This report explores how organizations act when they are choosing an Outsourcing supplier. The study was conducted through multiple interviews with managers of different organizations. The data from those interviews was then analyzed through the use of two theoretical models. Our findings indicate that most organizations share the same base Factors (qualifiers) when selecting an Outsourcing supplier. What therefore become crucial are the key Factors that the Organizations see as Order winning Factors.

The purpose with this disertation is to find if there are selected Factors which can force companies to grow. We have chosen five Factors which we think can force the companies; market, strategy, profitability, demographic and institutional Factors. We want to examine if there are differences between small and larger companies, and if there are differences between the lines of business.The intention to growth is also influenced by different Factors. The organization and the board have an effect on the development. There are also Factors that can obstruct the growth, for example control.

The purpose of this paper is to examine witch Factors lays behind political decisions when reforming upper secondary school. Three major Factors are used: political, economical and structural. These Factors become visible by comparing the school reforms 1965 and the coming one in 2009. An analytical scheme is used to find the Factors in the primary information. The study is based both political inquiries and on debate articles from newspapers and political papers.The results show that two Factors are more visible than the third, and that is the ideological and structural.

The aim of this study is to create a deeper understanding of the disease known as eating disorder. The study is based on four autobiographies written by individuals who themselves have been affected by eating disorders. These stories have been studied using a narrative approach. To achieve the purpose, the study is focused on what participants describe as the Factors underlying the onset of the disease, the Factors that participants describe maintained their eating disorders, as well as what is described to be the Factors responsible for their recovery. By my interpretation of the stories, I have been able to identify common Factors that all participants describe to be influential in their disease course.

The purpose of this study is to examine whether there are any key Factors for success to look for in launching a new business that affects the subsequent performance of the venture. Further on, the study will examine if there are any differences between believed and actual Factors for success for an entrepreneur and the key Factors for success given by existing theory. The purpose of looking in to the assumed gap between existing theory and entrepreneurs? believed and actual Factors is to distinguish Factors that make start-ups evolve. It is then important to investigate how they have worked with their business start-up and how they have worked with key Factors for success in order to understand the impacts of their decisions.

This study addresses the issue of mergers between consulting firms. Previous research has shown that there are specific Factors that determine the outcome of a merger and that success is more likely if companies are more similar. The purpose of the study is therefore to define relevant Factors and understand when resemblance matter and under what conditions disparity may cause problems. Furthermore, the aim of the study is to find a pattern of which Factors are more important in a successful merger. The problem of the study is addressed through a qualitative research approach and is conducted on six different mergers.

The purpose of this essay was to study Factors that influence some youth to use narcotics. I wanted to increase my understanding and knowledge about these Factors. I believe it is good to have such knowledge when you are working with youth who are using narcotics but also for a good drug-prevented work. It is a literary study, which covers the most frequently quoted results in the field of research.The questions for my study were:· Which Factors influence youth to use narcotics on a individual level?· Which Factors influence youth to use narcotics on a group level?· Which Factors influence youth to use narcotics on a society level?My conclusion of this study was that youth often use narcotics because of many different Factors and it is youth from all social groups in the society who are testing and using narcotics..

On November 1st 2010 the obligatory audit was removed in Sweden for small companies. What Factors influence such companies to have their financial reports audited, and what Factors exert the strongest influence. Purpose: The authors would like to investigate Factors that affect companies with voluntary audits in Skåne län to continue with the audit. The authors also wish to examine the Factors that have the strongest impact on the choice to adopt auditing. Method: A quantitative study has been conducted in which aquestionnaire was sent to companies in Skåne Län Conclusion: The Factors that affect smaller companies to continue with audit are as follows: Accounting quality, cost, creditors (loans), suppliers / customers, the tax office and distort competition.

The aim of this study was to illuminate critical Factors that facilitate respectively obstruct the novice nurse's development during her first year in the profession. The method used was a systematic literature review according to Goodman's model. The 8 qualitative scientific articles were scrutinized by using a form developed by Pedersen and Sigling (2002). The result shows that cognitive Factors, stress, social Factors as well as affective Factors are critical during the novice nurse's first professional year. The results are related to Antonovsky's concept sense of coherence..

This report is based on Factors that has had affect on drugaddicts in their decission on quitting their abuse. The questions we have built our report on are: What external Factors have had an impact on the drugabuser to end his or her drugabuse? What internal Factors have had an impact on the drugabuser to end his or her drugabuse? Does the police have an influence on the drugabuser to end his or her drugabuse? The report is based on intervjues with former drugaddicts. We have also studied the theory of symbolic interactionism and litterature written by different authors to obtain a broad picture of drugabuse. Our results in this report show that the people we have intervjued have been influenced by many different Factors and people in their enviroment.

From interviews with biology teachers and pupils, some important Factors are presented that motivates and interests pupils in biology. Some of these are varied education, commitment of the teacher, narrative skill and individually reachable goals. Other important Factors are practical application and connection to daily life, as well as actuality of the subject and pupils experience of the use of learning.Circumstance around teacher and pupils will influence which Factors that has the most impact. It´s up to each teacher to make a decision which Factors to be used based on his or her own qualities and depending on the group they will teach.Teachers and pupils agreed about Factors that will cause an interesting lesson. The pupils emphasize that variation is the most important factor.

The purpose of this study was to review a group of youths in a municipality which all had committed criminal acts. The study is based on 66 youths between the ages of 13 and 20 that were all matters for the social services. The social inquiries of the youths where reviewed using a quantitative method. Their backgrounds where examined to identify what type of risk Factors they had and what type of crimes they had committed with an aim to detect if there were a relationship between the risk Factors and the art of the crime. The result of the study showed that the majority had committed crimes against another person and the risk Factors included family related Factors and school problems.

On November 1st 2010 the obligatory audit was removed in Sweden for small companies. What Factors influence such companies to have their financial reports audited, and what Factors exert the strongest influence. Purpose: The authors would like to investigate Factors that affect companies with voluntary audits in Skåne län to continue with the audit. The authors also wish to examine the Factors that have the strongest impact on the choice to adopt auditing. Method: A quantitative study has been conducted in which aquestionnaire was sent to companies in Skåne Län Conclusion: The Factors that affect smaller companies to continue with audit are as follows: Accounting quality, cost, creditors (loans), suppliers / customers, the tax office and distort competition.

This paper is about sensemaking. By using sensemaking we have derived bankruptcy Factors from business leaders? own statements about their bankruptcies. The focus in this paper is to ensure how business leaders create meaning about the bankruptcies, which is also our research question.To make the study feasible, we used a method that corresponds well to the purpose of our work. The collection of data started with collecting a number of newspaper articles with direct quotes from business leaders.

The financial sector is an important part of the infrastructure. As a consequence of deregulations on the financial market, several new actors have entered the market. This has made it even more important for banks to identify the Factors that are decisive when customers chose a bank. The purpose of this thesis was to clarify which Factors that are decisive to students choice of bank. A survey was performed among students at Luleå University of Technology.