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The Panama Canal expansion is an external factor on the tanker freight market that is made to change cargo volumes, channel fee income, the average transit time and might also change or create new profitable transportation routes. Shipowners operating in the region will, in one way or another, be affected by this. For tanker shipping companies like Stena Bulk the challenge is to create robustness
What characterises diffusion of mobile applications? Is it possible to find certain factors that to a great extent affect the speed which an application is diffused? What implications do technical and cognitive difficulties have on a user’s distribution behaviour? How important is the social dimension when spreading content to others? . Purpose: The purpose of the master thesis is to give guidelin
Detta examensarbete handlar om hur Agresso kan öka sin försäljning till befintliga kunder genom organisatoriska förändringar. Agresso AB tillhör Koncernen Unit4Agresso som tillverkar och säljer affärssystem samt tjänster kopplat till produkten. Företaget har under de senaste åren vuxit kraftigt i storlek gällande anställda, kunder samt produkter och tjänster. Arbetet berör frågan hur Agresso kan ö
The purpose of the report is to investigate and evaluate how a global company can use different strategies to achieve competitive advantages for the future. The existing Customer Relation Management (CRM) department in FLSmidth will be investigated to se if possible improvements can be made to make the department become the competitive advantage that it is intended to be. Methodology: To be able t
The objective of thesis was to do an analysis of the current situation of Vattenfall´s “Gewerbekunden”. The “Gewerbekunden” are small-to-medium enterprises that consume up to 100 000 kWh/year. Since the deregulation and liberalization of the energy market conditions have changed. New actors entered the market and the competition increased distinctly. All the energy suppliers were focusing on the p
Russia began its accession process to become a member of the GATT, which later turned into the WTO, in 1993, but has not yet become a member. This paper’s ambition is to investigate whether a membership in the WTO would have a positive effect on Russia’s export and if the country would gain from a membership. By using data from, mostly, UN-Comtrade and CEPII, and analyzing how trade flows from a s
An attempt to assemble play and dissociation through their common base, attachment, is presented. The Adult Playfulness Scale (APS) was given to 60 university students whereby eight with high scores on the APS and nine with low scores on the APS were selected for the second part of the study. The subjects completed the Dissociation Experience Scale C (DES-C), the Depression Anxiety Stress-Scale (D
Andelen svenska företag som på ett eller annat sätt har kontakter med Kina har på senare år ökat kraftigt. För många av dessa företag medför detta många immaterialrättsliga överväganden då Kina internationellt är ökänt för många fall av immaterialrättsliga intrång. I 1883 års Pariskonvention om industriellt rättsskydd nämns nyttighetsmodellen (svensk benämning är bruksmodell) som ett av de föremå
Att arbeta i projektform inom mjukvaruutvecklingsbranschen har varit ett påstående som fått stöd ända sen branschens ursprungsdagar. Inom dessa projekt har rollen teknisk projektledare befästs. Rollen har ingen standardiserad innebörd men utgår i denna studie från en ledare som har ett övergripande ansvar för organisationens nyutveckling. Företag har historiskt sett tilldelat rollen teknisk projek
There is a growing interest in the usage of social media in European museums. Research in the area is scares though. The problem is a lack of an overview on how the usage of social media is spread around Europe and on how museums use social media. Through the observation of 70 European museums and how they use different social media tools, we hope to clarify these questions. We used a three way ap
Abstract After 20 years of accomplishment Barney discusses in the recent issue of the Journal of Management (JOM, September 2011, 37(4)) the decline or the revitalization of the resource based view (RBV). This thesis gives support for its relevance in the field of sourcing IS- development. Looking into the discipline of IS-sourcing, at first glance it might be seen as a natural part as any other o
EN STUDIE OM DE SVENSKA RETORIKUTBILDNINGARNAS RESPEKTIVE LÄRANDEMÅL
The ambition of this investigation is to analyze, in a qualitative way, how different theories explain the Depression. Using a case study, this investigation reveals among other things that since the 1930’s, little consensus has been reached regarding the complexity and causes of the Depression. The investigation also shows that there were problems with both monetary and fiscal policies as well as
Syftet med denna studie är att granska hur ett principbaserat regelverk och tolkningen av detsamma påverkar uppkomsten och nedskrivningen av goodwill. Studien söker redogöra för den diskurs som omger frågan samt finna en förståelse för hur tillsynen tolkar regelverket och hur det skiljer sig från företagens tolkning. En kvalitativ forskningsmetod har använts eftersom en betydande del av det empiri
In this report we will outline the protection of historically important buildings at different interest levels, local, regional and national level. The focus will mainly be on the regional and national level where we have conducted several case studies. We will investigate how well the protection works, how the change approval process works and indentify possible improvement areas. To be able to s
Many modern buildings with glass facade have been built in recent years. The idea is often to create a transparent building with an impression of future and development. Glass facades are often being used in office buildings, where workers spend most of their hours of daylight. Because of this, thermal and visual comfort are very important in order to provide a pleasant indoor climate. When the po
Studien syftar till att belysa hur identitet förhåller sig till stadens fysiska och sociala gränser. Utgångspunkten är fem personers berättelser, personer som alla vuxit upp i nödbostäderna eller barnrikehusen i Sorgenfri i Malmö under 1920-1960-talet. Materialet består även av fyra romaner vilka behandlar platsen under den aktuella tidsperioden samt en amatörfilm vilken ger en bild av hur platsen
I dagens dynamiska affärsvärld behöver företagsbeslut fattas snabbt och precist. Business Intelligence används för att ge korrekt underlag för bättre beslutsfattande, genom analyser av intern och extern affärsdata. Med mobila enheter finns nu möjlighet att få information från ett datorbaserat BI-system direkt on-the-go, i form av mobilt BI. För att kartlägga behovet av mobilt BI har vi gjort en st
