Studiens syfte är att presentera en vision om en återbruksby i form av planskisser och illustrationer. Studien ska också förklara samhällsnyttan och syftet med en återbruksby. En återbruksby (även kallad kretsloppspark) är ett område för hantering av återbrukbara material och produkter. Dagsläget för hur avfall hanteras och framtida planer beskrivs också i rapporten. Enligt EU direktiv skall återanvändning och återbruk öka för att främja miljön.

In this Master thesis, microwave connections between circuit boards are constructed. The primary frequency band is the X-band (8-12 GHz). The purpose of the connections is to enable a more simple and cheaper way of mounting the circuit boards inside a container. The connections have been designed and evaluated, using different computer programs. A few prototypes have been built and measured.

Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka varför och hur svenska små och medelstora företag engagerar sig och utvecklas på den mexikanska respektive brasilianska marknaden. Dessutom ämnar studien undersöka vilka barriärer som företagen har stött på och vilka faktorer som kan underlätta företagens affärsverksamhet på de berörda marknaderna.Teori: Studiens teoretiska utgångspunkt är baserad på Uppsalamodellen, nätverksmodellen samt tidigare forskning om små och medelstora företags internationalisering.Metod: Studien bygger på ett deduktivt angreppssätt. En kvantitativ och en kvalitativ datainsamlingsmetod har använts. Bland de undersökta företagen har det empiriska materialet samlats in med hjälp av en enkätundersökning. Dessutom har tre djupintervjuer genomförts med personer som är väl insatta i området som studien behandlar.Slutsats: Resultatet har visat att de undersökta företagen antingen var reaktiva eller proaktiva när de sökte sig till den brasilianska eller mexikanska marknaden.

Export is a top priority for Sweden's economy but for Swedish companies it may involve uncomfortable risks of exporting without sincere consideration. When the United Nations Security Council puts an embargo against a country, this often mean an import and export restriction. The thought is to push undemocratic regimes into respecting human rights. When the embargo is in force, however, the parties are not able to fulfill their contractual obligations, which practically means that the agreement will be suspended. The problem is what happens when an embargo is in force for a longer period of time.

The aim with this paper is to elucidate the current situation of the Swedish glulam market. This thesis paper will also consider prospects for the future and analyse the relationship between customer and producer and what makes a specific supplier attractive to their customer. The companies that are included in the paper are: Martinsons Group AB, Moelven Töreboda AB and Setra Group AB, Långshyttan. These three companies are the members of the organi¬sation Svenskt Limträ AB and produce the largest part of glulam in Sweden. Together they produce 140 000 ? 150 000 m3 a year. The study is based on interviews with all three producers and a customer survey, where I have interviewed five customer to each producer.

Composting is a process in which organic matter is mineralized by microorganisms. In January 2005 landfilling of organic waste was prohibited in Sweden. With this prohibition composting has become an important alternative to handle the produced organic wastes. One problem with continuous small-scale composting is the production of organic acids that will inhibit a further composting process. The aim of these theses was to study what effects temperature and dry matter content had on the production of organics acids, and what effect the organic acids had on the mineralisation of the substrate as well as the stability during storage of the product.

Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka varför och hur svenska små och medelstora företag engagerar sig och utvecklas på den mexikanska respektive brasilianska marknaden. Dessutom ämnar studien undersöka vilka barriärer som företagen har stött på och vilka faktorer som kan underlätta företagens affärsverksamhet på de berörda marknaderna.Teori: Studiens teoretiska utgångspunkt är baserad på Uppsalamodellen, nätverksmodellen samt tidigare forskning om små och medelstora företags internationalisering.Metod: Studien bygger på ett deduktivt angreppssätt. En kvantitativ och en kvalitativ datainsamlingsmetod har använts. Bland de undersökta företagen har det empiriska materialet samlats in med hjälp av en enkätundersökning. Dessutom har tre djupintervjuer genomförts med personer som är väl insatta i området som studien behandlar.Slutsats: Resultatet har visat att de undersökta företagen antingen var reaktiva eller proaktiva när de sökte sig till den brasilianska eller mexikanska marknaden.

Distrilux International AB, a company within the Electrolux-group, works among other things with storing of products from other companies in the Electrolux-group. This rapport contains a cost analysis of the two Distrilux warehouses in Motala and Mariestad. The company offers five services in these warehouses, in-loading of products from a local factory and from external factories, storing, out-loading of products to Sweden (domestic) and for export. Since there has been some hesitation of the accuracy of the price-model of today, a master's thesis has been advertised. The purpose of the thesis has been to investigate the agreement of the price-model of today and the apportionment of the costing in warehouses.The main problem is to determine which activities is to be considered important in the price-model.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to research and analyze how the establishment in new markets of small and medium Swedish fashion companies can be made more efficient from a network perspective. Methodology: The researchers have decided to take a phenomenological standpoint and undertake an exploratory study in order to gain understanding of the phenomenon of market entry and the use of networks. The researchers have chosen to undertake a qualitative study and to adopt an abductive approach. Two ?case companies? have been chosen which are Filippa K and House of Dagmar.

This essay explores the economical and social paradigms surrounding one of the most influentialNordic border dynastic noble families in the second half of the fifteenth century - the AxelssonTotts. How mercantile possibilities and opportunities offered to them, reflected on their politicalactions and social bands. The Axelsson brothers of the Tott Dynasty would become of one of themost powerful noble families within the Nordic Union between 1444 och 1487.Axel Pedersen (Tott) would through well chosen marriage alliances into the noble families of bothDenmark and Sweden, and with political prowess lay the foundation for one of the most dynamicfamily empires of the fifteenth century. In the year 1442, the Axelsson brothers swore loyalty toeach other; to protect and defend their mercantile and economical interests in Denmark andSweden. They would eventually control the trading routes in the border areas of the Union, and byexploiting the political chaos within the Union they would gain access and influence to the landtrading routes for export and import within the Union and the shipping export routes in the BalticSea allowing them access to the Russian market through Finland and Estonia.The island of Gotland, with its tactical and important geographical position in the Baltic Seabecame the key to the Nordic Union.

This thesis aims to find a more cost effective model for purchasing and logistics at asmall company. The studied company is a BMX (bicycle motocross) and MTB(mountain bike) retailer. The questions to be answered are: How large parties shouldbe ordered and what mode of transportation is to be used? A literature orientation ofthe field was followed by visits to the company, obtaining information from twodifferent logistics companies and interviews of four other companies in the sameindustry. The study shows that it´s difficult to develop an optimum order quantity fora small company since there often are other factors affecting how large amountshould be ordered.

Norrborns Industri AB in Bollnäs manufactures truck trailers with the brand Parator. One of their trailers is Parator LX 10-20. The trailer is designed to transport hooklift containers with the option to tip loose goods such as gravel, asphalt and seed. The container is mounted on a frame which is placed on the chassis. To reduce weight a redesign of the trailer is needed.

I den allt mer globaliserade värld vi lever i blir det vanligare att göra affärer mellanolika länder. Sverige räcker inte till för alla varor och tjänster som produceras här ochlandet behöver därför hitta nya marknader för sina produkter. Sverige exporterar årligenvaror och tjänster som motsvarar 50 % av Sveriges BNP. Med andra ord görs det väldigtmycket affärer med andra länder. Men hur väl förberedda är medarbetarna på desvenska företagen för att göra affärer med främmande kulturer? Detsamma gällerföretagen, hur väl förberedda är de på denna utveckling? Vad gör de av den kunskapoch kompetens som finns på så många företag?I dagsläget är Tyskland vårt största exportland och även om det ligger Sverige närakulturellt så är de affärsmässiga kulturskillnaderna större.

In recent time, agile methods have been devoted much attention, and the concept is widely used in the IT industry in particular. An increasing number of companies are interested in this way of working. The following report is the result of a study on the ability to create value for customers in business development through the use of agile methods. We ask what the advantages and limitations of agile methods are in the creation of customer value. Grounded Theory and an initial literature review was used to answer this question.

This essay concerns the visual trade grading of pine and spruce.In the 1800s developed rules for sorting of wood. The rules used to facilitate the export trade.The terms of the regulatory sorting systems developed in the 1900s. While it still used some of the older terms.The essay deals with how the grading rules affect the use of wood and how the rule work and how the terminology works.Some of the terms used for sorting are O/S, Kvinta, Utskott and A,B,C,D.You sorting by counting the numbers of knots, cracks and other characteristics of each piece of wood.The sawmills have much influence in how the rules developed.Today it is often already determined in the sawmills which uses each piece of wood most have..