<p>Husaberg Scandinavia AB is a company producing and developing a range of motorcycles for both on- and off-road use. Husaberg provided the project group with a task of developing an entirely new way of operating the sequential transmission that can be found in today’s motorcycles. The target was to bring the product from idea to a functional prototype ready for further tests. Operation of the motorcycles transmission is today made by a foot pedal placed on the left hand side of the bike. This position is not optimal and therefore sometimes forces the driver to operate the bike in a faulty gear during certain circumstances as in sharp left turns and in technical sections where the driver uses the legs for side support. This results in loss of time which can’t be afforded during a race. In certain cases the foot pedal can be severely damaged which may even force the driver to leave the competition. The competition between companies in this business is really though. Innovation and product developing are therefore key elements for a company’s future existence. The work during the project has resulted in a new product which exceeds all the demands that the user puts to it. Effort has been made to include factors as functionality, technical height and user friendliness. The project started of with creative thinking, user surveys and examinations within known technique. A great number of methods have thereafter been used to develop a final idea and a functional prototype. The result is EQS, Electronic Quick Shift. A product that enhances the possibility of changing gears during the most demanding circumstances. The product gives the driver an optimal control over the gear operation, resulting in a more effective driving style and the saving of time during every race. By moving the operation of the transmission from today’s foot pedal to buttons on the handle bar, change in gears can be made even when the driver uses the legs as support. EQS allows for great possibilities when it comes to further development. For example EQS may offer persons with functional disorders the possibility and freedom of driving a motorcycle. In the future EQS may also add better fuel efficiency and a decrease of emissions on motorcycles equipped with the system.</p>

<p>The technical development is advancing at high speed and now the turn has come </p><p>for the traditional paper to digitalize into the so called e-paper. The newspaper </p><p>industry has started to investigate the future possibilities of publishing the </p><p>traditional newspapers on e-paper. Today’s newspapers are mostly financed by </p><p>advertisement incomes, which makes the advertisers important players, who must </p><p>be taken into consideration at an introduction of the e-paper. Since the e-paper </p><p>does not exist as a finished product in the market today, in this essay we look into </p><p>what kind of functions or services that can attract advertisers to the e-paper on the </p><p>basis of the experiences made with the breakthrough of the web-newspapers. The </p><p>study was carried out by interviewing advertising managers at five well known </p><p>Swedish newspapers that have both a paper and a web edition. Our conclusions </p><p>were that the e-paper is seen as a complement to the medias of today and must be </p><p>able to offer something in addition to what is already offered by the medias today. </p><p>Some characteristics/functions for example colour, sound and moving pictures </p><p>have appeared as prerequisites or at least very important. If the readers are there, </p><p>the advertisers will automatically be attracted to the e-paper to be where the </p><p>readers are. Reduced print and distribution costs have been mentioned in articles </p><p>as an important driving force for replacing the traditional newspaper with the e- </p><p>paper. This driving force has not at all been cleared in this study. It will probably </p><p>take at least 10 years before we have a functioning, profitable channel in the e- </p><p>paper.</p>

<p>Hensikten med avhandlingen er å anbefale en teknologisk infrastruktur, med katalogsystemer, for e-handel. Avhandlingen fokuserer på å gjenbruke data om produkter og tjenester, i etablerte virksomheter, og gjøre de tilgjengelig på Internett.</p><p>Studiet viser at vi kan bruke katalogsystemer i infrastruktur for e-handel. Vi kan bruke slike systemer til å integrere og synkronisere data med etablerte datastrukturer. Studiet viser også at data i katalogsystemer kan gjøres tilgjengelige på Internett, for salg og markedsføring, gjennom et webgrensesnitt.</p><p>Infrastruktur for e-handel kan bestå av datamaskin(er) med egenskaper som server, web-server og katalogserver. Katalogsystem bør være utformet som metakatalog, og støtte etablerte standarder og spesifikasjoner for katalogtjenester, kommunikasjon og sikkerhet. Foruten katalogsystem bør</p><p>infrastrukturen bestå av verktøy for integrasjon av data mellom web, katalogsystem og datakilder.</p><p>Avhandlingen omfatter en teoretisk fremstilling av e-handel, katalogtjenester og katalogtjenester i e-handel. Dokumentet presenterer strategier for utvikling, metoder for innsamling og bearbeiding av data, og verktøy for modellering ved systemutvikling. Avhandlingen dokumenterer utviklingsprosessen frem til prototyp. Dokumentet omtaler også alternative valg av metoder for systemutvikling, løsning og teknologi. Til slutt presenterer avhandlingen studiets resultat og anbefaling.</p><p>Studiet brukte kvalitativ metode ved innsamling og bearbeiding av data om bedriften, og litteraturanalyse for å fremskaffe data for den teoretiske fremstillingen i avhandlingen. Utvikling av prototyp ble gjennomført med bakgrunn i valgte strategier for systemutvikling. Teoretisk bakgrunn og prototyp ble brukt som grunnlag for studiets anbefaling.</p><p>Studiet er gjennomført i samarbeid med IKON AS. Selskapet bør på bakgrunn av prototyp og studiets anbefaling evt beslutte endelig løsning for e-handel.</p>

Hensikten med avhandlingen er å anbefale en teknologisk infrastruktur, med katalogsystemer, for e-handel. Avhandlingen fokuserer på å gjenbruke data om produkter og tjenester, i etablerte virksomheter, og gjøre de tilgjengelig på Internett. Studiet viser at vi kan bruke katalogsystemer i infrastruktur for e-handel. Vi kan bruke slike systemer til å integrere og synkronisere data med etablerte datastrukturer. Studiet viser også at data i katalogsystemer kan gjøres tilgjengelige på Internett, for salg og markedsføring, gjennom et webgrensesnitt. Infrastruktur for e-handel kan bestå av datamaskin(er) med egenskaper som server, web-server og katalogserver. Katalogsystem bør være utformet som metakatalog, og støtte etablerte standarder og spesifikasjoner for katalogtjenester, kommunikasjon og sikkerhet. Foruten katalogsystem bør infrastrukturen bestå av verktøy for integrasjon av data mellom web, katalogsystem og datakilder. Avhandlingen omfatter en teoretisk fremstilling av e-handel, katalogtjenester og katalogtjenester i e-handel. Dokumentet presenterer strategier for utvikling, metoder for innsamling og bearbeiding av data, og verktøy for modellering ved systemutvikling. Avhandlingen dokumenterer utviklingsprosessen frem til prototyp. Dokumentet omtaler også alternative valg av metoder for systemutvikling, løsning og teknologi. Til slutt presenterer avhandlingen studiets resultat og anbefaling. Studiet brukte kvalitativ metode ved innsamling og bearbeiding av data om bedriften, og litteraturanalyse for å fremskaffe data for den teoretiske fremstillingen i avhandlingen. Utvikling av prototyp ble gjennomført med bakgrunn i valgte strategier for systemutvikling. Teoretisk bakgrunn og prototyp ble brukt som grunnlag for studiets anbefaling. Studiet er gjennomført i samarbeid med IKON AS. Selskapet bør på bakgrunn av prototyp og studiets anbefaling evt beslutte endelig løsning for e-handel.

Diss. Stockholm : Stockholms universitet, 2009.

Husaberg Scandinavia AB is a company producing and developing a range of motorcycles for both on- and off-road use. Husaberg provided the project group with a task of developing an entirely new way of operating the sequential transmission that can be found in today’s motorcycles. The target was to bring the product from idea to a functional prototype ready for further tests. Operation of the motorcycles transmission is today made by a foot pedal placed on the left hand side of the bike. This position is not optimal and therefore sometimes forces the driver to operate the bike in a faulty gear during certain circumstances as in sharp left turns and in technical sections where the driver uses the legs for side support. This results in loss of time which can’t be afforded during a race. In certain cases the foot pedal can be severely damaged which may even force the driver to leave the competition. The competition between companies in this business is really though. Innovation and product developing are therefore key elements for a company’s future existence. The work during the project has resulted in a new product which exceeds all the demands that the user puts to it. Effort has been made to include factors as functionality, technical height and user friendliness. The project started of with creative thinking, user surveys and examinations within known technique. A great number of methods have thereafter been used to develop a final idea and a functional prototype. The result is EQS, Electronic Quick Shift. A product that enhances the possibility of changing gears during the most demanding circumstances. The product gives the driver an optimal control over the gear operation, resulting in a more effective driving style and the saving of time during every race. By moving the operation of the transmission from today’s foot pedal to buttons on the handle bar, change in gears can be made even when the driver uses the legs as support. EQS allows for great possibilities when it comes to further development. For example EQS may offer persons with functional disorders the possibility and freedom of driving a motorcycle. In the future EQS may also add better fuel efficiency and a decrease of emissions on motorcycles equipped with the system.

The technical development is advancing at high speed and now the turn has come for the traditional paper to digitalize into the so called e-paper. The newspaper industry has started to investigate the future possibilities of publishing the traditional newspapers on e-paper. Today’s newspapers are mostly financed by advertisement incomes, which makes the advertisers important players, who must be taken into consideration at an introduction of the e-paper. Since the e-paper does not exist as a finished product in the market today, in this essay we look into what kind of functions or services that can attract advertisers to the e-paper on the basis of the experiences made with the breakthrough of the web-newspapers. The study was carried out by interviewing advertising managers at five well known Swedish newspapers that have both a paper and a web edition. Our conclusions were that the e-paper is seen as a complement to the medias of today and must be able to offer something in addition to what is already offered by the medias today. Some characteristics/functions for example colour, sound and moving pictures have appeared as prerequisites or at least very important. If the readers are there, the advertisers will automatically be attracted to the e-paper to be where the readers are. Reduced print and distribution costs have been mentioned in articles as an important driving force for replacing the traditional newspaper with the e- paper. This driving force has not at all been cleared in this study. It will probably take at least 10 years before we have a functioning, profitable channel in the e- paper.

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Diss. Stockholm : Univ., 2004.