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This study investigates how rescue service response times and staffing solutions relate to both citizen satisfaction with rescue services and the adoption of individual fire safety measures in Sweden. Data were drawn from Statistics Sweden's satisfaction index, rescue service response times from KOLADA, and survey data from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency on ownership of functional smoke de

Purpose: Muda is a Japanese term literally meaning futility, uselessness, idleness, superfluity, waste, wastage or wastefulness. The term was introduced by the Japanese engineer Taiichi Ohno of Toyota Motor Corporation in the 1960s. Therefore, reducing and minimizing Muda is an effective way to increase the operational efficiency and productivity of an organization’s processes. In turn, the techni

Popular Abstract in Swedish Avhandlingen omfattar fyra artiklar inom empirisk finansiell ekonomi. Det första kapitlet är en kort sammanfattning av avhandlingens innehåll. Det andra kapitlet, Dynamic Portfolio Selection: The Relevance of Switching Regimes and Investment Horizon. (samförfattad med Birger Nilsson) undersöker dynamiskt portföljval och efterfrågan på tidsdiversifiering då aktieavkastnThis thesis consists of four empirical studies on financial economics. The first chapter contains a short summary of the thesis. The second chapter Dynamic Portfolio Selection: The Relevance of Switching Regimes and Investment Horizon (co-authored with Birger Nilsson) investigates the questions of dynamic portfolio selection and intertemporal hedging within a Markovian regime-switching framework.

Phytase is an important enzyme in the food/feed industry. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of phytate, an anti-nutrient compound present in cereals and grains, to release orthophosphate and myo-inositol-6-phosphate with lower degrees of phosphorylation. Phytic acid is a strong chelator capable of complexing with a variety of metal ions under neutral and alkaline conditions, as well as with proteins and

Involving users in the design process is increasingly discussed as the quickest and most reliable way to capture the needs of users and consumers. In parallel, the fastest growing population segment in Asia and the West is older people. This article asks whether their involvement in the design process could accelerate a growing service market and if so, how? It addresses a knowledge gap that const

The aim of this qualitative study was to explore older persons' (n = 28, 75-96 years of age) experience of becoming in need of public home help, their experience of participation and of having influence on the needs assessment procedure and the decisions made about public home help. A content analysis revealed a broad overarching category, labelled: experiencing discontinuity in life as a whole -

Electric buses can improve the environmental performance of public transport. Yet, introducing electric buses brings novel challenges, such as requirements for operational changes, new forms of institutional collaboration, increased investment costs and technological concerns. This paper investigates these challenges and strategies for managing them by comparing experiences of electric bus impleme

Svällningsstudier med gelatin Av: Victor Norgren, Lunds tekniska högskola, 2015-06-15 Introduktion Gelatin är en genomskinlig proteinbaserad biopolymer, som tillverkas av kollagen. Kollagen är bindningsvävnaden som fäster musklerna till benen i kroppen. Genom att t.ex. koka benknotorna kan man utvinna kollagenet som blir gelatin när det tillåts sätta sig igen. Gelatintrådarna behåller den spiralThis report is about the measurements of swelling gelatine films of different thickness and at different temperature. The research has been mainly focused on finding a suitable model. Results have shown that the new Pseudo-Sigmoidal Model (PSM) is superior to previous quasi-second order models such as the Robinson and Ofner model. It has also been shown that gelatine’s swelling can be divided into

Problem Description Both academic researches and consulting firms claim that Internet of Things will come to change the society we live in, as well as create entirely new business opportunities for companies. However, there is little research that analyzes the actual benefits with Internet of Things, how companies should act in order to find these benefits, and in what way their business models m

Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka de möjligheter och utmaningar som finns relaterade till innovativa tjänsteföretags strategiska arbete med digitalisering av tjänsteprocesser. Syftet diskuteras utifrån följande frågeställningar: På vilket sätt innebär innovativa tjänsteföretags digitala strategi att kunden involveras i tjänsteprocessen och bidrar till strategin? På vilket sätt bidrar de innovativa

Title: The Consequences of Consumer Brand Hate: A Case Study of Anti-branding Websites in the Airline Industry Seminar Date: May 30, 2016 Course: BUSN39 - Degree Project in Global Marketing Authors: Brittany Purkis, Lisa Scheider Advisor: Annette Cerne Keywords: Brand Hate, Anti-branding, Airline Industry, Consumer Brand Relationship (CBR), Consumer Complaint Behavior, Brand Avoidance, Consum

South Africa is the worst impacted country in the world in terms of HIV and AIDS. The country faces HIV prevalence rates of a good 20 percent and AIDS is today the leading cause of death in the country. As the epidemic spreads through the country it poses severe threats to the country’s economic growth and development. South Africa is thus in utmost need of free and effective health care services.

The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyze the services on the mobile Internet and to identify when, where, and how these service offerings can be profitable. The thesis is a qualitative study based on in-depth interviews with key stakeholders in the service value chain and with relevant experts. Case methodology have been used to gather and structure the empirical material from three c

Frågeställningar: På vilket sätt påverkas personalens arbetsmotivation av personalkostnadsbesparingar? Vilken betydelse har arbetsmotivationen vid personalkostnadsbesparingar för det finansiella resultatet på kort och lång sikt?

Samhällets syn på pengars värde har kritiserats i debatten mitt under den ekonomiska kris vi hittills inte sett vidden av. En del företagsbelöningar, av ibland astronomisk karaktär, har satts under lupp och framtiden får visa utkomsten av denna girighetskritik. Detta har gett företag ännu en etisk fråga att förhålla sig till, förutom de ökande kraven på miljömässigt och socialt ansvarstagande, i v

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to provide the reader with insights regarding what Syrian highly-educated immigrants (HEI) in Sweden think are the underlying prerequisites and actions needed to facilitate their entrance into the Swedish job market. Key Research Question: What are the key requirements needed to expedite the employment of HEI in the Swedish job market, and take up relevant jo

Background: Physiotherapy research concerning interventions for children with CP is often focused on collecting evidence of the superiority of particular therapeutic methods or treatment modalities. Articulating and documenting the use of theory, instrumentation and research design and the assumptions underlying physiotherapy research interventions are important. Physiotherapy interventions focusi