Workers are more demanding than ever and stay a shorter amount of time within the same organization. For this reason we wanted to look further into how organizations work with motivation in order to create success in Knowledge Intensive Firms. The complexity of knowledge workers formed the base for our interest within the subject. The purpose of our thesis is to reflect upon what is written about the motivational effects of recruitment and reward strategies in Knowledge Intensive Firms. Further our essay is based on an abductive advocacy.

The essay on ?The revival of the countryside ? a multitalent in landproduction.? focuses on local and regional development within agriculture, foodprocessing and tourism.Due to great changes in society, the inhabitants in rural areas are forced to find alternative occupations. Using history as a tool to build up the future is a main factor in rural development. Apart from this it involves cooperation, resources, cultural heritage and values, entrepreneurship and innovation, economic vitality, and an understanding of markets and marketing. They all contribute to a region`s ability to benefit from rural development..

Det är oerhört viktigt, i synnerhet på en konkurrensutsatt marknad, att använda sig av lojalitetsfrämjande åtgärder som sticker ut och skiljer sig från mängden. Lojalitetsåtgärderna ska vara av en sådan art att de inte ska kunna kopieras av konkurrenter. Med benämningen ?Social Lojalitet? kombineras ickemonetära belöningar som incitament för att skapa en sant lojal kund, med funktionell kvalitet samt kundens egna sociala nätverk..

This investigation indicates that there are regions within Europe that seems to have similar preferences and priorities regarding pike angling travels to Sweden. Swedish pike angling facilities process in first hand markets with favourable economic circumstances and a cultural interest for pike angling. There was a big differences in features between the Northern, Western, Eastern and Southern regions of Europe. They also seems to be tied to specific regions within some of the nations.The regions have diverse requirements and distinguish in terms of consumption and preferences regarding different aspects of pike angling. From there it is possible to divide pike angling tourists into segments.

How capital structure influences corporate performance and value has been in the interest of researchers and scholars for more than half a century, but an answer is yet to be found. The main objective of the present paper is to contribute with data for this cause and hopefully help to clarify this mystery. The method that was used was by analyzing the impact of debt on profitability and market valuation through linear regression. The study examined 17 Swedish property companies listed on Nasdaq OMX Large Mid and Small Cap over a 6 year period (2007-2012). The authors found a slightly negative relationship between debt-to-equity and profitability measured by return on equity (ROE) as well as by return on assets (ROA).

It today's global world we live in the media have started to examine businesses more and more. In addition consumers are expecting more from products, because they are well informed. This means that companies need to market themselves effectively, to convince and get across their message to their customers. Marketing is an extensive process in which different factors must be taken into account. A company must know what the coustomer needs in order to get through to them.

Nivå: Magisteruppsats i Service Management, vårterminen 2007 Författare: Mikael Andersson, Pär Augustsson & Gustaf L Bjerne Handledare: Mikael Bergmasth & Pavla Kruzela Frågeställning: Hur ser förväntningsskapande ut inför resor? Hur ser resenärens syn på relationsskapande ut inom resebranschen? Vilka krav har resenärer på resebolagen, ur ett relationsperspektiv? Syfte: Syftet med vår uppsats är att undersöka vilka faktorer som påverkar förväntningsskapandet samt vilken inverkan förväntningar har på den upplevda kvaliteten..

Libraries exist around us and for most of us they are a part of our every day life. But how often do we stop and think about their meaning?Libraries in fiction are usually not the center of the narrative, they play a role quietly in the background and offer a backcloth to the story. Yet they are a vital part of the story. Without them a big part of the magic in the stories would be lost.And what is their role in our lives? What do the libraries mean to the books they harbor, the readers who seek them out and society in which they have their axiomatic role?This essay?s focus is my story ?Between the shelves?, which is about the young girl Julia and the mysterious passageway she discovers in her local library.

It today's global world we live in the media have started to examine businesses more and more. In addition consumers are expecting more from products, because they are well informed. This means that companies need to market themselves effectively, to convince and get across their message to their customers. Marketing is an extensive process in which different factors must be taken into account. A company must know what the coustomer needs in order to get through to them.

Natur och kultur skapar grunden för turism och turistisk utveckling. Runt om i landet finns idag ett stort antal olika natur- och kulturområden som bidrar till utveckling samtidigt som natur- och kulturvärden skyddas. Ekoparker är Sveaskogs benämning på ett sammanhängande skogslandskap med höga naturvärden och är ett förhållandevis nytt tillskott till natur- och kulturskyddet i Sverige. Några av ekoparkerna är intressanta för turism och turistisk utveckling, däribland Ekopark Böda. Ekopark Böda som invigdes 2006 ligger på norra Öland.

Natur och kultur skapar grunden för turism och turistisk utveckling. Runt om i landet finns idag ett stort antal olika natur- och kulturområden som bidrar till utveckling samtidigt som natur- och kulturvärden skyddas. Ekoparker är Sveaskogs benämning på ett sammanhängande skogslandskap med höga naturvärden och är ett förhållandevis nytt tillskott till natur- och kulturskyddet i Sverige. Några av ekoparkerna är intressanta för turism och turistisk utveckling, däribland Ekopark Böda. Ekopark Böda som invigdes 2006 ligger på norra Öland.

Satsningar på kulturindustrier blir alltmer avgörande för den levande, attraktiva och konkurrenskraftiga kommunen och syftet med vår uppsats är att belysa och lyfta fram den betydelsefulla roll som kulturfenomenet kan utgöra ur ett samhällsekonomiskt perspektiv. Således blir det av intresse att studera den problematik som det kulturindustriella nätverket, med ideella, privata och offentliga aktörer i samverkan, tvingas bemöta och hantera för att kunna utveckla kulturlivet i kommunen..

Dagens globala marknad, samt antalet konkurrerande företag, gör att kunder kräver någonting mer än ?bara? en produkt. För att attrahera kunder krävs att ett värde, utöver det funktionella, tillförs produkten eller tjänsten. Vid val av hotell spelar en mängd faktorer in, exempelvis pris och kvalité. För att tillföra ytterligare ett värde till tjänsten, väljer en del hotellföretag att arbeta med miljöfrågor.

The common drivers for hotel accommodation are tourism and business travel and hotel demand seem to outstrip supply in many places. More than 50 % of visitors to Sweden stay at a traditional hotel but is there room for alternate accommodation like serviced apartments besides the traditional hotel for people visiting? These are usually referred to as extended stay or long-stay accommodation. The aim of this thesis project is to explore whether there are growth opportunities for serviced apartments in Sweden. A secondary aim of the thesis project is to identify challenges (if any) to this segment and also to identify the major operators of serviced apartments in Sweden.

The philosopher Heraclitus has been renowned for a great amount of time. Despite that fact the remaining fragments of his work have just recently been assembled to the composed form they have today. Among these fragments there are a couple of terms that stands out amongst others; one of them is the term logos. The main focus of this thesis is devoted to the mystery and usage of the term logos, which comes into a great display in fragment number 50.The ambition of the thesis is to evaluate and compare three interpreters? readings of Heraclitus while having a close focus on his usage of the word logos in fragment 50.