The authors have during the spring semester 2011 studied the subject destination development during a political crisis, focusing on Tunisia. At the beginning of 2011 the country was in an uncertain political situation when the revolution of the Tunisian people occurred. This created massive demonstrations on the streets, and resulted in the current government's resignation. More effects of the revolution has been seen in a drastic decline of inbound tourists in the country, which in turn affected the country's population and economy. From this point on Tunisia as a destination needs to recover to once again become attractive to tourists.

New forms of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become more influential in development contexts. The concept of ?The Digital Divide? points at a large division between rich and poor countries regarding access to ICTs. Critics say that the debate concerning this topic for far too long has focused mainly on the technology itself rather than social factors which impact social inclusion and development. Scholars agree that ICTs holds a tremendous potential, but how is this implemented in development contexts and how can it be used with more sensitivity towards local preconditions and social aspects?This paper aims to examine how ICTs are being used in the context of development within an India based organisation for women called SEWA (Self Employed Women?s Association).

För att skapa fler jobbtillfällen och driva på BNP-tillväxten i Sverige krävs det att små och medelstora företag får möjligheten att utvecklas och växa. För att klara det krävs det mer kapital från venture capital-marknaden, som är den viktigaste källan av finansiering för ett nystartat företag. Det har dock varit tuffa år för venture capital-bolagen sedan finanskrisen slog till. Den problemformulering som legat till grund för studien var följande:Hur har finanskrisen och den pågående eurokrisen påverkat venture capital-bolagens investeringsprocess?Studien syftade till att undersöka hur finanskrisen och den pågående skuldkrisen i Europa påverkat de svenska venture capital-bolagen och dess marknad.

This essay deals with the support and help offered to elderly people over 65 with mental disabilities out of personnel from a special support team. We have chosen to use the qualitative method to answer our questions. We have four semi-structured interviews with all staff from the support team we have been in contact with, three nurses/nursing assistants and project manager for the support team. We have recognized five themes and divided the text into six different categories and disciplines that answers and highlights the importance of meeting clients' needs, increase their independence and quality of life. Our theme is security, continuity, time, treatment and relations.

Purpose: This paper aims to describe the socialization process that audit associates experience within an auditing firm that is included in the Big 4-sphere. Our purpose is also to describe which attributes that characterize the organizational identity, and how these attributes are reflected in the self-image of the associates. Furthermore, we seek to explain how the socialization process has influenced the organizational identification. This subject is of interest since the business of auditing is facing higher demands from regulators and politicians, due to the bankruptcy of HQ-bank among others during the financial crisis in the beginning of the 21st century. Earlier research claims that the socialization process of recruits, especially in the initial state of the employment, has a major impact on their future values and attitudes in their job performance.

Every tenth year a financial crisis tend to interfere with an economy. Price bubbles with an accompanying market plunge are therefore not a new phenomenon. Such market disruptions have been causing problems for centuries, as history has a tendency to repeat itself. The intention with this study is to learn more about the bubble phenomenon and increase the knowledge in this area in order to, if possible, prevent such a thing from happening again. The purpose of the essay is to identify factors that significantly affected the development of the so called IT-bubble in Sweden and Finland during the years of 1995-2000.

This is a tale about energy and power. It describes the geographer Halford Mackinder?s geopolitical theories and compares them with current views outlined by Zbigniew Brzezinski and Michael T Klare, among others. With a critical approach it also provides a historical account of a Europe that stands in front of an energy struggle so severe that the current world order seems destined to fall. Oil and natural gas, has since the beginning of the 20th century, been used as a geopolitical tool in order to create dependence, control and even sometimes overthrow empires.

This final thesis is performed on commission of Torsby forestry administration, Stora Enso Skog. Stora Enso Skog is one of the major forestry companies of Sweden. The main business area is located in and around the region of Bergslagen. During the last decade the practice of forest management has rapidly changed due to a new forest legislation. The new law has resulted in that the production goal is equal to the environmental goal within forestry.

Corporate governance intensified due to the corporate scandals in the USA which led to a new law the so called Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX).In 2005 the "Svensk kod för bolagsstyrning" (The Code) was introduced. The main purpose of The Code is to strengthen the confidence in Swedish companies quoted on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. The Code focuses on the working process of boards. The rules set by The Code places higher demands on the board.  Among many other duties the board has to establish long term operational goals and strategy.

Syfte och frågeställningarSyftet var att beskriva, förklara och jämföra hur ofta elitjuniorlag inom ishockey och handboll använder sig av idrottspsykologiska färdigheter. (1) Hur ofta använder sig spelare av idrottspsykologiska färdigheter? (2) Hur ofta uppmuntrar tränarna spelarna att använda idrottspsykologiska färdigheter? (3) Finns det ett samband mellan tränarens uppmuntran av idrottspsykologiska färdigheter vid träning och match, samt hur ofta spelarna använder dem? (4) Finns det ett samband mellan hur ofta spelarna använder idrottspsykologiska färdigheter vid träning och match, samt med deras självförtroende?MetodUrvalet bestod av 122 ishockey- och 89 handbollsspelare som hade en medelålder på 16,9 år samt 8 ishockey- och 6 handbollstränare som hade en medelåldern på 39,2 år. Respondenterna som alla var manliga besvarade enkäterna Test of Performance Strategies (Hardy, Roberts, Thomas & Murphy 2010; Thomas, Murphy & Hardy 1999) som undersöker hur ofta idrottare använder idrottspsykologiska färdigheter vid träning och match, samt Trait Sport Confidence Inventory (Vealey 1986) som undersöker självförtroendet hos idrottare.ResultatResultaten visade att både spelare och tränare använde idrottspsykologiska färdigheter oftare vid match än träning. Ishockeyspelarna och tränarna hade mer erfarenhet av idrottspsykologi och använde också färdigheter oftare än handbollsspelarna och tränarna.

Titel:Ledarskap i krissituationer ? att vara chef inom den privata äldreomsorgen 2011-2013.Huvudsyfte:Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur chefer inom den privata äldreomsorgen ser på sitt ledarskap i krissituationer. Huvudfrågan för undersökningen har varit: förändrar chefer i den privata äldreomsorgen sitt ledarskap vid krissituationer, och i så fall hur?Huvudsaklig metod:Semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med fem chefer från tre olika organisationer inom den privata äldreomsorgen.Huvudsakliga resultat:Det råder delade meningar bland de undersökta cheferna om huruvida branschkrisen 2011 innebar förändringar av ledarskapet. Överlag visar mitt resultat att de flesta av cheferna kan peka på faktorer i sitt ledarskap som förändrats i krissituationer.

The purpose of this study was to illustrate how cuts as a result of the economic crisis in 2008-2013 affected the newcomers' situation and the possibilities to reach the requirements for knowledge, based on the area manager, principals' and teachers' perspectives.The material we used for the study was made up of semi-structured interviews. We interviewed a psychologist, an area manager, principals and teachers. Most of the interviews were face to face and were recorded on a Dictaphone which we later transcribed and analyzed. During the process, we focused on the following aspects: acceptance and introduction support for new pupils, local opportunities and work material opportunities, school organization and employment structure, and reaction in the form of protests and demonstrations on restructuring the affected schools as a result of the cuts.The result that has emerged is that the teachers' main problem was the large increase in workload. The supervisors took no account whatsoever of protests and demonstrations organized in the affected area.

Background: With the increased globalization food prices went down for a while, only to skyrocket to new levels. Prices of organic food, which already were more expensive than conventional, are now even more expensive. The current financial crisis results in reduced consumption which creates a threat to the smaller grocery stores. Globalization and the increased competition have had a negative impact on the environment but at the same time the desire to solve these issues has increased appreciably. The environmental aspect has been given higher priority by the individual, which led to a wider range of organic products and dramatically increased the number of stores selling organic products, leading to a greater competition among the stores selling organic food.  Problem definition: What factors are important for organic retail business long term survival?Purpose: Trough case studies analyze and evaluate the organic niche retail companies? strategies of marketing.Methods: This study is based on both qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Resultatet av undersökningen på Försäkringskassan, Gävleborg, visar att majoriteten i båda respondentgrupperna definierar delaktighet och förtroende likadant. Därefter skiljer sig meningarna åt både mellan respondentgrupperna men även inom respondentgrupperna. Det som lednings- och chefsgrupperna har jobbat med för att uppnå känslan av delaktighet och, indirekt, förtroende är att ge information så tidigt som möjligt och att föra en dialog. De tycker att personalen måste visa engagemang och vilja för att delaktighet skall vara uppfyllt, vilket finner stöd i tidigare forskning. Informationen från huvudkontoret i Stockholm har erhållits i omgångar vilket lett till att det har funnits få svar att ge på personalens frågor.

Österbyverken is an industrial estate in Östhammars municipality in Uppland, Sweden. Many different activities have taken place on the estate the last 600 years. During the last 15 years both health and environmental studies have been made by different companies. At the most recent study a great increase of metals in Nerån, a river that runs partly through and partly next to the estate, was identified with mass balances. The purpose of this thesis is to accomplish a deepened study about the reasons for the increase of metals in Nerån.