Incentive programs are one of the most important strategies that a corporation has in order to achieve its major policies and goals. The purpose of this paper is to identify these goals and their function, so that we later can analyze the incentive system?s effectiveness. The paper?s focus is on Max Hamburgarerestauranger AB?s incentive system, that is directed to the managers of all of its restaurants.We had interviews with the CEO, as well as the head of the Economics Department of Max H.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the 9/11 attacks, the landscape of the freedom of religion has changed. The issues now facing freedom of religion varies greatly from the issues that the drafters of the universal declaration of human rights faced after World War II.In the light of the new issues that States face in the intersection of religion and societal interest, scholars have criticized the European Court of Human Rights to give too much leeway to the States in determining how the human rights should be implemented, by using the doctrine of margin of appreciation. Critics of the margin of appreciation claim that it is based on culture relativism and that the doctrine undermines the universality of the human rights. In order to decide if the margin of appreciation has indeed led to a relativization of the human rights I compared it to the jurisprudence of the UN Human Rights Committee and its use of the Syracusa principles. My conclusion is that the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights cannot be considered to be based on culture relativism.

In family firms altruistic effects can arise in order to preserve the ownership of the firm within the family. The family firm may chose to carry or take measures against these effects. Regardless, it will lead to different agent costs. Therefore, the aims of the study were to explain how altruistic effects in family firms exert an influence on the administrative systems and possible counter measures.In order to explain the origin of altruistic effects, we built a theory which showed that the altruistic effects were followed by agent costs. The family can take measures to counteract these original effects.

The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding about the police profession's impact on the singular individual, with a focus on roles, regions and emotions. The main question is to understand if and then so, how individuals outside of work will be affected of the profession and professional events. In order to answer this question I carried out six semi-structured in-depth interviews with police officers who worked at the main office in a police region in a midsize city in Sweden. To ensure reliability and allow readers to conduct their own assessments the quotations in this study are anonymous. The analysis of the collected material is based on selected parts of Goffman's theories about dramaturgical perspective as well as selected emotion theories.

Titel: Marknadens reaktion pĂ„ bolagskoden ? Wall street walk eller Wall street talk?FramlĂ€ggande: 31 maj 2006Ämne: Kandidatuppsats, Redovisning 10 pFörfattare: Björn Arvidsson & Per HultgrenHandledare: Carl-Michael Unger & Erling GreenNyckelord: Corporate governance,AktieĂ€gare,Internkontroll,Svensk kod för bolagsstyrningSyfte: Syftet med denna uppsats Ă€r att ta reda pĂ„ vilken vikt marknaden fĂ€ster vid Svensk kod för bolagsstyrning och hur den eventuellt reagerar gentemot bolag, som man inte anser följer koden pĂ„ ett tillfredsstĂ€llande sĂ€tt.Metod: Kvalitativ metod. Semistrukturerade intervjuer per telefon.Teoretiska perspektiv: Corporate governance med fokus pĂ„ agentteorin och shareholder activism, Slutsatser: Marknaden fĂ€ster endast mindre vikt vid koden, bortsett frĂ„n att man ser den som en kvalitetsstĂ€mpel. Man vill alltsĂ„ enbart ha reda pĂ„ om koden följs eller inte samt om förklaringen till eventuell avvikelse Ă€r godtagbar. Eventuella konsekvenser av att inte lĂ€mna en godtagbar förklaring Ă€r betingat av storleken pĂ„ Ă€garen.

This thesis describes how large Swedish companies finance their debt and identifies some factors that affect their decisions. The study is based on 10 well-known companies of which 9 are listed on Nasdaq OMX Nordic. The results show that the companies display several similarities concerning their debt structure and the factors which their choices are based upon. All companies in this study primarily use corporate bonds for their long-term borrowing, commercial papers for the short-term borrowing, and bank-facilities as back-up. There is a tendency that smaller companies in larger extent use bank-loans for long-term borrowing due to larger emissions costs when using market financing.

This study focuses on aspects of cult experiences, given by deconverted formermembers of closed religious movements. Their testimonies were published inbooks or interviews. The aims of the study were to understand the interactionbetween the religious group and its members, living in high tension towardsmainstream society and their testimonies of altered self-esteem during attraction,membership, deconversion and defection. The purpose was to understand how apersonÂŽs self-esteem is affected by inner mechanisms of closed religiousmovements and how these experiences affects a persons identity. Another aspectwas whether there might be differences in altered self-esteem, between those whoenlisted as adults, and those who were born into the closed religious contexts.Social Identity Theory, Sigmund FreudÂŽs and Carl Rogers models of personal egowere used as models of interpretations.

Datum: 2007-06-04NivÄ: Examensarbete DFörfattare: Richard Caspar, Joakim Lindberg & Philip SavénHandledare: Universitetslektor, docent Nils KinchTitel: KRISHANTERING! FrÄgan Àr inte om, utan nÀr!Problemformulering: I litteraturen finns en mÀngd olika uppfattningar om hur företag bÀst skall hantera en kris. Vad som dÀremot saknas Àr ett gemensamt förhÄllningssÀtt till hur dessa bör hanteras. GÄr det att faststÀlla olika allmÀnna rekommendationer frÄn fallstudier och litteraturen kring krishantering?Syfte: Syftet med arbetet Àr att jÀmföra ett antal olika kriser för att se om det gÄr att utforma en generell metod för krishantering inom företag.Metod: Metoden som anvÀnts Àr en litteraturstudie dÀr nio fallstudier har granskats för att dÀrefter analyserasSlutsatser: VÄra slutsatser visar att företag bör försöka förstÄ sin omvÀrld, vara effektiva i sin kommunikation, planera för det vÀrsta samt agera rakryggat och Àrligt..

Att Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) blivit allt vanligare ses fra?mst bland större fo?retag da?r a?ven forskningen har sedan 1990-talet fokuserat pa? att förklara dessa företags incitament till att arbeta med fra?gan. Men CSR förekommer Àven bland SMEs, en grupp företag som representerar en stor del av va?rldens företag. Studien syftar till att undersöka vilket ansvar svenska medelstora företag tar fo?r sin sociala och miljömÀssiga pÄverkan pa? omvÀrlden, inte minst dÄ forskningen premierat större fo?retag men a?ven dÄ medelstora företags karaktÀrsdrag kan ses som en kombination av sÄvÀl smÄ som stora företags typegenskaper.

Syftet med detta examensarbete var att undersöka vilka faktorer som pÄverkat acceptansen hos anvÀndare, inom den kommunala verksamheten, vid införande av ett datoriserat system. Med acceptans menas att anvÀndarna ska kunna utföra sina arbetsuppgifter pÄ ett bra och lÀtt sÀtt. Studien har gjorts utifrÄn anvÀndarnas perspektiv.Genom att genomföra en intervjuundersökning pÄ ett flertal kommuner dÀr anvÀndarna anvÀnder systemet Vabas/Duf, har undersökts hur anvÀndarnas upplevda acceptans pÄverkas av faktorerna delaktighet, anvÀndbarhet och lÀttanvÀndhet, vid införande av ett datoriserat system. Delaktigheten vid införandet av ett system innefattar Àven information och utbildning.Resultatet frÄn undersökningen visade att delaktigheten ökade anvÀndarnas acceptans. Ingen avgörande slutsats kunde dÀremot dras mellan acceptans och faktorerna anvÀndbarhet och lÀttanvÀndhet, dÄ resultatet frÄn de bÄda grupperna inte visade nÄgon mÀrkbar skillnad..

This thesis analyzes the effects of export subsidies on Swedish cereal export. The analyzes are based on data on cereal export from Sweden to countries outside the EU from 1990 to 2003. In 1995 Sweden became a member of the European Union. Before the membership, the Swedish agricultural policy was decoupled in a larger sense than the European CAP was, which means that the Swedish producers had decreased their production more than the European farmers. When Sweden became a member of the EU the production started to increase again to an EU level.

Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop 1914 - 1931, understands his role as bishop from an integrated theological conception that episcopacy is a gift to the church and the apostolic succession a heritage of utmost value. Episcopacy is an important tool to make the churches come together. in his work for peace during the Great War it was through his position without any power that he could approach the politicians. His calling was not only for Sweden; he had a responsibility for the whole world. In the Ecumenical Cope for the 1925 Stockholm meeting Söderblom expressed his views on the importance of the Uppsala see.

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In the last couple of decades, corporate law firms have rapidly grown to become both influential and highly profitable corporations in the business world. Today, the largest law firms are assumed to bear far greater resemblance to large and often multinational public limited companies than the small businesses generally associated with legal services. However, one interesting specific set them apart from the majority of other companies; the partnership and its interrelated profit sharing. The aim of this study has therefore been to investigate partner compensation systems in corporate law firms and further examine what implications chosen compensation systems have on the organizations. Using a multiple case study, including 7 of Scandinavia?s largest and most well known law firms, the results show that partner compensation systems are highly individual and the critical question is whether to employ seniority based or performance based compensation systems.

Background: Increasing globalization has changed the business environment and also resulted in increased awareness of the consumers and demand for higher standards of social responsibility. The companies brand strategies has gain in importance in order to strengthen their brands. A part of a company's CSR, CRM, cause-related marketing, which is a relatively new marketing strategy and created when companies choose to partner with charities and market it. Garment/clothing industry has as many others come to be shaped by the effects of globalization, but has also endured heavy criticism over the years. This criticism is largely because of the outside world's reaction to the exploitation of developing countries.