Detta examensarbete har gjorts i samarbete med AB Karl Hedins sågverk i Krylbo i form av en marknadsundersökning. Syftet med marknadsundersökningen är att identifiera intressanta kundsegment för högvärdiga varor sågade ur timmer med en diameter mellan 9-13 cm och att utröna vilka egenskaper hos erbjudandet från leverantören som är viktigt inom dessa segment. Syftet är också att samla in data för att göra lönsamhetsberäkningar på de sågade varor som kunderna kan vara intresserade av. Marknadsundersökningen samlar således in data för att avgöra om det kan vara aktuellt att satsa på nya kundsegment och vad som bör has i åtanke för att göra detta på bästa sätt. Anledningen till att Krylbo Såg är intresserade av att hitta kunder i detta segment är att de vill effektivisera sin försörjningskedja genom att ta klenare timmer från närområdet.För att reda ut vilka kundsegment som kan vara intresserade av produkter från den klena timmerklassen och vad som värderas och efterfrågas av en leverantör har teorier om erbjudandet och värde använts.

Background for the research problems: Small companies are very important for the economic stability and development, something which the economic crises in recent years have underlined. Therefore it?s important to minimize administrative costs for smaller companies and also in other ways facilitate their further development. For these reasons accounting has been simplified and auditing abolished for smaller companies in many countries. In Sweden auditing for small companies was abolished nearly three years ago.

Background for the research problems: Small companies are very important for the economic stability and development, something which the economic crises in recent years have underlined. Therefore it?s important to minimize administrative costs for smaller companies and also in other ways facilitate their further development. For these reasons accounting has been simplified and auditing abolished for smaller companies in many countries. In Sweden auditing for small companies was abolished nearly three years ago.

China is a unique market that differs from the Western market in many ways. Companies are not required to publicize financial reports, and furthermore a heavy focus on business relationship building can make it hard for companies to have high quality streams of data to get insights about their markets. For a consultant company to successfully enter the Chinese market and helping producing and technological global firms improving their insights on the Chinese market, the consultant company needs to understand which the important factors are and how those factors can help in creating value for their potential customers. To help the analyzing and consultant firm called Kairos Future, a qualitative case study was conducted on 16 different global companies with focus on industrial production. The case study was mainly conducted through face to face interviews with decision makers who had a broad understanding of their respective companies.

The numbers of natural disasters caused by extreme weather are increasing through out the world. A large majority of the research concerning the climate shows that this is a trend that can be expected to continue. At the same time the urbanisation is increasing more than ever and for the first time in history more than fifty percent of the population lives in a city. How we build these cities will have a crucial importance for our adaption to the new climate. In Sweden, our capacity for an adaption are high because of our economic situation as well as our rather well built society.

Denna studie har genomförts i samarbete med Skogsindustrierna med syftet att undersöka hur sågverksföretagen kan förbättra sin marknadsföring till bygghandeln, och vad som krävs av sågverksföretagen som leverantörer i framtiden. Skogsindustrierna är en branschorganisation för massa, papper och den trämekaniska industrin och deras uppgift är att stärka medlemmarnas konkurrenskraft och arbeta för en ökad användning av skogens produkter. Skogsindustrin har varit en mycket konservativ bransch som är produktionsorienterad. Marknaden har dock utvecklats de senaste åren och kunderna kräver allt mer från sågverksföretagen. Hoten från konkurrerande material kommer allt närmare och sågverksföretagen måste i framtiden anpassa sig till marknaden för att inte tappa marknadsandelar. Vikten av att känna till efterfrågan på marknaden blir således allt viktigare. Bygghandlarna och dess kunder blir allt mer beroende av att leverantörerna kan garantera bra kvalitet och säkra leveranser för att höja effektiviteten i försörjningskedjan.

There is now a trend to move closer to the customer in the form of long-term and lastingrelationships. The market today is characterized by growing competition with new playersconstantly arising. In order to gain competitive advantage with the increasingly challengingmarket, companies require to place the customer in the centre. Being close to the customerand engage in successful efforts to create customer loyalty has become a critical successfactor in many businesses. Especially when the customers in today's market is becomingincreasingly unfaithful and continuously looking for new companies with new productOfferings.Many companies have now also realized the importance of trying to retain existing customersas it is more profitable than constantly trying to acquire new ones.

The open air museum of Disagården is situated in the Old Uppsala parish, Uppsala municipality, are projected to portray a double row village, before the land enclosure, on the Uppsala plain during the 1860s and 1870s. Disagården operates under the County Museum of Uppland and serves as an exhibit of Uppland's farming culture during the late 19th century. However, an open-air museum is a complex institution where many interests are linked together. Disagården aims to simultaneously portray an historical environment while Offering broad public appeal. The Disagården open air museum was inaugurated in 1931 and consists of relocated buildings that together form three farm complexes "Gränbygården", "Skuttungegården" and "Bärbygården". The thesis explores how the close surroundings of a typical farm in Uppland looked during the 1860s and 1870s. This historical depiction has then been applied to Disagården in a development suggestion creating a foundation from which Disagården can structure the close cultivation of the different farms. The basis of the development program has primarily been compiled through archival and literary studies but also through on-site visits and interviews. How did the concept of open air museums start and what were the ideas behind the concept? Which external influences affected the situating of cultivations and buildings? Which crops and species were present on the farms in Uppland during the specified time period? What was the relation of the different structures to each other? Which organizations had influences on the farmer's household of the Uppland plain? The thesis attempts to clarify the answers to these questions. The influences affecting on the farmer's household in Uppland were probably numerous.

ABSTRACTInternet use in Sweden is among the highest in Europe. The increased availability and use of the Internet has changed people's behavior patterns. This, in turn, has made many companies choose to offer their products and services online. This means that there is less personal contact and that customer relations can be described as having gone from face-to-face to face-to-screen. Swedish banks have come a long way in terms of adapting its operations to customers? demand in a global environment that is digitizing at a rapid pace.

Servera R&S AB is Sweden?s largest wholesale company within the restaurant and food service industry. Servera R&S AB is the daughter company to Axel Johnson AB, which in turn is a part of the Axel Johnson Group with Antonia Ax:son Johnson as the owner. Servera is a nation wide company with a business concept of Offering a complete selection of merchandise and services to the professional food service market. The company is split into for different regions: the north region, the middle region, the southwest region, and the southeast region and has its headquarter in Stockholm.

An increased demand for processed goods on the property market has contributed toinvestments within the Swedish sawmill industry. The purpose with this study is to make amarket investigation of pre cut lengths within a defined geographic area. The constituent forthis investigation is HAL (AB Hilmer Andersson) who invests in a new plane facility and twofinger jointing machines in affiliation to their sawmill in Lässerud, the vest part of Värmland.To investigate the demand of pre cut lengths and identifies the value creating factors and costfactors which the customer within the segments industry and property market perceive, havedifferent customer value theories been used. Theories of customer value and the theory aboutOffering has been the source of creating the qualitative interview with a selection of currentand new potential customers for HAL.The result of the study first gives an introduction of HAL?s new Offering and a description ofHAL?s current customers, which gives the reader an understanding of why searching for newcustomers is made in the defined area.

SammanfattningBörsintroduktion eller IPO (Initial Public Offering) är något som sker när ett företag väljer att notera sig på en marknad. När detta sker visar forskning bl.a. att aktien stiger kraftigt under första dagen på börsen, vilket leder till slutsatsen att aktierna varit prissatta för lågt innan börsintroduktionen och att aktierna i genomsnitt är underprissatta innan de noterats på börsen. Vissa svenska studier indikerar att denna underprissättning i genomsnitt är så stor som 34,10 % när ett svenskt företag introduceras på börsen. Varför det är på det här sättet har forskningen inte kunnat svara på, flertalet förklaringsmodeller har framlagts, utan att någon vunnit konsensus.

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.

Title: The municipal school of arts and music - "a school for everyone?" - A study of the accessibility of "Kulturskolor", focusing on the absence of fees. The aim of this thesis is to increase the understanding of a complex of problems concerning broadened recruitment of students and teachers in "Kulturskolor". I have chosen to focus on three schools of performing arts Offering programs free of charge to ascertain how they work with broadened recruitment and to see what effects they have achieved by having no fees. I have examined these schools through a qualitative study where I have interviewed the principals and teachers from each school.