Given the possibility that the world, as we know it, is a consequence of human interaction and verbal communication our understanding of the world can be seen as contingent rather than essentially given. Conceptions such as "Entrepreneur", "woman" and "man" can then be understood as socially constructed subjects. Departing from poststructural and social constructionist perspectives I will examine medial representation of women and men as Entrepreneurs. My main purpose is to examine how the Entrepreneur is constructed as a discursive subject in the journal Eget Företag. Drawing upon Ernesto Laclau´s and Chantal Mouffe´s Discourse Theory and the poststructuralist feminist theoretical perspective of Judith Butler I will discuss both the construction of the Entrepreneur as well as the more explicit question; is gender significant for the construction of the Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurship in Eget Företag? In this study I come to the conclusion that the discourse of Entrepreneurship, as well as the journalistic discourse, draws upon discourses of femininity and masculinity but also upon discourses of ethnicity.

In today?s Sweden there is great belief in Entrepreneurship and the benefits it can bring to the country. The Swedish government has taken note of this growing enthusiasm and realized the contribution it can make to facilitate national growth. Successful efforts have been made in Sweden to support Entrepreneurship and innovation, which has resulted in a relative ease for individuals to start their own businesses.The number of companies started today is higher than ever and there are signs of a common faith in growth among new Entrepreneurs. Unfortunately only a small fraction of these new businesses succeed in growing big.

The aim of this study is to analyze the process of an agenda setting and see how a specific issue came to materialize on the security policy agenda. The empirical goal of the study is to see why Sweden chose to participate in the EU-led operation to Chad, and how that process came to be? The analysis is based upon Kingdon's multiple streams theory (2003) where he distinguishes the process into three streams. Central for his theory is the coupling of these streams and the importance of a policy Entrepreneur. I complement Kingdon's theory of policy Entrepreneurs by taking inspiration from Hinnfors (1995), Gustavsson (1999) and especially Eriksson (2000) and their analysis of policy change and agenda setting.

Business plan competitions have long been used as a mean for Entrepreneurial organizations and Universities to educate students in Entrepreneurship. But what's in it for the Entrepreneur This thesis aim is to understand what utility business plan competitions have for the participating Entrepreneurs. It consists of interviews with Swedish Entrepreneurs at various stages in the Entrepreneurial process, who has participated in business plan competitions to get ahead. The conclusions of the study are that business plan competitions are good for the Entrepreneur from a motivational and developmental perspective but not from a financial perspective..

The aim of this paper is to examine how confidence in co-operative behaviour of partner is reached in a relationship between an Entrepreneur and a venture capitalist. A case study has been conducted on a Swedish football club that has involved venture capital in order to develop the organization. The paper presents a theoretical approach which draws on a control model of interorganizational relationships developed by Dekker (2004) and a model developed by Shepherd & Zacharakis (2001) illustrating how control, trust and confidence is reached in a venture capitalist-Entrepreneur relationship. The relationship between the football club and the venture capitalist can simultaneously be seen as an interorganizational relationship and a relationship between an Entrepreneur and a venture capitalist. Because of the complexity of the relationship, different control problems prevail.

This study has as its purpose to reveal whether female and male Entrepreneurs are offered the same kind of conditions in their role of Entrepreneurs in their respective media representation. This is studied by analyzing portrayals in the magazine Entreprenör (Br.E. ?Entrepreneur?). Methodologically the analysis will be making use of textual analysis, semiotics and discourse analysis in order to expose the underlying gender perspective(s) in Entreprenör.The Entrepreneur portrayals? texts and visuals will be studied in the light of gender and Entrepreneur theory, and more specifically on the basis of theories about representation, discourse and stereotypes.The main conclusion of the study is that female and male Entrepreneurs are not offered the same conditions in their roles of Entrepreneurs in a medium such as Entreprenör.

This thesis treats Building Information Modeling, BIM, in the production stage. Brieflydescribed BIM is virtual model of a building object where all information about theobject is gathered. All the involved operators in the construction project have access tothe model and can gather or share information about the project. There are several waysto apply BIM in the production stage. This thesis primarily deals with visualization of theobject, preparation and planning, the ability to take amounts from the model andcoordination and clash control.The basic issue was highlighted by Byggdialog AB.

This thesis treats Building Information Modeling, BIM, in the production stage. Brieflydescribed BIM is virtual model of a building object where all information about theobject is gathered. All the involved operators in the construction project have access tothe model and can gather or share information about the project. There are several waysto apply BIM in the production stage. This thesis primarily deals with visualization of theobject, preparation and planning, the ability to take amounts from the model andcoordination and clash control.The basic issue was highlighted by Byggdialog AB.

This thesis treats Building Information Modeling, BIM, in the production stage. Brieflydescribed BIM is virtual model of a building object where all information about theobject is gathered. All the involved operators in the construction project have access tothe model and can gather or share information about the project. There are several waysto apply BIM in the production stage. This thesis primarily deals with visualization of theobject, preparation and planning, the ability to take amounts from the model andcoordination and clash control.The basic issue was highlighted by Byggdialog AB.

The purpose of this thesis is to describe how an Entrepreneur and leader, transmits a vision through communication. Furthermore what kind of feedback the leader finds that he/she acquire. We want to study how Entrepreneurship and leadership appears at a private preschool and how the Entrepreneur and leader use it to communicate his/her vision.This thesis is based on qualitative method using one in-depth interview with CEO at Helianthus AB, documents and one observation at a parental meeting. The theories of which this study is based on consist of Entrepreneurship, transformational and transactional leadership, vision and communication. The theories used in this thesis regard Entrepreneurship, transformational and transactional leadership, vision and communication.Our study strengthened the assumption that our respondent is an Entrepreneur and leader according to chosen theories.

This essay describes coordination of the work environment on construction sites where many Entrepreneurs share workplace. As employer, the Entrepreneur has main responsibility for the workers safety on the construction site, the project supervisor is responsible for the work environment, and to coordinate the work environment a coordinator of the construction work environment is appointed. The purpose of this essay is to describe how the work environment is ensured on a shared workplace. In order to answer the essays questions I?ve used a juridical method to interpret the law.

This essay presents a business plan for the idea of a Pet Shop in Stockholm. The initial purpose of the essay was to investigate weather the company would be financially profitable or not. During the process we encountered problems and pitfalls that we felt contributed to the fact that our business idea is yet not realized. Therefore the second purpose of describing the process that an Entrepreneur goes through when starting a new business came about. Besides the business plan for Pet Shop we present a selection of the theories that we found relevant for our situation, among others behaviour of Entrepreneurial teams, network theory and execution.

The main aim of this thesis is to examine what motivates people to become Entrepreneurs and how they are motivated to continue being it. We have decided to focus on four elements: the driving force of being an Entrepreneur, the environment, the individual background and important personal characteristics of the Entrepreneur. Qualitative interviews were carried out with six information consultants. The theoretical background has its focus on Entrepreneurial motivation. A model of Entrepreneurial motivation by Naffziger, Hornsby and Kuratko 1994 is presented.

The purpose of this study is to gain understanding of how self employed Entrepreneurs (hereafter referred to as ?Entrepreneurs?) develop their competence based on their perceived learning space. The main question is: How do these Entrepreneurs develop their competence based on their perceived learning space? Other questions relevant for the study are: How important is the social environment for these Entrepreneurs and how do they interact with their social environment in order to develop their competence. The study has a qualitative approach.

The invisible Entrepreneurship is a study of owners of businesses with foreign heritage. It describes the unexplored relationship between ethnicity and class within this group of Entrepreneurs.The result of the study is a model which I have found to be suitable to use when depicting the relationship between the ethnic profile and class. The model indicates that the importance of ethnicity decreases as both the owner of, and the business reach a more prominent class. The method of collecting data has been interviews with owners of businesses and Grounded theory has been used to analyse this data. Theories on ethnicity, owners of businesses with foreign heritage, and class in relation to ethnicity have been discussed on the basis of social constructivism.