Det har inte forskats lika mycket angående smärta och smärtlindring på häst som på smådjur och människa. Men i takt med att hästen övergått till att bli ett sällskapsdjur och det utförs fler och mer avancerad kirurgiska ingrepp så har intresset för smärtlindring till häst ökat. Opioider är en substansgrupp som använts för smärtlindring hos människa i århundraden och även (om än under mycket kortare tid) hos smådjuren och som ger kraftig smärtlindring. Användningen av opioider till häst har dock varit begränsad på grund av rädsla för biverkningar (framför allt excitation).Metadon är en syntetisk opioid som används till häst. Det finns dock inget metadonpreparat registrerat för häst och användandet sker därmed off label.

Background: The strategic importance of purchasing departments is increasing, yet supply risks are rather uncharted. The procurement of coffee involves supply risks and the purchaser needs to be able to handle these to enable the roasting-house to produce coffee as specified. Purpose: To chart risks in connection with the procurement of coffee as well as the possibilities of handling these. The thesis also examines if general risk management theories are applicable on the supply risk present within Swedish roasting-houses and can become an integral partof the purchasing process. Method: A qualitative case study of the purchasing process of Swedish roasting- houses.

Today?s farmers are constantly affected by the fluctuating world market prices on grain and thereby the price risk that comes with the price fluctuations. The volatile prices of grain increase the price risk within the business, which in turn affects the profitability of the business. The fluctuating prices together with the increased price risk within the farm business have opened up the market for hedging instruments. In this master thesis project, the aim is to identify the underlying end-values of 30 Swedish farmers? related to their choice of using hedging and the product; forward contract.

During the last decades the local business as well as the multinational organization hasexperienced prominent changes in the technical field. The requirements for reaching newmarkets and achieving higher efficiency in daily work have risen to a whole new level. Totake advantage of the possibilities of IT the user has to be aware of the company?s businessactivities, what shortcomings and chances of development exist today. This is what makes itinteresting to depict the current situation of the company?s business.

The network with its virtual business structure challenge the established vertical business structure. Part of the network theory that has developed focuses on relationships that forms B2Bnetworks. One way to create a B2B-network is for independent businesses to form a organization promoting co-operation. For co-operation to be successful it requires well thought-out actions, but a lack of how these actions are implemented have been noticed. This study explores how encouragement of co-operation can be done practically.

The purpose of this report was to investigate how the Umeå School of Business and Economics at Umeå university can work to increase the share of courses and programmes that discuss sustainable development. Furthermore the purpose was to develop an action plan that can be used to increase that share. Methods used were a questionnaire directed towards the educators at the Umeå School of Business and Economics and an assessment of the content of courses and programmes connected to the Umeå School of Business and Economics. There was no clear structured way of working with education for sustainable development, but at the same time there was a will to integrate sustainable development in the education. Curricula were according to the educators an important tool to achieve this integration, their experience were that there are not enough time, people and money to work with sustainable development in the education and they would like to see more clear directions from the management.

This work derives from the question ?What is a beautiful road??. The question is being discussed in interviews with two employees at the Swedish National Road Administration and two former members of the ?Council of environment and beauty? at the Swedish National Road Administration. The interviews are summarized in my own discussion about the concept of ?Beautiful roads?.

Problem Under det senaste decenniet har belöningssystemets betydelse för företaget kommit i fokus. Man har belyst vikten av belöningssystemet, inte minst som styrmedel utan även som konkurrensmedel. Som konkurrensmedel används belöningssystemet för att locka till sig och behålla kompetent personal. Dessa olika syften borde avspegla sig i belöningssystemets utformning genom att man tillämpar olika belöningar och belöningstyper. Problemfrågor Hur avspeglas syftena styrmedel och konkurrensmedel i belöningssystemets utformning? Vilka är de belöningstyper som används främst för att uppnå dessa syften? Syftet med denna uppsats är att: ?Få en djupare inblick i vilka belöningar som finns för att främja syftena styrmedel och konkurrensmedel. ?Kategorisera olika belöningstyper utefter dessa syften. ?Kartlägga och analysera de eventuella skillnaderna, med avseende på belöningstyp utifrån de olika syftena. Slutsats I de företag vi studerat använder man främst materiella belöningar som är kopplade till individen eller systemets prestationer för att uppfylla ett styrmedelssyfte.

ABSTRACTSeminar date: 2008-06-04Subject: Bachelor thesis in Business AdministrationAuthors: Charlotta Lind Therese LundinBorn: 1982 Born: 1982Västerås VästeråsTutor: Ulla PetterssonTitle: Company valuation- A study in which valuation methods that areused in determining the value of producing companies and servicecompanies.Problem: According to the theory there are a number of different valuation methods which can be used to determine the value of producing companies and service companies. The thesis research problem is:- Which valuation methods does a valuator use in practice todetermine the value of producing companies and servicecompanies?- Does the valuator take different types of information andkey ratios in consideration when valuating producingcompanies and service companies?Purpose: The purpose is to examine and describe which valuation methods a valuator uses to valuate producing companies and servicecompanies in an acquisition.Method: In order to achieve the purpose of the thesis a quantitative survey and three qualitative interviews, made by email, has been carried out.Conclusion: The conclusion of the thesis is that discounted cash flow and relative valuation are used to determine the value of producingcompanies and service companies. The valuators choice ofvaluation method is not generally affected by the nature of thecompany?s operations.Keywords: Company valuation, valuation methods, producing companies,service companies, relative valuation, discounted cash flow.

This study examines how management consulting firms work with business- and functional strategy and how these strategies are interrelated. More specifically we focus on business strategy (business unit level) and knowledge strategy (functional level) and whether these are aligned or not, i.e. whether strategic congruence exists.A number of recent studies have examined the importance of business strategy and knowledge strategy in management consulting firms separately, but few have pointed out the importance of the alignment between them. With this study we contribute to the strategic field of research with a model that describes how management consulting firms should work with their knowledge strategy given their business strategy. The model is developed through a synthesis between theories in the field of strategic congruence, business- and functional strategies and thereafter tested by an empirical case study of six management consulting firms.

This is a study about employment officers at the Swedish public employment service. The aim of this study was to examine how they understand and use their discretion in their daily work. We used a qualitative method and the data was gathered by semi-structured interviews with eight employment officers working at the same office in a small town in Sweden. Lipskys theory about street-level bureaucracy and Lazarus description of coping theory are applied to analyze the empirical data. The work for the Swedish employment officers have changed over the last years with an increasing focus on control and administration.

Syfte: Syftet med vår studie är att, genom att genomföra en utvärdering, identifiera avtryck av balanserat styrkort i en kommunal verksamhet, och belysa dess orsakssamband. Metod: För att göra denna utvärdering, som är en fallstudie, har vi använt oss av både intervjuer och enkätundersökningar. För att få en så bred utvärdering som möjligt har vi valt att intervjua tjänstemän på två kommunala förvaltningar. Två enkätundersökningar har också genomförts med politiker och medarbetare vid en av ovan nämnda kommunala förvaltningar. För att kunna genomföra utvärderingen av det balanserade styrkortet har vi utvecklat en utvärderingsmodell utifrån de teorier vi läst.

En revisor måste inom sitt yrke uppfylla flera olika funktioner. I revisionsprocessen ingår flera moment där det kan tänkas att olika egenskaper behövs, på samma sätt som det är bevisat att män och kvinnor har olika egenskaper. Vårt syfte med denna uppsats är därmed att undersöka om könens komparativa egenskaper är olika betydelsefulla i revisionsprocessens olika moment. För att realisera vårt syfte kategoriserade vi, efter en litteraturgenomgång, egenskaper efter kön. För att styrka kategoriseringen utfördes en referensundersökning bland vänner och bekanta.

Foreign invested SMEs have recently become increasingly interested in China. The enterprises are in this report categorized as second wave companies since they follow the footsteps of previous pioneers, of which mostly were larger companies. The ambitions of the SMEs are either to sell products on the ever expanding Chinese market or to utilize the potential of low cost production for global markets. The existing literature is fragmented and solely based on the experience of larger companies. We believe that SMEs are facing new and different challenges, and thus a new generic theoretical frame work is desirable.

Title: Communicate ? to provide an opportunity Authors: Ida Eriksson & Petra LindbergTutor: Johan Grinbergs, Mälardalen UniversityExaminer: Cecilia LindhSubject: Bachelor's essay, Business AdministrationKeywords: communication, internal communication, channels, communication models, communication theory, information, organizationPurposeThe idea of this study was to describe how ABB Sweden?s internal communication and information appeared in Västerås. The aim is also to see what tools and channels they use to communicate information internally and see how employees perceive them in Västerås.MethodWe have read literature in form of books and articles that discuss theories on the subject communication including internal communication, channels and tools. Interviews were conducted with employees of ABB and were to serve as the basis for our empirical work. A survey by the Communication Center was made in the spring 2010 and was also the basis for our empirical work.ConclusionsThe communication has been increasingly from one-to two-way communication. To get a functioning organization, it is required that the internal communication in the first place will work.