Our starting point has been to examine how a project manager without knowledge of the Industry is able to plan a project. And also which difficulties that may arise. A qualitative study was conducted at project managers who worked in the construction Industry and events Industry. Seven interviews were conducted, four in the construction sector and three in the events Industry. Respondents are active as project manager in Värmland and Närkes counties.

The telecom and the IT-Industry are converging, which creates new possibilities and threats for both existing mobile handset vendors and new entrants originating from the IT-Industry. The purpose of this thesis is to explain how IT-players? entrance in the mobile handset Industry affects the Industry in regards of key success factors and value chain structure. This study has used dynamic theories to describe the mobile handset Industry. The theories have helped us in understanding the characteristics and drivers of the Industry and thereafter to identify the key success factors.

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the correlation between the price of electric power and investments within the Swedish basic Industry. Using regression analysis, the authors test for correlation between the electricity prices and the basic Industry, defined as the pulp and paper Industry, the mining Industry, the steel and metal Industry and the basic chemical Industry. Moreover, five variables found in the literature on investment decisions are being used as a means of comparison. The results suggest that the electricity price affects the investment decisions within the basic chemical Industry as well as the steel and metal Industry. On a more abstract level, this thesis contributes to the understanding of one of the properties of the Swedish GDP..

The credit rating Industry is a complex and fascinating Industry. Its history stretches back more than 150 years and has gradually increased in importance. During its history the dynamics of the Industry have changed. The extended-principal-agent model was developed by synthesizing different principal-agent-relationships into one model. This model provides a holistic understanding of the credit rating Industry and illustrates the interdependence between the different relationships.

Background: The way in which corporate managers interpret, reason and evaluate uncertainties and constant changes, and how they take advantage of their experiences and wisdom can make a big difference for the long term survival of their companies. The requirements for efficiency and flexibility have increased in many ways, especially concerning the workforce needed and its degree of competency. In Sweden, employee recruiting Industry has grown concurrently with the changes in the Swedish economy. Purpose: The purpose is to better understand the recruiting Industry by performing a theoretical evaluation from a cognitive perspective. Delimitation: We intended to study the cognitive characteristics of the Swedish recruitment Industry.

The purpose of this thesis was to illustrate the connection between personal networks and entrepreneurial business in the music Industry. It also aims to examine how and why entrepreneurs in the music Industry use personal networks in their entrepreneurial business activities. In order to explore the extent to which entrepreneurs in the music Industry obtain support through personal networks, a case study was conducted based on interviews with entrepreneurs in various areas of the music Industry. The study has shown that entrepreneurs in the music Industry clearly see distinct advantages through the use of their personal networks, especially in terms of an enhanced supply of resources and through an increased amount of business opportunities. Personal networks have also shown to constitute a considerable amount of moral support for the entrepreneurs in the development process of the entrepreneurial business.

The movie Industry in Sweden is seen as a tight holding cluster where the different entities are being highly dependent on each other. There are also many different barriers to get a movie fully financed, and with the people in charged using arguments such as ?quality?, which is not objective but in fact subjective. The aim of this essay is to investigate how the leadership of five female film producers is being constituted in the film Industry, an Industry which is both close to the pool art and the pool commerce at the same time at it is male dominant. We have found that female film producers tend to use the strategy to adapt to the surroundings ?shouts? and ?demands?, at the same time as they adapt to their environment by becoming/not becoming entrepreneurs..

This essay is about the history of the Swedish board game-Industry from the 1970?s to today. The essay focuses on the companies in the business and how they change during this period and about the causes of this change. This essay aims both at accurately describing the development of the Industry as well as asking the question of what influence factors from outside of the Industry have upon the change during this period of time. The material used in this essay is mainly extracts from interviews with people who have been working in the Industry during the period, as well as literature on the subject and product-catalogues from certain years in the time-frame.From this material I have outlined the basic history of the Industry.

The aim of this study is to create understanding of why companies should collaborate with artists and how artists and businesses build strong partnerships. We also want to understand the development of relations between the music Industry and companies, together with the problems, possibilities and implications it has for both artists and corporate identity and brand. The music Industry has been changing rapidly during the digital revolution and new problems and opportunities have emerged which the music Industry can choose to either embrace or renounce. This study is made with a qualitative approach based on interviews with relevant individuals from the music Industry. We have carefully chosen these individuals to counterpart different segments of the music Industry and to execute our purpose from various perspectives.

This study tests two financial valuation models empirically by valuing three stocks from three industries, with the purpose of studying how well valuation models work empirically and to make a forecast. The models which will be tested are residual income valuation and discounted cash flow. Nine stocks will be picked strategically from the Swedish stock market and additional analysis will follow in the analysis chapter.Based on analysis and valuation, the commodities Industry has decent valuation as the healthcare Industry is undervalued thanks to the high valuation of AZN. The energy Industry has low value due to the capital intensive nature of the Industry. When it comes to the models and their practical implementation, DCF has been the most problematic to apply empirically whereas RIV was better but it still shows extreme values, which teaches the student the clear difference between theory and empiri..

Title: Investor or Maecenas? ? A study on the usage of venture capital within the Swedish film Industry.Author: Tobias MagnussonSupervisors: Ahmad Ahmadi, Clas GunnarssonPurpose: The purpose with this thesis is to complement the research on procurement of capital within the Swedish film Industry.Methodology: The primarily research method that have been used to gather material is qualitative interviews, that has been performed with four individuals that are active in the Swedish film Industry.Theory: In order to create an adequate theoretical base, theories regarding investments and cultural entrepreneurship are presented.Empirics: In this chapter the results of the interviews are presented, sorted in several subcategories. The material is thereafter analyzed and discussed in the following chapter, with the theoretical base in mind.Conclusion: The usage of venture capital within the Swedish film Industry is relatively low today. Non-monetary values are the primary reason to invest in the Swedish film Industry today. A significant risk diversification, together with knowledge dispersion needs to be made in order to make the Swedish film Industry more attractive to investors.

Sweden?s energy consumption is divided into three major sectors. One of them is the Industry sector. One third of Sweden?s energy consumption is converted in the industries.

Background: Literature regarding brand identity within the service Industry is relatively under developed. As a result one theory is used for both the service and product brands, even though there is a significant difference between a product and a service. As a result of this, the brand identity within the service Industry has consequences. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the brand identity within the service Industry. This is done by focusing on how and why this work is done.

The purpose of this essay is to investigate the airline Industry and its part in the mobile community. Further on, to investigate the factors that throughout history are having an impact on the airline Industry and have lead to the condition of today. Through this information we are outlining the future of the airline Industry.This essay has been written in a qualitative approach. The empirical gathering has been made through interviews based on open discussions between the interviewers and respondents. We started out with creating a theoretical pre-understanding and continued by comparing how well these theories matched the reality.The gathering of the theoretical material was chosen on the basis how well it matches the subject of our essay.

About 30 % of our greenhouse gas admission comes from the food we are eating, and food plays a crucial role in the choice of destinations. The tourism Industry has a great opportunity to affect our food habits. Used in the right way, the Industry can teach us to eat more environmental friendly..