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This Master’s thesis is performed on behalf of Alfa Laval, a multinational company providing technological products and services.
Alfa Laval has in the past had a lot of successful mergers, but there were also those cases that led to sell off and those that had potential to add more value than was actually realized. In the common case, it has been shown that 60-70 per cent of M&As fall sho

The access to safe drinking water is a basic and critical component of our society. If the drinking water supply system is exposed to disturbances, it is of great importance that water suppliers are able to maintain continuity within the water distribution system. In emergency situations this has to be done using alternative methods, e.g. distribution by tanks. This report analyses if the emerge

Using the characteristics of a fire scenario as a starting point, the authors illuminated the risks using textile membranes as a building material. The burning away of the membrane and the opening of a natural smoke evacuation was chosen for further studies. Using input from validation experiments the authors simulated these experiments in FDS to explore the agreement. There was uncertainties in f

Title:”It takes two to tango” - A qualitative study of collaborative resources between Social psychiatry and Psychiatry. Supervisor: Anders P Lundberg. Assessor: Christina Erneling. The psychiatry reform was introduced 15 years ago. There was a vision to remove the institutions in order to give the client an opportunity of normalization by receiving care at home and participate in society by mean

The purpose of this thesis is to provide insight into the recruitment and selection processes of high-tech companies in China and to advice returning Chinese overseas students on these recruitment and selection processes. We collected empirical data from respondents by using semi-structured interviews for the following qualitative analysis. Interview guide, selection of respondents, conduction of

Problembeskrivning: I retailbranschen, som är en personalintensiv bransch, ställs det allt högre krav på servicen i butiken. Om företaget kan förmedla en upplevelse av hög kvalitet genom bra service skapas lojala och nöjda kunder. Dålig optimering av personal i butiken kan vara kostsamt och ge upphov till dålig service. Syfte och Frågeställningar: Syftet med uppsatsen är att belysa vikten av att a

In 1979 “The Ancient Thebes and its Necropolis” entered in the World Heritage List in a core zone of 7390 ha. Western Thebes holds the remains of about 36 temples in varying degrees of preservation and dating from archaic times (3100 – 2686 B.C.) to the Greco-Roman Period (332 B.C. – 395 A.D.). The temples of Medinet Habu, Ramesseum and Sethos I, are located in the western side of modern Luxor and

Föreningar har överlag svårt att rekrytera och engagera nya medlemmar till sin verksamhet. Det är främst i målgruppen unga vuxna, som antalet engagerade är underrepresenterade. Detta är både ett samhällsproblem och ett problem hos många föreningar. Vi är därför nyfikna på hur ideella organisationer arbetar med sitt varumärke för att nå denna målgrupp. Vårt syfte med denna uppsats är att fördjupa k

Purpose: The purpose of this master thesis is to explain how organizations, as an actor of corporate social responsibility, can create conditions for legitimacy in a complex world. Method: To address how organizations can create conditions for legitimacy we accomplish qualitative interviews with Communication managers and CSR managers in five Swedish social responsible organizations. Findings: The

The purpose of this study was to examine and describe how available the public transportation system in Skåne is for persons that are depending on a wheelchair. The study focus on Skånetrafiken, the provider of local bus and train transports. The basis of the study was seven interviews. The theoretical basis was Goffmans theory of stigma and Nirjes principle of normality. Stigma and normality was

This paper is for understanding the gap between city commercial banks and state-owned banks. In our image, the gap is exsiting for a long time, but how large is large, could it be changed. Through the quantitative analysis using CAMEL rating system, the conclusion is the performance of city commercial banks is wearker than state-owned banks from capital adequacy, assets quality, management, earnin

Denna uppsats undersöker den offentliga sektorns roll i ekonomin och dess effekt på utvecklingen av BNP per capita. Uppsatsen fokuserar på den offentliga sektorns inverkan på befolkningstillväxten, dess betydelse för skapandet av nytt humankapital samt den förmodade lägre produktiviteten inom denna sektor. För att ta hänsyn till dessa aspekter utvecklas en teoretisk tillväxtmodell. Denna analysera

Property rights systems and their relationship to the informal spaces are a contested and highly relevant part of contemporary development discourse. This study explores the reproduction of the concept of the informal in urban space. The central problematic of this study then departs by asking in what ways does the debate on property rights and the informal economy emerge as a representation of sp

Alternative fuels, such as natural and bio-gas, are attractive options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from combustion engines. However, the naturally occurring variation in gas composition poses a challenge and may significantly impact engine performance. The gas composition affects fundamental fuel properties such as flame propagation speed and heat release rate. Deviations from the gas co