Collaborative music making on the Internet is not a new phenomenon, but no applications have yet caught on with the vast number of laptop and bedroom studio musicians active today. This is strange considering the inherent social and interactive nature of music, especially amongst trends like Web 2.0 where collaboration and user-generated data is key. In this paper I study the problems these applications face, and why they do not have a greater appeal to musicians. With the results I develop and evaluate my own framework, known as Crescendo Online: a multi-user sequencing and modular synthesis environment, intended to pave the way for a new type of online music creation platform..

Tanken med detta examensarbete var att ta reda på hur Väderstad beskriver sitt varumärke och sedan jämföra detta mot hur kunder uppfattar företagets varumärke. Målet var att kunna ge Väderstad en indikation på om de lyckats med sin föresats eller inte. Som metod till detta examensarbete användes intervjuer och det intervjuades 18 lantbrukare samt för att kunna jämföra intervjuades även Bo Stark (ägare). Arbetet avgränsades till lantbrukare som var verksamma i Skåne och att de hade investerat i en maskin från Väderstad åren 2011 och 2012. Uppsatsen behandlar även frågan vad ett varumärke är för samt vad varumärkesupplevelse innebär. d.v.s. att information tas in på olika sätt såsom informationssökning, inköpstillfälle och användande samt att under dessa mötestillfällen utsätts kunden för varumärkesspecifika stimuli det är viktigt för företagen att vårda dessa mötesplatser och lägga minst lika mycket resurser som man gör på annonsering.

Context: During the 21st century several alarming reports have been published that deals with the depletion and pollutant of the earth by human interference. The earth is an ending resource and so are the mountains and bedrocks which are continuously mined in order to harvest its minerals. The idea behind Urban Mining is to (re)invent processes enabling further purpose for materials both from old deposits and new products providing secondary raw materials and energy. This thesis aims to investigate the challenges and opportunities of how firms and organizations can and will be able to strike a better balance between product-/service systems, economic growth and environmental stewardship in the context of Urban Mining as an approach. With the innovation of processes, technology, business- planning and creation in focus.Objective: How to future proof a business model for Urban Mining by the usage of business model design.Method: This thesis will be conducted using a case study approach, meaning that it will incorporate qualitative, exploratory and descriptive characteristics - aiming towards enabling both applied and fundamental research.Results: The result evaluates the business model element differences between traditional C&D industry and Urban Mining industry.

Title: The decisive opinion - A qualitative study of consumers opinions of eight Swedish fashion companies.Seminar date: 2008-01-14Course: Candidate thesis media and communication, 15 ECTS,Authors: Micela Danielsson, Frida ÅhsAdvisor: Larsåke LarssonFive keywords: Profile, Image, Brand, Fashion and AdvertisingPurpose: The purpose with this study is to evaluate and discuss the connection between profile and the companies? image in the eye of the consumer.Methodology: A qualitative method has been used in the paper, focusgruops interview with respondents from Örebro.Theoretical perspectives: The overall theory of the paper is describing fashion theory. profile, identity and image and advertising.Empirical foundation: Consumers from Örebro have made a contribution to the basis of our empirical study.Conclusions: The results show that fashion and clothes play a big part for the consumers and they ascribe it the part as a way to show their identity, image and express them selves. For none of the companies profile and image did not have a full connection, but a lot of times there were parts of the profile and image that had a connection. The questioned states that they get their opinions from merchandise, stores, store employees and different kinds of advertising.

An analysis of Zolas Nana focusing on male desire. Through a study of the narrtive structure and the polemic relation between the concepts of ?Nature? and ?Culture? it is shown that opposing ideologies are imbedded in the text. Nana is a symbolic character, in large, a myth created by male desire that eventually becomes a manifestation of that desire. At the same time, however, the character Nana evolves from being a mirrored image of male desire into a more stable and real individual and this process is also an answer to when and why she dies,underlining the fact that she initially was a creation emanating from male desire and in losing those symbolic functions she loses her function in the novel..

Studien syftar till att undersöka och analysera flera olika varumärkens möjligheter att samsas i en stor koncern, samt hur man på bästa sätt exponerar dessa varumärken i ett gemensamt showroom.The purpose of the study is to explore and analyze a variety of brands ability to combine in a large group and how to expose these brands the best in a combined showroom..

The debate about questions concerning corporate governance has intensified in Sweden the last decade. From July 1th 2008, the Swedish Code for Corporate Governance was extended to comprise all Swedish companies listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm. Our aim with this master thesis is to examine the effect of the Revised Code on Swedish corporate governance and in particular its contribution to creating value or costs. We do this through a qualitative study of 22 interviews with representatives for different interests. With our study, we have found that the Revised Code in several areas has had considerable influence on Swedish corporate governance.

My bachelor?s dissertation concerns the creation of a proposal for interior decoration of the Boland High School?s canteen. I have been in contact with personnel, students and the school principal through the duration of the project. In the end, substantive changes of lighting, interior decoration and movement were proposed for the canteen. In the proposal I have focused on accentuating the school?s profile, on creating smaller spatial configurations within the larger configuration of the room, lowering the noise level, creating a good movement flow, increase the number of seats and creating a pleasant environment in which to eat..

Varumärkesutvidgning är i dag en trend inom affärsutveckling, då metoden underlättaringången på nya marknader. Utvidgningar är dock ingen genväg till en garanteradpublikframgång. Om utvidgningen ska fungera måste den struktureras så att den framstår somsjälvklar i konsumentens huvud, förutsatt att man vill att utvidgningsprodukterna ska köpas.Många är företagen som lyckats med sin utvidgning men många är även de som misslyckats,och som med det fått betala ett högt pris för lärdomen. I takt med att utvidgningsstrategiernahar ökat bland företag, är det också många som glider in på närbesläktade marknader, eller påhelt andra branscher. Varumärket får då fungera som en garant för den nya produkten.

This study has been conducted with the purpose to examine the marketing effects of waiting lines on the customer- and brand experience. Our ambition has been to describe how the waiting line can be used to heighten the positive experiences. The study has had a qualitative, as well as an inductive approach towards the subject. The study is mainly based on nine interviews with a total of ten respondents employed at nine different companies relevant to the subject. In the final chapter of this study we present our results and conclusions..

Marketing research has acknowledged the concept of authenticity. It is argued that consumers in modern society increasingly search for something real, in contrast to what they perceive as mediated and distorted. Producers of regional food brands has acknowledged this trend, and started to market their products as being authentic. Given the potential practical and theoretical contributions in studying the concept of authenticity in this context, this study aims to explore how consumers perceive these claims of authenticity. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to extend knowledge on how consumers come to perceive a regional food brand as authentic.

I dagens läge har varumärken blivit allt viktigare för företagen. Eftersom konkurrensen på marknaden ständigt ökar måste företagen ständigt utvecklas. Det räcker inte längre att ha den bästa försäljningstekniken eller olika erbjudanden utan nu måste det finns något annat som utmärker produkten/varumärket.Konkurrensen på marknaden ökar och det kommer in allt fler liknade produkter och nystartade företag. Pågrund av detta är vårt syfte med denna uppsats att titta närmare på hur nystartade företag bör bygga upp sitt varumärke för att få det starkt.Det finns många olika teorier och modeller från olika författare om hur företag bör gå tillväga för att bygga sitt varumärke. Man har också utvecklat olika fällor som bör undvikas.

Problem: The authors have, during the process of development of this thesis, tried to create an understanding of how a number of organizations, all working with different approaches around the ?brand Sweden?, perceive the efficiency and benefits of using extended concept around embassies as a tool in their strategic work. The embassies in question have an evolved concept in the sense that they don not only hold a traditional political and legal role. The problem facing us authors was the issue whether theses embassies are efficient arenas to coordinate the forces and resources of the organizations concerned, in the mission to enhance the visibility and awareness of Sweden abroad.Purpose: The purpose is to describe the strategic work with marketing Sweden to be able to look in to whether the evolved concept behind the embassies in question are used as a tool in within the work of the organizations. We wish to research this to be able to evaluate if this arena is perceived as efficient for the organizations concerned.Method: In order to get a background to which one establish and communicate a nations brand the authors have studied literature within the subject.

The purpose of this study was to examine customer attitudes towards flagship stores and how they perceive them. To ascertain this, and obtain answers to the research questions covering the study's main issues, we decided to turn to the customers who recently visited a flagship store.Our background theory is based upon literature from previous research done on the subject in the form of scientific articles and books. We present the theoretical concept that explains how flagship stores are used as a marketing tool and what impact they have on the new market. These will be helpful in answering our questions when we evaluate our results.!A theoretical framework, consisting of three value dimensions, was used as a support throughout the implementation of the study. These three values; hedonic, practical and social, should give us a better idea of what customers experience and what they value when they visit the flagship stores.!The method used in our investigation is of quantitative form, so that it can be feasible on a large crowd to thus contribute to a quantitative result.

Problem Vi ämnar utreda om det finns ett samband mellan butikslojalitet och EMV-lojalitet. Vi studerar befintliga märkes- och butikslojalitetsteorier för att genom dessa skapa en för vårt syfte relevant modell. Syfte Vårt syfte med uppsatsen är att utreda huruvida ett samband finns mellan butikslojalitet och EMV-lojalitet på den svenska dagligvarumarknaden. Metod Arbetet är av induktiv karaktär och bygger på en explorativ studie av lojalitetsaspekter inom dagligvarubranschen. Metoden i uppsatsen är uppdelad i två huvudsteg: övergripande och handgripligt tillvägagångssätt.