Inledning: M&A har blivit ett synnerligt omdebatterat område dels för att frekvensen av M&A harökat och även för att merparten av förvärven inte lyckas uppnå de anteciperade fördelarna medförvärvsprocessen. Det finns undersökningar som tyder på att 60-80 % av alla M&A misslyckasvilket gör ämnet än mer intressant att forska i.Syfte: Att öka förståelsen för M&A, undersöka de bakomliggande motiven till företagsförvärv ochvarför de så ofta misslyckas. Genom studien vill vi belysa problematiken i M&A samt få en godinblick i hur en så omfattande bransch som M&A alltjämt misslyckas.Metod: Vi har valt en kvalitativ metod med abduktiv ansats varpå vi genomfört intervjuer medpraktiskt erfarna utövare av M&A för att ta reda på varför företag misslyckas med förvärv.Sekundärdata har hämtats från vetenskapliga artiklar och litteratur. Metoden omfattar vidareuppsatsens validitet och reliabilitet. Det empiriska materialet har analyserats med hjälp av deteoretiska utgångspunkterna.Teori: Omfattas av grundläggande teoretiska utgångspunkter såsom agency, behavioral ochneoklassiskt teori tillsammans med tidigare studier i form av vetenskaplig artiklar för att ökaförståelsen för vad som kan föranleda M&A, hur förvärvsprocessen bör ske samt tänkbara orsaker tillnegativa utfall.Resultat och slutsatser: Vi har funnit att destruktiva motiv och skild motivbild mellan köpar- ochmålföretag kan påverka förvärvets utfall negativt vad gäller motiven till företagsförvärv.

Title: Images of Sweden in ItalyNumber of pages: 5252 (589 including enclosures)Author: Oskar GustafssonTutor: Martin NilssonCourse: Political Science C level ? Bachelor?s ThesisPeriod: Spring term 2010University: School of Social SciencesLinnaeus UniversityPurpose/Aim: The purpose of my research study is to, through the use of political science theories on soft power and marketing theories about nation branding and in comparison to previous studies on the image of Sweden in Italy, gains a better understanding of the image of Sweden in Italy, with special focus on national political institutions and young Italians.Method: The method of analysis is a combination of qualitative methods: interviews where information about the image of Sweden amongst national political institutions were gathered and a survey where information was gathered about the image of Sweden amongst young Italians.Main results: On the basis of the results I have gained it can be concluded that a positive and well informed image of Sweden emerges when it comes to cultural and social factors but a more restricted and somewhat negative image come to light when asking national political institutions and young citizens in Italy about their views and knowledge on Swedish domestic and international politics and economics.Keywords: Soft power, Public Diplomacy, Nation Branding, Images of Sweden, Italy..

Background: Sweden is a country with 30 million memberships in different non- profit organizations. In total these organizations employees about 400 000 people, through employment and voluntary work. The complete turnover for non- profit organizations is 100 billion Swedish crowns per year. It has only since 2001 been compulsory to follow the Swedish account rules BFL and ÅRL. Trade unions are one type of non-profit organizations with the main purpose to care for the interest of its members concerning their working condition.

Swedens membership in the European Union have resulted in an international characterized labour market. The construction sector is the area who employs most posted workers among the 7400 employees who monthly enters the market. It?s also the sector where a big part of the work-related deaths occurs. The purpose of this study is therefore to contribute to a greater understanding of the regulation regarding posted workers, their work environment and the consequences of it.

This is a study that aims to discern whether there are any differences between upper secondary level school textbooks published both before The Living History Forum (a government agency that works with issues on tolerance, democracy and human rights) was founded and after with regards to their depiction of Judaism in general and anti-Semitism and the Holocaust in particular. Underscoring the relevancy of this topic, in 1997 CEIFO (The Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations) and Brå (Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention) conducted a survey among school children which revealed a lack of knowledge regarding the Holocaust (including whether it had even occurred). With this educational deficiency in mind, this study attempts to determine if there is an active development in text-book authoring regarding this subject.Using Norman Fairclough's critical discourse analysis (CDA) eight textbooks (four old and four new) are examined and compared in order to see if there have been changes in discourse regarding this topic over time. Fairclough's critical discourse analysis is a method used to analyse the relationship between discourse and changes in social and cultural development, and is thus employed in this case to determine if any significant changes have been made in textbooks regarding this topic.As a future teacher in religion it is important for me (and others) to be aware of this type of issue in order to be able to combat it when encountered in schools. It is also important, and part of one?s responsibility as a teacher, to actively and critically work with and review textbooks.This study has not found any major changes in the depiction of Judaism and anti-Semitism in any of the textbooks reviewed.

Thirty years of gender equality politicsFrom women?s work to gender mainstreamingThis Bachelor thesis examines how the Swedish state has practiced gender equality as a political project during 1972 until 1999 through the budget bills, using a ?What?s the problem represented to be?? approach aiming to uncover which discourses policies are based on. The method also studies what assumptions underlie policy problems, what is left as unproblematic within the policies and what effects are produced by specific problem representations. A central question for the thesis is what has remained and changed within Swedish gender equality politics. The history of the Swedish welfare state is presented as a background on how gender equality policy has affected the everyday life of women and men.

Vårt syfte med föreliggande uppsats är att beskriva och förklara hur den svenska staten byggerupp och utvecklar bilden av Sverige mot omvärlden. Vi har frågat oss hur det kommer sig att Sverige har ett av världens starkaste varumärken när landet inte på något sätt är världens rikasteland, största exportör, största mottagare av utländska investeringar eller främsta turistmål.Metodmässigt bygger vårt arbete på en fallstudie där vi intervjuat representanter för fyra myndigheter som arbetar med marknadsföring av Sverige mot utlandet tillsammans i Nämnden för Sverigebilden i utlandet; Svenska Institutet, Invest in Sweden Agency, Visit Sweden och Exportrådet. Vi har arbetat hermeneutiskt där vi försökt att förstå våra fallföretag och deras agerande.Vår slutsats är att ekonomiskt sett är Sverige inte det mest framgångsrika landet men när det kommer till att marknadsföra bilden av Sverige så finns det en stark och planerad strategi sombygger på samverkan mellan de olika aktörerna i Nämnden för Sverigebilden i utlandet. Det samarbete som vi kartlagt i denna uppsats anser vi till viss del förklarar den starka bilden avSverige. Den största delen av förklaringen, menar vi, är emellertid den goda bild som redan finns av Sverige i utlandet och som växt fram under tidens gång, tack vare ett antal särskiljandepositiva faktorer som behandlas i uppsatsen.

Högbytorp is Ragn-Sells? largest waste facility and it is located north of Stockholm. There is an old landfill still in use, but at the end of this year it will be closed. The waste deposited on the landfill can, through decomposition, give rise to a large amount of methane gas, which is an energy rich gas that can be used for heat and electricity production. To receive a relatively large amount of gas, the decomposition requires a high moisture content in the waste.

MSB stands for Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency. It?s a government organization that deals with emergencies and crises. MSB has developed a software package where the newest software version is called RIB 2012. The package includes the program RIB Karta.

The aim of the present paper was to see why a recommended course of action is not always followed in the way it is supposed to. The paper deals with a new method (SFA-metoden) used by The Social Insurance Agency in working with sick-listed people. Aspects that are elaborated on are local effects of the method at its introduction, case managers work conditions, and control of the implementation of the method. Two different methods of investigation have been employed. On the one hand, previous reports on the method have been analysed, and, on the other hand, two focus groups interviews, one consisting of case managers´ working with the method, and one constituted by their supervisors have been carried out.The results have been analysed in accordance with, on the one hand, the theory of street level bureaucrats and, on the other hand, certain concepts applied in the new institutionalism.

The focus on this essay is derived from an international and national dialogue for sustainable development. The recommendation from international level has been to find solutions for governments to implement strategies for sustainable development between local and regional level. This initiative is to improve and stimulate the dialogue between the local inhabitants, officials, entrepreneurs and stakeholders in the communities together with the authorities on the regional level. The purpose is to share knowledge and find ways to learn about the natural systems and how to co-operate in the work of preserving the natural resources and developing different processes for a sustainable development. Many scientists? today stress the importance that ecosystem resilience is promoted by biodiversity conservation and that we need to find solutions for local ecosystem management practices.This essay aims to find theoretical approaches and perspectives that can be used in a wider framework to study co-operative processes between the local (agent) and regional (structure) level.

SammanfattningSocialstyrelsen visar i kartläggning (2008) att allt fler dagliga verksamheter i Sverige har börjat använda sig av individuella placeringar på arbetsplatser. Syftet med uppsatsen var att undersöka hur ett urval av arbetsledare i två medelstora kommuner genomför och upplever arbetsintegreringen av personer som blivit beviljade individuell placering inom daglig verksamhet enligt LSS. De valda frågeställningarna var; Hur genomförs arbetsintegreringen med individuella placeringar av personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning i två medelstora kommuner? Vilka problem respektive framgångsfaktorer upplever arbetsledarna vid arbetsintegreringen för denna grupp? Hur upplever arbetsledarna samverkan mellan Arbetsförmedlingen, Försäkringskassan och det lokala näringslivet? Vad har en evidensbaserad arbetsmetod, t.ex. supported employment, för betydelse för arbetsintegreringen? För att besvara frågeställningarna utfördes en kvalitativ studie med intervjuer av sex arbetsledare i två medelstora kommuner.

The purpose of the thesis Masculinities ? Gender and its Impact on the Social conditions of individuals is to perform a critical study of how gendered norms influence the social conditions of individuals. This has been done by a problematization and the attempt to answer the question of how the hegemonical masculinity can be analyzed as a discourse, and how the structural aspects of this discourse inflict on the social conditions of masculinities.The question was divided into the analytical themes: the boarders of the discourse, the institutionalization of the discourse, the actuation of the discourse and the agents of the discourse. The theoretical frame is constituted by the theory of discourse by Michel Foucault, the theory of the hegemonical masculinity by R.W. Connell and a subversive identity theory by Judith Butler.

Title: Education and working life of music teachers, a study of the music teacher education at the Malmö Academy of Music - from a theoretical and practical perspective. The purpose of this study is to examine the possible flaws within the single subject music teacher education. The study is based on qualitative interviews of four informants, two recently graduated music teachers, and two representatives of the potential employment market. In the theory chapter we provide the reader with a pre-comprehension of the content and foundation of the music teacher department, as well as the duties of a music teacher. In the result chapter we provide a compilation of the opinions of our informants regarding the music teacher education at the Malmö Academy of Music, as well as the demands and expectations in their profession as a music teacher.

PR appears to be an indistinct division and a complicated resource for companies to value. The current circumstances are negative to the credibility and reliability of PR. This study emphasizes how an application of return on investment contributes to a more strategic use of PR and increases the status and credibility for the division.We experience that measuring the economic value of PR is of great importance and of current interest with few prior studies made. The purpose of this study is to find out how a PR-agency and one of its clients relates to and works with evaluation of PR-activities and to which extent the economic contribution of the activity is measured.The foundation which the theoretical reference grounds on is theories of Delusions of PR and the use of benefit-cost analyzes, Stages and Levels for Evaluating Public Relations Programs, Marketing Return on Investment and PR Return on Investment. The theoretical reference serves as a base during the analyze of the study.The conclusion, based on the empirical body of information, is that an application of return on investment could contribute with a higher status and credibility for the PR-division.