Purpose – This paper attempts to increase understanding of industry renewal as a subject of research within the field of entrepreneurship. It provides insights for future research in economics and industrial organization. We make use of research findings on entrepreneurial motivation, cognition and the environment. Furthermore, it attempts to answer the question: ‘Why do entrepreneurs become activ

Aim. To investigate personality, alexithymia and personal relations in a cohort of seven women with superficial dyspareunia based on either LPV (localized provoced vestibulodynia) or painful vaginism. The purpose was to find background personality variables to address later in psychotherapy. Methods. Personality measurements were performed using Cloninger`s Temperament and Character Inventory – re

Cementeringens Politik är en studie som med hjälp av en kvalitativ innehållsanalys ämnar närma sig mediernas framställning av nya politiska partier. Det empiriska materialet utgörs av artiklar publicerade av Dagens Nyheter och Aftonbladet. Gemensamt för alla artiklar är att de på något sätt har ett innehåll som kan kopplas till de svenska politiska partierna Piratpartiet (PP) eller Feministiskt In

In order to reach the climate targets for the society, with significant lower proportions of CO2 emissions than today, certain actions are required. To be able to decrease the emissions, one alternative is to increase the amount of people who uses public transportation as opposed to using cars. The municipality of Åstorp is one of the districts that emits most CO2 per person and day in Scania, and

This report describes the process of a bachelor thesis carried out for the consulting company Devv.it. Devv.it’s a new company with five employees working in different areas. The problem for Devv.it is that their current recruitment process is not efficient enough, it is long and some parts take much time. The task is to develop a safe test tool that optimize their current recruitment process thro

Hur ser behovet ut av att energieffektivisera byggnader under miljonprogrammet? Finns det idag energieffektiva fasadsystem anpassade för miljonprogrammets byggnader? Vad borde dessa system lösa för utmaningar? Finns det möjlighet till förbättring av systemen? Detta är bakgrunden till detta arbete vars syfte är att redogöra för miljonprogrammets status samt göra en marknadsundersökning där energief

In Sweden the authorities’ demands gets higher and higher concerning moisture safety in the building process. Nowadays all new constructions need special planning regarding moisture safety, according to Boverkets byggregler. To fulfil their demands regarding a moisture safe building process, Boverkets byggregler recommends a method called ByggaF. This is a method for including moisture safety in t

The thesis is based on a problem formulated by the company to implement and realize an automated transportation system utilizing a SCADA system and transportation rails. The report contains a theoretical part that explains the SCADA system and it’s components, and a practical part that explains how the SCADA system is connected, the communication between different units and the programming of the

In the food industry, increasing market competition has seen intensified efforts in finding new solutions for safer, more efficient and higher quality production systems. If the established conditions of the production allows for the automation of processes, there is a substantial potential to achieve those various improvements throughout the production. Since each production system is unique and

Buildings from the so called Million programme has a high use of energy and in addition, there are many such houses. The need for them to be retrofitted is big. The City of Helsingborg has set a climate goal which states that the city in 2035 should be neutral in energy use which put a lot of pressure on the real estate owners in the city. All new buildings has to be energy efficient and older bui

This report investigates the possibility of implementing a high-quality, regional, rubber-wheled based public transport system with train-like features to a lower cost than that of a traditional raliway. In order to be regarded as fulfilling this goal, the system, hereafter called rubber-wheel trains, must both be similar enough to railways to be regarded as trains by the passengers – and also be

Höllviken is a part of Vellinge county located in the south west of Skåne with about 15 000 inhabitants. The town is expected to grow in the following years and a new residential area is being planned. Public transportation must be available and it has to reach the important destinations to make the area attractive for new residents. Today there is a local bus service, number 152, that runs in a l

The industrialization of the Swedish construction industry has long stood in the shadow of the traditional construction methods. Problems such as high costs, long construction times and tough regulations have made the development stagnate. However, the industrial manufacturing industry has shown rapid growth within recent years. The culture within the industry has changed through innovative constr

Rail transport across national borders is complicated today. European member states do not have the same regulations and structure of the network. The European market is divided into national networks based on different technologies and national regulations, which constitutes an obstacle to a common rail network. In order to improve accessibility in Europe, the European Union has, since the early

A well-functioning public transport is a central part of a sustainable society. Public transport fills not only an important function for the movement of people, public transport also provides a large economic benefit in terms of security and environmental benefits. It is therefore of great importance that public transport has the ability to provide good and qualitative trips so that it can seriou

Abstract Resurs Bank provides various online services to retail stores. Accessing the services require authentication. The retail employee privileges are managed through a web application by administrators at Resurs Bank. The application needs improvement since it is lacking in functionality. Among other issues, the administrator is not given any feedback when making changes which lead to insecuri

In the quest for a better future some unemployed EU-citizens travel to Sweden. Finding a job is difficult and many are instead making a living begging. Cars, tunnels, parks and other shady places of our society become temporary homes. The authorities demolish some of these “camps” and the residents are accused for stealing bicycles, dogs and garden gnomes. Rumours and myths start to grow. In Swed

De viktigaste faktorerna som avgör redovisningsval är storleken på förvaltningsföretaget och åldern samt renoveringsbehovet på fastigheten. Den mest omfattande konsekvensen var att fokus flyttats från resultatet i BRF till kassaflödet, Slutligen finns tecken på en utveckling mot en branschstandard i fråga om redovisningsval, ledd av de stora förvaltningsföretagen.The most important factors determining the accounting choice are the size of the contracted manager firm and age plus the need for renovation on the property. The most comprehensive consequence was that the focus switched from the result in a housing cooperative to the cash flow. In conclusion a sign of a development towards an industry standard regarding accounting choice, led by the large firms