The aim of this thesis is to investigate and reflect about the different sponsorship relations between a Swedish sports retailer and their sponsored events. My case for this thesis is the brand Intersport and I am investigating the phenomena sponsorship and their different sponsorship relations and in this case in relation to sport events. A qualitative study has been conducted by doing interviews with representatives from three different events that Intersport are sponsoring, two interviews with Intersport and also observations during two of the events. Furthermore, a theoretical framework within sponsorship has developed through this process. The result of this study showed that there are different kinds of sponsorship relations between Intersport and their sponsored events. Moreover, there are differences in terms of how they are ranking sports and how much money and time they are investing in the specific events. This study showed that Intersport has different levels of professionalism and business relationships. Partille Cup has the highest position on that scale, Stockholm Marathon Group has the second place and Gothenburg Youth Games is in the bottom. The interviews resulted in a clear picture of how these sponsorship relations look like, the underlying reasons for cooperating with Intersport and this means that they are seeing the sports retailer as a large player, a good channel in terms of being connected to them and increase their awareness but also as a partner who can offer relevant products for their events. Lastly, meaningful relations is a key factor here and my result showed that it goes both ways.

Sustainably managed music festivals have significant value and can provide a multitude of benefits to a healthy, sustainable and desirable society if their negative impacts are mitigated and positive impacts cultivated. To reach this great potential, sustainable event management of music festivals must become widely adopted and expanded as common practice. To drive this improvement of sustainable event management, there is a need to first understand the barriers and success factors event organizers face moving their music festivals toward sustainability. This study uses a research design of mixed quantitative-qualitative methods: a survey of thirty diverse music festival organizers across the United States and interviews with five selected survey participants. Research draws on pertinent literature from sustainability theory and practice, previous research on sustainable event management, existing strategies of sustainable events, and lessons from organizational change studies. Findings revealed seven key barriers and four success factors associated with sustainable event management of music festivals as well as three specific needs of event organizers to improve sustainable event management. With these findings, seven strategies are presented to help event organizers adopt and improve sustainable event management of music festivals. This study is significant because it fills an important gap in the academic literature on events and sustainability. Additionally, this study is immediately applicable to Untied States music festivals. The findings were drawn directly from the perspectives and experiences of event organizers, and the strategies are designed to be specifically applied to their sustainable event management work.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur Washington Capitals strategiskt arbetar för att skapa upplevelser i samband med hockeymatcherna och deras kringarrangemang. Hur skapar Washington Capitals upplevelser? Finns det något att lära av deras upplevelsestrategi? Kan Washington Capitals arbetssätt kopplas till teorier om upplevelseekonomi?   Metod: Sekundärdata i form av tryckta källor och böcker, tidigare uppsatser och artiklar. Vi har genomfört en kvalitativ fältstudie i Washington D.C. Där intervjuade vi personer på Washington Capitals organisation samt genomförde deltagande och icke deltagande observationer på huvudkontoret och i arenan vid matcharrangemang.   Resultat & slutsats: Washington Capitals arbetar i hög grad med upplevelseekonomi, detta är något som andra kan lära av. Washington Capitals arbetar inte utefter några upplevelseekonomiska teorier, de hade aldrig hört begreppet tidigare. Dock är deras arbetssätt i linje med upplevelseekonomins teorier.    Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Presentationen av studien begränsas då det är svårt att lyfta fram de händelser som skapar intryck i en text. En liknande studie skulle med fördel kunna presenteras genom en film. För att få ökad förståelse för varför publiken går på hockeymatcher skulle vidare studier kunna göras om publikens motivationsfaktorer, både i Sverige och i USA. Fortsatta studier skulle också kunna göras i samarbete med en svensk idrottsförening för att testa upplevelseekonomins teoretiska metoder i verkligheten.   Uppsatsens bidrag: Uppsatsen kan bidra med konkreta exempel på hur en idrottsorganisation kan arbeta med att skapa upplevelser i samband med sina idrottsarrangemang. / Our objective of the thesis is to investigate how the Washington Capitals strategically works to create experiences in the context of hockey games and the surrounding events. How does the Washington Capitals create experiences? Is there anything to learn from the Washington Capitals experience strategy? Can their way of work be linked to theories about the experience economy?   Method: Secondary data such as printed sources and books, previous studies and articles.We conducted a qualitative field study in Washington D.C. We interviewed people at the organization of Washington Capitals and carried out participant and non-participant observations at headquarters and in the arena at game events.  Results & Conclusions: Washington Capitals are definitely working with experience economy, this is something that others could learn from. Washington Capitals are not working by any experience economy theories, they had never heard the term previously. However, their way of work is in line with the experience economy theories.   Suggestions for future research: The presentation of this study is limited since it is difficult to highlight events that create impression by writing. A similar study could favourably be presented by a movie. To obtain a better understanding of why the audience attend hockey games further studies could be done about the audience's motivation factors, both in Sweden and in the U.S.. Further studies could also be done in collaboration with a Swedish sports club to test the theoretical methods in reality.    Contribution of the thesis: The essay can provide concrete examples of how a sports organization can work to create experiences in the context of their sporting events.

Denna studies syfte är att undersöka institutionella demokratihändelser i förskolan utifrån följande frågeställningar.   Vilka möjligheter ger förskolan som institution barn till individualistiska demokratihändelser?   Hur kan förskollärare möjliggöra individualistiska demokratihändelser för barnen i förskolan?   Hur kan förskollärare synliggöra individualistiska demokratihändelser i förskolan?   För att möjliggöra ett undersökande av institutionella demokratihändelser i förskolan och för att kunna besvara studiens frågeställningar på bästa sätt har semistrukturerade intervjuer använts som metod. Fyra förskollärare från en förskola i en mellanstor svensk kommun har deltagit i intervjuerna.   Resultatet visar att förskolan som institution ger barn goda möjligheter till individualistiska demokratihändelser under vissa förutsättningar. Vidare visar resultatet att förskollärare kan möjliggöra individualistiska demokratihändelser i förskolan genom att aktivt arbeta för en tillgänglig och tillåtande miljö med trygga barn. Resultatet för studiens sista frågeställning visar att ett synliggörande av individualistiska demokratihändelser i förskolan kan ske genom förskolans utvärderingar och dokumentationsarbete. / The aim of this study is to examine institutional democracy events in preschool based on the following questions.   Which possibilities does the preschool as an institution afford children when it comes to individualistic democracy events?    How can preschool teachers facilitate individualistic democracy events for children in preschool?   How can preschool teachers make visible individualistic democracy events in preschool?   Semi structured interviews have been used as a method to enable a study of institutional democracy events in preschool and to be able to answer the study’s questions in the best way. Four preschool teachers from a preschool in a medium sized Swedish municipality have taken part in the interviews.   The result shows that preschool as an institution gives children good possibilities to individualistic democracy events under certain conditions. Furthermore, the result shows that preschool teachers can enable individualistic democracy events in preschool by actively working towards an accessible and acceptant environment with confident children. The result of the study’s last question shows that making individualistic democracy events visible in preschool can take place through the preschool’s evaluations and documentation work.

Draudimo teisinius santykius pakankamai išsamiai reglamentuoja Lietuvos Respublikos teisės aktai, tačiau įgyvendinant draudiko ir draudėjo teises bei pareigas kyla nemažai problemų. Magistro baigiamajame darbe atskleidžiama, kaip draudiko teisė atsisakyti mokėti draudimo išmoką yra apibrėžiama draudimo sutartyje, kokie draudimo sutarties elementai yra reikšmingi šios teisės įgyvendinimui. Apibendrinus draudiko teisės atsisakyti mokėti draudimo išmoką sampratą yra išskiriami trys pagrindiniai atvejai, kuomet draudikas, vadovaudamasis teisės aktų reglamentuojamomis taisyklėmis ir patikrinęs visą su draudiminiu įvykiu susijusią informaciją, gali įgyvendinti teisę atsisakyti mokėti draudimo išmoką: draudėjas padarė draudimo sutarties pažeidimą, draudžiamasis įvykis atsitinka dėl draudėjo tyčios ar didelio neatsargumo, įvykis yra nedraudžiamasis. Atsižvelgiant į šiuos atvejus, analizuojant doktriną ir Lietuvos teismų praktiką yra atskleidžiamos ir moksliškai bei teisiškai išanalizuojamos problemos, su kuriomis susiduria draudikai, įgyvendindami teisę atsisakyti mokėti draudimo išmoką. Magistro baigiamajame darbe kritiškai vertinama Lietuvos teismų praktika, kuri draudiko teisės atsisakyti mokėti draudimo išmoką įgyvendinimo klausimais yra nevienareikšmė ir diskutuotina. Taigi pasitelkiant analitinį, lyginamąjį, sisteminį ir aprašomasis tyrimo metodus, išanalizavus magistro baigiamajame darbe iškeltą problemą, pabaigoje pateikiamos išvados ir pasiūlymai. / Insurance legal relationships seems to be detail regulated by the Republic of Lithuania law, however enforcement of the insurer and the policyholder rights and obligations raises a number of problems. The Master's thesis reveals how the insurer right to pay the insurance premium is defined in the insurance contract, which insurance contract important elements are for this right enforcement. Summarizing the conception of insurer's right to refuse to pay the insurance premium there are extracted three main cases in which the insurer, in accordance with laws and regulations governed by verifying all the insured event related information, may enforce his right to refuse to pay insurance premium: the policyholder has breached the insurance contract, prohibition event occurs on the insured's intent or gross negligence, the event is non contingency. In light of these cases, analysis of the doctrine and practice of the Lithuanian courts there are disclosed and scientifically and legally analyzed problems which face insurers enforcing the right to refuse to pay the insurance premium. The Master's thesis criticizes the Lithuanian judicial practice which is ambiguous and debatable according to the insurer's right to refuse to pay insurance premium. Therefore through an analytical, comparative, systematic and descriptive research methods, analysis of the master's thesis raised issue, master's thesis ends with conclusions and recommendations.

Originally presented as the author's dissertation. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-286).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1984.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1984.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1981.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1981.