One could argue that the most discussed topic in finance is whether or not it is possible to ?beat the market?. Even though many people claim to do this, there is little evidence to support the idea that one can consistently beat the market over a long period of time. There are indeed several examples of investors who have managed to outperform the market consistently for a long time, but the efforts of these individuals or institutions could by many be considered to be pure luck.One of the many strategies that have been evaluated by several researchers and is said to generate a risk adjusted return greater than that of the market, is one based on the P/E-effect. This strategy is based on the financial ratio P/E ? price divided by earnings ? and used by constructing portfolios consisting of stocks with low P/E ratios.

In the 1940s the Swedish town planning was inspired by the English city development with the concepts of neighbourhood and community planning. In order to promote democratic development and solidarity the ideal would be to create community centers with full service. Community centers are part of the building of the suburbs during the postwar period. The buildings in Sweden from 1940 - and -50s were built with the intentions to be good homes for all regardless of income, class and status. Collective solutions to individual problems were characteristic of the Swedish policy during this time.

With background in the acknowledgement of the current period of major change in the characteristics of traditional Swedish foreign policy, considering the membership in the European Union, as well as the new contextual scenarios that Sweden has been situated in after the end of the cold war, this thesis aims at scrutinizing the Swedish Foreign Policy from 1991 to 2010. The purpose of the thesis is further to localize continuity and change in the ideas which Sweden has explicitly stated in its foreign policy. Based on the theory of institutionalism, the thesis also aims to bring forward plausible explanations built on the main empirical findings. This has been done by identifying different types of goals and means within realism and liberalism as well as categorizing each theory within three ideal types.The chosen research method has been a qualitative text analysis with focus on an ideational analysis. The material on which the descriptive analysis is based upon is constituted by the annual statements of government policy in parliamentary debates on foreign affairs.The results of the thesis show that the ideas that are related to solidarity, consensus and active foreign policy are constant through the period of examination.

Lödfogar på kretskort utsätts för spänningar i samband med temperaturväxlingar. Dessa spänningar leder så småningom till utmattningsbrott. Omställning till blyfri lödning  pga EUdirektivet ELV (End of Life Vehicles) som inom kort kan börja förbjuda användning av blyhaltiga lödfogar även i tunga fordon, medför en ökad risk för utmattningsbrott, eftersom blyfria lödfogar påstås vara sprödare än tenn/bly lod. Scania har begränsad kunskap om eller erfarenhet av blyfria lödfogar och har av den anledningen startat detta projekt.I det här projektet vill man ta reda på ifall påståendet ovan, om att blyfritt lod är sprödare än blyat lod, stämmer och för att kunna göra en sådan jämförelse mellan loden måste dessa analyseras från ett materialtekniskt perspektiv. Scania har fram till nu fastställt sina provresultat via ett elektriskt funktionstest.

Uppsats för avläggande av filosofie kandidatexamen iKulturvård, Ledarskap i slöjd och kulturhantverk15 hpInstitutionen för kulturvårdGöteborgs universitet2014:41.

Lödfogar på kretskort utsätts för spänningar i samband med temperaturväxlingar. Dessa spänningar leder så småningom till utmattningsbrott. Omställning till blyfri lödning  pga EUdirektivet ELV (End of Life Vehicles) som inom kort kan börja förbjuda användning av blyhaltiga lödfogar även i tunga fordon, medför en ökad risk för utmattningsbrott, eftersom blyfria lödfogar påstås vara sprödare än tenn/bly lod. Scania har begränsad kunskap om eller erfarenhet av blyfria lödfogar och har av den anledningen startat detta projekt.I det här projektet vill man ta reda på ifall påståendet ovan, om att blyfritt lod är sprödare än blyat lod, stämmer och för att kunna göra en sådan jämförelse mellan loden måste dessa analyseras från ett materialtekniskt perspektiv. Scania har fram till nu fastställt sina provresultat via ett elektriskt funktionstest.

The aim of this Masters thesis is to examine how the image of the girl and her environment in the Swedish youth literature has changed during the 1980s to the 2000s. We have focused on how the girls creates gender in fiction. The introduction chapter in this essay covers a short history over Swedish youth literature and how the Swedish youth culture has developed, followed by a description of how the girl in the real world relates to gender. The books we have chosen are written by Swedish authors and the plot partakes in Sweden with female protagonists. We decided to do a close-reading of the novels and analyse them by an analytical model, consisting of several questions.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether institutional ownership has an influence on CEO compensation in companies where the institutions have invested. In order to fulfil the purpose of the thesis a quantitative study was carried out within the Swedish corporate context where we have studied Swedish institutional investors and companies quoted on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Our period of study was the financial year of 2007.The empirical questions at issue is; Was there a connection between Swedish institutional ownership and the size of the CEO compensation, and, does Swedish institutional ownership lead to a certain type of CEO compensation in terms of structure?Our results did not suggest that an increased institutional ownership neither leads to a certain type of salary level nor a certain kind of salary structure. These results contradict earlier American research, which has been done within this area and has previously shown a secured connection.The reasons for our results may be many and it is difficult to state any concrete conclusions to why we received differing results.

Detta examensarbete utfördes vid Uppsala universitet i samarbete med Scania CV AB. Scania Commercial Vehicle Aktiebolag, Scania CV AB, är en tillverkare av tunga lastbilar, bussar samt industri- och marinmotorer. På Scania transmission i Södertälje finns ett av företagets största och dyraste verktyg. I dragbrotschningsprocesser används dragbrotschverktyg som per styck kostar allt från 50 000kr och upp till strax över 1 miljon kronor beroende på storlek och utformning.Uppdragets syfte är att kartlägga faktorer som styr ett dragbrotschverktygs livslängd och undersöka alternativ som bidrar till att sänka dragbrotschningsprocessens kostnad per producerad artikel. Mål är att göra en beskrivning av nuvarande system och processer samt kartlägga vilka faktorer som styr dragbrotschverktygens livslängd.

Detta examensarbete är genomfört på Scania CV AB i Södertälje, på deras motorutveckling och avdelningen för insprutningsprestanda. Scania är ett internationellt företag med verksamhet i Europa, Latinamerika, Asien, Afrika och Australien. Scania är idag världens tredje största tillverkare av tunga lastbilar och stora bussar. För att säkerställa kvalitet och prestanda för insprutningssystemet genomför avdelningen för insprutningsprestanda både simuleringar och tester på insprutningssystemens ingående komponenter. För en injektor finns det en hel del test som måste genomföras för att säkerställa dess prestanda och kvalitet.

Purpose: We have three purposes that will answer our problem questions. Our first purpose is to identify how diversification effects for investors changed between emerging markets and developed markets in the period 1996-2010. Our second purpose is to examine the two crises, IT and financial crisis, and if the correlations between these two crises have changed. Our third purpose is to examine to what extent the Swedish stock market was influenced by other markets in the period 1996-2010, the IT and financial crisis.Methodology: The method is based on an analytic model consisting of two tools; Regression- and Correlation analysis. The Regression analysis will be used when investigating if a change in a foreign stock market affects a change on the Swedish stock market.

Detta examensarbete utfördes på uppdrag av Scania CV AB, som tillverkarlastbilar och bussar för tunga transporter samt industri- och marinmotorer.Syftet med arbetet har varit att undersöka möjligheten att integreraen ?onboard?-navigator i datorenheten C200. C200 har huvuduppgiften attfungera som kommunikationslänk mellan fordonet och omvärlden via Internet,d.v.s. är fordonets kommunikator. Med ?onboard?-navigator menasdet att kartmaterial och annan information som behövs för navigering finnsförinstallerad på navigatorenheten.

In modern dairy production the milking frequency is increased in some herds due to introducing of automatic milking systems or the farmers decision to milk high producing dairy cows more than two times a day. With more frequent milkings the milk yield increases while the content of fat and protein decreases. However, how the composition of protein is influenced is not fully evaluated. The purpose of this study was therefore to see if a higher milking frequency had any impact on the milk production and especially on the protein composition. This study was conducted as a half udder experiment.

Title: To sell the country of Lagom: a study of the Swedish Institute?s re-branding of Sweden and impact on the swedish citizens Authors: Rebecca Dahl & Ellinor Thungren Aim: The purpose of this thesis is to study the Swedish Institute?s branding of Sweden. We have explored if the branding is consistent with the picture that Swedes generally have of themselves and Sweden, and also looked at which consequences differences in this picture may have. Method/Material: Semiotic analysis and interviewMain Results: The results of the thesis shows that SI?s branded image of Sweden agree with the picture that Swedes have of themselves and Sweden.

The use of computer and video games has increased immensely over the past few decades and today a majority of the Swedish population enjoys them on a daily basis. With such a large number of frequent users, the media reporting on the subject of games becomes interesting and important. How are games represented in the media, and has there been any change in the way they are portrayed as their popularity has grown? ­The aim of this study is to determine if and how the portrayal of computer and video games in Swedish newspapers has changed during the period 1995?2012. The study was conducted with the use of quantitative content analysis and the empirical data was collected from the two most widespread newspapers in Sweden ? DN and Aftonbladet.