The goal of this masters thesis is to design a set of recommendations for owners of the brand Radegast in the field of improving a brand perception, increasing awareness and maximization of brand value, which will be achieved by analyzing the brand and conducting own quantitative research. The first chapter aims to define the brand itself as well as its strategic management. In the second chapter, specifically the brand Radegast is analyzed, including its history, marketing programs as well as the ownership by Plzeňsky Prazdroj and SABMiller. The final chapter contains my own research of perception of Radegast on the Czech beer market together with recommendations for the brand owners.

Employees' appraisal belongs to the active instruments of human resource management and performance. Its importance in the management of today's companies grows constantly with the increasing role of human capital in the intellectualization process. Appraisal is becoming an important way of achieving and maintaining the policy of high performance, productivity and competitiveness. The object of this thesis is a renowned Czech insurance company, which in the context of streamlining its processes and systems decided to change the employees' appraisal system. The aim of this thesis is to map out the implementation process of this new form of the appraisal system. The company will gain feedback on the overall course of the implementation and will be able to avoid some deficiencies defined during the process in future. At the same time this thesis can provide the company with some optimizing recommendations, which the company can use in the future revision of its appraisal system.

Background/Problematization: Many purchase decisions are made in-store and one wayof influencing the decision making process is through signs. Signs are said to drawattention to the product on which they are placed and result in increased sales. Sale signsare widely used to influence purchase decisions, but are there other types of signs that canimpact the purchase decision? Recommendations have also shown to affect consumer’spurchase decisions. However, most of the research within the subject have been done on thepower of social influences from friends and family, e.g. strong-tie relationships. Howrecommendations from experts (e.g. weak-tie relationships) can influence purchases is lessresearched, especially which type of recommendation sign have the most effect. Purpose: The purpose is to examine and map how different types of signs on shelvesrelated to staff recommendations for specific products affect their sales. Method: The scientific approach of the study is deductive and the corresponding researchmethod is a quantitative study with an experimental design and a descriptive focus. Anexperiment was executed in a supermarket on 28 products to test stimuli with differentlevels of information concerning staff recommendations with the use of signs. Result/Conclusion: The result showed only one stimuli to have significantly increasedsales. The stimuli consisted of adding a name of a specific staff member to therecommendation sign. The increase in sales might however have been caused by otherfactors than the applied sign as the outbreak of Covid-19 resulted in changed consumerbehavior at the time of the experiment. The results showed that no significant differences insales could be seen according to the number of alternatives each product had. This mighthowever be a result of the tampered data caused by the changed consumer behavior.

Genom att använda ett stort urval av riktkurser utgivna på företag inom OMXS30 under åren 2010–2019, undersöker vi huruvida riktkursförändringar ger upphov till en marknadseffekt eller inte. Med hjälp av en eventstudie visar vi på en signifikant riskjusterad avkastning dagarna omkring förändringen i riktkursen. Genom att dela in riktkursförändringarna i kvintiler, visar studien att graden av riskjusteradavkastning dessutom är hänförbart till dels hur pass stor riktkursförändringen är, dels om den är att beakta som positiv eller negativ. Dessa resultat är särskilt starka när förändringen i riktkursen är ställd mot den tidigare riktkursen av samma analyshus, snarare än när den är ställd mot rådande aktiekurs. Därtill genomförs en regressionsanalys vars resultat stödjer ett positivt samband mellan riktkursförändring och riskjusterad avkastning. Slutligen medför studien ny relevant information om kvartalsrapporters effekt när det kommer till studier om riktkursförändringar. Till skillnad från den tidigare forskningen, eliminerar vi riktkurser som sammanfaller med kvartalsrapporter och visar på skillnader i den riskjusterade avkastningen som följer. / By using a large dataset of target prices issued on companies included in the OMXS30 index during the years 2010-2019, we examine whether target prices cause a short-term market reaction. By doing this, we take an event-study approach and find a significant abnormal return around the days the target price is published. By categorizing the change in target prices into different quintiles, we also show that the size of the abnormal return is due to the change in the target price and whether it’s considered positive or negative. These results are especially salient when the change in target price is based on the earlier target price from the same firm rather than the current stock price. In addition to the event-study a regression analysis is performed, which supports the positive association between the target price change and the abnormal return. This paper also provides useful information about the effects from quarterly reports in prior studies. Unlike previous research, we exclude all target prices that coincide with quarterly reports and find differences in the abnormal return that follows.

Due to changed air humidity, wooden houses can be affected negatively by for example deformations and settlements. Hälsingland farms (Hälsingegårdar) are a number of old homesteads, of which seven are listed at UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The wooden buildings at Hälsingland farms reflect the building techniques from the 18 and 19th century in Hälsingland province and are therefore of value both economically and culturally. To preserve the buildings in their original condition and to pass down the knowledge of the building techniques there is need of accurate documentation. Accurate documentation is possible through three-dimensional models created by, for example, terrestrial laser scanning. The aim of this study has been to develop recommendations for documentation of wooden buildings, such as Hälsingland farms, with terrestrial laser scanning and to create the base for future deformation investigations on Slåttagården, a Hälsingland farm. Terrestrial laser scanning was carried out in April 2017 at Slåttagården. With Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receiver, five points on the ground were measured to establish a reference network. A number of control and check points were measured with a total station on and around the main building. The control points were marked with spherical targets. After the laser scanning was completed, the point clouds were registered in two different ways, with cloud-to-cloud registration and target-to-target registration. Then the point clouds were georeferenced into the external reference system. The position uncertainty was controlled in the software Cyclone by comparison between check points and modelled planes from the georeferenced point cloud. Registration and position uncertainties for the two registration methods differ marginally, which indicates that the use of targets in TLS projects similar to this study is not necessary. TLS is limited by the fact that it is a terrestrial technology and therefore needs to be supplemented with other documentation technologies, such as Unmanned Aircraft System. The study provide a base for future deformation studies at the Hälsingland farm Slåttagården. The collected data have low position uncertainty (about 0.01 m) and are therefore considered to be a good base for continued deformation studies. / Byggnader i trä kan vid ändrade fuktförhållanden påverkas negativt genom bland annat sättningar och deformationer. Hälsingegårdar är ett antal äldre bondgårdar, där sju av dessa är listade på UNESCO:s världsarvslista. Hälsingegårdarnas träbyggnader speglar 1700- och 1800-talens byggnadstekniker i Hälsingland och är därför av värde, både ekonomiskt och kulturellt. För att bevara byggnaderna i deras ursprungliga skick samt för att föra vidare kunskapen kring dåtidens byggnadstekniker krävs en noggrann dokumentation. Noggrann dokumentation är möjlig med hjälp av tredimensionella modeller skapade med exempelvis terrester laserskanning (TLS). Syftet med den här studien har varit att ta fram rekommendationer för utförandet av dokumentation av gamla träbyggnader, till exempel Hälsingegårdar, med hjälp av TLS samt att skapa underlag för framtida deformationsundersökningar på Hälsingegården Slåttagården. TLS utfördes under april månad 2017 på Slåttagården. Med GNSS-mottagare mättes fem punkter in för att etablera ett referensnätverk. Ett antal kontrollpunkter mättes in på byggnaden av huvudintresse med hjälp av en totalstation. Med totalstationen mättes också stödpunkter kring byggnaden in, dessa markerades med sfäriska signaler. Efter sex uppställningar TLS registrerades punktmolnen på två olika sätt; punktmolnsregistrering och registrering baserad på konnektionspunkter. Därefter georefererades punktmolnen till externa referenssystemet. Lägesosäkerheten kontrollerades därefter i programvaran Cyclone genom en jämförelse mellan kontrollpunkter och modellerade plan från det georefererade punktmolnet. Registrerings- och lägesosäkerheter för de båda registreringsmetoderna skiljer sig marginellt åt, vilket talar för att användning av signaler i laserskanningsprojekt liknande denna studie inte är nödvändig. TLS begränsas av att det är en markbunden teknik och behöver därför kompletteras med annan dokumentationsteknik, till exempel obemannade flygfarkostsystem (UAS). I studien skapades ett underlag för framtida deformationsundersökningar på Hälsingegården Slåttagården. Insamlade data har låg lägesosäkerhet (cirka 0,01 m) och bedöms därför ha goda förutsättningar för fortsatta deformationsundersökningar.

The aim of this thesis is to create a set of recommendations for the selected engineering enterprise. The purpose of these recommendations is to increase the enterprise effectivness and its adaptability quotient. In the first part of this thesis, based on a literature search, the management systems of successful Czech and foreign entrepreneurs are described. In the next part the most appropriate managerial approach is chosen on the basis of the performed qualitative research and this section also describes the current situation of the selected engineering enterprise. In the last part are given individual recommendations and steps to achieve their implementation.

Diploma thesis deals with application of supportive measures in the education of pupils with dysgraphia from the perspective of teachers at the second stage of primary school. It aims to a recommendation that a teacher can support provided to students with dysgraphia. It will bring teachers' insight into the use of selected support measures for pupils with dysgraphia. The theoretical part of the description of the education of pupils with special educational needs, especially with a focus on support measures, further recording of problems with learning disabilities, where there is more space for imprisonment of dysgraphia and application of support measures for pupils with dysgraphia at the 2nd level. The empirical part contains qualitative research, which enables methods of semi-structured interview. Subsequently, it is possible to analyze the data using open coding. Research questions and formulation recommendations that may be available in practice are answered. According to the research results, teachers use support measures in the field of teaching organization, methods and forms of teaching and evaluation in the education of a pupil with dysgraphia. Of great importance for the application of support measures for teachers is cooperation with the family of a pupil with dysgraphia and...

Magister Legum - LLM / From failing to arrest and surrender Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir1 in accordance with its obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court2 (Rome Statute), to its President acting inconsistently with its Supreme law3, it is evident that the rule of law is under threat in South Africa. Furthermore, South Africa has witnessed the cultivation of a culture of impunity for corruption in high office. South Africa has also experienced an increase in heinous crimes committed against women and children. The South African Rand recently plummeted given that its Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan, recently faced charges of fraud4, as well as the ripple effect caused by the Fees Must Fall Movement.5 Against the backdrop of the above-mentioned issues that plague South Africa and hinder its development, the fight against money laundering hardly seems of pivotal importance in achieving the desired stability and development of the country. There is a public perception that money laundering is a crime of little consequence.8 This perception derives from the fact that money laundering does not have a direct impact on its victims and in some instances benefits the economy as it increases the profits for the financial sector and results in a greater availability of credit.9 Laundered money arguably is not harmful but rather beneficial to developing economies because money remains money, whether it is proceeds of crime or honestly earned.10 Although an increase in money is appealing to developing countries, the benefits that accompany laundered money are short-lived as the crime affects society adversely in the long run.11 However, where a country fails to prevent and prosecute money laundering offences, the prevalence of money laundering will impede the development of a state as it not only increases the profitability of crime and encourages the prevalence of corruption, but it also causes damage to critical financial sector institutions.12 Money laundering influences the commission of crimes that generate large amounts of profit, namely, organised crime, which is often described as the twin brother of money laundering.13 This is because criminals do not commit crimes to make money only but to enjoy this money as well.14 However, criminals need to launder their money in order to enjoy the proceeds of their criminal activities without drawing attention to these activities.15 Countries that combat money laundering effectively make it more difficult for criminals to launder the proceeds of their crimes. It becomes more risky for them to indulge in their ill-gotten gains, thus dissuading them from engaging in economic criminality.16 Money laundering is a process where the proceeds of crime are concealed and disguised in order to make them appear lawful.17 Criminals are thus able to enjoy the financial benefits of the crimes they commit.18 The pervasiveness of money laundering in a country does not only affect the confidence the public have in the country’s financial institutions but also undermines the confidence foreign investors and financial institutions have in a developing state’s financial institutions.19 A country can, therefore, run the risk of not benefitting from foreign direct investment.20 The financial institutions rely heavily on what the public think about their integrity.21

This thesis analyzes the effects of analysts’ recommendations on stock prices and trade volumes of firms listed on OMXS30 during the three-year period 2018-2020. An event study of 313 recommendations issued during the three- year period was conducted in order to calculate the abnormal returns and abnormal volumes during the event window. Our results show only one occasion respectively where buy and sell recommendations induces abnormal returns significantly different from zero. We thereby conclude that analysts’ recommendations, on average, do not impose significant abnormal returns for OMXS30-firms during the event window. A potential investment value can be found in short selling sell recommended stocks, provided that one obtains information prior to public release. However, the nature of short selling may reduce or erase this value. Our results indicates that recommendations in general, do not contain new information and that the market to an extent, acts efficient. Positive abnormal volumes significant on the 5% level are found on three occasions, hence the majority are found to be insignificant. Significant abnormal volumes of 0,071% were found on the first post-event day of a recommendation, implying a small initial volume reaction. In general, however, the results do not show clear indications of a recommendation generating positive abnormal volumes.

Syftet med föreliggande studie var att undersöka sambandet mellan personlighet och normativt beteende, i denna studie definierat som hygienbeteende i följandet av rekommendationer för COVID-19. Studien undersökte även sambandet mellan personlighet och rädsla för COVID-19, samt könsskillnader i hygienbeteende och rädsla för COVID-19. Studiematerialet utgjordes av svaren från en enkät (N = 160). Enkäten mätte personlighet utifrån NEO-FFI-3 och rädsla för COVID-19 (FCV-19S), samt följandet av rekommendationer för COVID-19 (hygienbeteende). Resultaten visade att hög grad av målmedvetenhet korrelerade positivt till att följa rekommendationerna och att hög grad av känslomässig instabilitet och vänlighet korrelerade positivt med rädsla för COVID-19. Studien fann även att kvinnor rapporterade högre i rädsla för COVID-19, samt en högre anpassning i beteende för att följa rekommendationerna. Resultaten går i linje med tidigare forskning, men framtida forskning bör vidare undersöka sambandet mellan personlighet och rädsla för COVID-19, samt om det kan finnas kulturella skillnader. / The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between personality and normative behavior, defined as compliance to recommendations, and the relationship between personality and fear of COVID-19. The study also examined gender differences in compliance to recommendations and fear of COVID-19. The sample consisted of Swedish university students (N = 160). Questionnaires were used to collect data, and it measured personality (NEO-FFI-3), fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S) and compliance to recommendations. The results showed that individuals with high scores on conscientiousness were more likely to comply with the recommendations. High scores on neuroticism and agreeableness were positive correlated with high fear for COVID-19. Women reported higher fear for COVID-19 and were more likely to comply with the recommendations. These results are in line with previous research, but future research need to investigate the relationship between personality and fear of COVID-19 and if there are any cultural differences.