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Thesis purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand how national culture plays a role in consumer perceptions through a comparative case study of three different ethical skincare brands from three different countries. Methodology: This study makes use of a qualitative research method, data collection is done through semi-structured mediated interviews of 20 participants from 14 different c
Thesis Purpose: Purpose of this thesis is to explore consumer perception of innovation in grocery retail products in Sweden. Particularly focusing on how consumers perceive innovation within private label and manufacturer brands. Methodology: Qualitative analysis has been conducted through semi-structured interviews in order to understand consumer perceptions towards innovation in grocery sector i
This study investigates the relationship between prior entrepreneurial intent and perceived learning outcomes of students entering a new venture creation programme. Previous research in this field has not addressed the influence of prior entrepreneurial intentions on learning outcomes but rather treated entrepreneurial intent as an outcome of entrepreneurship education. Therefore, the aim of this
This essay has examined the mandatory annual gender pay gap reports published by five of the UK’s biggest publishing organisation. In 2017, a new government legislation concerning gender pay gap transparency was enforced. This legislation states that organisations with an employment number of 250 or more are required to report on their gender pay gap annually. The first of these annual reports we
Sammanfattning Examensarbetets titel: Värdering av förvaltningsfastigheter till verkligt värde enligt IFRS13 Seminariedatum: 1 juni 2018. Kurs: FEKH69 Examensarbete i redovisning på kandidatnivå 15 HP. Författare: Alexander Selsmark, Casper Dudarenko och Ida Friggerdal. Handledare: Kristina Artsberg. Nyckelord: Tillförlitlighet, IFRS 13, IAS 40, verkligt värde, förvaltningsfastigheter. Syfte: Syft
In this thesis I study the performances of artificial neural networks (ANNs) and three various ARCH-type models to predict weekly volatility of the Swedish (OMXS30), the British (FTSE100) and the Australian (S&P/ASX200) major stock indices. The three various ARCH-type models are the GARCH(1,1), the EGARCH(1,1) and the TGARCH(1,1). The purpose is to investigate if ANNs outperform the more tradi
Climate change is a fact and effects everybody on this planet, whether its humans, plants or animals. There is a comprehensive agreement about the mechanisms on how aerosol particles affect the radiative balance of the earth, but there is a need of more knowledge to fully understand climate change and the strength of the aerosol radiative forcing. The aim of this thesis is to investigate if the SM
Sammanfattning Uppsatsens titel: Styrkebaserat ledarskap i Handelsbanken – följarnas upplevelser i den svenska kontorsrörelsen. Slutseminariedatum: 1 juni 2012, Lunds Universitet. Ämne/kurs: Magisteruppsats, 30 hp (ECTS) i Företagsekonomi, FEKN90. Inriktning: Organisation och ledarskap/Organization and Change Management. Författare: Martin Björgell Handledare: Tony Huzzard Fem nyckelord: fölAbstract Title: Strength-based leadership in Handelsbanken – the follower’s perspectives in the Swedish branch operations. Seminar date: 1st of June, 2012. Lund University, Sweden. Course: Master thesis in business administration, 30 University Credit Points (ECTS). Field of master studies: Organization and Change Management. Author: Martin Björgell Advisor: Tony Huzzard Five key words: foll
Blue straggler stars (BSSs) are exotic stellar objects that appear to be younger than the age of the population they come from suggests. They are observed as the extension of the main sequence stars, beyond the turn-off point. They are present in all types of stellar populations, such as open clusters, globular clusters, dwarf galaxies, and even in the open field. It is believed that they form mai
The study aims to gain an increased understanding of and insight into CBT psychotherapists ́ experiences of what is effective in psychotherapeutic treatment. A perspective of interest based on the fact that psychotherapists ́ experiences of what is effectivehave not previously been taken into account in research, that in the therapist ́s everyday life there may be a clash between theory and practi
Vascular risk factors are believed to be involved in dementia development by increasing risk of the most common dementia types, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia. The aim of this thesis was to study if risk factors affect key brain pathology directly, by using biomarkers for dementia in preclinical stages, and to assess previous findings in a large population-based setting.Paper I: ar
The aim of this article is to explore how courts produce certain representations of victims of labor exploitation in the Nordic context based on court judgements from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. To achieve this, we analyze and compare criminal court judgements focused on the exploitation of migrant workers by asking: How are ‘victims’ of labor exploitation represented in Nordic court jud
For the first time, this book presents the complete collection of Greek inscriptions of Gebel el-Silsila East – Ancient Egypt’s largest and most important sandstone quarry, including lists of names and professions of individuals involved in the quarry expeditions. The inscriptions are described, illustrated and analysed and placed within their archaeological context based on careful documentation For the first time, this book presents the complete collection of Greek inscriptions of Gebel el-Silsila East – Ancient Egypt’s largest and most important sandstone quarry, including lists of names and professions of individuals involved in the quarry expeditions. The inscriptions are described, illustrated and analysed and placed within their archaeological context based on careful documentation
Operations management is a key aspect in any manufacturing business. Optimising the management of manufacturing operations allows improvement of the productivity and efficiency of industrial activities. To achieve this, reducing waste from manufacturing processes and, therefore, implementing lean-manufacturing principles, is key. This article presents a case study to reduce waste in changeover pro
This thesis studies the relationship between history and nationalism as expressed by the political parties the Sweden Democrats and the Danish People's Party. The study focuses on how the Sweden Democrats and the Danish People's Party convey historical narratives in their party magazines, SD-Kuriren and Dansk Folkeblad, respectively, and in central party documents. The narrative theory being imple
This experimental study investigates how individual variation in cognitive functioning, specifically working memory, previous experience with language learning but also language background, influence language aptitude, in particular grammatical inferencing - the capacity to spot patterns in grammar - as measured by the LLAMA_F test. Firstly, the study explores individual factors hypothesised to in
