obunden standard för digital långtidsbevari

This paper aims to analyze the influential factors by parallel analysis of both regions (Yangtze and Oresund) and then explore the possible model for Yangtze ICT cluster based on the experience of Oresund ICT. Through the qualitative and quantitative analysis, we find the result that there is no universal model of cluster that can be applied to any region directly. The model of Chinese ICT cluster

Scrum är en agil projektledningsmetod som används inom systemutveckling. Metoden i sin ursprungliga form fokuserar på projekt med endast ett team, där arbetet koordineras mellan utvecklare främst genom informell kommunikation på de dagliga mötena. Koordination ser vi i denna uppsats som den aktivitet som hanterar beroenden mellan aktörer, för att möjliggöra den framtida sammansättningen av deras r

Användbarhet är en viktig aspekt vid utvecklandet av ett system. Många anser att Agila systemutvecklingsmetoder inte stödjer användbar systemutveckling. Bakgrunden till denna studie är därför att undersöka hur den populära agila metoden Scrum hanterar användbarhetsfrågor. Som utgångspunkt för vår studie har vi använt ISO 9241 kapitel 11 – Guidance on usability. Genom intervjuer med systemutvecklar

Hur överförbar är teorin kring Brand Equity från företagsvärlden till idrottsföreningars varumärkesbyggande? Syftet med denna studie är att utreda huruvida teorin kring begreppet brand equity är applicerbar även på idrottsföreningars varumärkesbyggande. Vi har valt att ha ett abduktivt synsätt i vår studie och vårt empiriska material är baserat på kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer med markn

Ethiopia is implementing a Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) as of 2005, claimed to be the largest social protection program in Africa, which sets out to link relief to development and curb the country’s long over dependence on food aid. This research,thus explores the theoretical framework regarding social protection programs and their ability to bridge the gap between relief and development b

Gender mainstreaming is currently the main gender equality approach of the EU. This concept differs from former gender approaches since it is cross-sectional and applicable to every governmental level and all kinds of organisations. Considering gender mainstreaming as a norm, the aim of this study is to trace the process of the norm development from the EU to the local level in order to suggest ho

The Swedish district heating market is becoming increasingly saturated, whilst the UK heat market is about to run into copious turmoil due to the faltering and decreasing levels of natural gas available. Swedish companies are looking to enter new market segments, and there seems to be something stirring under the surface in terms of district heating in the UK. The development of district heating i

Vi har genom denna uppsats kommit fram till att företag bör fortsätta att satsa på marknadsföring i lågkonjunktur. Vidare ska de försöka skapa ett utilitaristiskt behov för produkten hos konsumenten samt skilja sig från mängden och utnyttja strategin geurrilla marketing.

Five main observations have been made. First, the integration is likely to continue within the mobile telecom industry. Second, the value creation process will change significantly during the next few years. Third, the operators must reinvent their position in the value chain to maintain high profitability. Fourth, ecosystem keystones will capture most of the value. Fifth, flexibility will become

The number of companies that are discovering the benefits of having a process-oriented mindset is continually increasing. But moving from having a strict functional-oriented mindset to becoming more process-oriented does not happen over night. The road of transformation is long and many challenges are faced on the way. This thesis focuses on the question of how companies should approach a transfor

The thesis examines the new media landscape were politics and social media play central parts. In Sweden Piratpartiet, or the Pirate Party has grown in popularity and much of the success is earned thanks to the party’s political strategy in social media. Since the phenomena of social media is new and therefore not examined in academic studies, the essay’s purpose is to map out how social media is

The concept of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), which has been successful in Murray-Darling Basin, Australia, is transferred to India through World Bank loan assistance. Uttar Pradesh, one of the states in India has formulated Uttar Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Project (UPWRSP) in view of implementing IWRM. This report reviews one of the UPWRSP components, the Decision Support Sy

The aim of this master thesis is to examine the energy discourse of the EU. For this purpose history of concepts and discourse analysis is used. I show that the EU energy discourse is undergoing a change in the formulation of the Lisbon Treaty through the use of the concept of solidarity. This can be seen as the giving of a social dimension to the discourse and hence, a social dimension to the fut

Denna uppsats fokuserar främst på interetniska relationer och hur dessa varierar beroende på om individer lever i grupper som innehar status som majoritets- eller minoritetsgrupp, samt undersöker orsaksförhållandena. Det empiriska underlaget har, av textförfattaren personligen, inhämtats genom kvalitativa intervjuer och deltagande observation under försommaren 2009 i två medelstora kommuner i Cent