Bachelor thesis, Degree of master in Science and Economics, School of Business and Economics at Linnaeus University, Management, 2FE01E, Spring Semester 2013Author: Johanna Björklund, Sarah Gustafsson and Sofia NicklassonMentor: Anders HytterTitle: Retention: Why stay when your options are unlimited? Background: Employee turnover is a problem today, and companies face increasing challenges when it comes to retain employees within the organization, so called employee retention. This is a present concept and theory holds that more organizations realize that they need to put more focus on retention as one of their business goals to remain competitive. It?s important that organizations understand individuals' different needs and the factors that make them satisfied in their professional life.

Dissertation in political science, D-level by Niklas Andersson, Spring Semester 2010. Tutor: Malin Stegmann McCallion?Societies in Crisis ? When Washington Take Over?An economic meltdown wreaks havoc on the world and has plunged the Western world into a spiral of economic stimulus in order to keep their way of life intact. At the same time the same institutions that support these countries have had another agenda for more unfortunate and less influential countries where nothing has been free and everything been to a price of self-sacrifice in order to get the consent of the IMF and the World Bank. Everything according to the points stated in the so called Washington Consensus.The purpose of this dissertation is to research what impact the Washington Consensus has on the state in terms of power over the market and sovereignty.

To understand the motives, and perhaps more importantly the barriers, for farmers to convert from conventional to organic farming is of great interest for policy makers as well as for academics. In Sweden and in other EU countries, proposed targets of the area in organic farmland have failed to be reached in spite of different kinds of policy measures. Most studies agree that the average profitability seems to be comparable to or better in organic than in conventional farming. This would indicate that there must be other factors of importance which can explain the low particiapation rate. A higher perceived risk in organic farming with respect to yield and price is frequently brought up as a potential explanation within a qualitative framework.

Title Greenlighted employees ? The internal value of Schenker?s environmental work.Author David Fridner.Course Master thesis in Science of Media and Communication.Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Gothenburg.Semester Spring semester 2009.Tutor Professor Monika Djerf-Pierre.Number of pages 55 (appendix 23).Aim The aim is to study the internal value of Schenker?s environmental work.Method Qualitative and quantitative method.Material 20 interviews from four workgroups: managers (4), sales (5), customer-services (4) and truck drivers (7). 148 websurveys from two workgroups: sales (106) and customer-services (42).Main result Schenker is perceived as an environmentally friendly enterprise. Much due to the fact that the company?s impact on nature only has little to do with how the staff evaluate its ?greenness?.

This thesis aims on adding another piece to the puzzle that is the supplier relationship research. Taking its base in a series of articles regarding the transformations of global supply chains into more long-term profitable ones. Two research questions are presented, one regarding long-term supplier relationships and one regarding the main criteria?s while evaluating new suppliers. With an emphasis on the long-term relationship and profitability are five medium sized Swedish manu-facturers examined through semi-structured interviews.

Background: The Stop rule for buying in property was introduced through 1976 years legislation and its formemost purpose was to prevent companies to acquire property that was useless for the company. Assets such as cars, boats and arts were of current interest. At the same time as this stop rule was introduced, another stop rule was also introduced and this was meant to work to forbid the partner to buy property from the close company to a price that would lead to sell at loss for the company. After a government decision (1999:2000, Abolished Stop rules) the close company is no longer living under this restriction since these two stop rules have been abolished since January 2001. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate which criteria are the basis to judge whether the assets is to consider as useful or not for the close company.

The notion of door policy has received little academic investigation. In the media this phenomenon has however received much attention and has been connected to allegations of discrimination. The authors of this thesis take another view in trying to identify the mechanisms behind door policy from an economic perspective.Based on case studies in nightclubs in Stockholm the authors conclude that there are two types of door policy: including and excluding. While including door policy aims to comply with regulations and commonly is part of a cost-leadership or focus strategy, excluding door policy is primarily a tool for attracting and selecting a certain audience in line with a product differentiation strategy. It thrives on the principles of exclusivity and reciprocity.Forming the identity of a club, audience is of great importance and excluding door policy is found to be an important tool in creating the correct composition of audience, which ultimately aims to increase profitability..

In my thesis I have sand blasted different type of woods - ring-porous and diffuseporous deciduous tree species and conifers - to show different results depending on the species, the direction of the grain and the effects of surface treatment of a blasted surface.The results of my tests were sometimes unexpected, such as that the sand from blasting almost completely disappeared, that all wood surfaces after blasting exhibited a much lighter or paler surface than before and that the diffuse-porous tree species showed differences in hardness between the beginning and end of annual rings.By creating a library of different kinds of wood and sandblasted surface treatment, I have created a reference bank that I will be able to use me in the manufacturing of interiors, furniture and other objects..

Både entreprenörskap och invandring har ökat kraftigt i Sverige, såväl som globalt. Idag finns det över en miljon bolag i Sverige där enmansföretag (74,8%) och mikroföretag (21,7%) utgör den största delen. Detta ger en klar syn över att det svenska näringslivet domineras främst av mindre företag. Bakom många av dessa mindre företag står individer med utländsk bakgrund. Under 2010 talades det om att var sjunde företag som startas i Sverige, drivs av en individ med rötter från en annan del av världen.En av de viktigaste drivkrafterna för ett lands ekonomiska tillväxt är företag, vilket är en stor anledning till att fokus ligger på hur dessa väljer att finansiera sin verksamhet.

This thesis is based on a case study of the City of Stockholm. The study aims to explore the effects on the city's large investments caused by the public reform. Furthermore, the question concerns the character of the impact and if it will affect what type of investments that will be prioritized. The theoretical background is based on Brunsson's ideas about political organizations shifting towards corporate nature, and Almqvist's interpretation of New Public Management (NPM). Moreover, models explaining public management reform, and the main components of corporate shifting, are used.

Från att ha varit ett strikt låneinstitut kan idag Sveriges största låneinstitut för jord- och skogsägare, Landshypotek, erbjuda sina medlemmar lösningar inom både bank och försäkring. Under varumärket Landshypotek erbjuds föreningens grundläggande tjänster, medan övriga tjänster tillhandahålls av samarbetspartners. Utvecklingen och utökningen av tjänster kan göras dels genom varumärkesutvidgningar under det egna varumärket, eller genom samarbeten med andra företag, så kallade varumärkesallianser. Detta arbete fokuserar på ett nystartat samarbete gällande försäkringar mellan Landshypotek och det norska försäkringsbolaget Gjensidige. Samarbete med andra företag är förenat med risker och möjligheter för det egna varumärket.

BAKGRUND: Revisorns oberoende är en av grundförutsättningarna för att revisorn ska kunna utföra sitt arbete på ett oklanderligt vis och ge samhället en rättvisande bild av företagen. Skandalerna kring Enron och HQ Bank har belyst oberoendefrågan under senare tid. Skandalen kring HQ Bank har lagt fokus och haft en negativ inverkan på förtroendet för den svenska revisionsbranschen. Ytterligare arbete har därför påbörjats gällande oberoendefrågan. Vi har valt att i studien utgå ifrån analysmodellen vilket är ett hjälpmedel för att säkerställa revisorns oberoende, modellen innefattar tre steg för revisorn att följa.

The bachelor's thesis is to examine the explanatory factors affecting the choice of capital structure in real estate companies. The analysis is based on data collected from the main financial reporting from 2007; all listed real estate companies listed on Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish stock market. Based on previous research and theories, we have defined five independent variables that are linked to the debt ratio, which are: profitability, growth, firm size, cost of debt and operational risk. The statistical tests have resulted in that we can say with certainty that profitable firms tend to have a lower debt to equity ratio. We can also say with certainty that property companies with high interest costs have a high level of indebtedness..

Problemformulering: Vid ett generationsskifte ökar betydelsen av att kunna förstå skillnaderna mellan generationer, detta för att organisationens produktivitet inte ska bli allt för påverkad.Märker bankerna av ett generationsskifte? Hur upplevs åttiotalisten- och fyrtiotalisten som arbetstagare?Syfte: Att se om ett generationsskifte är märkbart för bankerna och i så fall hur de påverkas av det. Syftet är även att undersöka och beskriva vad bankerna har för uppfattning om åttiotalisten- och fyrtiotalisten som arbetstagare.Metod: Undersökningen har baserats på en kvalitativ ansats i form av telefonintervjuer. Artiklar och litteratur ligger till grund för vår teori.Teori: Efterfrågan på banktjänstemän genomgår en långsiktig förändring, på grund av ändrade kompetenskrav samt effektivisering av yrket. De kommande tio åren kommer efterfrågan på banktjänstemän att öka på grund av mycket stora pensionsavgångar av fyrtiotalister (Arbetsförmedlingen 2011).Aryafar & Ezzedeen (2011) hävdar att ett av tidernas största och mest betydelsefulla generationsskifte nu pågår.

Titel: RIX-systemet och dess påverkan på finansinstitutens marknadsmaktFörfattare: Tom Douglas och Eric NarfströmHandledare: Evert KöstnerKurs: NEG300, kandidatuppsats Nationalekonomi fördjupningskurs, 15 hp, HT-2013Nyckelord: marknadsmakt, oligopol, räntabilitet, riksbanken, RIX-systemet, konkurrensSyfte: Denna studie syftar till att undersöka om det finns ett samband mellanmedlemskap i RIX-systemet och räntabilitet på eget kapital beträffande företag vilka är aktiva på den svenska finansmarknaden.Metod: I denna studie används både en kvantitativ och kvalitativ metod med insamling av kvantitativ sekundärdata från framförallt Svenska Bankföreningen. Kvalitativ data har främst hämtats från Riksbanken.Teori: Structure-conduct-performance paradigm (SCP) samt Porters femkraftsmodell ligger till grund för den teoretiska referensram som ligger till grund för studien att tillägga till detta används även konventionell konkurrensteori.Slutsats: Studien visar på att det föreligger ett statistiskt signifikant sambandmellan ett deltagande i RIX-systemet och räntabilitet på eget kapital. Title: The RIX-system and its impact on financial institutions market power.Author: Tom Douglas and Eric NarfströmAdvisor: Evert KöstnerCourse: NEG300, Bachelor thesis in Economics, 15 hp, fall 2013Keywords: Market power, oligopoly, return on investment, central bank, the RIX-system, competitionPurpose: This study aims to investigate whether there is a correlation betweena membership within the RIX-system and return on investment regarding companies with in the financial industry of Sweden.Method: In this study, both a quantitative and qualitative approach has been used. Regarding the collection of quantitative data, it has been retrieved mainly from Swedish Bankers' Association. Collection of qualitative data has been collected mainly from The Swedish central bank Riksbanken.Theory: Structure-conduct-performance paradigm (SCP) and Porters five-forces framework underpin the theoretical framework underlying the study.