Magistro darbe yra išanalizuoti ir susisteminti įvairių Lietuvos ir užsienio autorių teoriniai įmonės veiklos vertinimo bei ją įtakojančių veiksnių aspektai bei identifikuoti įmonės veiklos efektyvumo ekonominės analizės metodologiniai aspektai. Išsamiai analizuojama transporto paslaugas teikiančios įmonės UAB Vežėjas veikla, atliekant tradicinę įmonės finansinės būklės analizę, palyginant gautus rezultatus su šakos rodikliais, nustatnt rezultatus lėmusių veiksnių įtakos laipsnius bei atliekant įmonės veiklos perspektyvų įvertinimą. Taip pat darbe ieškoma įmonės veiklos rezultatų dinamikos sąsajų su šalies bei tarptautine ekonomine aplinka. Patvirtinama suformuluota tyrimo hipotezė, kad įmonės veiklos bei aplinkos veiksnių analizė leidžia tiklsiai ir teisingai įvertinti realią įmonės padėtį bei vystymosi tendencijas. / This master’s work indicates analysis and structuring of theoretical aspects of company’s activity evaluation and factors that influence it described by various Lithuanian and foreign authors, and identifies methodological aspects of economic analysis of compay’s efficiency analysis. It includes a thorough activity analysis of transpotation service provider JSC Vežėjas, by doing a traditional financial analysis of a conpany, comparing results with the indicators of the sector, determning the influence of factors which cause the results, and evaluating companys perspectives. This work also includes attempt to identify how local and international economic environments influences changes in company’s results. It also confirms the hypothesis formed by analysis which says that the analysis of company’s activity and factors of the environment allow to evaluate real situation and development trends of a company exactly and correctly.

Antalet människor som känner sig stressade idag stiger i takt med det ökade tempot och de höga kraven både i samhället och inom arbetslivet. Därför är det viktigt att identifiera framgångsrika sätt att motverka och reducera stress. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka individer som bedöms arbeta i en stressfylld miljö men som inte anses påverkas negativt av stress. Vi ville undersöka vad dessa människor gör och hur de tänker när de hanterar en stressfylld situation på arbetsplatsen. Vi ville också undersöka vilka andra faktorer som påverkar deras förmåga att hantera stress samt hur de lärt sig att hantera stressfyllda situationer. Som datainsamlingsmetod har vi använt oss av intervjuer och vår studie baseras på sex stycken respondenter, vi gjorde ett bekvämlighets- samt snöbollsurval. Resultatet visar att dessa personer skapar struktur, accepterar situationen, behåller lugnet och tänker positivt för att klara av stressfyllda situationer i sin yrkesroll. Faktorer som påverkar deras förmåga att hantera dessa situationer visade sig vara synen på stress, personliga egenskaper, det sociala nätverket och graden av separation mellan arbete och fritid. Resultatet visar också att respondenterna lärt sig hantera stressfyllda situationer väl genom erfarenheter samt att de, till viss del, alltid haft den förmågan.

This research project investigated girls' perceptions of specialist computer courses in secondary schools. Literature both international and in New Zealand indicate a dwindling number of females pursuing study and careers in ICT. This project identified some of the factors influencing girls' choices to take computer courses; their perceptions on computer careers and the implications for teachers and schools. The research was based on a collective case study with embedded cases. Data was collected from a survey using a mind map and questionnaire, as well as semi-structured face-to-face interviews. A descriptive narrative derived from the interviews with five of the participants is presented as well as cross case analysis for more than five participants. Overall the students' accounts revealed complex, inter-related and disparate data regarding their perceptions of computing. The data revealed confusion with language and terminology; a perception of variance in levels of knowledge and abilities in specific courses; stereotypical perceptions of computing; and differences in experience, relevance and choices within the computing context. The study highlights issues related to the association of computing with science and mathematics; girls' perceptions of the relevance and content of computer courses; genderrelated issues with computing; apparent lack of knowledge of computer careers and how schools label and describe their computer courses. It also puts forward some implications for schools and suggests some actions that schools could take as a starting point to try and break down some of the stereotypes and myths that seem to be discouraging girls into specialist computer courses.

Vaccination av typiska barnsjukdomar världen över, har som enskild innovation räddat miljoner människor de senaste 200 åren. Trots detta är anti-vaccin rörelsen ett växande fenomen. Syftet med föreliggande litteraturöversikt var att kartlägga faktorer som påverkar föräldrar i deras beslut om att vaccinera sina barn. 18 vetenskapliga artiklar analyserades och utgjorde grunden för resultatet. Med stöd av Rogers teori (1995) om spridning av innovationer kategoriserades resultatet i tre teman: Innovationens karaktär, Kommunikationskanalen och Det sociala systemet. Några av de vanligaste orsakerna till att föräldrar valde att vaccinera sina barn var att de följde normen och/eller kände en rädsla för de vaccinpreventivbara sjukdomarna. Framträdande faktorer till att föräldrar valde att avstå barnvaccination var rädsla för biverkningar och bestående men, samt att barnet ansågs för litet och hade ett alltför sårbart immunsystem. En informationsaspekt genomsyrade samtliga studier och det främsta problemet bedömdes vara bristfällig- och opålitlig information från myndigheter och vårdpersonal. Som sjuksköterska behöver man därför vara öppen för att ta del av de faktorer som ligger bakom föräldrars tankar om barnvaccinationer för att på så sätt kunna hjälpa dem ta adekvata beslut. / Vaccination of typical childhood diseases in the world has as an intervention itself saved millions of people the last 200 years. Despite this the anti-vaccine movement is a growing phenomenon. The aim of this review was to map out the different factors affecting parents in their decision-making regarding childhood vaccination. 18 peer reviewed articles were analyzed and constituted the basis for the result. From this three themes emerged, all of them with inspiration from Rogers (1995) Diffusion of Innovation theory. The themes are: The Innovation, Communication Channels and A Social System. Some of the reasons for why parent choose to vaccinate their children were following a tradition/norm and/or a fear of the vaccine preventable diseases. The most prominent factors to why parents chose to refrain from childhood vaccinations were a fear of side effects and permanent disability as well as the belief that an infant is too young and its immune system is too vulnerable. An information aspect permeated all studies and the primary problem seemed to be inadequate and unreliable information from authorities and health care providers. Therefore, as a nurse, there is a need to be open to take part of the factors behind parents’ childhood vaccination beliefs to be able to help them make an adequate decision.

abstract: Financing lease has bloomed as a new financing tool in China for the last several years. In this thesis I investigate the factors that influence China’s automobile financial leasing decisions by both lessors and lessees through market surveys. Based on Probit regression analysis of the data collected from 250 companies and 300 individuals, I find that a firm is more likely to use automobile financial leasing when its corporate tax rate is lower, growth potential is more stabilized, and profit is higher. It is also more likely to happen when a firm's long-term debt ratio and its degree of internationalization are higher. At the individual level, I find that the likelihood of individuals’ leasing decision is influenced by their risk preference, income level, and car price. Individuals’ gender, age and education level show no effect. Using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) analysis, I further find that financing costs, service value-added, and products diversity are the three most important competitive factors for the auto financial leasing service providers. This is the case for both the corporate and individual customers in the sample. By contrast, the factors of sales channel and government relationship are found to be much less important. Finally, through an in-depth case study of the leasing company Shanghai Auto Financial Leasing, I find that the key factors determining the customers’ credit default risk are interest rate and automobile type. I also investigate factors that influence business risk during the automobile procurement stage, at the selling stage, and toward the disposition stage. The managerial implications of the above results are discussed throughout the thesis. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Business Administration 2015

Den föreliggande systematiska litteraturstudien behandlar matematiskt begåvade elevers skolsituation i grundskolan. Studien syftar till att undersöka hur matematiskt begåvade elever egentligen undervisas och vilket reellt stöd de får i sin akademiska progression. Matematiskt begåvade elever undervisas vanligtvis genom inkluderande eller exkluderande undervisning. De olika undervisningspraktikerna har olika fördelar och nackdelar och påverkar både begåvade elever och normalbegåvade elevers akademiska progression och personliga utveckling, men på olika sätt. / The systematic literature study processes mathematically talented students' school situation in elementary school. The study aims to investigate how mathematically talented students are actually taught and what real support they receive in their academic progression. Mathematically talented students are usually taught through inclusive or exclusive teaching. The different teaching practices results in different advantages and disadvantages and affect both talented students and the normal progressive students' academic progression and personal development, but in different ways.

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Syftet med studien är att genom tidigare forskning undersöka hur elever med begåvning för matematik kan stödjas genom utformning av undervisningen. Inom denna forskningsöversikt studeras området undervisningspraktikens utformning för matematiskt begåvade elever. Att begåvade elever inom ämnet matematik behöver stöd och hjälp för att utvecklas råder det ingen tvekan om. Däremot existerar det olika åsikter för hur undervisningen skall bedrivas för att gynna de begåvade eleverna. Studiens metod är litteraturstudier, följd av textanalys där objektiva värden prioriterats. Utifrån den systematiska litteraturstudiens resultat presenteras två huvudkategorier för elevutveckling, nämligen undervisningsmetodik och påverkansfaktorer. Forskningsöversikten beskriver vidare nödvändigheten av att de båda huvudkategorierna samspelar i undervisningen av matematiskt begåvade elever. Det konstateras mestadels positiva resultat i utvecklingen av matematiskt begåvade elever, med några negativa invändningar vilket poängterar vikten av vidare forskning inom området begåvning och begåvningsutveckling. Slutsatsen är att undervisningspraktiken med fördel kan utformas med stöd av undervisningsmetodik och påverkansfaktorer. / The purpose of the study is through previous research examining how gifted students in mathematics can be supported through the development of teaching. In this research review, the areas of teaching practice design for mathematically gifted students are examined. There is no doubt that gifted students in mathematics need help and support to develop. However, there exist different views of how teaching should be conducted for the benefit of the gifted students. The study's methodology is a literature review, combined with text analysis in which objective values are prioritized. Through a systematic literature review, study results presented two main categories of student development, teaching practice and influencing factors. The research review describes the necessity of the two main categories interacting in teaching of mathematically gifted students. It is found mostly positive results in the development of mathematically gifted students, with a few negative objections, which emphasizes the importance of further research in the area of giftedness and their development. The conclusion is that teaching practice can advantageously be designed with the support of teaching practice and influencing factors.

With the advent of the digital age, e-book reading has become one of the popular reading methods, and has been a hot research topic. The attitudes to the use of new technology, use intentions and usage behaviours have attracted much attentions from scholars. In this context, it is worthwhile to study the user’s intention to use e-books and what factors influence it.   Based on the UTAUT model and the previous research and literature, this study designed the research model and hypotheses that were consistent with the actual situations of this study, and conducted an empirical study of the user’s intention to use e-books. In this study, 320 valid samples were collected through an online questionnaire survey. Analysis of the collected data was performed using the SPSS and AMOS software to examine the research model and hypotheses and make corrections to them. It was found that the effort expectancy, facilitating conditions and individual innovation had significant influences on the use intention. The facilitating conditions had a significant influence on the effort expectancy. Moreover, the moderating effects of age, gender and education level were also found. However, the performance expectancy, social influence and perceived cost did not have a significant influence on the use intention.  Finally, this thesis proposed suggestions on how to influence users’ intention to use e-books, i.e. paying attentions to users’ needs, improving the quality of e-books, optimising e-book functions, and broadening the channels for e-book promotion.

In recent decades, economists are gradually showing their interests in the study of happiness. They even put forward some challenges to the traditional theories. In contrast, studies on Chinese happiness problem are not enough in terms of breadth and depth.  This paper used the data provided by China General Social Survey to conduct an empirical analysis. The model author adopted is Ordered Discrete Choice model. In the empirical section, author analyzed the impact of income, macroeconomic variables, etc.  Ultimately, based on the empirical results, author proposed some policy recommendations and further study suggestions.