Purpose: The study aims to, from a companys point of view, describe how strategic work with customer loyalty is done.Conclusion: Another possible way to try to create loyalty is to exceed the expectations whether the customer is a member of the loyalty program or not. A strong brand with a good reputation can also contribute to a stronger loyalty. Reward systems gradually reward the customers since they first need to collect points, or in this case miles, to be able to use them later on. The staff is often educated in service to be able to interact with the customer in a professional manner. One way to interact with the members of the loyalty program is through profiles on the internet.

The aim of this master thesis was to find out about librarians opinions of childrens libraries on the Internet, if it is a resource to reach children. Qualitative interviews were conducted with three librarians who had participated in the construction and development of childrens libraries on the Internet. IT and the Internet play an important role in childrens lives and children are using it to a greater extent. Libraries have begun to integrate IT and Internet into their services and are offering service on the Internet. The public library websites are usually for grown-ups and very few are directed to children.

Nya utländska dagligvarukedjor med främmande varumärken och lägre priser har etablerats på den svenska marknaden under de senaste åren. Genom egen import och i vissa fall inköp av partier kan de hålla priserna nere och på så sätt skapa konkurrenskraft mot de etablerade butikerna och orsaka påtvingade nedskärningar för dem. Detta har i sin tur kommit att hota deras överlevnad. Då de etablerade butikerna innehar kända varumärken, till skillnad från flertalet nyetablerade, är det i deras intresse att se om konsumenter är varumärkeslojala eller vad som får konsumenter lojala. Detta leder oss in på denna uppsats problemformulering; Vilka faktorer är viktiga för att skapa lojalitet till produktnamn hos konsumenter inom den idag hårt konkurrerande dagligvarubranschen?Syftet med denna uppsats är att genom en enkätundersökning analysera hur viktiga varumärken är för konsumenter vid inköp av dagligvaror samt undersöka vilka faktorer som skapar lojalitet hos dessa.Undersökningen visar att flertalet respondenter anser att varumärket är viktigt vid köp av dagligvaror.

The essay's aim is to explain how responsibility distribution between private and public bodies, primarily within three important service areas, can be visualised in light of the fact that they have experienced different forms of readjustment. We have chosen to study this by looking at the restoration work taking place after the hurricane Gudrun swept across southern Sweden on January 8-9, 2005; and we have chosen to concentrate on the service areas of electricity- and telephone supply, and public transport. The responsibility distribution has been depicted by carrying out qualitative interviews with employees within both private and public bodies included in the restoration work. The conclusion produced is that there were obscurities in the formal responsibility distribution between private and public actors taking place in conjunction with the hurricane restoration work.In a deeper analysis, the result can be explained by a ?several hands? problem arising since the number of actors has increased as the public sphere has adopted leadership forms influenced by the private business sector.

This study has been executed at the Public Employment Office, an institution that has beensubject for much debate during the last couple of years. The government has instructed theLabour Market Board to change the Public Employment Office toward a more effectiveorganization. This study examines one of the Public Employment Offices that are included in apilot project that aims to improve and develop work methods with the objective to become amore service minded organization. From this starting point we have investigated which effect thisorganizational change has had on the employee within this organization and within the pilotproject. In addition we investigate whether attitudes of the unemployed has an effect on thestaff´s work situation.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the organizational buying behaviour in the purchase of travels abroad. We have conducted a case study of two companies, one medium sized and one larger. Our empirical studies have shown that the companies? buying process is divided into two types, the process of recruit a new travel supplier and the process of a straight rebuy of a regular travel service. In the recruiting process we found that the evaluation process of the purchase is an ongoing process that contradicts estab-lished theories.

En webbapplikation för analys och administration av webbenkäter har designats och implementerats. Dess syfte är att maximera svarskvalitet och svarsfrekvens samt att vara underhållbar. Uppdragsgivaren Ericsson Linköping har utfärdat kravspecifikationen för applikationen. Hänsyn har tagits till aspekterna webbenkätdesign och under-hållbarhet av mjukvara. Underhållbarhetsmodeller för mjukvara med tillhörande metriker, samt designmodeller och rekommendationer för webbenkäter har studerats.

The aim of this thesis is to study the effects of self-service on professional qualifications of library assistants in three public libraries in Sweden. The research questions are: - How do the library assistants experience that their professional qualifications have changed since self-service was introduced at the library? - Does the view on library assistants? professional qualifications and future differ between library managers and library assistants? - Does the view on library assistants? professional qualifications and future differ between the three different libraries? The method used is qualitative interviews with six library assistants and three head of libraries from three different public libraries. The theoretical framework for this study is constructed by theoretical ideas about professional qualifications and technology's impact on professionalism. The results indicate that the cognitive qualifications of library assistants have increased and social qualifications both increased and decreased.

I fokus för vår studie stod konsumenters kvalitetsupplevelser avseende produkter i dagligvaruhandeln och då specifikt konsumentegenskaper samt konsumenters upplevelser och användning av yttre signaler. I vårt arbete utgick vi från huvudfrågeställningarna: ?Hur påverkar egenskaper hos konsumenten dennes upplevelse och användning av yttre kvalitets-signaler?? och ?Hur använder konsumenten dessa kvalitetssignaler i ett kvalitetsskapande samman-hang?? Vår delfrågeställning löd: ?Skiljer sig konsumentens upplevelse av kvalitet åt när det gäller egna märkesvaror gentemot dennes upplevelse av kvalitet hos övriga varumärken?? Vårt syfte med studien var att studera konsumenters upplevelser av kvalitet utifrån ett kvalitativt tillvägagångssätt, vilket vi ansåg gav en ökad förståelse av de faktorer som medverkar till att forma konsumenters kvalitetsupplevelser. Vi avsåg också skapa en mer integrerad bild av kvalitetsupplevelsen. Detta genom att vi tog hänsyn såväl till egenskaper hos konsumenten som till situationsbundna faktorer.

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate if vacuum insulation panels are a competitive alternative to traditional insulation.Vacuum insulation has been used as insulation in buildings in Germany and Switzerland for a few years. In Sweden the high-performance insulation material is mainly used in refrigerators, freezers and vacuum thermoses. The development is proceeding well and vacuum insulation is becoming more common in the construction industry. Since it is a relatively unexplored material on the market there are many flaws and problems with the material.The questions we have chosen to answer in this report include an increased knowledge of vacuum insulation, various problems that may arise when handling/installation and the pros and cons of vacuum insulation compared to standard traditional insulation.The methods we have chosen to use in this report is a literature study, interviews with various suppliers and manufactures and calculations to show the differences between traditional and vacuum insulation. Vacuum insulation is 5-10 times better insulation than standard traditional mineral wool insulation, mainly at the beginning of its lifetime.Vacuum insulation panels (VIP) have a service life of approximately 50 years, whereas traditional insulation has a service life of approximately 100 years.

In present-day situation many libraries use detectors so that they can be able to prevent attempts too take out books without registering them. The university library in Jonkoping is one of the libraries that have such a detector. But unfortunately it doesn?t always work correct and can also react on other things a part from books. This is a big problem since the library staff don?t have time to check all signals that comes from detector.

Det Goda Samtalet är en ny form av samhällsplanering där tretton olika byggherrar i samarbete med Malmö Stad har kommit överens om de hållbarhetskrav som ska gälla under exploateringen av området Flagghusen i Västra Hamnen, Malmö. Målet med detta examensarbete har varit att undersöka om Det Goda Samtalet så här långt har varit lyckat med avseende på de ekologiska hållbarhetsaspekterna och i jämförelse med andra byggprojekt. För att få fram den information som har behövts genomförde vi intervjuer med de inblandade byggherrarna samt sex referensobjekt. I arbetet har vi valt att fokusera på följande fyra hållbarhetsaspekter: energieffektivisering, materialval, biologisk kvalitet och fuktsäkert byggande. Hur lyckat varje delområde hittills har varit är varierande. De mest lyckade områdena är energieffektivisering och biologisk kvalitet som uppvisar mycket bättre resultat än referensobjekten. Vad gäller fuktsäkert byggande har inga större skillnader iakttagits mellan byggherrar och referensobjekt. Materialval är den hållbarhetsaspekt inom Det Goda Samtalet som vi anser vara minst lyckad. Slutsatsen visar att Det Goda Samtalet inte i alla avseenden har blivit så som de inblandade hade tänkt sig från början. Trots detta var det ändå ett mycket bra initiativ från kommunens sida, att tillämpa Det Goda Samtalet, då inblandade parter uppger sig vara positiva till projektet..

Behovet att mäta kvalitet hos olika produkter ledde till framställningen av ett antal mätningsmetoder. Redan vid olika stadier av tillverkning kan man avgöra om produkten motsvarar en viss förutbestämd standard. Den här rapporten kommer att undersöka vilka eventuella problem mätning av kvalitet med laser har i industrimiljö. En konceptuell modell över hur mätning av dornprofiler kan genomföras kommer att presenteras med fokus på att väga tidsåtgång mot exakthet för att skapa en balans som är acceptabel för företagets krav. En beslutsfattande algoritm kommer även att presenteras där ett avgörande ska ske om mätresultaten är rimliga eller beror på fel i mätutrustningen.

The purpose of this Masters thesis is to investigate how a group of academic librarians perceive distance learners as a user group. We have in our study been influenced by phenomenography, which is both a set of theoretical assumptions and a methodology. The theoretical frame of reference consists of Carol Kuhlthaus different levels of education and Michael Buckland´s information barriers. Using a qualitative method consisting of nine interviews with academic librarians and structural factor such as academic library policies, we have been able to conduct our study. The results of the study are presented in grouped categories of quotations that reflect various perceptions.

The technological development contributes to an increase in advertising when it comes to media. Those who are working to develop advertising are constantly looking for new ways to reach consumers in unexplored contexts. Web TV is a relatively new technique that involves the distribution of television across the Internet. This study intend to investigate how users perceive advertising appearing on web TV, and contribute to the knowledge about how advertising adapt to new media. To reach the results of this study, we used quantitative data, collected in the form of web-surveys and qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews.