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The purpose of this study is to analyze the recent trend of economic growth and corruption in Bangladesh. Observing the recent data and analyzing the relevant studies the thesis aims at finding the changing pattern of corruption and how it can be a challenge for attaining sustainable development. The thesis is qualitative in nature based on theoretical studies and few secondary data. The study fin

Let’s get hyggelig in Denmark – a qualitative case study about place branding in times of mediatization In a world that is coined by globalization, individualization, commercialization and mediatization, place brands try to use their cultural assets to distinguish them- selves from others and compete for tourists. Although literature on place branding acknowledges the importance of culture, there

This essay inspects and analyzes how the Swedish prosecutor’s office describe and define honour-related violence in their handbook against honour related violence. The intersectional theory is applied in analysis of the prosecutor’s office portrayal of honour related violence. The intersectional perspective focuses on inequality and power conditions in society and how these can be reproduced by kn

In recent years, crowdfunding has emerged as an alternative for entrepreneurs when raising external capital for their ventures. Funders within the crowdfunding context often face information asymmetry issues since it is difficult for them to measure the venture credibility based on the information and financial history presented during a crowdfunding campaign. Therefore, it becomes important for t

Based on the characteristics of economic growth in China's transition period, this paper builds a theoretical model based on Barro model, and analyzes the influence of local government expenditure and opening up to the consumption of residents. After that, this study will use China's interprovincial panel data from 2012 to 2016 to establish panel data model to test the impact of local gove

This study is an analytical look at how new ventures approach keeping individuals within their organizations in order to ensure the long-run success of the venture. There is a particular focus on the non monetary incentives that are offered by employers and the influence they have on the intention for the individual to remain in a new venture. This has been done by following the framework of the j

To successfully deploy radical innovation is crucial for companies to stay competitive. An important role play intrapreneurs who take over the responsibility to develop an idea. As the processes of many companies are not made to support this kind of innovation intrapreneurs need to rely on their social capital to overcome barriers for radical innovation. This inductive, single-case study uses qual

This thesis examines the historical narrative about the Visegrad Group expressed by its representatives in six texts from the period 1990–2021. This is based on the following three research questions: What narrative about the common history of the Visegrad Group’s and its member countries’ common history has been constructed by political representatives for the Visegrad countries 1990–2021? How

Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att få förståelse för hur det dubbla syftet med ungdomsråd att både lära ut om demokrati och ge inflytande åt ungdomar bör förstås utifrån syftena som ungdomar har med att vara delaktiga i demokratin. Studien operationaliseras genom kvalitativa intervjuer med sex ungdomar mellan 14-16 år från fyra kommunala ungdomsråd i kommuner med olika socioekonomiska förutsättniThe aim of this thesis is to gain an understanding about how the double purpose with youth councils to both teach democracy and to give youth an opportunity for influence ought to be understood based on the purposes that young people have with participating in democracy. The study is operationalised by qualitative interviews with six youths between the ages of 14-16 from four different municipal y

Examensarbetets titel: Duktiga flickors bekännelser: En analys av kvinnors upplevelser av stereotypa förväntningar kopplade till könsrollen och chefsrollen. Seminariedatum: 2 juni 2021 Kurs: FEKH49, Examensarbete i organisation på kandidatnivå, 15 hp Författare: Molly Backman, Hanna Elmteg, Lone Engholm Handledare: Nadja Sörgärde Fem nyckelord: Könsroll, chefsroll, double bind, Role Congruity TheoTitle: Confessions of a Good Girl: An Analysis of Women’s Experiences of the Stereotypical Expectations on the Gender Role and the Managerial Role. Seminar date: June 2nd 2021 Course: FEKH49, Business Administration: Bachelor’s Degree Project in Organization, Undergraduate level, 15 credits Authors: Molly Backman, Hanna Elmteg, Lone Engholm Supervisor: Nadja Sörgärde Five Keywords: Gender role, ma

Background: SCOR is a worldwide accepted and renowned process reference model that is developed and endorsed by the non-profit organization Supply Chain Council. It’s a cross-industry diagnostic tool for supply chain management. Consafe Logistics wanted to know if a performance measurement system for warehouse activities could be developed based on the SCOR model, and how it could be applied in th

Authors: Ellen Isakson and Malin Skohg Title: From Odyssey to Hassela’s mentoring program – an empirical study of mentoring in a new institutional perspective [translated title] Supervisor: Torbjörn Hjort The purpose of this paper was to understand how Hassela’s mentoring program could be understood from the new institutional theory of translation. To understand this we have individually intervie

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur diskriminering gällande kön, klass och etnicitet synliggörs gentemot prostituerade. Undersökningen görs på en medial debatt om just legalisering av prostitution som kommit till uttryck i opinionsbildande texter i svensk dagspress, åren 2014–2016. Genom en kvalitativ innehållsanalys har teman identifierats utifrån framställningar av diskriminering i artTitle: "More than just gender? A qualitative study of the visualization of discrimination against prostitutes in the debate on legalization of prostitution" The aim of this essay is to investigate how discrimination regarding gender, class and ethnicity towards prostitutes is made visible in the debate regarding legalization of prostitution in Sweden. The primary material for this stud

I want to create a setting for relaxation and contemplation that promotes social interaction between different age groups. My project consists of formulating a modern sea bath house with saunas for the people in Rydebäck, a small urban area outside of Helsingborg. The old tradition of combining cold baths with hot saunas is being rediscovered by both old and young people, a practise in Sweden know

This thesis focuses on how vegan companies digitally market themselves on social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram). Three vegan companies were chosen to collect data from: Oatly, Anamma and Bulldog. The questions guiding this thesis are: 1) Which types of digital marketing do the companies use in their social media posts? 2) How do the companies communicate with their consumers and followers

Vem bryr sig om ett skogsområde i en stad? Tänk dig en planet där människorna är den enda levande arten. Då hade vi inte haft någon mat (förutom kannibalerna), vi hade inte haft något syre att andas, och vi hade varit helt nakna. Anledningen till att vi slipper leva detta hårda liv är: Biologisk mångfald. Biologisk mångfald innebär en variation av arter, och vi människor är beroende av den här vaIn the municipality Sölvesborg in the county Blekinge located in south Sweden, there is an area which the municipality have planned as ”nature”. It is an area of forest, dominated by beech. After being in contact with the municipality ecologist we started this project with the aim to come up with ideas for how to increase the values in the area, both ecologic and social. We have also discussed how

Politiska partier använder sig av olika strategier för att få väljare att rösta på dem. Den tekniska utvecklingen har gjort att användandet av valfilmer inte längre är något som endast används i USA utan även används i Sverige. Denna studie fokuserar på konstruktionen av Sverigedemokraternas och Vänsterpartiets valfilmer inför valet 2018. Syftet är att studera och tolka hur visuella och retoriska Political parties use different strategies to get the voters to vote for them. The technological development has meant that the use of election movies no longer is something only used in The United States but also something used in Sweden. This study focuses on the construction of Sverigedemokraternas and Vänsterpartiets election movies prior to the 2018 election. The purpose of this study is to i

The use of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) as means of combating poverty has increased considerably the past decade. CCTs are safety net programs that transfer cash to targeted poor households, often to the mothers, on the condition that those households make pre-specified investments in the human capital of their children. The conditions are often criticised because the conditions only applies

I svenska kommuner används för tillfället ofta papperskartor som geografiskt hjälpmedel vid fältarbete. En mobil GIS (geografiskt informationssystem)applikation skulle kunna vara ett användbart hjälpmedel vid sådant fältarbete och speciellt för att genomföra fältinventering. I detta examensarbete har en sådan applikation utvecklas. Applikationen har utvecklats för Örebro kommun och kallas iSurvey.Currently, Swedish municipalities generally use paper maps to conduct field work. A Mobile GIS (geographical information system) application could be a useful tool when conducting field work and field inventory work. In this master thesis, such an application has been developed. The application was developed for the municipality in Örebro and is called iSurvey. When developing a mobile application