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The production philosophy at Tetra Pak Japan is make-to-order. Although, in reality it is more make-to-stock due to the current pricing structure based on discounts for large volume orders. As a result, the inventory levels are high and the responsiveness towards customer demand is limited. Alongside, the marketplace is changing and the competition is increasing. This calls for a change in the sup
Purpose: To investigate how consumers understand free services on the Internet. Theories: The research is primarily based upon theories of gift giving. Methodology and analysis: The Internet is not a tangible marketplace and in order to understand the value of the free services online, we used consumers' behavioral accounts to explain how they perceive the free services that are common online.
Sammanfattning: Syfte: Syftet med detta examensarbete är att förklara hur revisorer ser på risk när de bedömer potentiella klienter. Metod: Ett positivistiskt angreppssätt och en deduktiv ansats, med en kvantitativ metod, har använts för att nå fram till resultat för analysen. Teoretiskt perspektiv: Studien utgår ifrån ett eklektiskt teoretiskt angreppssätt och tidigare forskning inom området. Teo
Public Private Partnership, PPP, is a public procurement method involving the private sector used in several countries all over the world, now upcoming in Sweden. The UK, most prominent within this method, states that it offers good value for money, but the economic and financial benefits of PPP are still uncertain and subjects of debate. In order for the projects to be successful and to achieve v
The present research is aimed at analyzing spirituality according to the way it is presented in academic management literature. To uncover comprehensively way this phenomenon is described, a thorough scientific analysis of the selected articles was performed including coding the materials, systematically categorizing them as well as critically investigating particular aspects. While conducting the
Purpose: The thesis purpose is to examine how investors values differences in sales growth and profitability, as well as reacts to reported changes in these variables. In addition, the authors evaluate whether it is possible to earn abnormal returns, using Jensen´s alpha, by investing in stocks after reported improvements in these variables. Methodology: Due to the quantitative nature of the thesi
Syfte: Syftet är att se hur och om hjälporganisationer idag kommunicerar företags CSR- engagemang (Corporate Social Responsibility) via internet, samt undersöka om bättre kommunikation via internet kan leda till ökade bidrag. Metod: Uppsatsen använder ett kvalitativt tillvägagångssätt med en abduktiv ansats som utgångspunkt. Vi har tittat på ett antal studieobjekt och med hjälp av undersökningsfor
Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka och skapa en djupare förståelse för betydelsen av intern värdering av det intellektuella kapitalet för Sigma Exallon. Detta för att undersöka om en multiplikatoreffekt kan uppstå. Metod: Denna uppsats är en fallstudie av Sigma Exallon. I uppsatsen har vi utgått från en kvalitativ metod och genomfört tio intervjuer med medarbetare inom Sigma Exallon. Vi
In our study a matrix configuration along two dimensions, namely affiliation towards Volvo and locus of control emerged. Based on this matrix and the discernible discursive influences it is possible to describe four types of self-identities. These four types of self-identity are discussed and evaluated. Additionally the findings are contemplated against the backdrop of Labour Process Theory which
Goals of this thesis is to investigate how the Foundry Chinese Managers perceive leadership, and how they construct their leadership skills in their daily working environment in that specific foundry context and whether the Chinese leadership is still following the traditional Chinese Culture or they have their own ways to lead. We are using a qualitative/inductive method. We are using already exi
Background As a part of the Service Organization’s earlier initiated and at the moment on-going project; “A more efficient Service Organization”, daily management has been identified as playing a major part. The starting-point for this has been to gain insight into how the Service Organization is actually performing and how it would be possible to measure, follow-up and visualize this performance.
Development and how to reach economic growth have been discussed and talked about since the Industrial revolution in Europe pushed productivity and wages up but the models have changed over time and space. The most successful ones seems to build on traditional patterns of agriculture and growing domestic markets, but with a growing global market and new players on the world market can it be that t
This is a problematization of UN’s work on preventing child soldiers and also an analysis of the consistency between the Convention on the Right of the Child and Responsibility to Protect (R2P). I have chosen to examine the Convention on the Right of the Child because it expresses the human rights of a child, and R2P because it phrases UN’s opportunity to protect human rights in a state where thos
Internal control of foreigners is a measure of migration control employed by the Swedish state, with two main goals: to monitor that no foreigners reside in the country without legal permits, and to find and detain foreigners who are to be deported. Charged by the government to increase efficiency in expulsions, the Migration Board, The National Police Board and the Prison and Probation Service in
Svenska straffnivåer beträffande allvarlig våldsbrottslighet uppfattas ofta som låga. Allmänheten är missnöjd. Den svenska regeringen har sedan 2006 fört en reformagenda med syfte att skärpa straffen för de allvarliga våldsbrotten. Regeringen har åberopat det allmänna rättsmedvetandet som grund för sin reformagenda. Samtidigt har den nya lagstiftningen ej gett avtryck i rättstillämpningen på grunSwedish levels of punishment regarding serious violent crime are often perceived as low. The public is discontented. The Swedish government has since 2006 pursued a reform agenda with the purpose of toughening penalties for serious violent crimes. The Government has invoked the Volksgeist as the basis of its reform agenda. Meanwhile, the new legislation has not been effective in the application o
Förhållandet mellan unionens rättsordning och medlemstaternas nationella konstitutioner är komplicerad, främst på grund av EU:s unika karaktär. EU-27 innebär oundvikligen att unionen står på 27 olika nationella konstitutioner, alla med sina egna konstitutionella särdrag. Artikel 4.2 i EU-fördraget (hädanefter ”EUF”), som stadgar att unionen skall respektera medlemstaternas nationella identiteter, The relationship between the Union legal order and the national constitutions of its Member States is a complex one, caused mostly due to the sui generis nature of the European Union. EU-27 inevitably means that the Union stands on 27 different national constitutions, each with its own constitutional specificities. Article 4.2 TEU, stating that the Union shall respect the national identities of th
Uppsatsen undersöker vilket skydd en konsument har som anser sig blivit utsatt för vårdslös finansiell rådgivning. Genom att undersöka vilka rekvisit som skall vara uppfyllda för att lagen skall vara tillämplig och vilka aktsamhetskrav en rådgivare skall iaktta återges en bild av gällande rätt avseende finansiell rådgivning. Vidare redogörs för de påföljder som kan inträffa ifall en rådgivare inte
Den övergripande målsättningen med Fördraget om Europeiska Unionens Funktionssätt är att skapa en social marknadsekonomi där fri konkurrens spelar en avgörande roll. Konkurrensreglerna som styr företagens handlande på marknaden i Sverige och inom EU strävar efter att förhindra handlande som kan begränsa effektiv konkurrens. Ur ekonomisk synvinkel är det nödvändigt att möjligheten finns att marknadThe general goal of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union is to create a social market economy, where free competition is crucial. The Competition rules, governing the actions of the parties on the Swedish and EU market, aim to prevent conduct that may restrict effective competition. From an economic point of view it is necessary to have the ability to influence the market in order t
This research seeks to contribute to the current gap between diplomatic theory and practice. By exploring how applicable the essential elements of diplomacy are to the Swedish regional representation offices and their policy advocacy in Brussels, the research serves a dual purpose. Firstly, to contribute to fill the vast gap between diplomatic theory and practice, and secondly, to in parallel pai
