Uppsatsen syfte är att utreda om man bör generalisera nationell kultur efter nationella gränser. Uppsatsens slutsats är att nationell kultur inte bör generaliseras, men att man kan använda nationell kultur som en referensram till att skapa förståelse för kulturellt relaterat beteende..

The aim is to develop a new decision-making model for credit-loans. The model will be specific for credit applicants of the OKQ8 bank, becauseit is based on data of earlier applicants of credit from the client (the bank). The final model is, in effect, functional enough to use informationabout a new applicant as input, and predict the outcome to either the good risk group or the bad risk group based on the applicant?s properties.The prediction may then lay the foundation for the decision to grant or deny credit loan.Because of the skewed distribution in the response variable, different sampling techniques are evaluated. These include oversampling with SMOTE, random undersampling and pure oversampling in the form of scalar weighting of the minority class.

Uppsatsen behandlar två av Sveriges mest framstående och välkända entreprenörer och företagsledare, Ingvar Kamprad och Jan Wallander. Syftet är att identifiera och analysera gemensamma nämnare som utgör en del av förklaringen till Kamprad och Wallanders entreprenöriella framgång och förmåga att genomdriva förändring..

From my own experience as a school counselor I have learned that the decision making processes in terms of supporting and helping the students is extremely hard and very individual. In different situations, a different approach between individuals is present. I thought about which factors effects the school counselor?s way of handling problematic situations. I soon realized that the individual has a great effect on the work itself.

Uppsatsen behandlar problematiken om när ett varumärke ses som en symbol för produkten eller för en image, t.ex. en livsstil. Berör ett företags mission och vision, symboler och tecken, varumärkets image och konsumentens image samt produktens och varumärkets livscyklar..

This essay discusses the decision of licensing for nursery and school teachers. In Swedish society there has for a long time been discourse about professionalisation within various industries, including teaching. One strategy towards achieving professional status is official authorisation of a profession, which occurs when a profession obtains licensing. In February 2011, the Swedish government announced the decision that nursery and school teachers would be licensed. This means that only those with an education can be employed as a teacher and obtain that license.

The Swine flu (H1N1) erupted in 2009 and wasquickly spread over the world and developed into a pandemic, with a great threat against people?s health. It was soon discovered that the H1N1?virus had a different character than the seasonal flu, since it especially affected younger individuals and the consequences from the disease were expected to be more severe. In Sweden it was decided to provide a free of charge vaccination against the H1N1-virus, and the Swedish vaccination ratiobecome relatively high compared to other countries.

Vi har genomfört en undersökning som visar hur börsföretagen i Sverige påverkas av olika grad av ägandekoncentration i aktieägandet. Undersokningen grundar sig på årsredovisningar från alla de tjugofyra största börsbolagen i Sverige under tre år. Med störst avser vi enligt börsvärde. Vi har sedan genomfört en statistisk undersökning på företagen..

More than 90 % of all business activity in the world market consists of small and midsized companies today. Recent studies have shown that there has been an increase in small companies? certification to ISO's management standards. Smaller organizations tend to have more limited amounts of resources at their disposal than larger ones. This can result in difficulties during the implementation process of ISO 9001.

Karaktärers viktigaste funktion är att visualisera och förmedla ett varumärkes identitet samt skapa och behålla en relation mellan ett företag och dess kunder. I uppsatsen undersöker vi karaktärers effektivitet genom att jämföra den personlighet som företaget vill förmedla genom karaktären med den personlighet som kunderna uppfattar..

Förpackningsimitation i dagligvaruhandeln ? Är det möjligt för återförsäljare att stjäla ett etablerat varumärkes personlighet? En kvantitativt genomförd undersökning på den svenska daglivarubranschen..

Half of Sweden's productive forest land is owned by individual forest owners. Research studies show that forest owners have more objectives with their forest than a high net present value, and that the suggestions of the forest management plans doesn?t always correspond to the forest owners? objectives. Through a qualitative study we conducted a discussion about objectives at stand level with the aim of making a more specific formulation of the forest owners? objectives. We asked about the forest owners' objectives at stand level, what forest management they conduct in order to achieve the objectives and how this management affects the net present value of the property. Based on the results of the interviews, we analyzed what kind of factors decide where the objectives place themselves in the landscape and if the objectives at stand level are consistent with the overall objectives for the property. Many forest owners questioned the idea of talking about objectives at stand level, and they didn?t always have their objectives clearly defined.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att beskriva och analysera ett företag som arbetar med årlig budget som styrinsturment. Genom detta vill vi skapa en större förståelse för styrningen och samtidigt finna de problem som finns och om möjligt hitta lösningar till dessa eller åtminstone komma med förslag till sådana..

A research on how impulse buying can be stimulated in physical retail stores and see to what extent these stimuli also apply in an online setting. Furthermore, the effects of demographic characteristics on impulse buying behaviour online are taken in consideration..

In Sweden, large scale planting of Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) started in the beginning of the 1970?s. At first, the aim was production of pulpwood, but later, also production of timber became considered realistic. Today, Sweden has more than 520 000 ha of Lodgepole pine.