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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is increasingly required of companies. However, CSR at state owned enterprises(SOEs)has not received much attention in the CSR literature. This thesis has the objective to add to knowledge on CSR of Icelandic SOEs. The objective led to three research questions: Q1. How do internal and external factors, affect the implementation and communication of CSR at stat

Denna uppsats undersöker ämnesval samt i viss mån metodik och teoretisk utgångspunkt inom en avgränsning bland en mängd kandidatuppsatser inom disciplinen förlagskunskap i utbildningen Förlags- och bokmarknads­kunskap. I undersökningen finns ett resonemang kring dessas yrkes­inriktning och hur uppsats­skribenterna gestaltar detta genom de fokus som deras uppsatser tar. Undersökningen tar också fasThis paper examines the subject matters and to some extent, methodology and theoretical basis within a selection of bachelor papers in the discipline Publishing Studies in the course Förlags- och bokmarknads­kunskap [Editing, publishing and the bookmarket]. The study contains a discussion about the discipline's role as professional preparatory and how the bachelors portray this through the foc

Urban agriculture is promoted as a tool to meet goals of social sustainability. Although urban agriculture as a whole is a large sector of gardening and farming activities within and near urban areas and social sustainability is most affiliated with how the urban environment has been built to foster opportunities to pursue a “good life” for citizens. This thesis contributes to the application of t

Significant positive and negative consequences across the entire spectrum of issues are expected from the much debated Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). This study investigates thoroughly the potential consequences for the education sector based on primary sources of the EU’s objectives and reflections for the TTIP negotiations. It approaches the possible consequences from the

In Sweden, municipalities are key players in the environmental work to achieve the ambitious energy and climate goals that are set. For Sweden to be able to meet the national environmental targets that are set to 2020 requires that all the actors in Sweden cooperate. For citizens, these goals mean that lifestyle changes are required, which includes consumption, transport and the use of resources.

Living in a world, where constantly growing energy consumption and climate change are issues of increasing concern, it is necessary to decrease fossil fuel consumption and promote more sustainable ways of gaining energy, such as renewables (IPCC, 2007). Poland as a member of the European Union was obliged to comply with European policies and increase its share of renewable energy by 2020. However,

This thesis discuss how to use mutual information in differently exposed images to improve noise reduction. It also investigates how one can create an high dynamic range (HDR) image from multiple differently exposed images taken with a handheld camera while simultaneously cope with the problems this approach introduces. The proposed method and workflow in this thesis is based on the non-local mea

This thesis studies ALM-institutions, archives, libraries and museums, together as well as separate entities, from the perspective of digital game preservation. How do game preservationists view ALM-institutions? Since digital games are part of our modern day cultural heritage, should they be part of general cultural heritage preservation strategies, and therefore the responsibility of ALM-institu

Today, one of the needs of the railway information systems is sharing the precise and exact data among varieties of stakeholders. In addition, efficient use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) encourages the railways administrations to centralize their data and prepare an information model whose purpose is to reduce the demands associated with the transformation of the data. One such reducti

A combination of an algorithm development with a case study, using data from the sales of the year 2009 from the studied e-commerce fashion company, provided several propositions to enhance customer value for this company. The propositions formulated address customer purchasing and returning behavior changing over time and influencing future behavior of the e-commerce customers, impacting the prof

In this study I contribute with a perspective of how the European Emission Trading System (EU ETS) has affected the measures to reduce the emissions of carbon emissions in the trading sector in Skåne. To evaluate the effects of EU ETS and see if it has led to emission reductions in Skåne, I have conducted interviews with representatives from each sector and made a complementary web survey with the

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament injury is a common knee injury and the treatment may be surgical and/or conservative. Different studies have shown surgical and conservative treatment, respectively, as the best intervention. Therefore it is uncertain which treatment is preferable. When searching in PubMed, no articles were found describing the thoughts and experiences of orthopedists and phy

Titel: Fysioterapeuters upplevelser av framgångsfaktorer vad gäller att motivera patienter till FaR® Bakgrund: Fysisk inaktivitet är en av de främsta orsakerna till ohälsa och medför stora samhälls- och sjukvårdskostnader. Fysisk aktivitet på recept, FaR®, är en metod som syftar till att främja goda levnadsvanor och fysisk aktivitet. Motiverande samtalsteknik för att uppmuntra till, och upprätthå

Bakgrund: Fotboll är en av världens största idrotter och i Sverige står fotbollen för ca en tredjedel av den samlade svenska idrottsrörelsen. Andelen damfotbollsspelare ökar ständigt. Man har sett att damfotbollsspelare löper en ökad risk för att drabbas av knäskador och då framförallt främre korsbandsskada. Denna skada är allvarlig då den innebär stora konsekvenser för både spelaren och samhället

Bakgrund: Personer med funktionshinder är en utsatt grupp i låginkomstländer. För att kunna uppnå bästa möjliga fysiska förmåga hos personer med funktionshinder så att de kan vara en aktiv del av samhället behövs omfattande rehabiliteringsinsatser. På Haiti råder en kritisk obalans mellan behovet av rehabilitering och landets förmåga att tillhandahålla dessa tjänster. Syfte: Att undersöka hur reh

Studiens syfte var att undersöka huruvida evaluativitet var en faktor som påverkade upplevelsen av person organization fit (P-O fit), vilket innebär samstämmighet mellan individ och organisation. Evaluativitet definierades i den här studien som en persons tendens att beskriva sig själv i positivt värdeladdade termer och i sin självbeskrivning uttrycka sig på ett sätt som anses vara socialt önskvärThe purpose of this study was to examine whether the evaluative factor influences the perception of person organization fit (P-O fit), which implies congruence between an individual and an organization. Evaluativity was defined, in this study, as an individual who has a tendency to describe herself in positive evaluative terms, and in her self-description uses expressions that are socially desirab

Studiens främsta resultat är ett bidrag till analysen av begreppet egenmakt (”empowerment” på engelska) i förhållande till akademiska institutioner. I vår studie har vi i första hand fokuserat på lärande och forskande personal och finner att egenmakt för dem kan skapa en stark självkänsla och arbetstillfredsställelse men samtidigt kan den också skapa en situation där det är svårt för den enskilde

The aim of this thesis is to look at volatility spillovers between the exchange rate changes and the stock market returns. The theoretical relationship between the exchange rate and stock market is covered with focus on two basic models, the stock oriented model and the flow oriented model. The relationship between the two variables is positive in the stock oriented model while it is negative in t

Våld mellan idrottsutövare är ett udda ämne som det inte reflekteras mycket över. I denna uppsats har avsikten varit att belysa problematiken kring våldet på den idrottsliga scenen, där förgrundsfigurerna själva står i centrum. Forskningsansatsen har varit att initialt visa på de skillnader som finns i våldsbedömning mellan ishockeyns disciplinnämnd kontra den allmänna rätten. Därefter förklara va