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In Sweden, the food and agricultural sector is highly concentrated, especially in the food refinement and retail sectors, with a few major actors holding significant market power. This concentration poses challenges for smaller agri-food companies in Skåne, Sweden. This thesis aims to in depth exploring the challenges smaller agri-food companies face today. The thesis employs a case study approach
The situation for the environment is in many ways dire. However, amidst all the negative environmental developments it is easy to neglect the successes that have actually happened. With the aim of better understanding what factors facilitated such a success this thesis analyses one such case, namely emissions of dioxins and chlorinated waste from the pulp and paper industry in Sweden. Dioxins were
Exploring a prolonged life cycle of materials through an adaptive transformation Take, make and waste. Our society is trapped in a linear economic system where we extract raw materials, process them into products and as they have served their purpose they are reduced to waste. This unsustainable mentality seeps through to all things consumable, from fashion and cellphones to kitchen counters and
Cambodia is now facing alarming issues concerning occupational safety and health in the construction sector. According to the ILO, in 2009, every day four people in Cambodia were killed due to occupational accidents which this amounted to more than 1500 death of the construction workers. Based on the union leaders in Cambodia, those accidents and illnesses were seen and occurred at the constructio
Entrepreneurs often face high levels of stress (Boyd & Gumpert, 1983; Shepherd, Marchisio, Morrish, Deacon & Miles, 2010) and stress has been found to affect a team’s performance (Driskell, Salas & Johnston, 1999). At the same time, private equity investors are a common source to gain external funding, while being known for their value-added roles as well as potential risks (De Clercq,
Under senare år har en rad kränkningar av mänskliga rättigheter begångna av multinationella företag mot sina anställda eller mot individer som på annat sätt påverkas av företagens verksamhet uppmärksammats av media, stater och internationella organisationer. Dessa kränkningar har framförallt begåtts i utvecklingsländer där respekten för de mänskliga rättigheterna i vissa fall är obefintlig. Proble
Background and problem: In October 2010 the European Commission issued a Green Paper on Audit Policy in which they set out to draw lessons of the auditors’ role in the recent financial crisis. The European Commission considers the function of the audit to be a key contributor to investor confidence and suggests a number of controversial measures with the aim of ensuring financial stability in the
Swedish Development Cooperation emphasizes the need for collaboration among actors on a national level. In that context, the purpose of the thesis is to investigate how Public Private Partnership (PPP) on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) may influence the changing role of the state. The thesis is informed by Critical Discourse Analysis. In order to investigate the social constructions of real
The relationship between intellectual property and competition law gives an excellent contrast into how competing legal principles may work harmoniously and need not be viewed in conflict. Consequently, applying principles from one field may benefit the application of another. In respect of this and following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s recent ruling in Leno Merken, an application
Syftet med denna studie är att nå nya kunskaper gällande värdering av ämnet musik, sett utifrån olika infallsvinklar. Studien syftar även till att belysa musikens påverkan på en skolmiljö och att understryka musikens värde i skolan. Studien utfördes vid en norsk grundskola i Spanien och bygger på kvalitativa intervjuer av fokusgrupper bestående av elever från olika årskurser, samt intervjuer med mThe purpose of this study is to obtain new knowledge on the perceived and given value of the subject music from different points of views. The study also intends to investigate the effect of music on a school environment and to examine its value in school. The study was made at a Norwegian school in Spain and it is based on qualitative interviews with focus groups including students from different
Uppsatsen behandlar mäns våld mot kvinnor och beskriver hur fenomenet har utvecklats från att betraktas som en privat angelägenhet till ett samhällsproblem. Genom statliga satsningar för att motverka mäns våld mot kvinnor har ett målgruppsanpassat samverkanskoncept mellan myndigheter utvecklats, under samma tak i Malmö. På denna verksamhet ska de utsatta individernas behov sättas i fokus, vilket f
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Träcentrum, a school and conference center in Nässjö, Sweden. The building is divided into five sections but because of various limitations only two will be thoroughly investigated in this report. A site visit at the location was made in February 2012 to gather information about the fire protection and evacuation of the building. Targets of protection we
Over the past two decades, immigrant-receiving countries have been confronted with honour crimes. In a number of Western European countries, there have been cases of police failure to intervene in cases of honour crimes occurring in migrant communities. The authorities responses to honour crimes have consistently been inadequate, as they do not take victims of honour crimes seriously and fail to p
Sammanfattning Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka återfallsfrekvensen i depression under påföljande sex månader efter avslutad behandling, hos personer som nyligen avslutat en depressionsbehandling inom rehabiliteringsgarantin, Primärvården, Region Skåne, samt att undersöka om antalet depressionsepisoder och socialt stöd kan predicera återfall i depression. 50 personer deltog i studien.
This investigation concerns written output produced by Swedish learners of English as a second language (L2) and French as a third language (L3). The analysed texts were rated according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), which is a widespread and language-independent document commonly used to assess communicative competence based on six main proficiency levels (A1,
Syftet med studien är att analysera och förklara hur händelser knutna till avregleringarna påverkat SJ AB i dess strategiutveckling mellan åren 2001-2014. Vidare har vi med studien avsett att förklara hur bolaget arbetat för att implementera strategierna i verksamheten utifrån ett antal ekonomistyrningsverktyg. Resultatet av studien visar att SJ AB i dess strategiutveckling i flera fall avsett at
När metoo-rörelsen fick sitt genombrott i Sverige år 2017 förändrades det offentliga samtalet på internet. Sociala medier används under denna period i stor utsträckning för att dela personliga berättelser. I ett av de mest uppmärksammade målen publicerade en journalist ett flertal inlägg på sociala medier där en medieman utpekades som våldtäktsman. Publiceringarna resulterade i en fällande dom för
This bachelor degree essay is an attempt to evaluate four interpretations within the Church of Sweden of the doctrine on original sin and their relation to a Lutheran tradition. I have tried to see if it is possible to assess the degree of loyalty to the Lutheran tradition in the Church of Sweden present in the works of the theologians Bengt Hägglund, Anna Karin Hammar and Eva-Lotta Grantén and in
Elevators has for a long period of time been regarded as unsafe to use as a means of egress. This is an opinion that has shifted in the last couple of years as technical solutions has been found to the initial problems when using elevators as an escape route. This report investigates the possibility to replace a staircase with emergency elevators as a means of egress in a buildning. The report als
The provision of military and armed security services typically is the monopoly domain of the state. With the end of the Cold War legitimate private firms, however, expanded as worldwide providers of military and security services. The proliferation of private military companies echoes back to pre-modern eras when it was customary for state rulers to allocate force and security through the market.
