This study aims to investigate Associations in two areas in Stockholm County with diverse socio-economic conditions. The study intends to examine the impact these differences have on what role the bureaucrats and politicians in the two areas think that the Associations should have. Bureaucrats are those who design guidelines for Associations and that is why they have an important role in the conditions of the Associations. A comparison between the two areas has been made to see if the requirement in the guidelines for the areas are different according to where the members live. The two areas that have been used to compare the guidelines of Associations are Danderyd municipal and the district Spånga-Tensta.

The purpose of the study is to explain whether the introduction of a new and different brand by means of a brand extension affects consumers? perceptions of the product category that the brand is launched in. An experiment was carried out to study the following aspects: Associations and constellations of Associations to the product category, interest, perceived variation, and the perceived similarity with the category from which the brands were extended. In the study, brand breadth in the original product category was used as moderating variable. Aspects found to be affected by the brand extensions were Associations to the product category, the constellations of these Associations and the perceived similarity with the category from which the brands were extended.

The purpose of this paper was, on the basis of the association?s annual reports, to describe appropriate key performance indicators for non-profit Associations. The purpose was furthermore to study how the Associations show their goal-attainment. The research was delimited to contain the second category of non profit Associations, which include sports Associations. The authors choose three non profit Associations, which according to the law, shall draw up annual reports. The three ice hockey Associations HV71, MODO Hockey and Frölunda Hockey Club, were thereafter chosen on the basis of those delimits.

The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the working model, presented by The Swedish Floorball Federation, has been a good method to work with gender equality within Swedish floorball Associations. The purpose of the The Swedish Floorball Federation?sproject was for its Associations to develop a plan of action for how to act to be an equal treatment association pursuing an equal treatment sport. 13 Associations answered the questionnaire study. The result show that the great majority clearly found a need of change to become more equally treating and most of those Associations have somewhat of an idea how to realize those changes.

Sports Associations play a very important role in the Swedish civil society, and since the 1st of July 1987 they have been exempted from the duty to pay VAT. By introducing an sufficiently closely related. When the conflict of law exists, the directive will be accorded priority, which leads to the Swedish Sports Federation must examine and considerexemption for sports Associations the income tax field and VAT field correlate and the legislative change resulted in more favorable pre-close solutions for all of Sweden's non- profit organizations.  In June 2008 the European Commission launched a process concerning Swedish infringement against EU-law, and with it the Swedish civil society, where all Swedish sports Associations are included, is threatened. The European Commission wants to, among other things, force sports Associations into the VAT system for the purpose of the VAT Directive to be achieved.

Sports Associations play a very important role in the Swedish civil society, and since the 1st of July 1987 they have been exempted from the duty to pay VAT. By introducing an sufficiently closely related. When the conflict of law exists, the directive will be accorded priority, which leads to the Swedish Sports Federation must examine and considerexemption for sports Associations the income tax field and VAT field correlate and the legislative change resulted in more favorable pre-close solutions for all of Sweden's non- profit organizations.  In June 2008 the European Commission launched a process concerning Swedish infringement against EU-law, and with it the Swedish civil society, where all Swedish sports Associations are included, is threatened. The European Commission wants to, among other things, force sports Associations into the VAT system for the purpose of the VAT Directive to be achieved.

The case study investigates study association representatives? perspectives on the activities of the popular education within the social sector in Örebro and why they are organized. It further investigates the cooperation and dialogue between the study Associations and the municipality of Örebro regarding this activity. The study is based on critical realism. A questionnaire survey was conducted among all ten study Associations in Örebro, combined with qualitative interviews with representatives from six of the active Associations.

Bachelor thesis in Business administration, School of Business and Economics at Linnaeus University, Controller, 2FE05E, spring semester 2013 Title: Non-profit sport Associations management control- A multi case study of management tools Authors: Christoffer Ahlgren, Emelie Andersson and Emelie Nilsson Tutor: Anders Jerreling Examiner: Elin Funck Background: Non-profit sport Associations activate a large number of people in Sweden and have a great impact on the social community. Because of the increasing complexity to operate sport Associations some are experiencing serious financial problems. The daily financial work has a major impact on how the future unfolds for the sport Associations. An adverse economy not only creates complications in the economic field, it also affects the sport itself. Purpose: Our purpose with this paper is to describe and explain how the economy is controlled in non-profit sport Associations and the tool that is used to support this process.

Aims: Patient Associations have been around for some time and research has shown that such Associations can influence society, politics and how diagnoses are thought of. This study is a comparative analysis of two patient Associations in Sweden. The first association called Attention represents people diagnosed with neuropsychiatric disorders such as ADHD. The other association called RSMH represents people diagnosed with mental illness such as depression. The aim of this study is to explore the social and political agenda of these Associations and to explain their relation to biological, psychological and social models of explanation.Method and theory: The method used was a qualitative document analysis using documents produced by the Associations themselves as well as documents from media and politics.

Cause-Related Marketing (CRM) is a marketing activity that has grown popular in the USA and studies have been carried out that explore how American consumers perceive and react to CRM. In Sweden, however, CRM has not yet found ground to any greater extent, and therefore there is limited research on how Swedish consumers react to CRM and how they perceive it. In this study, eight Swedish consumers are interviewed regarding their perception of CRM. The main findings of the investigation are that Swedish consumers fit well into a model that is based on American consumers? responses to CRM.

The purpose of this research is to examine some historical aspects of Robert Putnam?s thesisabout voluntary Associations and social capital. According to a micro perspective theory ofsocial capital the trust and reciprocity required and created by Associations is important toexplain the disparity between institutional performance and socioeconomic development ofsocieties. The social patterns governing this therefore set a precedent for the future. Using themutual sickness benefit societies in Sweden as variable for voluntary Associations around1884, the essay discusses the possible links between social capital, Associations and long termeconomic development.

This paper is intended to provide a picture of which Associations water can wake in the human mind from the perspectives of garden history as well as from that of environmental psychology. I hope to paint a fairly broad picture of our perception of water that can serve as a basis for discussion and as a starting point for different forms of design work in landscape architecture. The historical perspective emphasizes the importance of water as a condition for the emergence of gardens and in a wider perspective the importance of water in early cultures. Also, I describe a picture of how water has been used throughout the history of gardens from early Egypt to the baroque era. The garden history analyzed from an art historical perspective gives a picture of human Associations to water, and the history behind these Associations is presented. As a compliment to the art history approach, I have chosen to highlight our Associations with water from the perspectives of environmental psychology and evolutionary science.

This paper is intended to provide a picture of which Associations water can wake in the human mind from the perspectives of garden history as well as from that of environmental psychology. I hope to paint a fairly broad picture of our perception of water that can serve as a basis for discussion and as a starting point for different forms of design work in landscape architecture. The historical perspective emphasizes the importance of water as a condition for the emergence of gardens and in a wider perspective the importance of water in early cultures. Also, I describe a picture of how water has been used throughout the history of gardens from early Egypt to the baroque era. The garden history analyzed from an art historical perspective gives a picture of human Associations to water, and the history behind these Associations is presented. As a compliment to the art history approach, I have chosen to highlight our Associations with water from the perspectives of environmental psychology and evolutionary science.

The aim with this study was to illustrate communicative meetings between people that are visiting and working in two different Associations for people with intellectual disabilities. The method we used was interviews. To find out the meaning of the Associations for the members creating of identity, participation and self esteem we asked them if they felt stigmatized and if they thought that the Associations reduced that feeling and how the pedagogy cooperation between them selves and the coaches were working. The results of the study showed that the members of the association experienced that it had a positive influence according to their creating of identity, participation and self esteem. The members felt that coaching and the pedagogy cooperation had both positive and negative aspects but mostly it worked well..

The purpose of this thesis is, from a self directed learning perspective, to investigate the support of public libraries and genealogy Associations of genealogists' own research, i.e. their search for ancestors as well as their possibilities to broaden their history outlook. Accordingly, five public librarians and five genealogy representatives in the west of Sweden have been interviewed regarding the support that can be offered to genealogists. The investigated support to genealogists in their own research is about working environment, literature and material, activities and the cooperation between public libraries and genealogy Associations. In this thesis conclusions are merely drawn from a self-directed learning perspective, a perspective where also different forms of support are being recommended by scientists.