Alltför många organisationer har datalager innehållande stora mängder sovande data, det vill säga data som sällan eller aldrig används. Sovande data påverkar en organisations datalager negativt eftersom den försämrar datalagrets prestanda, kostar pengar i onödan och påverkar datalagrets infrastruktur negativt. Enligt Inmon, Glassey och Welch (1997) är det en mycket svår och komplex process att rensa ut sovande data ur sitt datalager. Administratören måste ha kunskap om vilka datatabeller i datalagret som används och vilka rader utav data som används för att kunna ta bort data från datalagret. Enligt Inmon m.fl.

The agricultural sector is characterized by larger crop farms and more extensive livestockproduction. The efficiency improvement is partly a result from a stronger competition in theglobal market. The agricultural products need to be produced at a lower cost than competitorsin order to survive as a farmer. The solution is larger firms that benefit from economies ofscale. This brings large investments that create a greater need for leverage and closer relationto the credit agency.

This bachelor's thesis is a study of operative approach and attitude to espaliered fruit trees in home gardens. Through qualitative interviews the informants give their view of problems which might arise, and to some extent how the problems can be solved. In addition, which benefit can be obtained from growing these different types of trained trees and for whom they might be suitable. Thematic analyses were used to find themes and patterns for deeper understanding. The conclusion was that these kinds of trees would be beneficial to use to a greater extent than is done today you can use more species and varieties, fit more trees in a small garden, and enhance the trees esthetical appearance.

A large number of system development projects are allowed to proceed for too long, and leads to undesirable project outcomes. Research shows that more than half of the authorities involved reported that at least one of their projects have exceeded their budget, and that a third of all the projects had exceeded the budget. This problem led to the following research question: ?Which factors can explain projects continued escalation within public authorities?? To answer the question, a qualitative case study of the Swedish police?s implementation of PUST, a sort of case management system was conducted. The project received considerable media attention and a large amount of criticism was directed towards the project, partly because the project exceeded the timeframe and budget set at the start.

The new Swedish Companies Act allows Swedish companies to issue two instruments that were previously prohibited: mandatory convertibles and participating debentures. The aim of the thesis is to conduct a cross sectional study of Swedish corporate hybrid securities, especially in the light of the new Companies Act. The cross sectional study also includes areas such as credit rating, accounting and tax. The thesis concludes that it is possible, under Swedish law, to issue corporate hybrid securities that qualify for both high equity credit and tax deductible interest payments. The use of certain hybrid provisions are, however, restrained by Swedish company law.

This project was led on behalf of Bombardier Transportation in Västerås, Sweden, incollaboration with KTH Stockholm and EPFL Lausanne. This project is connected to thedevelopment of a new and simplified tilt system for rail vehicles.Growing competition from other means of transportation has forced railway companiesthroughout the world to search for increased performances.Travelling time is the mostobvious performance indicator that may be improved by introducing high-speed trains.They require very large curve radii and long transitions curves not to impairridecomfort, another performance indicator. Building new tracks adapted to high speedtrains is very costly and can only be justified where the passenger base is large.Trains with the capability to tilt the carbodies inwards the curve is a more cost efficientalternative. The tilt inwards reduces thelateral force felt by the passengers allowing thetrain to pass curves at enhanced speed with maintained ride comfort but increases thefrequency ofmotion sickness.The benefits of tilting trains are improved speed capability in curves and enhancedpassengers comfort, but at higher buying and maintenance cost. As the conventionaltrains increase their speed in curves, the performance advantage of tilting trains isreduced while their prize is still kept significantly higher and constant.

The purpose of this study is to examine how primary school teachers work with the oral communicative ability of students who are quiet or unwilling to communicate freely in the classroom. This study aims to answer the question: which methods and strategies are most beneficial for the quiet students and how do teachers discover and assess these students?A qualitative method using semi-structured interviews will be used as the primary means of answering this question. The purpose of these interviews is to document the teachers? experiences working with quiet students.It appears that the teachers interviewed have or have had quiet students in their classes.

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether intensive teaching of reading strategies at an individual level can affect reading comprehension for students in second grade. A quantitative method with quasi-experimental design is used. All students in the experimental class trained on reading comprehension strategies at their particular level five times each. Before and after training a reading comprehension test was made. The reference class did the same test.

Through the growing use and availability of information technology the dependency of Internet is today increasing. Internet makes ways for a more mobile business communication that cost less. One of the latest applications of Internet technology are intranet and extranet. I have asked myself the question how intranet and extranet can affect companies efficiency and competitive advantage. In order to answer this question I performed a case study at Ericsson and ABB.

Sveriges regering lade den 28 mars 2000 sin proposition 1999/2000:86 Ett informationssamhälle för alla. En av propositionens huvudinriktningar är att alla företag och hushåll skall kunna ha möjlighet att ansluta till ett rikstäckande datanät med bredbandskapacitet.Regeringen är medveten om att glesbygdsområden och landsorten, dvs områden utanför själva kommunernas stadskärnor, är eftersatta vad gäller tekniktillgänglighet, men specificerar inte hur och med vilken teknik dessa områden skall ?vävas? in i nätverket.Detta arbete beskriver de övergripande tekniker som finns idag och som är under utveckling, varvid två huvudgrupper kan urskiljas; trådburen respektive trådlös kommunikation. Inom dessa huvudgrupper finns ett antal olika tekniker som beroende på bl a standarder, kapacitetskrav, avstånd och antal anslutna användare kan användas i olika sammanhang.Arbetets slutsatser är att det inte finns någon generell lösning på problemet med att ansluta en kommuns ytterområden till stadsnätet, utan varje situation är unik och får bedömas var för sig. Därmed presenteras ett förslag till stöd vid beslutet att välja teknik..

När företag ska besluta var man ska etablera sin verksamhet finns det en rad olika lokaliseringsfaktorer som spelar in: bland annat närhet till marknader och andra företag, platsens kostnad och infrastruktur, tillgång till rätt arbetskraft, statlig påverkan samt företagsklimat och livskvalitet. Angered, som är Göteborgs mest segregerade stadsdel, har en väldigt hög arbetslöshet och få arbetstillfällen inom den privata sektorn. För arbetssökande i segregerade bostadsområden är närhet till arbetsmarknaden viktigt för chanserna till att få jobb och Angered behöver därmed göras mer attraktivt för företag.Den här studiens syfte var att undersöka hinder och drivkrafter för lokalisering av arbetstillfällen inom den privata sektorn i Göteborgs segregerade stadsdel Angered. Uppsatsens frågeställningar var:1. Vilka är de främsta orsakerna bakom bristen på arbetstillfällen inom den privata sektorn lokaliserade i Angered?2.

Eutrophication of the Baltic Sea and Swedish lakes remains a major problem despite many years of effort to reduce the emissions of nutrients. One major source is waste water systems, especially private sewage systems. These sewages accounts for a very large share of nutrients per capita in comparison with citizens connected to larger sewage treatment plants. Norrtälje community has the greatest number of private sewage systems in Sweden. Discharges of nutrients, especially phosphorus, to the Baltic Sea from these sewage systems are significant.

The purpose of this research is to examine the implications of the provisions in the Swedish Code of Corporate Governance (the Code) concerning auditor attestation of the internal control report. We will focus on how the auditors? augmented responsibilities will affect the efficiency in the audit process.Our research indicates that the main benefit from reviewing the internal control report is achieving more reliable internal controls, which results in greater prevention of misstatements in the financial statements. This will affect the efficiency in the audit process since the auditor can place more reliance on internal controls when performing audit procedures. This implies that the benefits of preventing misstatements could outweigh the efforts and resources spent on reviewing the internal control report..

Cyklandet i Malmö har ökat sista åren både relativt och i absoluta tal. Malmö är med sin plats i Öresundsregionen en stad med storstadsambitioner. Studier av litteratur och ute i fält avslöjar att det separerade systemet för cyklister, som Malmö håller fast vid, har vissa brister. Jämförelser med andra städer visar att cykelfält på gatorna fungerar bäst i stadskärnan, medan separerade cykelvägar är bäst i städers perifera delar. För att kunna profilera sig som storstad bör cykelfält finnas på större gator.

Micro-power wind energy convertors have recently increased in popularity. The reasons for this are among other things the increasing cost of electric energy and enviromental concern.In this thesis the connection of these micro-power wind energy convertors to the utility network is discussed. Electric standards for the connection of small production units is presented. Finally some calculations and measurements of electric quality are also presented. The utility network used in the calculations is part of Halmstad Energi och Miljö network..