Vilken strategi ett tillverkande företag arbetar efter kan variera och bero pÄ en mÀngd olika faktorer. En effektiv tillverkning kan bli komplicerad nÀr marknaden efterfrÄgar allt mer skrÀddarsydda produkter med varierande egenskaper. För att bemöta denna typ av komplexitet finns en rad strategier och modeller som har fÄtt global spridning. En av dessa strategier Àr lean production, ett begrepp som vuxit fram utifrÄn studier genomförda pÄ den japanska tillverkningsindustrin.I denna studie undersöktes varför lean production valdes som styrningsfilosofi i ett svenskt tillverkande företag, vilka förÀndringar detta inneburit samt vilka Äsikter som fanns kring förÀndringsarbetet. Insamling av empiri har skett genom att genomföra en fallstudie pÄ företaget Trioplast Sifab.

Beans are a global source of plant-based protein, and in some countries, they constitute a primary source of protein intake. With ongoing climate change, including rising temperatures, it is necessary to adapt beans to ensure a reliable food supply. An important mechanism that many plants have, to cope with high temperatures, is cooling through transpiration. During transpiration, stomata open and release water vapor. Water molecules use heat energy from the leaf to convert into gas, thereby cooling the leaf.

If one looks at physical planning in Sweden today one can see that while talking about densification of existing development, reduced emissions and careful use of important land, urban sprawl is a fact with development of sheer residential districts in the urban edges and shopping malls in each and every municipality. As sustainable development is an essential goal for physical planning to strive towards, it is worth questioning if the direction of today?s planning will lead to the goal. A sustainable development can be seen as an obvious to goal aim at. In reality the aim means a hard and complex work.

This paper focuses on traditional clothing enterprise IT strategies. The purpose was to investigate the correlation between traditional clothing companies IT strategies and their brand. In a market where the competition is high it has become more important that the company targets a customer segment. To reach their targeted customers the company builds their brand with different corporate strategies. This segmentation is necessary because of the high exposure to competition, and a well-established brand could be a prerequisite for profitability.  In today?s market, IT has a major impact on the clothing business.

Due to the forest industry downsizing, many communities in rural forest regions in Canada and Sweden are facing problems to survive. In order to create community sustainability, resilience and well-being in remote forest regions, the view on the forest resources has shifted towards multiple use, through the concept of sustainable forest management (SFM). Beside the economic and ecological elements of sustainability, the social forest values are needed, contributing to the human well-being, local participation, stakeholder collaboration, human rights and cultural connection. In this thesis the embodiment of the social component of SFM within Prince Albert Model Forest (Canada), and Vilhelmina Model Forest (Sweden) will be examined. Being partners and facing similar challenges as rural boreal forest regions, the two model forests are compared through analysis of projects and activities, conducted interviews and organization documents. Looking at projects mentioned as successful by the interviewees, they all have elements from the social values of SFM. The direction can be explained by the introduction of the Forest Communities Program in Canada, demanding the Model Forests to work towards community stability and resilience, the Model Forest organization concept itself and the way global focus are increasing around social forest values. In the future, it may be important that the role of the MFs enable some kind of political authorization and legitimacy in order to improve conflict solving and indigenous rights equality.

Bakgrund: Det sista steget i Uppsala-skolans etableringskedja innebÀr att företagen flyttar betydande delar av verksamheten utomlands, men Àr det verkligen det sista steget? Sedan en tid tillbaka har alltfler företag valt att regionalisera sin internationella verksamhet, vilket innebÀr att olika nationella verksamheter samordnas och att en regional organisation skapas över nationsgrÀnserna. Hur tar sig en regionalisering i uttryck och kan regionalisering ses som ett nytt steg i företags internationaliseringsprocess? Syfte: UtifrÄn en studie av företags regionalisering syftar uppsatsen till att bidra med kunskap om företags internationalisering genom att undersöka om regionalisering Àr ett nytt steg i företags internationaliseringsprocess. Genomförande: För att kunna uppfylla vÄrt syfte har vi genomfört 12 stycken intervjuer med representanter pÄ Ätta multinationella företag som har en regionaliserad Nordenverksamhet.

Den hÀr uppsatsen undersöker den dubbla roll som fossila brÀnslen spelar i ekonomin. Fossil energi Àr en viktig del av produktionen och pÄverkar dÀrmed inkomstnivÄerna i positiv riktning. Samtidigt ger den upphov till koldioxidutslÀpp som kan pÄverka klimatet och ge upphov till extrema vÀderfenomen, stigande havsnivÄer, ökad migration och konflikt, vilka sÄ smÄningom kan orsaka stora externa kostnader. FrÄgestÀllningen Àr:? Hur pÄverkas ekonomin av koldioxidutslÀppande fossila brÀnslen, beroende pÄ om externa miljökostnader inkluderas eller exkluderas ur analysen?För att besvara denna, utvecklas Solowmodellen med naturresurser sÄ att de fossila brÀnslenas externa kostnader synliggörs i ökande deprecieringstakter.

The gap between rich and poor is increasing. Economic inequality is widening on a global level but also in individual countries like the USA and Sweden. The consequences for individuals are great considering life chance, health, educational level and standard of living. The curriculum for social studies from 1994 as well as the curriculum coming in effect 2011 emphasize the importance of teaching social class as a tool to interpret development in Sweden as well as the world. Earlier studies have looked at how much and in what way textbooks discuss gender, sexuality and ethnicity but social class has been overlooked. This study examines if social class is described in textbooks written for high school. The study also analyzes in which way social class is described.

Precis som de flesta företag sÄ har True Software Scandinavia AB en produkt dÀr ute i marknaden. Produkten Àr en mobil applikation som gÄr under namnet Truecaller. För att kunna leverera den bÀsta upplevelsen till slut anvÀndarna sÄ krÀvs en stor global telefonkatalog.Förutom att företaget har en statistik pÄ hur det har gÄtt och gÄr för deras produkt sÄ finns Àven behovet att veta hur det kommer att gÄ i framtiden. AlltsÄ man vill veta hur stor potential det finns i marknaden och med avseende pÄ detta försöka estimera nÀr man nÄr sitt uppsatta mÄl.Syftet med detta projekt har varit att skapa ett verktyg som kan samla in data och utföra nödvÀndiga behandlingar för att kunna estimera den framtida tillvÀxten. Verktyget skapas med hjÀlp av programmeringssprÄket Java och kommer vara i form av ett skrivbords applikation.

Background: HIV/AIDS has existed officially for more than 35 years and is now seen as a global epidemic. The disease has claimed many victims and there is no indication showing decrease of the mortality rate. The disease is currently incurable, but antiretroviral drugs have good effect at slowing down the process. The persons who live with the disease are exposed to stigma and, sometimes, negative attitudes. The negative attitudes could affect the person?s willingness carry through the test.

Bakgrund och problem: Under de senaste 20 Ären har en global oro vÀxt kring konsumtionens pÄverkan pÄ miljön. Faktorer som den globala uppvÀrmningen, hÄl i ozonlagret samt katastrofer som Tjernobyl var nÄgra av drivkrafterna. Historiskt börjar nu den gröna marknadsföringen att framtrÀda pÄ marknaden. Den delades in i tre faser varav en fas representerar marknadsföring av miljövÀnliga produkter, designade för att frÀmja en hÄllbar konsumtion (Mishra & Sharmra, 2012). Det Àr dock under 2000-talet som konsumenternas miljömedvetenhet leder till en ekologisk trend och livsstil.

Finland och Sverige har mycket gemensamt ? historiskt, kulturellt och geografiskt till exempel. ÄndĂ„ finns pĂ„tagliga skillnader mellan hur problematiseringen av sĂ€kerhetspolitiken yttrar sig i de bĂ„da lĂ€nderna. I denna uppsats analyseras den sĂ€kerhetspolitiska retoriken med Carol Lee Bacchis socialkonstruktivistiska metod för politisk analys. Analysen sker utifrĂ„n tvĂ„ teoretiska perspektiv, liberalism och realism, och hur dessa ser pĂ„ staten, internationellt samarbete och sĂ€kerhetsbegreppet.Genom att analysera hur de bĂ„da lĂ€ndernas nuvarande politiska ledning skriver om sĂ€kerhetspolitik identifieras vilket huvudsakligt perspektiv pĂ„ internationella relationer som ligger till grund för doktrin och sĂ€kerhetspolitiska övervĂ€ganden.

AbstractEssay in Political Science, autumn 2010. ?ALBA ? A regional integration project with good conditions?? Autor: Anna Sjögren. Course: Political Science, C-level, Tutor: Sten Berglund An essential part of the political science research on regional integration has been about why states join economic unions and what forces drive the process of integration. This essay is a case study on the Latin American regional integration project called ALBA.

In the post Cold-War era, world politics was transforming itself through its emerging complex issues such as terrorism and influential and interdependent actors such as the European Union. In this new era, the European Union was developing its Common Foreign and Security Policy pillar both to present a coherent and unified EU policy and to prove its political potent in order to become an influential actor on world politics. On the other side, security environment was also transforming its content through emerging actors and issues. As one of the most prominent actors of the world politics, the EU was influenced by the transformation of security environment, whose economic ?soft power? proved necessary but insufficient for being a global power in this emerging security environment.

As a small and land scarce country, effective waste management is ofoutmost importance in Singapore. In this study the production of biogasthrough anaerobic digestion from the organic fraction of municipal solidwaste (OFMSW) was compared to incineration of the waste. At the momentalmost all of the OFMSW in Singapore is incinerated. Three differentscenarios were compared to the reference scenario (incineration): one with alarge scale biogas plant that can treat half of all OFMSW in Singapore, onewith a medium scale biogas plant about 15 times smaller than the large oneand one with a small scale biogas plant that can treat waste from e.g. ashopping center or a food center.By using life cycle assessment (LCA) the different scenarios were comparedin terms of global warming potential (GWP), acidification, eutrophication,energy use and land use.