This study sheds light on the firm-lifecycle and the impact of leadership and how itdevelops negatively when the entrepreneurial firm becomes administrative andmanagerial. The ambivalent fact is that the firm, when growing in size, need to becomemore managerial, though without undermining the previously entrepreneurial mind-setthat pervade the organization. The term corporate entrepreneurship has emerged andcomprises that the firm can continue to be entrepreneurial in the managerial stage. Thatis to resume the firm?s work to keep innovative.

If one looks at physical planning in Sweden today one can see that while talking about densification of existing development, reduced emissions and careful use of important land, urban sprawl is a fact with development of sheer residential districts in the urban edges and shopping malls in each and every municipality. As sustainable development is an essential goal for physical planning to strive towards, it is worth questioning if the direction of today?s planning will lead to the goal. A sustainable development can be seen as an obvious to goal aim at. In reality the aim means a hard and complex work.

Problemformulering: Vilken betydelse har marknadsföringsinriktad corporate storytelling för varumärkesuppbyggande i företag inom den svenska textil och konfektionsbranschen?Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att förklara vilken betydelse marknadsföringsinriktad storytelling kan ha vid varumärkesuppbyggande för företag inom textil och konfektionsbranschen. Syftet är att förklara hur storytelling, som ett verktyg, kan användas för att bygga ett starkt varumärke hos företag samt ge branschspecifika rekommendationer för hur storytelling kan användas effektivt.Metod: Studien har en kvalitativ forskningsansats med ett deduktivt angreppssätt där ett fallföretag, Fjällräven, intervjuats inom ämnet. Fallföretaget arbetar aktivt med marknadsinriktad storytelling.Teoretiskt perspektiv: Teoriavsnittet inleds med en beskrivning av varumärkesuppbyggande där varumärkesidentitet och varumärkeskapital beskrivs mer ingående. Därefter redogörs det hur storytelling används som strategiskt verktyg.Empiriskt perspektiv: I empirin redogörs den djupintervju som genomfördes med fallföretaget.Slutsats: Studien visar att storytelling har en stor betydelse för varumärkesuppbyggande inom textil- och konfektionsbranschen..

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) har fått en allt större roll under senare år. Fler och fler företag ser värdet av och engagerar sig i frågor rörande miljö, samhälle och socialt ansvarstagande. Under många år har det förts en debatt kring huruvida engagemang i dessa frågor kan ha påverkan på lönsamheten i företag och i så fall vilka samband som finns. Resultaten av tidigare studier har varit olika och ingen tydlig slutsats har kunnat dras. Den här studien syftar till att försöka svara på om CSR har inverkan på företags lönsamhet.

Work, especially that in complex, dynamic workplaces, often requires subtle, local judgment with regard to timing of subtasks, relevance, importance, prioritization and so forth. Still, people in Nuclear Industry seem to think safety results from people just following procedures. In the wake of failure it can be tempting to introduce new procedures and an even stricter "rule following culture". None, or at least very little, attention is given to tacit knowledge and individual skills. I am aiming to highlight the inadequacy of putting too much trust in formalization and that reporting and trending of events will contribute to increased learning, an increased nuclear safety and an efficient operational experience.

Consumers today are bombarded with innumerable advertising messages. The need for companies to create advertisements that consumers find relevant is thus increasing. In order to break through the ad clutter, companies have to give something extra to their customers and show that they care about them. How a company decides to communicate might then be more important than what the company actually communicates.The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the use of creative media choices induces signaling effects and enhances advertising value as well as perceived corporate consideration. The two last mentioned variables are explored as potential driving forces behind the signaling effects.

ABSTRACTPurpose/aim: To clarify what information is communicated through the PR-firm JKL:s blog, how it is communicated, how it relates to and diverges from the communication theories in point, and what the strategies behind the blogging are. By doing this I hope to contribute to the knowledge on corporate blogging and how it can be used.Material/method: Qualitative textual analysis of ten blog posts published on the JKL Blog and process seeking interview with the person in charge of the same blog.Main results: JKLs? blogging coincides to the most part with business intelligence, with the exception that the information doesn?t relate directly to the company?s? main activities. This is mainly due to that they can?t publish information about their customers or competitors.

The real estate industry is a sector where the companies generally have a capital structure which is high leveraged. The financing? with the related terms ? is therefore specifically of high importance for the companies in the sector. Traditionally, the way of obtain financing is by borrowing from the bank. Lately, due to new bank regulations, the banks have become more restrictive in their lending which have lead to a growth of other financing alternatives.

In Sweden, the County Administration board is responsible for improving the water quality in lakes and watercourses according to the European Union Water Framework Directive. In Västmanland county, where river Lillån is situated, the County Administration of Västmanland have the main responsibility for the aquatic environment in that area. The knowledge about the different watercourses in the chatchment of river Lillån is today limited. The aim with this study was to evaluate the ecological quality of River Lillån based on water chemistry analyses and benthic fauna investigations. The aim was also for the benthic fauna to compere different samplingsites and sampling methods with each other in order to see how the species composition changes in the river, and to see the advantages and disadvantages with different sampling tecniques.

Det är en realitet att det på senare tid förekommit företagsskandaler, vilka har haft en tillitsskadlig effekt på relationerna mellan företag och dess intressenter. En följdeffekt av detta är att Corporate Governance förvandlats från ett akademiskt specialområde till en vedertagen kärnfråga i de flesta företag. Mot denna bakgrund syftar uppsatsen till att undersöka hur investerarens tillit gentemot företagsledningen tar sig uttryck utifrån aspekten närhet. Vi avgränsade mot att enkom studera skandinaviska investerare som använder fonder och riskkapital som investeringsmedel. Uppsatsens referensram baserades på teorin om Corporate Governance samt olika tillitsteorier på organisations- och individnivå, vilka också låg till grund för vår egen utarbetade analysmodell.

I denna uppsats belyses Polisen i Uppsala län ur ett varumärkesbyggande perspektiv med syfte att undersöka om teorier avsedda för företag i konkurrenssituation även kan appliceras på en offentlig myndighet. En kartläggning av Polisen Uppsalas arbete med personifiering av sitt varumärke i sociala media görs genom intervjuer, innehållsanalys och sekundärdata. Insamlad data avseende hur deras varumärkesbyggande stämmer överens med teorier om corporate brand, corporate brand personality och corporate brand personality traits avser besvara uppsatsens syfte. Resultatet visar att en stark koppling mellan Polisen Uppsalas varumärkesbyggande och uppsatsens teoretiska ramverk finns. I undersökningen framkommer att arbetet med personifiering är grundligt utformat genom Polisens värdegrund.

The purpose of the set of regulations as regards to accounting and auditing within the Union, is primarily to ensure a high quality of the large public companies financial reporting and hence protect the capital market investors. As the set of regulations also applies to the small companies, these are burdened by administrative costs that are disproportionate. To increase the competitiveness of the European companies, the European council has stated that it is essential to reduce the companies? administrative costs. The main principle is that all companies are under an obligation to statutory audit, however Member States may make audit exemptions for small companies.

If one looks at physical planning in Sweden today one can see that while talking about densification of existing development, reduced emissions and careful use of important land, urban sprawl is a fact with development of sheer residential districts in the urban edges and shopping malls in each and every municipality. As sustainable development is an essential goal for physical planning to strive towards, it is worth questioning if the direction of today?s planning will lead to the goal. A sustainable development can be seen as an obvious to goal aim at. In reality the aim means a hard and complex work.

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att beskriva och analysera vad företag inom den privata sektorn har för uttalade motiv till att hållbarhetsredovisa.Metod: I denna studie har den kvalitativa forskningsmetoden tillämpats. Vidare genomfördes semistrukturerade intervjuer med olika företag verkande inom olika branscher. Intervjuerna hade alla en intervjumall som utgångspunkt vid intervjun. Empirin har kommit oss tillhanda från intervjuer med elva företag. Fem telefonintervjuer genomförda med Hemtex, KappAhl, IKEA, NilsonGroup och Fritidsresor.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the identity, competences and professional development of corporate librarians. I have done an empirical study based on semi structured interviews with 11 information professionals who were working at Astra Zeneca at the time of the re-organizations of the company in 2009 which ultimately led to the closing of the libraries. I have also examined the views on competences and professional development of librarians in general, both in Sweden and in Denmark. I have used Thomas Brante?s theories on profession types as well as Anders Ørom?s theories on librarian identities as my theoretical framework.