The purpose of the essay has been to clarify why and how small companies, whose major resource is knowledge, establish strategic alliances and which opportunities it brings. We have increased our understanding for the concept of strategic alliances through empirical search and through well-known scientist work. The method, which has been used in the essay, is principally qualitative interviews and gathering secondary data from articles from well-known authors. Our study has given that we have found that entering strategic alliances can make growth and by that way create competitive advantages for the company in question. We also found that there are risks with strategic alliances and the company can protect themselves by legal actions.

Titel: Skjut inte på Kulturtanten med hagelbössa - hon kommer ändå!Författare: Zara Selander & Isabella WestbergUppdragsgivare: Arts & Business Sweden ABKurs: Examensarbete i Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, vid Institutionen förjournalistik, medier och kommunikation (JMG), Göteborgs universitetTermin: Höstterminen 2013Handledare: Orla VigsöAntal ord: 18 712 (exklusive abstract, executive summary, appendix)Syfte: Undersöka hur verksamheter inom scenkonst i Göteborg arbetar med extern kommunikation för att skapa en relation med sin publik. Samt identifiera och lyfta fram faktorer som kan inverka.Metod: Kvalitativ studie med samtalsintervjuer med marknads- och kommunikationschefer på sju valda scenkonstverksamheter i Göteborg.Material: Analys av samtalsintervjuer, sammanlagt 7 personer.Huvudresultat: Studien beskriver en professionaliserad extern kommunikation med relationer och dialog i fokus. Scenkonstverksamheterna kommunicerar med en bred publik såväl inom fysiska väggar som i digitala medier. Arbetet påverkas av fem huvudfaktorer somstudien identifierar: organisationens struktur, ett offentligt uppdrags ramar, digitalisering, utbudet av konkurrerande kulturaktiviteter samt människans komplexitet. Nämnda faktorer ställer höga krav på scenkonstverksamheterna att hålla en ständig dialog och kommunicera till breda grupper i en mängd kanaler.

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the process of transferring information from science to "the field" of environmental protection in Sweden. I have studied four Swedish environmental organizations, Greenpeace Nordic, WWF Sweden, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and Friends of the Earth Sweden to see how they search/get information. I have also studied the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and its role as sender of information, since it is the authority which is responsible for environmental information in Sweden. I have used information and communication theories as a help to analyse my results. While working on this paper I realized that my methods were not the best.

This report looks at the possibility of designing a universal adapter for Flat Blade windshield wipers in cooperation with European Automotive Supplier AB.To understand and see if this is possible, a research and an extensive patent search where done. Then to add structure to the project a Ganttschematic were developed. To generate good and solid ideas, different methods for product development were looked upon.When a method was chosen and applied, a series of concepts emerged. Now the focus was to design and construct all the pieces. The desired manufacture procedures were looked upon as well as materials.

2004, the SSR, Akademikerförbundet, made a study on the threats and violence as a social secretary in the municipal social services are exposed in their occupation of the "social secretary of threats and violence at work" (T-110192), conducted by Temo ab. We have chosen to use the study on a smaller scale and then made contact with five municipalities in the middle of Sweden to investigate social secretaries experiences of threats and violence. Using the cross-sectional design and a convenience sample, we have gained access to data from 56 people. From a sociological perspective, we have chosen to use Norbert Elias theory of universal configuration and interdependence, and Michel Foucault?s theories concerning power search explanation for the existence of threats and violent situations in the contact between social workers and their clients..

Titel: Reklam ? a matter out of place En kvalitativ studie om användarens inställning om reklam på Facebook Författare: Johanna Wignell, Isabelle Falk Sadek, Petra Hamnered Viita Uppdragsgivare: Nowa Kommunikation Kurs: Medie-­? och kommunikationsvetenskap, examensarbete, Institutionen för jouralistik, Medier och kommunikation (JMG), Göteborgs universitet Termin: Vårterminen 2013 Handledare: Marie Grusell Antal ord: 12 694 (exklusive executive summary, referenser och bilagor) Syfte: Att undersöka användarens uppfattning om reklam på Facebook. Metod: Kvalitativ studie med fokusgruppsamtal, samtals intervjuer och deltagande observationer Material: Analys av samtalsintervjuer och observationer av sammanlagt sju personer samt tre fokusgruppsamtal om sammanlagt tretton personer Huvudresultat: Det har visat sig att i vår studie har kontexten och ålder stor betydelse för inställningen till reklamen. Facebook är ett socialt nätverk där de sociala värdena råder. Detta visas genom att inställningen generellt var negativ till reklam.

Aligning parallell terms in a parallell corpus can be done by aligning all words and phrases in the corpus and then performing term extraction on the aligned set of word pairs. Alternatively, term extraction in the source and target text can be made separately and then the resulting term candidates can be aligned, forming aligned parallell terms. This thesis describes an implementation of a word aligner that is applied on extracted term candidates in both the source and the target texts. The term aligner uses statistical measures, the tool Giza++ and heuristics in the search for alignments. The evaluation reveals that the best results are obtained when the term alignment relies heavily on the Giza++ tool and Levenshtein heuristic..

Aligning parallell terms in a parallell corpus can be done by aligning all words and phrases in the corpus and then performing term extraction on the aligned set of word pairs. Alternatively, term extraction in the source and target text can be made separately and then the resulting term candidates can be aligned, forming aligned parallell terms. This thesis describes an implementation of a word aligner that is applied on extracted term candidates in both the source and the target texts. The term aligner uses statistical measures, the tool Giza++ and heuristics in the search for alignments. The evaluation reveals that the best results are obtained when the term alignment relies heavily on the Giza++ tool and Levenshtein heuristic..

Throughout the years the Swedish local history societies have collected a large quantity of material, consisting of photos, documents and items, among others. As the society has become more computerized, the need has increased for these collections to become digitalized. This is a way to make their media more easily accessible to the general public, but also to easily be able to archive and preserve for example photos and videos electronically.This thesis concerns itself with the work we have done for the local history society of Nyed in Molkom. The task set before us consisted of creating both a website for the society, and a reliable database from witch the website draws its information. This project allows anyone with administrator privileges to upload new files and any additional information.

Almost every commercial in television nowadays aim to sell a product or service. This researchpresents two big actors in the grocery chain and their respective commercials. The two actors thatare presented in this research are Lidl and Coop. Both Lidl and Coop are among the largest grocerychains in Sweden. By examine two commercials from each company we aim to find how theircommercials are structured.

Titel: Skjut inte på Kulturtanten med hagelbössa - hon kommer ändå!Författare: Zara Selander & Isabella WestbergUppdragsgivare: Arts & Business Sweden ABKurs: Examensarbete i Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, vid Institutionen förjournalistik, medier och kommunikation (JMG), Göteborgs universitetTermin: Höstterminen 2013Handledare: Orla VigsöAntal ord: 18 712 (exklusive abstract, executive summary, appendix)Syfte: Undersöka hur verksamheter inom scenkonst i Göteborg arbetar med extern kommunikation för att skapa en relation med sin publik. Samt identifiera och lyfta fram faktorer som kan inverka.Metod: Kvalitativ studie med samtalsintervjuer med marknads- och kommunikationschefer på sju valda scenkonstverksamheter i Göteborg.Material: Analys av samtalsintervjuer, sammanlagt 7 personer.Huvudresultat: Studien beskriver en professionaliserad extern kommunikation med relationer och dialog i fokus. Scenkonstverksamheterna kommunicerar med en bred publik såväl inom fysiska väggar som i digitala medier. Arbetet påverkas av fem huvudfaktorer somstudien identifierar: organisationens struktur, ett offentligt uppdrags ramar, digitalisering, utbudet av konkurrerande kulturaktiviteter samt människans komplexitet. Nämnda faktorer ställer höga krav på scenkonstverksamheterna att hålla en ständig dialog och kommunicera till breda grupper i en mängd kanaler.

This study is based on interviews with five unit managers working in the functional disabilities business. The purpose of this paper is to examine how these unit managers see their roles and their leadership, and to give the reader an insight into what it might entail to be a manager in social work. Theories applied are the role theory and three leadership theories. The previous research this study made ??use of affects ?leadership in social work" and "manager's role and leadership style."Being a unit manager of the functional disabilities business means having a so-called middle management position, which entails expectations being directed upon them from various avenues.

This literature study assembles current knowledge about CODD (Contagious Ovine Digital Dermatitis). The aetiology of this disease is not completely known and to obtain a manageable overview, this study aims to summarize the knowledge from published studies and shed light on the subject. Search for literature on the subject has been made in the Web of Knowledge, PubMed and Google Scholar, and has been compiled in this paper. Footrot and ovine interdigital dermatitis are differential diagnosis of CODD and they possibly have a common role in the emergence of CODD. Several studies have drawn parallels to bovine digital dermatitis.

 Dissertation in political science, C-level by Niklas Andersson, Spring Semester 2009. Tutor: Arne Larsson?The Treaty of Lisbon ? The Defence against Globalization??In the modern world globalization have undermined the nation-state and left it without the right measurements to adequately deal with the social and economic unrest that follows in its way. The states, built on contract theories, have an obligation to protect its citizens from the state of nature which seems to have failed as globalization has changed the rules.The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the contract theories of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Rawls to identify the elements of a state and create a modern and ideal contract theory. The treaty shall then be used on the Treaty of Lisbon as it can be seen as a contract between the European states to create an entity in the shape of the European Union with the power to defend Europe from the unrest created by globalization.My question for this was as follows:Is the new treaty for the European Union acceptable as a new social contract according to the social contract theories?During my research the following criteria?s for a social contract was found:1.

Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att undersöka dokumentationen av barns smärtminne och copingstrategier vid smärta ur ett sjukgymnastiskt perspektiv. Vetenskapliga publikationer har sökts via databaserna PubMed och Academic Search. Granskningen resulterade i 24 artiklar som kom att ingå i vår litteraturstudie. Dessutom ingår övrig facklitteratur som handlar om barns smärta. Studierna visade att barn har ett väl utvecklat smärtminne och detta kan ha konsekvenser senare i livet vid kontakt med sjukvården.