Browsing Master theses by Title
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Match Me If You Can! Business Graduates’ Engagement with Employer Brands on Social Networking Sites
(2014-12-05)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the gratifications business graduates seek when engaging with employer brands on the Social Networking Sites (SNSs) LinkedIn and Facebook. Research Design – The study is ... -
Match Point: Watching versus Catching The Influence of Whaling for the Whale Watching Tourism Industry in Iceland
(2008-02-28)Watching whales in their natural environment can be an unforgettable experience. In the last twenty years, on an international scale, whale watching has become increasingly popular among tourists. Still some countries ... -
Matching Innovation- Introducing new innovations on the BoP market
(2012-07-17)In recent years increasing attention has been directed towards the reasonably untapped markets at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP). These emerging markets infer great opportunities for business and the lack of technical ... -
Materiality in the context of Sustainability
(2020-07-01)Aim: This research aims to study the idea of materiality by examining how Swedish companies assess and report materiality in their sustainability reports. The research, therefore, sheds light on how materiality is being ... -
The Meaning of Authenticity in the Experience Industry: An exploratory study of Swedish concept restaurants
(2009-08-21)The experience industry is booming and for restaurants to be a part of this industry they must offer more than food and common services. To be competitive in the experience industry companies are told to render authenticity. ... -
The meaning of the office space in the wake off the COVID-19 pandemic
(2022-06-23)In December 2019 organisations all over the world had to abandon business-as-usual and change their ways of working due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Many were forced to virtualise their work by moving from working ... -
Meanings of Clothing Consumption for Identity Construction - Comparing Fast Fashion and Slow Fashion Consumers for Sustainability Purposes
(2020-06-16)Drawing from literature on identity construction, consumption meanings, consumer culture and fashion consumption, the aim of this study is to compare the conception of clothing consumption of fast fashion and slow fashion ... -
Means for Serendipitous Discovery in the Innovation Process. How organizations can harness serendipity through idea management system
(2014-12-15)“While serendipity is generally considered a spark for innovation and new knowledge, the triggers for serendipity appear infinite and consequently information systems' support for serendipity has been difficult to realize.” ... -
Measurement of Business Incubator Performance by Governments: Studying the Practices in the Nordic Region
(2023-07-19)This master thesis aims to investigate the measurement of business incubator performance by governments. Business incubators play a vital role in nurturing startups, promoting innovation, and fostering economic development. ... -
Measures under pressure - Applicable types of performance measurements for strategy implementation at KappAhl and Skandia AFS
(2000)In today's business environment concepts such as stakeholder value and service management have become extremely important to satisfy employees, customers and shareholders. This thesis focuses on how service companies can ... -
Measuring and Predicting Export Activity: An application on the Region of West Sweden
(2013-07-05)In Sweden, export accounts for approximately 50 percent of the GDP and is a good indicator of the economic situation. This thesis develops an export index on quarterly basis to measure and predict the business cycle. The ... -
Measuring and Predicting Export Activity:An application on the Region of West Sweden
(2013-07-01)In Sweden, export accounts for approximately 50 percent of the GDP and is a good indicator of the economic situation. This thesis develops an export index on quarterly basis to measure and predict the business cycle. The ... -
Measuring cost efficiency of banks with different ownership types: Evidence from Belarus
(2018-07-02)This study investigates the correlation between the level of a bank’s cost efficiency and its belonging to one of the four ownership types existing in the Belarusian banking sector: core state-controlled, other state-controlled, ... -
Measuring innovation project performance - a holistic study of current practices and implications in Swedish large-sized companies
(2021-07-08)The field of innovation has gained increased attention in later years. As an enhancement for growth, innovation is of high importance for companies to pursue in order to stay competitive. Prior research has highlighted ... -
Measuring Labor Demand using Job Ads
(2021-06-30)Using the largest digital job ads platform in Sweden, we construct a daily labor demand index based on millions of job ads. This daily index functions as a less expensive, high frequency complement to o cial survey data. ... -
Measuring macroeconomic exposures through commercial cash flows - A case study of selected firms in the communication equipment industry
(2006)Firms, especially multinational firms, nowadays are facing various sources of macroeconomic risks. We employ the cash flow approach to estimate the macroeconomic risks for five leading multinational firms namely Nokia, ... -
Meat production preferences among Swedish consumers: A choice experiment with lasagna
(2018-10-08)Growing concerns over the environmental impact of an expanding global meat production has resulted in calls for more sustainable practices. This, however, is difficult since there exist several conflicts of aim regarding ... -
Media Coverage, Market Power and Internalization of External Cost: A study of four Swedish industries
(2012-07-25)A negative externality arises when an actor has a negative impact on another actor, and when this cost is not regulated inside the price system of the economy. A negative externality discussed in the literature is emissions ... -
Medical Tourism and its Entrepreneurial Opportunities - a conceptual framework for entry into the industry
(2007-07-19)9am: Kneecap replacement, 2pm onwards: Recovery on Phuket Island, Thailand. Surgery and leisure, a dream? Not any more. Medical tourism is where “tourists” primarily seek medical treatment abroad and afterwards the more ...