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The purpose of the study is to try to understand how do international employees (of non-Swedish origin) employed in a Swedish company make sense of the given organizational and social context and what implications does this have on their identity work and identity struggle, in particular in relation to them being placed or casted as different and other
The main aim of this study is to contribute to the existing gap regarding the combination of green marketing and B2B marketing. Building on this, the focus of this paper is to investigate critically the relevance of sustainability labels for products in industrial markets and to find alternative practices that companies can implemented to build up trust and obtain credibility. The choice of the in
Sweden has a very favourable legislation regarding paid parental leave. However, in the labour market this is not always something positive. Absence from the workplace, and especially a long one, may disturb the employer's organisation and there is a risk that employers compensate for this by, in the worst case, avoiding to employ workers of a fertile age. Further, back at the workplace after
This article examines the involvement of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC) in both shaping and implementing the European Agenda on Migration (European Agenda), launched by the European Union in May 2015. The migration policies which have since been adopted have increasingly enabled the outsourcing to private security contractors of various border control operations, including those re
The increase in both the use of open-source software (OSS) and the number of new vulnerabilities reported in this software constitutes an increased threat to businesses, people, and our society. To mitigate this threat, vulnerability information must be efficiently handled in organizations. In addition, where e.g., IoT devices are integrated into systems, such information must be disseminated from
Sparbanken Skåne Centre for Sustainable Enterprising (SSCEN) Meet the management team of Sparbanken Skåne Centre for Sustainable Enterprising. Susanne Arvidsson – Director of centreSusanne Arvidsson (director of SSCEN) is associate professor in finance and accounting at Lund University. Susanne has extensive research experience in the field of sustainability and sustainable/transition finance and
Rådande rättsläge ger antydningar om att den avdragsrätt ekonomiska föreningar erhåller för lämnad utdelning under vissa omständigheter kan brukas på ett otillbörligt sätt. Syftet med denna framställning är att genom den rättsdogmatiska metoden försöka utreda vilka förutsättningar som måste föreligga för att ett fåmansföretag och dess ägare vid utdelning, ska kunna åtnjuta skattemässiga fördelar vThe current legal position insinuate that the deduction right made available to economical associations, concerning dividends, can under certain circumstances be used in an improper way. The purpose of this thesis is with the legal dogmatic method to investigate the prerequisites necessary for a close company and its shareholders to acquire a taxation benefits by incorporating an economical associ
Awareness of sustainability-related issues within the fashion industry has increased. Fast fashion is specifically criticized for its negative impacts on the environment and society. Due to this, several fast fashion companies are trying to position themselves as more sustainable. However, fast fashion and sustainability are often considered paradoxical. The purpose of this study is to investigate
De kommunala bostadsaktiebolagen, tillsammans med vissa stiftelser, är vad som utgör Sveriges allmännytta och är ett av kommunernas viktigaste verktyg för att främja bostadsmarknaden. Allmännyttan regleras av lagen (SFS 2010:879) om allmännyttiga kommunala bostadsaktiebolag, förkortad Allbolagen. Bolagen ska i allmännyttigt syfte främja bostadsförsörjningen i kommunen genom att erbjuda goda hyresbReal estate companies owned by Swedish municipalities, together with certain foundations, constitute what we call Allmännyttan. Allmännyttan is one of our municipalities’ most important tools for promoting public housing and is regulated by the law, abbreviated Allbolagen (SFS 2010:879). For purposes of public benefits, the municipal real estate companies are obliged to promote housing supply in t
Gräsrotsfinansiering är ett relativt nytt digitaliserat finansieringsalternativ, som växer snabbt både på den svenska och den globala marknaden. Gräsrotsfinansieringsplattformarna syftar till att förmedla kontakten mellan kapitalsökande bolag och investerare. Den snabba tillväxten har dock bidragit till att lagstiftningen har hamnat efter, vilket antas ha påverkat investerarna på plattformarna negCrowdfunding is a new digitized alternative to find capital, compared to other traditional financing methods. The process involves a platform that simplifies for capital seeking companies to find investors. During these past years, the growth of crowdfunding has increased significant, but the legislation hasn’t followed the process. This assumed to have a negative impact on the investors of the pl
THESIS PURPOSE: The present thesis aims to describe and generate new insights about the factors that foster or inhibit the decision to outsource IT development services in addition to the factors considered to decide the extent and form of an outsourcing initiative in Sweden. Furthermore, this study aims to determine the differences in outsourcing practices across various proposed company categori
The transition to a circular economy is increasingly recognized as a strategic pathway toward sustainability and resilience. However, implementation remains complex due to geopolitical uncertainty and conflicting institutional logics. This thesis explores how European companies that supply sustainable packaging solutions to the hotels, restaurants, and catering sector navigate the tensions between
Efficient management of on-demand delivery systems is essential for modern urban logistics, especially in densely populated cities with complex spatial layouts. This study introduces a novel, computer-supported cooperative framework that utilizes Infomap-based hierarchical community detection to analyze spatial multilevel clustering patterns. The experiment was conducted to large scale on-demand d
V&S Sundsvall (a part of V&S Vin & Sprit AB) is a Swedish company producing different alcoholic beverages, mainly for the Swedish market. The company has lately paid increasing attention to supply chain disruption risk issues. In another study, one of the authors (Paulsson 2007) developed a model, called the DRISC (Disruption Risks In Supply Chains) model, for the structuring, evaluati
Cracks in the Ivory Tower. Antibiotics Research and the Changes in Academia 1980-2015. ACTA UNIVERSITATIS UPSALIENSIS Uppsala Studies in Economic History, 122 Carl Björvang Cracks in the Ivory Tower Antibiotics Research and the Changes in Academia 1980-2015 Dissertation presented at Uppsala University to be publicly examined in Hörsal 2, Ekonomikum, Kyrkogårdsgatan 10, Uppsala, Friday, 2 September
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Local success stories Local success stories An analysis of the motivations of municipalities in Germany to support renewable energies. Lund University Center for Sustainability Studies May 24th, 2010 Lund University LUMES Masters Thesis By: Henner Busch hennerbusch@gmail.com Supervisor: Kes McCormick International Institute for industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University, Lund, Sweden ke
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Biotechnology companies are characterized by long development and capital intensive processes, which includes certain risks throughout the development chain. When attracting investments from VC funds, specific portfolio strategies and evaluation criteria drive the decision making for investors, and biotechnology companies can face significant challenges in knowing what investors seek. Also, due to
Title: NPD Project Evaluation in the Manufacturing Industry Seminar date: 26 May 2015 Course: FEKN90 Authors: Carl Ekbom and Alexander Wrange Supervisor: Ph.D. Christian Koch Key words: NPD projects, evaluation methods, evaluation criteria, portfolio management, manufacturing industry Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to increase the understanding of how new project de-velopment (NPD) project
