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The history of the population control movement is one replete with controversies and where narratives about coercive population control policies and programs abound. Questionable practices such as the wide sterilization campaigns as took place in India during its state of emergency period in the 1970s or the use of contraceptives in the developing world already banned from Western markets contribu
This rapport is a study in advance of a possible up and coming restoration of the old observatory in Lund. The rapport is based on the possibility that it will be restored to accommodate modern facilities and suit the needs and demands we have on a modern building regarding installations and accessibility. This rapport describes in detail how to transform and renovate the old observatory to house
This thesis is about ”BIM " , it addresses the problems and risks associated with the introduction in Sweden and how the expression is misinterpreted. The work also includes how BIM should be used to achieve profitability and how the different operators relate to it. The Swedish construction industry is today exposed with big problems when it comes to productivity, efficiency, material waste
The silo is a landmark that is known for its unique shape, height and large volume and is now a building that in our big cities threatens extinction. This type of construction is not usually built anymore, all because of new techniques that replaces this kind of large mass grain storages. The intention of the report is to analyze how an industrial building, shaped as a silo can be changed into res
Date: 2014-06-03 Authors: Kaiwen Wang Jingjing Guo fin13kwa@student.lu.se fin13jgu@student.lu.se Mobile: 0762063660 0762187877 Title: Empirical tests of Fama-French three-factor model and Principle Component Analysis on the Chinese stock market Tutor: Anders Vilhelmsson, Department of Business Administration, Lund University Purpose: This paper aim to verify that the Fama-French three factor model
In this thesis we consider a general approach to modeling dependence in extreme values of exchange rates by using copulas. As specific examples the following pairs of currencies are analyzed: Swedish krona to U.S. dollar (SEK/USD), Swedish krona to Euro (SEK/EUR), Swedish krona to British pound (SEK/GBP), Swedish krona to Japanese Yen (SEK/JPY), Swedish krona to Danish krone (SEK/DKK) and Swedish
Syftet med denna uppsats är att bidra med en förståelse för värdebegreppets innebörd i 3PL-branschen. Utifrån detta syfte vill vi studera hur aktörer inom denna bransch uppfattar det värde som kan skapas i relationen mellan företaget och kunden. Studien visar att relationen mellan 3PL-aktör och kund öppnar för flera möjligheter som kan uppfattas som värdeskapande. För att bättre synliggöra hur vär
Denna studie ämnar öka förståelsen om hur lobbyarbete bedrivs i Sverige, hur det förstås och porträtteras av lobbyister själva samt vad det får för konsekvenser för demokratiska värderingar. Studien utgår från lobbyistens perspektiv och kompletteras med den allmänna bilden av lobbyism från media och riksdag. Analysmetoden för studien är hermeneutisk där kvalitativa intervjuer samt innehållsanalys This study intends to increase the understanding of the ways that lobbying is executed in Sweden, how it is understood and portrayed by lobbyists themselves and what the consequences for democratic values are. The study was conducted from the perspective of lobbyists supplemented by the general perception of media and government. The analysis was conducted trough hermeneutics where data from quali
Purpose: The main purpose is to see if dividend smoothing is a pertinent phenomenon among Swedish public firms. The study also aims to identify what firm characteristics that drive dividend smoothing. Theoretical Framework: The theoretical framework covers different explanations of dividend smoothing behavior, such as information asymmetries, agency issues and investor clientele motivations. Also
The present thesis is a study of Tenga Rinpoches death process and physical death, based on interviews, textual studies and image analysis. Special attention is given to a particular kind of meditation practiced in close connection to physical death and aimed at reaching a state of mind that in the Tibetan tradition is called tukdam. Further attention is given to how students experiences and relat
This study examines the construction of national identity in two speeches, held respectively by King Abdullah II of Jordan and King Mohammed VI of Morocco, during the height of the Arab Spring in 2011. These speeches were a response to public uprisings and contained numerous reforms, which may have been instrumental for the continued rule of the Jordanian and Moroccan regimes. Using theories on na
International sanctions has been the subject of extensive political debate, its effectiveness is highly questioned and its wide implementation even more so. Yet economic sanctions still remain the primary punitive response in the international community, states violation of sovereignty, authoritarianism and/or deviations from the human rights charter are regularly met with international condemnati
Kriminella gäng framstår idag som ett växande och påtagligt samhällsproblem. Gängkulturen beskrivs som eskalerande, brutal och skoningslös där avhopp utgör ett mycket kritiskt skede i gängmedlemmarnas liv. Syftet med denna studie är följaktligen att undersöka hur före detta gängmedlemmar förklarar sitt gängmedlemskap och hur de avslutar detta. De frågeställningar som studien avser att besvara är:
This report examines how Norway’s and EU’s regulations set requirements to environmental barriers. The result is based on a review of relevant regulations and an interview study with personnel from the drilling industry. The result shows that the main difference between the regulations is that EU explicitly focuses on environmental critical elements and that the tradition within the industry is to
The purpose of this essay is to describe and analyze how counsellors in youth centres in the south of Sweden handle ethical dilemmas that might appear when they meet young clients. We interviewed six counsellors about how they handle the dilemma they are faced with when meeting someone under the age of fifteen who is sexually active even though they aren’t old enough according to Swedish law. In S
Bakgrund: OF Ekeri är ett nationellt företag med kontor i Markaryd. De levererar och hyr ut ett stort utbud av olika typer av lastbilssläp som till exempel släpvagnar, påhängsvagnar och reservdelar. Nästan alla företag i dag har någon form av informationssystem, men många av dem är ineffektiva. OF Ekeri är medvetna om att deras sätt att hantera deras information inte är uppdaterad och därför de haBackground: OF Ekeri is a national company with an office in Markaryd. They deliver and rent a wide selection of different types of truck trailers, semitrailers and spare parts. Today almost all companies have some kind of information system and many of them are inefficient. OF Ekeri is aware of that their way of managing their information is not up to date and therefore they have asked for help r
This study examines the implementation of Traditional Landholding Certificates in the Petauke District, and how providing access for small-scale farmers to secure land is affected by the power structures on customary land. Nine weeks were spent collecting data in the Petauke District through quantitative and qualitative interviews with stakeholders and farmers. The empirical material showed a high
Det teoretiska ramverket för denna uppsats baserades på Senges fem dimensioner, Garvins fem aktiviteter och Kline och Saunders teorier om den lärande organisationen. Syftet var att göra en branschöverskridande kvalitativ undersökning av vilka förutsättningar som krävs för att systematiskt kunna arbeta för att bli en lärande organisation samt hur det systematiska arbetet sker. Elva informanter i le
I takt med att Business Intelligence har blivit mer aktuellt bland organisationer har allt fler konsultbolag växt fram. Konsulterna arbetar i en central roll mellan programvaruleverantör och slutkund för att ta fram BI-lösningar. Denna roll är viktig att diskutera för att förstå varför kunden ej kan gå direkt till leverantören. I denna studie har vi undersökt hur konsultation ser ut inom BI för at
