AbstractThe topic ?The effects of music in the supermarket on consumer behavior,sales, and customer state of mind? was assessed to try and analyse the emotionaldifferences that may occur as well as the sales variations that may arise fromplaying music in a supermarket. The reason for this study is that grocery storesare very common and abundant in most neighborhoods, as is man?s necessaryconsumption of food. In almost every city grocery stores must compete hardagainst each other in order to succeed in offering the most appealing options toconsumers.

AbstractThe topic ?The effects of music in the supermarket on consumer behavior,sales, and customer state of mind? was assessed to try and analyse the emotionaldifferences that may occur as well as the sales variations that may arise fromplaying music in a supermarket. The reason for this study is that grocery storesare very common and abundant in most neighborhoods, as is man?s necessaryconsumption of food. In almost every city grocery stores must compete hardagainst each other in order to succeed in offering the most appealing options toconsumers.

Purpose: The purposes of the current study were to investigate whether there were any differences in the perceptual ability between professional and non-professional ice-hockey players and whether professional players are better at distinguishing, paying attention to and concentrating on what is important during intense physical activity. Method: Twenty male ice-hockey players (10 from both the Swedish first and third divisions) participated in the study. Wingate test were used for physiological measurements while three psychological tests were presented in front of the participants. Stroop, Flanker and Fast counting tests were used to measure perceptual and coping abilities during intense physical activity and the differences between the two groups. Results: Fast counting and Flanker word 2 tests showed a significant difference between the two groups, whereby the professional groups was faster and more accurate than the non-professional group in answering.

The purpose of my task was to map the pallet flows at Findus and put together as well as analyze the problems. My work has also included finding out what alternatives there are to the present pallet exchange system and suggest measures to reduce the problems.The problems can be divided into poor quality and hygiene issues. The poor quality, for instance poor strength is due to arbitrary judgements and the fact that there are companies that make a system of manufacturing forged pallets of an inferior quality compared to the EUR-pallets. These pallets are marked with stamps more or less similar to the EUR-mark and taken into the exchange system. Of course there are rules how to judge a pallet but these rules are many and sometimes indistinct and there are a lot of marks to keep track of.The most dangerous part is when the pallets lack the prescribed carrying capacity.

The thesis deals with consumers behaviour in the use of online services and the cultures effect on it. It is a study of Swedes and Danes use of online job data bases. The thesis is based on a quantitative study. A questionnaire were used sent out to 80 Swedes and 80 Danes. The theory concerns areas of online consumer behaviour, decision making and services theory as well as theories within culture in relation to services and behaviour.

I takt med att handeln med finansiella tillgångar ökat har också intresset för att finna tillförlitliga metoder att bedöma risken ökat. Ett mått för att mäta risken för en tillgång eller för en portfölj av tillgångar är Value-at-Risk (VaR). VaR definieras som; den med viss sannolikhet förväntade förlusten från ogynnsamma marknadsrörelser över en definierad tidsperiod. Fördelen med VaR är att riskbedömningen bryts ner till ett enda mått som är ganska lätt att förstå. Det finns flera olika sätt att beräkna VaR och det har gjorts många undersökningar för att testa vilken modell som ger bäst resultat.

The report is a project in cooperation with the Swedish toy company Playsam. The assignment was to design a new toy to their range of products, a pull along toy in shape of a snail with a mechanical function. The research phase contains studies and analysis of the company, its identity, product range and its customers. The research phase includes all the information needed to complete the project. A number of concepts were presented for evaluation by the company.

Hyrköp av fast egendom är en relativt ny företeelse på fastighetsmarknaden. Hyrköpet innebär att en hyresgäst träffar hyresavtal med ett bostadsbolag som erbjuder en hyrköpsmodell och avtalet kombineras med en optionsrätt. Optionsrätten innebär att hyresgästen, ?hyrköparen?, ges en rätt att inom optionstiden förvärva fastigheten i fråga.Sedan länge har fastighetsrätten i Sverige varit kringgärdat av formkrav. Formkravets primära syfte har varit att inte belasta köpare och säljare mer än nödvändigt men tvinga parterna till att reglera vissa minimikrav för att ett giltigt fastighetsförvärv skall komma till stånd.

Demokrati eller folkstyre innebär människors naturliga rättigheter till medbestämmande och jämlikhet. Många människor får möjlighet att njuta av demokratins friheter och ett självständigt liv utan hot och våld från myndigheter. Vi har utifrån detta valt att se varför demokratier inte kan behålla de demokratiska elementen. Vårt syfte med uppsatsen är att finna förklaringar till varför demokratier faller.För att uppnå syftet har vi använt oss av empiriskt material i form av relevant litteratur, som täcker demokratins uppgång och fall kopplat till de länder vi valt att studera. Uppsatsen är en komparativ fallstudie av Haiti, Ryssland och Zimbabwe, där vi undersöker maktelitens påverkan på demokratin.I de länder vi valt att studera kom vi fram till att demokratins förfall till stor del beror på makthavarnas sätt att verka.

I examensarbetet har möjlig denitrifikationshastighet för lakvattnet på Bredemads avfallsdeponi i Ljungby undersökts. Denitrifikationshastigheten har tagits fram i satsvisa och kontinuerliga försök där Reppos 40T och Brenntaplus VP1 har jämförts som externa kolkällor. De satsvisa försöken har genomförts i temperaturerna 15 °C, 20 °C och 22,5 °C och de kontinuerliga försöken har genomförts med reningsmetoden ?Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor? (MBBR) med bärare som hade en skyddad yta på 500 m2/m3.Denitrifikationshastigheten i g/(dygn?m2) med Reppos 40T var 0,45 och med Brenntaplus VP1 1,05. I reaktorn med Reppos 40T var fyllnadsgraden 48 % och denitrifikationshastigheten 4,5 g/(h?m3).

In our everyday life we are faced with many choices that have consequences on the environment. One of these is the food we choose to eat since food production has a big impact on the environment. In organic production the aim is to have a natural production process, where environmental impacts are minimized. By choosing organic food it is therefore possible to contribute to a better environment. A large number of meals are served every day in the public sector, which makes it an important player in the consumer sector that could make a major difference for the environment..

Background: The debate about environment, labor conditions and aid to developing countries has the last years been a much discussed subject The pressure on the companies to live up to their responsibility is beginning to be noticed in the market.Purpose: To find out if a retail company investing in Corporate Social Responsibility thereby direct can effect it?s stock value. Using interviews to investigate if and how stock analysts and corporate finance professionals valuate a company?s CSR initiatives.Theoretical perspective: The description of CSR is leading to the main theory, The Brand Value Change, and the Market Hypothesis. Additionally a theory of the Consumer Buying Process and CAPM-model about financial risks is presented.Method: An event study of 30 companies to investigate if there is any change in their stock values and interviews with three professionals from the financial sector to find out about their attitude to CSR.

When patrolling grocery stores, customers engage in a purchase situation where they face great amounts of information, whereof price is one. This paper intends to shed light on the price information search behavior that customer's exhibit before choosing their products in grocery stores. In order to do so two studies have been conducted, one quantitative and one qualitative, to assemble the data needed to provide statistically significant results. The objective of the quantitative study is to gather data on customer's external price information search, and it is based on the most recent eye-tracking technology. The second qualitative study is complementary and based on interviews with randomly chosen customers that have responded to several questions regarding their price information search, shopping knowledge and experiences.

This master thesis has three purposes. The first purpose is to give a theoretical background of how to divide up forest estates and to study how the legal system for these matters works. A literature study has been carried out to give the background and a theoretical model has been made for analysing the law cases. The first purpose also partly touched the decision process in dividing up forest estates from point of view of the law of land parcelling (FBL), point of view. The second purpose is to examine effects of a change of production requirements in 3 cap.7 § FBL as regards dividing up forest estates of private forest owners.

Mögelkontaminering är ett problem inom livsmedelsindustrin eftersom den kan orsaka minskad hållbarhet och minskad säkerhet av livsmedel. Aspergillus niger är ett vanligtförekommande mögel i varmare klimat och hittas därför ofta i importerade livsmedel. A.niger kan till exempel orsaka stor förstörelse av färsk frukt och grönsaker. En vanligkonserveringsmetod för att inhibera mögeltillväxt i livsmedel är att tillsätta de svaga organiska syrorna sorbin? och bensoesyra.