Supply Chain Management (SCM) has increasingly become the focus of many organisations in a vast array of industries. However, due to external environment pressures and the multitude of internal management options, firms experience difficulties in determining how to best manage a supply chain in order to create a competitive advantage and enable higher organisational performance. This thesis aims t

Alongside the emerging field of immunotherapy, with monoclonal antibody drugs at the forefront, radically reshaping medicine, the need for process and technology improvements that can lower drug development costs and bring better drugs to the market faster is increasing. One such process improvement being fast and efficient cloning strategies which enable moving into high-throughput formats. Tradi

Interneurons have been found to be important for normal cognitive function. Impairments to their growth or signaling have been indicated to be involved in the development of schizophrenia, autism and epilepsy. Defective functioning in GABA:ergic interneurons has been linked to undesired desynchronous firing in neural signals as a consequence of these interneurons firing too infrequently or not at

IKEA Industry has ambitious goals for increasing energy efficiency at the production sites. Energy monitoring systems are therefore an important tool towards fulfilling those goals. The purpose of this master thesis is to get an overview and map the current situation at the production sites. Furthermore, the aim is to give recommendations and produce methods that can help organise the energy work.

Många barn i Sverige tillbringar en stor del av sina dagar på förskola där många av deras sociala erfarenheter och utveckling äger rum. Kognitiv social inlärningsteori förespråkar att barnet lär sig genom att imitera och härma vuxna och utifrån detta skapa kognitiva scheman som används för att tolka omvärlden. Barnen härmar de vuxnas beteende, vilket gör att pedagoger på en förskola besitter en vi

Denna studie har undersökt hur ett företags medarbetares återhämtning ser ut och dess samband med förväntningar och förlängd jobbtillgänglighet. Friskvårdsbidrag och fritidsförlagd arbetstid har även undersökts i relation till återhämtning. Undersökningen gjordes genom en webbaserad enkät som skickades ut via företagets HR-personal. Utav populationen bestående av 25 medarbetare deltog 11. ResultatThis study has examined how co-workers in a company recover and how their recovery is connected to expectations and extended work availability. The use of the Swedish wellness grant and work during leisure is examined in relation to recovery. The study was executed through an internet survey and was sent out through the company's HR department. Out of a total population of 25, a total of 11 co

Following the network perspective on internationalization, this study focuses on the entry mode decisions of SMEs during their foreign expansion. The study conceptualized six network-related factors from existing literature about networks and network theory, and integrated them to the previously recognized internal and external factors in entry mode frameworks. Empirical research design of multipl

Syftet med denna studie är att fördjupa förståelsen för hur aktivitetsbaserade kontor påverkar identitetsaspekter för anställda under övergångsperioden. För att kunna uppnå detta syfte behöver vi skapa en bild av hur människor uppfattar aktivitetsbaserade kontor under övergångsperioden och hur identitetsaspekter kan vara en viktig del under denna period. Studien har en tolkande och abduktiv ansatsThe purpose of this study is to deepen the understanding for how an activity-based office affects mainly identity factors of employees during the transition period. To be able to reach this purpose we need to comprehend how people perceive activity-based offices during the transition period as well as how identity aspects could be an important factor during this period. To be able to reach the pur

This thesis is based on the results of a consumer-based research project carried out with the Swedish anthropological consultancy firm Inculture. By investigating the material retrieved from the project, the researcher aims to uncover the cultural and social processes behind consumer choices and more specifically what meaning the culture-based idea and beliefs about food origin bares in Swedish so

Studiens syfte var att observera och beskriva hur fotbollstränare i en förening i södra Skåne agerar gentemot spelare i ett flicklag och pojklag. Utefter detta utformades studien samt uppsatsen. Vi använde oss av en öppen observation som design och ett observationsschema som instrument. Observationsschemat inspirerades av något äldre, tidigare forskning (Young, 1980; Andreasson, 2007; Fundberg, 20The study’s purpose was to observe and describe how football coaches in a club in southern Skåne acted towards players in a girls team and a boys team. The study and the paper was designed according to this purpose. We used an open observation as design and an observing schedule as an instrument. The observation schedule was inspired by older, previous research (Young, 1980; Andreasson, 2007; Fund

Examensarbetets titel: Ett starkt varumärke – Ökad tolerans? – En kvalitativ studie om individanpassad marknadsföring från ICA och Nelly.com ur ett konsumentperspektiv. Seminariedatum: 2018-06-01 Kurs: FEKH29, Business Administration: Bachelor Degree Project in Marketing Undergraduate Level, 15 poäng. Författare: Louise Johansson, Olivia Lardin & Ronja Tengblad Handledare: Clara GustafssonTitle: A strong brand – increased tolerance? – A qualitative study about personalized marketing from ICA and Nelly.com from a consumer perspective. Seminar date: 2018-06-01 Course: FEKH29, Business Administration: Bachelor Degree Project in Marketing Undergraduate Level, 15 University Credit Points (ECTS). Authors: Louise Johansson, Olivia Lardin and Ronja Tengblad Advisor: Clara Gustafsson K

Owing to structural factors of climate change and population growth, the past decade has witnessed high interest among migrant and settler pastoralist groups in the vegetal-rich customary lands of the Agogo Traditional Area. This has resulted in lease grants of large land areas to pastoralists by traditional authorities and usufruct families, for reasons of ensuring optimum use and gaining the hig

Syfte. Att undersöka om hörapparaten har en positiv inverkan på balanskontrollen hos vuxna över 40 år med sensorineural hörselnedsättning. Även den subjektiva upplevelsen av hörsel och balans granskades. Metod. 15 deltagare över 40 år med sensorineural hörselnedsättning inkluderades i studien. Posturografi, vHIT samt audiogram utfördes. Posturografin testades i olika villkor som bestod av med/utan

The purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of an educational intervention’s impact on the development of strategic thinking. To get a better understanding, this study examined the impact of the one-year Master’s programme International Strategic Management (ISM) and a metacognitive awareness module, on business students’ ability to think strategically. To comprehend this impact, thi

Climate change, poverty, inequality and the increase of strict regulations - these are just a few of the factors contributing to the rise of sustainability in today’s corporate environment. As society and the worldwide population are affected by these omnipresent changes, it becomes inevitable for companies to transform their business models in order to respond to demands concerning sustainability

Purpose. The purpose of the present study is to study the relationship between cochlear synaptopathy and tinnitus. Method. 29 participants with and without tinnitus were tested for hearing, including speech in noise and electrocochleography. Extracted data were then merged with existing data of 423 participants from the STOP cohort. These were divided into cases, with either permanent or occasiona

Syfte: Genom kvalitativ innehållsanalys på intervjumaterial från ungdomar med ensidig eller dubbelsidig mild hörselnedsättning redogöra för ungdomarnas upplevelser av att leva med mild hörselnedsättning. Uppsatsförfattare av föreliggande uppsats utgår från Bess, Dodd-Murhpy och Parkers (1998) definition av mild hörselnedsättning som är mellan 20-40 dB HL. Eftersom det saknas samstämmiga forsknings

Syftet med studien är att nyansera och fördjupa förståelsen med ledarskap i en entreprenörisk kunskapsintensiv firma. Studien kommer att fokusera på hur olika individer, såsom arbetstagare och grundare, uppfattar ledarskapThe purpose of this study is to nuance and deepen the understanding of leadership in an entrepreneurial knowledge-intensive firm. The study will focus on how different individuals, both employees and founders, interpret leadership

In this paper, the effect hosting a mega sports event has on economic growth and the inflow of foreign direct investment is investigated over the period 1970 – 2016. This paper differentiates between six different mega sports events. Furthermore, it also investigates whether hosting mega sports events in developing countries has a different impact on economic growth and the inflow of foreign direc