In this master’s degree thesis potential utilization of excess heat on Gotland is investigated. The report first identifies potential sources and users of excess heat and creates seasonal heat profiles for a few of them. The heat profiles are then matched and studied from technical, economic, and environmental perspectives to provide a comprehensive understanding of the investigated cases. The study reveals that large scale refrigeration systems and greenhouses, data centers and greenhouses, and electrolysers and ultra-pure water purification processes could potentially benefit from synergies created by excess heat utilization. However, challenges such as mismatched heat profiles and the risk of investments in excess heat capture technology may hinder such collaborations.

The purpose with this work is to try and see an economic development on Gotland during the Viking Age, where society went from a weight-based economy, to a monetary economy with its own coins. The aim is to try and distinguish a pattern in the investigated depots. How has the deposit structure changed during the Viking era when it comes to the minted and unminted silver?   The research about the silver deposits aim on the dating of the coins in order to create an approximate closing period for the contents of the depots.   The development of the silver structural change in the silver depots during the Viking Age makes it possible to study how the dominance of the early Islamic coins, in both coin and fragmented form, is phased out to be replaced by mainly English and German coins. The English and German coins that are found on Gotland could be seen as a model for the coins and the minting that began at the end of the Viking Age on the island.

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<p>This paper deals with three mediaeval churches in the town Visby, Gotland. These churches were located in different areas in Visby. Allegedly the areas where St Hans and Ste Gertrud were located were inhabited by wealthier people, and the more peripheral area where St Mikael was located was where the poor lived. Therefore, the people that were buried at St Mikael should be of lower social status than the people buried at St Hans and Ste Gertrud. Based on the fact that an individuals diet was dependant on his or hers social status, dietary studies on skeletal remains from the three different churches have been conducted to find out dietary patterns among the individuals buried at each church respectively. The studies have included stable isotope ratio analyses, δ13C and δ15N, in human bone collagen. The results support the hypothesis that there were differences between individuals buried at different churches as stated above.</p>

<p>The tourism industry is growing and with its growth competition between destinations rises. In competition, cooperation and collaboration between tourism operators seem beneficial when creating an attractive and dynamic tourist destination.</p><p>The purpose of this study is to describe and discuss the significance and influence of tourist related networks at a tourist destination, and therefore this study aims to examine the question: What significance do the tourist related networks have at a tourist destination?</p><p>This study focuses on seven networks on Gotland that are tourism related, and the representatives of the networks were interviewed in order to get their view on the network and its significance to the destination. The study shows that networks have an important role in creating a unified tourist product of the destination, and in reaching out to the potential visitors through joint destination marketing. The study also shows that the tourism related networks helps to improve the reception of the tourist at a destination and to secure the quality of the tourist destination and its tourist products.</p> / <p>Turismindustrin är en växande näring, vilket naturligt skapar en följd av ökad konkurrensmellan destinationer. I konkurrens ter sig samarbeten och samverkan mellan turismaktörervara fördelaktigt, för att skapa en attraktiv och dynamisk turistdestination. Samverkan kanäven vara fördelaktig då turismindustrin består av många små företag, med små resurser som ensamma har svårt att driva en hållbar utveckling av destinationen. Genom samverkan i nätverk kan olika aktörers viljor, agendor och mål på en plats samlas och koordineras för attgenomföra gemensamma aktioner. Problemfrågan som driver studien är: Vilken betydelse har turistrelaterade nätverk för enturistdestination? Fokus i studien ligger på Gotland, som är en populär turistdestination med ett stort antal turistrelaterade företag, som i stor utsträckning samverkar genom nätverk. I studien identifieras 21 stycken turistrelaterade nätverk på Gotland varav sju deltar i denna studie. Dessa nätverk är: Bo vid havet, Goda Gotland, Gotlands attraktioner, Hovleden, Marknadsrådet, Kryssningsgruppen och Vandrarhem, Pensionat och Bed & Breakfast påGotland. Studien har ett tolkande, förståelseinriktat perspektiv och baseras på intervjuer, i detta fall semistrukturerade intervjuer som kan liknas vid ett öppet samtal. Intervjuer har genomförts med nätverkens företrädare och frågorna har berört deras syn på samverkan och nätverk generellt, samt det egna nätverkets betydelse för destinationen. I studien redogörs bland annat för begreppen nätverk, turistdestination och turistprodukt, där nätverk definieras som uppbyggt av ett antal relationer mellan olika aktörer som kan bestå av organisationer, grupper eller individer. En turistprodukt kan dels vara en specifik produkt som erbjuds turisten, och dels kan turistprodukten syftas till hela destinationens sammanlagda utbud. I turisters medvetande kan destinationen i sig utgöra en turistprodukt och det ligger därmed i destinationens intresse att marknadsföra destinationen som en sammanhållen turistprodukt. Studien visar att samverkan i nätverk gynnar turisten då information kring destinationens utbud lättare förmedlas och når ut till kunden genom gemensamma aktioner. Dock visar studien en problematik med samverkan då flera nätverk verkar parallellt. Ett stortantal nätverk, som verkar var för sig, kan splittra destinationen och förvirra den potentiella besökaren. Antalet nätverk och de olika bilder de kommunicerar ut, ser vi kan likväl förvirra kunden som generera fler, eftersom olika produkter lockar olika kunder.Det är inte desto mindre samarbetet mellan de involverade i destinationsprodukten som ger destinationen framgång. Studien visar att nätverk har en betydande roll i erbjudandet av det turistiska utbudet på en destination och i skapandet av en sammanhållen turistprodukt. Nätverken verkar gemensamt med destinationsfrämjande aktiviteter, vilka exempelvis förbättrat mottagandet av turisten och kvalitetssäkringen av destinationens utbud. I nätverkskapas win-win situationer mellan turismaktörer där aktörerna kan gå samman i marknadsföring och tillsammans marknadsföra sitt eget företag, såväl som destinationen, för att locka besökare. Nätverken genererar också andra fördelar för en destination. Exempelvis kan vi i studien se att nätverken har en viktig roll i varumärkesbyggandet av destinationen.</p>

<p>This thesis examines a sample of Pitted Ware pottery from the Gotlandic site of Ajvide in regard to the spatial and temporal relationship of the shards. Ajvide Stone Age site have been extensively excavated over the past 25 years and the most recent analysis of pottery was carried out by Inger Österholm in 1987 and new analyses of the material are therefore greatly needed. Pottery from three sample areas was analysed in regard to their distribution, decoration, fragmentation, part of pot and quality of the goods. To analyse the material in a contextual way a multivariate statistical analysis called correspondence analysis was used. Two areas denominated “dark areas”, which Österholm defined previously, as possible ritual sites, and one reference area with mixed material were chosen for the analysis. By including two of these “dark areas” the study also examine if similarities or differences could be seen among the shard distribution how these areas have been defined and possibly re-defined.</p>

This paper deals with three mediaeval churches in the town Visby, Gotland. These churches were located in different areas in Visby. Allegedly the areas where St Hans and Ste Gertrud were located were inhabited by wealthier people, and the more peripheral area where St Mikael was located was where the poor lived. Therefore, the people that were buried at St Mikael should be of lower social status than the people buried at St Hans and Ste Gertrud. Based on the fact that an individuals diet was dependant on his or hers social status, dietary studies on skeletal remains from the three different churches have been conducted to find out dietary patterns among the individuals buried at each church respectively. The studies have included stable isotope ratio analyses, δ13C and δ15N, in human bone collagen. The results support the hypothesis that there were differences between individuals buried at different churches as stated above.

Den globala havsnivåhöjningen är en direkt följd av den globala uppvärmningen och kommer i framtiden påverka stora områden i kustregionen. Syftet med detta arbete är att öka förståelsen samt se hur Gotlands strandängar samt kustområden kan påverkas av havsnivåhöjningen år 2100 och se vilka eventuella följder detta kan leda till. Metoderna som har använts är GIS-analys och litteraturstudier. Höjdmodeller med olika upplösning jämfördes även för att undersöka vilka som lämpar sig till en liknande analys inför framtida studier. Resultatet visar att vid en havsnivåhöjning på 1 m kommer 97 % av strandängarna försvinna och vid en havsnivåhöjning på 2 m försvinner 99 % av de gotländska strandängarna. För att nybildande av strandängar kring kusten ska vara möjligt så krävs en markanvändning som stödjer detta i form av bete och slåtter. Jämförelsen mellan de olika höjdmodellerna visar att en upplösning på 50 m inte lämpar sig för en studie av detta slag men en upplösning på 10 m kan användas om en höjdmodell med bättre upplösning inte är tillgänglig. Kring kusten finns många bostäder och samhällen som kommer drabbas till stor del vid en havsnivåhöjning på 2 m och detta bör tas på stort allvar. Planering samt åtgärder kring denna problematik i framtiden bör prioriteras av Region Gotland. / Sea-level rise is a direct result of global warming. In the future, large coastal areas will be greatly affected by this phenomenon all over the world. In this thesis, the method is to assess the size of the potential area influenced by sea-level rise along the coast of Gotland. Methods used are literature studies and GIS-analysis. The aim of this thesis is to investigate how Gotland’s shore meadows and coastal areas will be affected by a sealevel rise in the year 2100 and find out possible consequences that could follow. Also, a comparison is made between digital elevation models of three different resolutions, 2 m, 10 m and 50 m, to find out which resolution that is the appropriate to assist studies like this in the future. The results show that in case of a sea-level rise with 1 m 97 % of the shore meadows will disappear and in case of a sea-level rise with 2 m 99 % of the shore meadows will disappear. For these important land areas to be preserved and recreated the land use must be modified for this purpose. The comparison between the different digital elevation models shows that a resolution of 50 m is not appropriate for this kind of study but a resolution of 10 m is acceptable when no better resolution is available. The coast of Gotland is a popular living area and many small communities lie there. Many of these areas are at risk of being affected by future sea-level rise and this threat must be taken seriously by the municipality of Gotland.

Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka hur controllerns roll ser ut i ett stort tjänsteföretag samt hur denna samverkar med chefer på den operativa nivån. Vidare studeras även vilket inflytande controllern har på den operativa nivåns arbete.  Studien bygger på intervjuer med controllern och ekonomidirektören på PayEx Solutions, ett företag som utvecklar elektroniska betalningslösningar. Därutöver har en enkätundersökning besvarats av chefer på den operativa nivån inom företaget. Controllerns uppgifter är inte väldefinierad i litteraturen och den har idag många olika arbetsuppgifter beroende på vilket företag som den är verksam i. De olika förväntningarna personer inom en organisation har på controllern påverkar också controllerns roll. Relationen mellan controllerns olika roller och verksamheten är därför ett genomgående tema i studien. Balansen mellan dessa två är något som PayEx Solutions controller och chefer på den operativa nivån ställs inför varje dag. Å ena sidan skall de förhålla sig till verksamheten, samtidigt som de skall styra mot de mål som koncernen satt upp. Detta sker via en indirekt samverkan mellan den operativa nivån och controllern. Resultatet pekar på att de båda förhållningssätten kombineras inom PayEx Solutions på ett sådant sätt att controllern bör benämnas som den mångsidiga controllern. / The purpose of this study is to explore the role that a controller has who operates within a major service business. Also the influence of the controller on the operative processes is studied. The research is based on qualitative interviews with the controller and the CIO at PayEx Solutions, a large service company within the financial payment industry. Furhtermore a questionerre have been distributed to and answered by managers on the operative level of the company. The profession of the controller is not well defined in the current literature. The controller has many different tasks, depending on which company she works within. Furthermore the people within an organization all have different expectations on the controller. The balance between the different roles is something that the controller at PayEx Solutions has to deal with in her everyday job. In the analysis it is recognised that both the controller at PayEx Solutions, is a versatile controller. This conclusion is based on the identified characteristics of the cooperation between the controller and managers at the operational level.

Currently there is a controversial debate about that we must reduce our impact on the global warming; therefore both the Government and the local authorities have invested heavily in developing renewable energy in Sweden. The major development on the wind power market can be seen as a result of both the technological development and also on the decision that the Government took in 1996, which opened up the wind power market for private parties. This paper has aimed to examine the types of financial innovations that have arisen from the investments and financing of wind power on Gotland, and what these innovations can contribute to the future development of wind power. The problems that this thesis is based on is; what kind of financial innovations have occurred within investment and financing of wind power? How can these innovations contribute to the continued development of wind power on Gotland? The conclusion of this study shows that respondents and participants have defined a number of financial innovations that have emerged. Where some of the innovations only can be seen as incremental since they are based on continuous improvements, while others can be seen as radical as they are completely new for the context in which they operate. The study has also shown that Gotland has a great potential to produce more renewable electricity, but the development is dependent on the new power lines being built, in order to export electricity to the mainland.