La siguiente investigación consistió en realizar un análisis cualitativo a fin de detectar los factores determinantes en la evolución de la exportación de Pota congelada, con partida arancelaria 0307490000, en el marco del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) Perú - China en el periodo 2009 – 2017, tiempo en el cual la partida mencionada ha tenido una desgravación gradual, llegando a 0% al inicio del 2019. La exportación de pota congelada ha tenido un crecimiento significativo en el periodo 2017, respecto al 2016 al incrementarse en 24.2%, pasando de US $ 315.2 a 391.5 millones durante el 2017, consolidándose como el producto pesquero más importante con un 42.2% de participación. Se realizó un análisis de campo utilizando fuentes primarias como entrevistas a empresas y entidades del estado, principales actores influyentes en la exportación de Pota congelada, además de expertos académicos. Se condujo una investigación de tipo descriptiva debido a que asocia conceptos o variables, teniendo como finalidad conocer la relación de los factores y sus categorías determinantes en la exportación de la partida arancelaria antes mencionada, hacia el mercado de la República popular de China, en el marco del Tratado de Libre Comercio. Se concluyó que el factor más importante de la exportación de Pota congelada en el marco antes descrito, es el mercado y la demanda China, la cual determina el crecimiento o caída en las variaciones porcentuales de los índices de exportación; teniendo como segundo factor externo a la flota internacional y la competitividad como factor interno más relevante. / Tesis

This diploma thesis researches which activities state cities in their strategic or action plans. In the thesis is tested if these activities correspond with questions solved in analytical parts, especially SWOT analyzes. Selected cities are: Hodonín, Krnov, Nový Jičín, Sokolov, Havlíčkův Brod, Klatovy, Jindřichův Hradec, Žďár nad Sázavou, Brandýs nad Labem - Stará Boleslav, Otrokovice, Bílina, Rakovník, Dvůr Králové nad Labem, Česká Třebová and Varnsdorf. The main method used in this diploma thesis is the in-depth analysis of strategic and action plans. On the basis this method was found that the activities mostly correspond to the analytical part. But preferentially are realised projects, for which can be used funding from grants, some cities state it directly in their strategic documents. The researching cities focus on the transport, the public administration and the communication with the public and the recreation and the tourism. By contrast, neglected areas are health services, the environment and the culture. Based on the focus of their strategic plans, cities were divided into four groups, these groups were then tested on effects of various factors. Tested factors are the location and the author, nor one of them has been confirmed statistically significant influence on the orientation of...

In recent years frameworks for JavaScript has become a large part of web development. There has been a lot of discussion between developers which framework to use when developing a project since there is a large pool of frameworks to choose from. This paper aims to find out what factors affects the choice of framework according to web developers in the business. The earlier studies found on the topic of JavaScript frameworks focuses on the technical aspects while this study will focus on researching the pragmatic internal and external factors that affects the choice of framework. This will contribute with a different view to the field in contrast to the existing technical studies. To find answers to the research question qualitative interviews with web developers at different companies were conducted. 5 companies agreed to participate, and a total of 8 web developers were interviewed. The interviews were recorded and later transcribed. The results were analyzed through a thematic analysis. By analyzing the results several different factors were found, and by finding connections in between them they were then categorized into different themes. The themes found was demand, usability, community and reputation. Through the discussion of the findings it was found that the factors influencing the choice of framework can vary depending on if it is a personal project or a larger project at a company. For personal projects user gratification was major factor, while in companies the ability to collaborate was one of the main factors. To answer the purpose of the study the choice of framework depends on who is using it, what kind of requirements a project has, the resources of a company, and the locations demands. Therefore, different frameworks can be suitable for different situations.

<p>Topic:When an MNC seeks to enter a foreign country, it must choose the most appropriate entry mode for that specific market, such as exporting, licensing, a turnkey project, franchising, joint ventures or wholly-owned subsidiaries. There are many factors which affect the choice of entry modes. Influential factors contributing to the entry mode decision can have different degrees of impact for each particular country. As a consequence, an MNC has to use different entry modes in order to adapt to the specific situations it faces in its international expansion strategy.</p><p>Research Problem: Our research problem is to find the answer to two specific research questions while investigating in a particular MNC: Starbucks. The relevant questions are: (1.) What factors affected Starbucks’ entry mode decisions? (2.) Which entry mode strategies did Starbucks use foreign markets and why?</p><p>Method: We collected data through a qualitative method. We regarded that a qualitative research method would provide us the necessary data to understand entry mode decisions. We collected data through literature, books, journals, and Internet resources. We have decided to focus our qualitative research on exploring Starbucks’ entry mode decision in some specific markets. In particular, we have concentrated on Spain, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.</p><p>Conclusions: The choice of entry mode is a critical decision made by MNCs. The choice is influenced by several factors; we have divided these into internal and external factors. We have found both groups are important in the decisions made by Starbucks. However, the degree of influence is different in each case. Moreover, it is possible that some influential factors in the choice of entry mode can differ by case. Finally, we have found external factors have been critical in affecting Starbucks’ choice of entry modes. Starbucks has sought to adapt to those external factors and local needs and requirements by using different entry modes.</p>

Topic:When an MNC seeks to enter a foreign country, it must choose the most appropriate entry mode for that specific market, such as exporting, licensing, a turnkey project, franchising, joint ventures or wholly-owned subsidiaries. There are many factors which affect the choice of entry modes. Influential factors contributing to the entry mode decision can have different degrees of impact for each particular country. As a consequence, an MNC has to use different entry modes in order to adapt to the specific situations it faces in its international expansion strategy. Research Problem: Our research problem is to find the answer to two specific research questions while investigating in a particular MNC: Starbucks. The relevant questions are: (1.) What factors affected Starbucks’ entry mode decisions? (2.) Which entry mode strategies did Starbucks use foreign markets and why? Method: We collected data through a qualitative method. We regarded that a qualitative research method would provide us the necessary data to understand entry mode decisions. We collected data through literature, books, journals, and Internet resources. We have decided to focus our qualitative research on exploring Starbucks’ entry mode decision in some specific markets. In particular, we have concentrated on Spain, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Conclusions: The choice of entry mode is a critical decision made by MNCs. The choice is influenced by several factors; we have divided these into internal and external factors. We have found both groups are important in the decisions made by Starbucks. However, the degree of influence is different in each case. Moreover, it is possible that some influential factors in the choice of entry mode can differ by case. Finally, we have found external factors have been critical in affecting Starbucks’ choice of entry modes. Starbucks has sought to adapt to those external factors and local needs and requirements by using different entry modes.

SUMMARY Rasa Kairienė Improvement of Entrepreneurship of Small Sales Businesses Master’s studies final thesis, 67 pages, 10 figures, 11 tables, 47 references, 2 appendices, in Lithuanian. KEY Words: businessman, entrepreneurship, human capital, small sales companies, external factors, internal factors. Object of investigation: businessmen of Radviliškis District small sales companies in 2003–2005. Subject of investigation: businessmen entrepreneurship. Aim of the work: to analyse entrepreneurship of small sales companies, to show ways of its improvement and to prepare entrepreneurship pattern. Tasks: 1) To ground entrepreneurship and related concepts. 2) To find out the entrepreneurship of the small sales companies of Radviliškis District. 3) To disclose reasons, creating obstacles for entrepreneurship of small sales companies, and to provide entrepreneurship improvement measures. 3) After having performed analysis, to prepare entrepreneurship pattern. Methods of investigation: synthesis and analysis of economic literature, sociologic questioning and interviewing methods, logical and graphical modelling methods. By studying literature about businessmen entrepreneurship and performing practical investigation, entrepreneurship of small sales companies’ businessmen was established, factors, impeding the entrepreneurship, stated, ways to improve entrepreneurship shown, entrepreneurship improvement patterns suggested.

Användandet av en kontoplan är frivilligt i Sverige, vilket betyder att det saknas reglering kring hur en kontoplan bör användas. Avsaknaden av reglering öppnar upp valmöjligheter kring de redovisningsval företag gör. Trots detta väljer 95% av företagen i Sverige att använda BAS-kontoplanen. Eftersom alla företag strävar efter att presentera en så bra redovisning som möjligt bestående av önskvärd information kan det dock vara svårt att avgöra vad som ligger bakom företagens val i redovisningen. Redovisningen utformas olika efter företagets intresse och vilka som efterfrågar informationen varierar. Motiven till redovisningsval kan därav delas upp i interna och externa faktorer. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur BAS-kontoplanen används rent praktiskt av företag samt granska motiven till dess val av redovisningsmetod på en övergripande nivå. Frågorna studien avser besvara är: “Varför använder företagen kontoplanen som de gör?”, “Vad är företagens syfte med redovisningen?” och “Vilka faktorer påverkar utformandet av redovisningen?”. Studien har en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi bestående av två delar. Första delen är framtagandet av teorier i den teoretiska referensramen som används för att identifiera interna och externa faktorer som påverkar företags redovisningsval. Den andra delen är att ta fram empiriskt material vilket genomförts via sex semistrukturerade intervjuer till redovisningsansvariga på varierande företag. Resultatet av studien visar att redovisningsval i företag påverkas av olika faktorer samt beror på den motivation som finns inom företaget vid det specifika tillfället. Motivationen påverkar vilka faktorer som företagen tar hänsyn till när de upprättar sin redovisning. Företagens val påverkas både av interna faktorer som finns i förhållanden mellan olika parter inom företaget och externa faktorer som främst påverkas av företagets förhållande till sin omgivning. Studien visar även att BAS-kontoplanen uppfattas som lättanvänd och anpassningsbar. Studiens slutsatser ger en indikation till hur företag motiverar de val de gör inom redovisning och identifierar flera faktorer som påverkar dessa val. Dessa faktorer ger en överblick till varför de väljer att använda sig utav BAS-kontoplanen. Tillsammans med motivationen lägger detta en grund till hur fortsatt forskning kan utformas. / The use of an account plan is voluntary in Sweden, which means that there is no regulation about how an account plan should be used. The lack of regulation opens up choices about the accounting companies are doing. Nevertheless, 95% of companies in Sweden choose to use the BAS account plan. Since all companies strive to present a report with desirable information that is as good as possible, it may be difficult to determine what lies behind the companies choice in the accounting. The accounts are designed differently according to the company's interest, and those who request the information vary. The motives for accounting choices can therefore be divided into internal and external factors. The purpose of the study is to investigate how the BAS account plan is used by companies practically and to examine the reasons for its choice of accounting method at an overall level. The questions the study relates to is: "Why do companies use the accounting plan as they do?", "What are the business purpose of accounting?" And "What factors affect the design of the account?". The study has a qualitative research strategy consisting of two parts. The first part is the development of theories in the theoretical frame of reference used to identify internal and external factors that affect the company's accounting choices. The second part is to produce empirical material, which was carried out through six semistructured interviews to accounting officers of various companies. The result of the study shows that accounting choices in companies are affected by different factors and depend on the motivation that exists within the company at the specific moment. The motivation influences the factors that companies take into account when preparing their accounts. The choice of companies is influenced by internal factors that are found in relationships between different parties within the company and external factors that are primarily influenced by the company's relationship with its environment. The study also shows that the BAS account plan is perceived as easy-to-use and adaptable. The study's conclusions provide an indication of how companies motivate the choices they make in accounting and identify several factors that affect these choices. These factors give an overview of why they choose to use the BAS account plan. Together with the motivation, this puts a foundation on how continued research can be developed.

TITLE: The sustainable banking industry - factors associated with sustainable innovation. FINAL SEMINAR: 2021-05-26COURSE: Master thesis in Business &amp; Management - Organization at Uppsala University. AUTHORS: Kristofer Edin &amp; Robin Nikolausson. ADVISOR: Josef Pallas.KEYWORDS: Sustainable innovation, Internal factors, External factors, Regulations, Technology, Market demand, Organizational culture, Market opportunities, Internal collaborations, Managerial dedication, Knowledge management.PURPOSE: This thesis aims to study factors associated with the development of sustainable innovation in the banking industry. Moreover, the ambition is to bring relevant findings and support for previous findings related to the information gap about how factors are associated with sustainable innovation and how they correspond to each other.METHOD: This research is using a case study methodology where one specific case company is being scrutinized. The study has used an exploratory study approach consisting of qualitative data gathering. Moreover, it is based on an inductive approach. The data consist of both primary data in terms of interviews with employees from the case company and of secondary data from various internet sources.LITERATURE REVIEW: Sustainable innovation, Technology, Regulations, Market demand, Organizational culture, Market opportunities, Internal collaboration, Managerial dedication, Knowledge management.EMPIRICAL FINDINGS: This thesis uncovers that there are both internal and external factors associated with sustainable innovation in the banking industry. The empirical findings thus correspond to the theory as it illustrates that the different factors are associated with sustainable innovation in the case company. However, the correctness of the theoretical suggestions varies in terms of the level of importance concerning the different factors. ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION:The analysis illustrates that even as the eight factors are associated with sustainable innovation, it is difficult to decide their relative importance as they are not mutually exclusive, but dependent on each other. However, there are some empirical indications that some factors, such as market demand and organizational culture, are more dominant in the relationships among the different factors.

Konsumtionen av både alkohol och narkotika orsakar idag stora folkhälsoproblem och står för en betydande del av sjukdomsbördan i Sverige. Sverige har idag en hög dödlighet och det är mer vanligt än ovanligt att personer efter behandling återfaller. Syftet med studien är att med semistrukturerade intervjuer undersöka behandlares upplevelser av vilka inre och yttre faktorer som mest påverkar klienter under missbruksbehandling. Avsikten är att få en större förståelse för hur man når störst framgång med behandlingen.  Resultatet visar att av de yttre faktorerna ansågs konsekvenser vara en drivkraft för att komma till behandling. Under behandlingen ansågs även goda relationer till både behandlare och behandlingsgrupp vara av betydelse för att stanna kvar. Det ansågs viktigt med ett nyktert nätverk som gav stöd i individens drogfrihet. Den sista yttre faktorn som var av betydelse var att individen fick sociala stödinsatser även efter behandling för att bibehålla nykterheten. Bland de inre faktorerna framkom inre motivation som någonting avgörande för att framför allt stanna kvar i behandling, detta kunde främjas av behandlingspersonalen. Den andra inre faktorn som kunde påverka behandlingsutfallet var samsjuklighet, där samverkan mellan de olika instanserna var central. / The consumption of both alcohol and drugs is currently causing major public health problems and accounts for a significant proportion of the burden of disease in Sweden. Sweden currently has a high mortality rate and it is more common than not for people to relapse after treatment. The aim of this study is to use semi-structured interviews to explore therapists' perceptions of which internal and external factors most influence clients in addiction treatment. The intention is to gain a greater understanding of how to achieve the greatest success in treatment.  The results show that of the external factors, consequences were considered a driving force for entering treatment. During treatment, good relationships with both therapists and the treatment group were also considered important for staying in treatment. A sober network that supported the individual's drug-free life was considered important. The last external factor that was important was that the individual received social support even after treatment to maintain sobriety. Among the internal factors, internal motivation emerged as something essential for staying in treatment in particular, this could be promoted by the treatment staff. The second internal factor that could influence treatment outcome was co-morbidity, where interaction between the different agencies was central.

Syftet med denna studie är att belysa hur gymnasielärare i samhällskunskap använder formativ bedömning, hur detta påverkas av interna och externa faktorer samt vilka förutsättningar att ge formativ bedömning som respondenterna beskriver som specifika för samhällskunskap. Studiens resultat baseras på semistrukturerade intervjuer med sex gymnasielärare i samhällskunskap. Intervjuerna analyserades med hjälp av en kvalitativ innehållsanalys och ramfaktorteorin utgjorde studiens teoretiska utgångspunkt. Ett resultat av studien är att samtliga respondenter använder formativ bedömning och anpassar densamma utifrån varje elevs behov. Ett annat resultat är att respondenterna menar att externa faktorer har en större påverkan på deras formativa bedömning än interna faktorer. Ytterliggare ett resultat är att hälften av respondenterna anser att det finns specifika förutsättningar att använda formativ bedömning i samhällskunskap jämfört med historia, svenska och matematik. / The purpose of this study is to highlight how social studies teachers in the Swedish upper secondary school uses formative assessment, how this is affected by internal and external factors and which conditions to give formative assessment the respondents describes as specific for social studies. The result of the study is based on semistructured interviews with six social studies teachers in the upper secondary school. The interviews were analyzed with a qualitative content analysis and the frame factor theory constituted the studies theoretical starting point. One result of this study is that all respondents uses formative assessment and adjusts the same based on the specific needs of every pupil. Another result is that the respondents consider external factors as having a larger impact on their formative assessment than internal factors. A further result is that half of the respondents think that there are specific conditions for using formative assessment in social studies compared to history, swedish, and mathematics.