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In the recent three decades, the great development of China’s economy cannot separate from its institutional alterations. Hukou system, an institution with Chinese feature, is a kind of “passport” that admitted in the country. This thesis aims to investigate the Hukou system and its impact on labor migration, and more specifically, how Hangzhou’s Hukou system impacts local economic growth. The res
Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka skolmedling som ett verktyg för konflikthantering utifrån ett emotionssociologiskt perspektiv. Jag vill skapa förståelse för hur skam tar sig uttryck i skolmedlingen och vilken funktion denna skam kan fylla. De frågeställningar jag besvarar är: om och på vilket sätt kan skolmedling skapa ett sammanhang som erbjuder individen möjlighet att hantera skam? O
The level of fine particle pollution in the air has been found to be damaging to health. This study aims to see if there is a negative correlation between the level particulate matter and life expectancy, and a contrary correlation between particulate matter and cause-specific mortality, using a statistical model with the 21 Swedish counties. The outcomes from the statistical models do not, howeve
Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to investigate what impact a multinational corporation’s diverse national cultures has on the corporate branding process, in order to further develop practices and theories pertaining to the management of corporate brands. Methodology A qualitative approach with an explorative nature, applied to a single case study with embedded units using pattern matchin
Lymphangiogenesis, i.e. novel formation of lymph vessels, is known to be one of the underlying causes to the progression of a number of medical conditions, e.g. cancer, inflammation, graft rejection, and lymphedema. Galectin-8 is a tandem-repeat galectin comprised of two carbohydrate domains (CRDs), defined as the N-terminal (galectin-8N) and C-terminal (galectin-8C) CRDs. Galectin-8 has been obse
The research interest of this Master’s thesis is public librarians’ work life. The purpose of the essay is to examine public librarians’ experiences of work enjoyment, their valuations of work enjoyment and work motivation factors, respectively. The research was done through a web-based survey that was mediated via the e-mailing list “Biblist” that reaches the majority of Sweden’s librarians. The
Delningsekonomi är ett relativt nytt fenomen som har dykt upp under 2000-talet. Delningsekonomin går ut på att individer delar ägandeskap genom att låna ut i stort sett vad som helst när det gäller olika produkter eller tjänster, till skillnad från när produkter eller tjänster ägdes och utnyttjades av den enskilde. Det finns idag många olika företag inom detta område, där några av de mest välkända
The main purpose of this paper has been to examine how former criminals reflect on the social company importance of their criminal lifestyle. The aim was also to get an insight of how these former criminals reflects on their criminal lifestyle in relation to society's norms and rules. Based on the purpose of the study I used semistructured interviews with six memers from the organisation KRIS
This qualitative research studies how airlines can use social media as a branding tool in the South Korean market. In order to execute the research properly, the South Korean market had to be studied in terms of social media environment and consumer behavior. In addition, the airline perspective had to be brought in with high representativeness. The researchers decided to use Finnair as a qualitat
To improve functional properties, 2 different types of egg albumen powder (high gel instant and ordinary) were hydrolyzed with four proteases (FPC, NPU, BAP and PSP) using different protease concentration (low, medium and high) at 50C for 1 h and subsequently polymerized by transglutaminase at 40C for 24 h. The enzymatic modified egg albumen was analyzed for foaming properties: foamability as %ove
The persistence of “unexplained” gender wage differentials has necessitated an expanding body of research attempting to explain their lasting continuity. This is true of research conducted on the Scandinavian country of Sweden, which is widely regarded for a social and institutional commitment to gender equality. This paper empirically probes the existing body of gender specific wage research aski
Europeiska Unionen är världens största biståndsgivare och har gått i täten för den nya effektivare biståndspolitiken som fastslagits i Parisagendan där givarna åtagit sig att minska fragmentering, ett nytt fenomen som uppstått i takt med ett förändrat biståndslandskap. Fragmentering innebär att ”för många givare ger för lite bistånd till för många länder”, vilket skapar ett ineffektivt bistånd med
Sammanfattning Examensarbetets titel: Grönt är inte alltid skönt - En kvalitativ studie om svenska konsumenters upplevda osäkerhet och informationssökning i samband med miljöargument i reklam. Seminariedatum: 2015-06-04 Ämne/kurs: FEKH29, Företagsekonomi: Examensarbete på kandidatnivå i marknadsföring, 15 högskolepoäng. Författare:Matilda Larsson, Matilda Lundin, Katarina Tran Handledare: LAbstract Title: Green is not always clean - A qualitative study of Swedish consumers’ perceived uncertainty and information search in case of exposure to environmental claims in advertisement. Seminar date: 2015-06-04 Course: FEKH29, Degree Project Undergraduate level, Business Administration, Undergraduate level, 15 ECTS. Authors: Matilda Larsson, Matilda Lundin, Katarina Tran Advisor: Lars
Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att undersöka styvförälderns delaktighet i familjebehandling utifrån tre perspektiv; styvförälderns, förälderns och behandlarens. Genom kvalitativa, semistrukturerade intervjuer ställdes frågor till tre styvföräldrar och två föräldrar vilka genomgått familjebehandling inom kommunens socialtjänst respektive i två olika BUP-verksamheter. Tre behandlare från olika b
In recent years an increase in stress and mental strain in the workplace has been reported for instance in office work (Arbetsmiljöverket, 2014). This study examined a model that combines concepts from Karasek and Theorell´s (1990) Job Demand-Control-Support model, which has earlier been related to stress, with Macan´s (1994) Time Management Behavioral model. The aim of the study was to investigat
Social Innovation (SI) is a highly relevant concept in the modern world. The concept responds to complex societal challenges and provides innovative solutions to unmet social needs. This study is drawing upon SI theories that emphasize importance of territory, mainly from socio-political perspective, for SI. Based on interviews with seven stakeholders working with SI in the public sector, NGOs, ac
Forskningen har visat att det finns olika åsikter om innovationer kan leda till hållbar utveckling. Det finns en del forskare som menar att man med hjälp av innovationer kan uppnå en hållbar utveckling, men det finns också forskare som hävdar det motsatta. Forskningen kring vad CSR innebär är fortfarande mycket oklar, vilket kan göra det svårt för företagen att veta hur begreppet egentligen ska ha
In order for our energy consumption to be sustainable, we need to rely more and more on renewable energy resources, such as solar power and wind power. In Sweden, 69% of the land area is covered in forest. To open up the possibility of exploiting these forested areas for wind power production, it is desired to gain a better knowledge of the flow situation above forests. An analytical and a numeric
