This paper intends to show how micro- and small businesses in the tourism and experience industry makes use of social media as a marketing tool. The study also shows the possibilities for businesses to market themselves to customers through social media. Small businesses usually don?t have the same conditions or the same marketing resources that larger companies have. For small businesses that lack marketing resources, social media is a great addition to marketing since the technology around social media is relatively simple.

The working capital describes the short-term financial position and focus on cash flow and the actual inflow and outflow of money in the company. Working capital is part of the company's financing and consists of the company's current assets and current liabilities. There are resources that are used in the daily activity and can be optimized. The more effective they are in circulation, the higher value they create. The control of working capital is called Working Capital Management and has its basis in the company?s Working Capital Policy.

Energy efficiency is important both to reduce costs and to reduce greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. In Sweden 40 percent of the energy consumption is related to the buildings sector. Hospitals are complex buildings with different activities in the same building, which requires flexible technical systems for ventilation, heating and lightning. A quarter of the total energy consumption in Swedish hospitals is related to user activities in the hospitals. Therefore it is not only important to work with operational optimization but also to change user activities, to reduce energy consumption.The objective of this thesis was to examine the user-related energy efficiency work at two care units, at the central hospital in Sundsvall within Västernorrlands County.

Bakgrund och problem: Klädbranschen är en konkurrensutsatt bransch med flera stora aktörer på marknaden. Konkurrensen innebär prispress och minskade marginaler och därmed måste företagen hitta nya och bättre lösningar för att nå sina uppsatta mål. Finanskrisen som accelererade under hösten 2008 ställde dessutom allt på sin spets, vilket gör denna tid till ett ypperligt tillfälle att analysera och utvärdera hållbara lösningar för att behålla en stabil lönsamhet. Vi kommer att undersöka hur variablerna konjunktur, konkurrens, strategi, effektivitet och finansiering har påverkat KappAhls, Hennes & Mauritz och Retail and Brands lönsamhet under den senaste finanskrisen.Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att hitta och förklara förändringar i lönsamheten i klädbranschen under den senaste finanskrisen.Avgränsningar: Uppsatsen fokuserar på klädföretag som är börsnoterade i Sverige. Den tidsmässiga avgränsningen är åren 2006-2009.Metod: Rapporten har en abduktiv ansats, då ett antal variabler, som antas ha ett samband, används för att förklara lönsamhetsmönstret i en bransch under finanskrisen.

Bakgrund och problem: Klädbranschen är en konkurrensutsatt bransch med flera stora aktörer på marknaden. Konkurrensen innebär prispress och minskade marginaler och därmed måste företagen hitta nya och bättre lösningar för att nå sina uppsatta mål. Finanskrisen som accelererade under hösten 2008 ställde dessutom allt på sin spets, vilket gör denna tid till ett ypperligt tillfälle att analysera och utvärdera hållbara lösningar för att behålla en stabil lönsamhet. Vi kommer att undersöka hur variablerna konjunktur, konkurrens, strategi, effektivitet och finansiering har påverkat KappAhls, Hennes & Mauritz och Retail and Brands lönsamhet under den senaste finanskrisen.Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att hitta och förklara förändringar i lönsamheten i klädbranschen under den senaste finanskrisen.Avgränsningar: Uppsatsen fokuserar på klädföretag som är börsnoterade i Sverige. Den tidsmässiga avgränsningen är åren 2006-2009.Metod: Rapporten har en abduktiv ansats, då ett antal variabler, som antas ha ett samband, används för att förklara lönsamhetsmönstret i en bransch under finanskrisen.

One year Master's thesis, Degree of master in Business and Economics, School ofBusiness and Economics at Linnaeus University, Management, 4FE10E SpringSemester 2014.Author: Johanna Björklund and Sarah Gustafsson.Mentor: Magnus Forslund.Title: Lean in the public sector - Potential barriers to a long-term Lean work.Background: Organizational changes are something that is constantly done inorganizations, and in the last decade, there has arisen a plethora of different changemodels. A reorganization that is popular among companies today is Lean. Lean is aconcept that was developed within the Japanese automotive industry, but has evolvedfrom the Japanese shop floor and is now a concept that can be found in, for example,several Swedish municipalities.Purpose: The purpose of this study was to create an understanding of why the conceptLean may have difficulty getting a hold in the in the long term.Methodology: The study was done with a qualitative research approach and through anabductive approach. As we intended to create an understanding, of what potentialbarriers that may affect that a Lean work, in some cases, does not become a long-termcondition, it seemed natural to choose a hermeneutic approach to knowledge. Theempirical data collected via individual unstructured interviews, through a groupinterview, and by non-participant observations.

ABSTRACT TITLE: Oil price shocks impact on the British and the Swedish stock markets SEMINAR DATE: 2007-06-07 COURSE: Bachelor thesis in Business Administration and Economics, 10 Swedish credits (15 ECTS) AUTHORS: Carl Hersaeus, Sven Piehl Trygg ADVISORS: Hossein Asgharian, Göran Andersson KEY WORDS: Dummy Variables, United Kingdom, Oil Price, OLS, Regressions, Stock Markets, and Sweden PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to study whether, and how, oil price shocks have an impact on British and Swedish stock markets. METHODOLOGY: Our paper is based on secondary data, focused on historical spot prices on Brent oil and stock indices from Sweden and UK. We construct dummy variables to register positive and negative disturbances in the oil price. Furthermore we try to find a relation between the price disturbances and the different stock indices. THEORY: We take off from earlier studies, which prove that there is a relation between oil prices and stock markets.

Den svenska klädimporten har ökat dramatiskt och vårt samhälle har förändrats till ett konsumtionssamhälle där vi shoppar efter ?köp och släng? istället för ?slit och släng?. Den ökade klädkonsumtion är ett omdiskuterat samhällsproblem och mode är en färskvara som uppdateras i en allt snabbare takt. Ett stort utbud tillsammans med de låga priser som klädmarknaden är uppbyggd av uppmuntrar till impulsköp vilket gör det allt svårare för kunden att fatta medvetna köpbeslut. I denna studie kommer vi att utgå från Armstrong och Kotlers modell av köpbeslutprocessens som är uppbyggd av fem steg som innefattar hela processen.

Background and Problem discussion: Consumers are reached by an average of 3000 marketing messages daily which proves that a company?s marketing needs to be strong and characteristic in order not to lose customers. It is of even greater importance that marketing reaches the chosen target group and is designed in accordance with the company?s vision and is shown where the target group sees it.Purpose: The aim of this bachelor thesis is to study how small businesses use marketing and to recommend appropriate marketing measures given their size, limited budget and secluded location.Method: This study has been made in accordance with a qualitative method with an analytical abduction approach using a case study where the case is Vita Renen. To achieve the aim of this study the authors combined secondary and primary data such as previous conducted research with interviews with the owners and staff of Vita Renen.Result and Conclusion: The result demonstrates that untraditional marketing would be the best option for Vita Renen because they are a company with limited marketing budget and this type of advertising is based on creative thinking and design on pre-existing resources.

The business cycle of the wood flooring branch is currently high however that situation may not be sustainable. In a possible future weaker business climate, the importance of marketing becomes accentuated for firms that aim to maintain their sales levels. We can see trends that competition among the Swedish and foreign manufactures is already stepping up. The intent of this study is to establish marketing guidelines for floor- and molding manufacturers, so they can establish a clearer brand image in DIY retail outlets. By comparing the approach of sports- and DIY stores to brand and product placement, this study aims to bring new knowledge to the DIY branch for improved consumer and product handling.

Companies today are facing more and different kinds of demands from the society and their stakeholders. It is no longer enough to just deliver the products, and not just the quality of the products that matter. The consumers are getting more conscious about the many ways in which companies affect the society and the environment in which we live. The financial sector, that among others includes stakeholders such as insurance companies, banks and fund companies are starting to realise the importance of the non- financial issues that companies are encountering. Analysing the companies sustainability when it comes to social and environmental issues, has become an increasingly important factor when for example choosing companies to invest in.

Sammanfattning Titel: Målstyrning i offentlig verksamhet ? En studie av de anställdas upplevelser och deras delaktighet i målstyrning på Skatteverkets Blekingekontor. Författare: Annika Abrahamsson, Angelica Bernström och Jonna Gustafsson Handledare: Eva Lövstål Institution: Blekinge Tekniska Högskola Kurs: Kandidatarbete i företagsekonomi 15 hp Syfte: Syftet med studien är att beskriva och försöka identifiera vad det får för konsekvenser på lokal nivå att en målstyrd offentlig verksamhet samtidigt är en hierarkiskt uppbyggd organisation där besluten fattas på en högre nivå. Det vi främst behandlar i vår studie är hur målen och målstyrningen upplevs av de anställda och vad det är som påverkar att de ska känna sig delaktiga. Metod: Studien genomfördes på Skatteverkets Blekingekontor med hjälp av tre kvalitativa intervjuer med en chef och två informatörer.

Material handling is a term that includes all kinds of handling of material from a raw product to a finished one. ABB is active in the following segments; foundry, packaging and palletizing, metal industry and plastics industry.The demands for efficiency and reliability have been set very high in the industrial sector. Optimizing of the material handling will give the company higher cost-effectiveness. Around the robot there are different kinds of material flows, to optimize the cycle time, consisting of carriages combined in different ways.Motion Control is a complex system with main functions such as; positioning, synchronizing, indexing and more. The products in the system need to cooperate to make these functions possible therefore integration of motor- and servo products are important.

Bakgrund och problem: Klädbranschen är en konkurrensutsatt bransch med flera stora aktörer på marknaden. Konkurrensen innebär prispress och minskade marginaler och därmed måste företagen hitta nya och bättre lösningar för att nå sina uppsatta mål. Finanskrisen som accelererade under hösten 2008 ställde dessutom allt på sin spets, vilket gör denna tid till ett ypperligt tillfälle att analysera och utvärdera hållbara lösningar för att behålla en stabil lönsamhet. Vi kommer att undersöka hur variablerna konjunktur, konkurrens, strategi, effektivitet och finansiering har påverkat KappAhls, Hennes & Mauritz och Retail and Brands lönsamhet under den senaste finanskrisen.Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att hitta och förklara förändringar i lönsamheten i klädbranschen under den senaste finanskrisen.Avgränsningar: Uppsatsen fokuserar på klädföretag som är börsnoterade i Sverige. Den tidsmässiga avgränsningen är åren 2006-2009.Metod: Rapporten har en abduktiv ansats, då ett antal variabler, som antas ha ett samband, används för att förklara lönsamhetsmönstret i en bransch under finanskrisen.

One year Master's thesis, Degree of master in Business and Economics, School ofBusiness and Economics at Linnaeus University, Management, 4FE10E SpringSemester 2014.Author: Johanna Björklund and Sarah Gustafsson.Mentor: Magnus Forslund.Title: Lean in the public sector - Potential barriers to a long-term Lean work.Background: Organizational changes are something that is constantly done inorganizations, and in the last decade, there has arisen a plethora of different changemodels. A reorganization that is popular among companies today is Lean. Lean is aconcept that was developed within the Japanese automotive industry, but has evolvedfrom the Japanese shop floor and is now a concept that can be found in, for example,several Swedish municipalities.Purpose: The purpose of this study was to create an understanding of why the conceptLean may have difficulty getting a hold in the in the long term.Methodology: The study was done with a qualitative research approach and through anabductive approach. As we intended to create an understanding, of what potentialbarriers that may affect that a Lean work, in some cases, does not become a long-termcondition, it seemed natural to choose a hermeneutic approach to knowledge. Theempirical data collected via individual unstructured interviews, through a groupinterview, and by non-participant observations.