Syftet med denna rapport är att analysera DHL express behov av ärendehantering. Unified process och unified modelling language har använts för att kartlägga vilka nyckelfunktioner som skulle kunna ingå och vilka krav som DHL har på ärendehantering. Utifrån resultatet av unified process har en prototyp byggts upp för att demonstrera hur ärendehanteringen ser ut praktiskt / The purpose of this report is to analyse DHL Express need for information management in Växjö. Unified process and Unified modelling language have been used to capture the requirements and to make an analysis in order to map key functions for an information management system. From the result of the Unified process a prototype has been built to demonstrate practically the functions in an information management system.

Denna studie ämnar till att undersöka och analysera pop-up butiker för att kunna bidra med en ökad kunskap kring detta nya fenomen. Vårt främsta syfte är att undersöka hur företagets behov av att skapa relationer och kundens önskningar om att få en upplevelse möts i kontexten av en pop-up. För att få en förståelse kring detta avser studien även att undersöka vilka bakomliggande motiv företag har för öppnandet av en pop-up butik. / This study aims to investigate and analyze pop-up stores in order to contribute to increased knowledge about this new phenomenon. Our main purpose is to investigate how the company's needs to create relationships and how customers wish to get an experience come together in the context of a pop-up. In order to gain an understanding of this, the study also involves investigating the underlying motives companies have for the opening of a pop-up shop.

Competitive bidding is a common practice in business. The main aim of this research is to develop a practical bidding model. This includes studying existing bidding models used by organisations and verifying the developed model. Various factors have been identified and analysed in order to identify the weight and ranking order of each factor in terms of its influence on the bid mark up size. Interviews have been conducted to explore the current practical practice in setting mark up size in Saudi Arabia and to identify factors that may influence bid mark up size. In addition, a questionnaire has been used to identify each factor’s level of importance in Saudi Arabia. The findings have been used to establish a ranking order of factors in terms of their influence on bidding decisions based on contractors' size and main client. An important discovery is that the level of importance and rank of factors that influence bid mark up size differ based on contractors' characteristics and main client. The characteristic which has been investigated in this research is the size of the contractor. As a result, a bidding model to determine mark up size based on contractors' size and main clients has been developed. The proposed model has been tested and proved accurate in simulating the contractors’ decisions.

This thesis discusses factors of success in the process of new business venturing and growth in current business environment. It employs a sample of 200 entrepreneurial cases documented through interviews which were each broken into over 40 mainly quantitative criteria. Aided by simple statistical tools this result is then analyzed and evaluated, leading to a thorough analysis of each of the aspects discussed and finally culminating in conclusion stating which factors are the most significant. Besides purely academic interest, conclusions of this thesis could be of interest to both actual and prospective entrepreneurs.

Ce travail de thèse, réalisé au Laboratoire de Physique de la MatièreCondensée (LPMC), s'inscrit dans le contexte des nouveaux lasers etamplificateurs à fibre optique opérant dans le visible. Cependant, ledéveloppement de telles fibres est limité par des phénomènes tels que le photonoircissement.Cette thèse a été consacrée à l'étude et à la résolution desproblèmes de photo-noircissement des fibres optique de silice dopées àl’aluminium et au thulium, sous pompage optique à 1,07 μm. Au cours de cettethèse, une nouvelle méthode de fabrication spécifique à nos besoins a étédéveloppée et mise en oeuvre au LPMC. Une étude systématique du rôle de laconcentration en thulium dans les mécanismes de photo-noircissement a étémenée. Le rôle du co-dopage avec de l'aluminium, du cérium ou du lanthane aaussi été analysé par des études systématiques. Le photo-noircissement estimputé à la génération de centres colorés par le pompage. Une fois créés, cescentres colorés peuvent être blanchis par la pompe. Un modèlephénoménologique sur la dynamique du photo-noircissement permet dediscuter séparément de la génération et du blanchiment. Au cours de cetravail, il a été montré que l'augmentation de la concentration en thulium et/oula puissance de pompe a pour effet d'améliorer le phénomène de génération. Àl'opposé, l'augmentation de la concentration en aluminium ou en cérium ou enlanthane a pour effet d'améliorer les mécanismes de blanchiment. La mise enévidence et la compréhension de ces mécanismes ouvrent la voie vers desnouveaux lasers et amplificateurs à fibre optique dans le domaine du visible / This thesis, conducted at the Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée(LPMC), is in the context of new lasers and optical fiber amplifiers operating inthe visible. This wavelength range is currently booming for many applications.However, the development of such fibers are limited by the photo-darkeningphenomenon. This phenomenon consists of the loss of transparency in thematerial during its use under optical pumping. This thesis is devoted to thestudy and the resolution of issues caused by photo-darkening in aluminum- andthulium-doped silica optical fibers when optically pumped at 1.07 μm. In thisthesis, a new method of fiber manufacture that is specific to our needs hasbeen developed and implemented at LPMC. A systematic study of the role ofthulium concentration in the photo-darkening mechanism was conducted. Therole of the co-doping with aluminum, cerium or lanthanum was also analyzedby systematic studies. The photo-darkening is attributed to the generation ofcolor centers by pumping. Once created, these color centers can be bleachedby the pump. A phenomenological model of the dynamics of photo-darkeningallows a separate discussion between the generation and the bleachingphenomena. In this work, it is shown that the increasing of the concentration ofthulium and/or the pump power has the effect of increasing the generationphenomenon. In opposite, increasing of the concentration of aluminum orcerium or lanthanum has the effect to intensify the bleaching mechanism. Theidentification and understanding of these mechanisms open the path to newlasers and optical fiber amplifiers in the visible range

The following thesis explores the obtaining of evidence during criminal proceedings via a line-up technique which is listed in section 104b, Act No. 141/1961, Criminal Procedure Code. The chosen topic is reviewed in its complexity from several different angles including theoretical aspects and my own personal experience. The thesis concentrates on a line-up of subjects in natura, problems associated with the procedure and offers possible solutions on how to face the given problems. In the first chapter the thesis provides general definition of a line-up and its variations and remaining subchapters to the possibility of its urgency and unrepeatability as well as to the question whether an object must participate. Next it follows the historical development of line-ups, offers views both current and historical on the practice as a method of criminal evidence gathering and explores the fact that it has only recently become part of the Criminal Procedure Code. This is opposed to being considered, as was the case for a long time, as a specific kind of interrogation, a view that can still be found among some theorists up to this day. In the next two chapters, a line-up is compared to other methods of criminal evidence that are part of the Criminal Procedure Code and the thesis also takes a closer look at...

Das Projekt Links-up, welches von der Europäischen Kommission ko-finanziert wird, baut auf bestehenden Erfahrungen und Ergebnissen aus dem Bereich der E-Inklusion auf und versucht Synergien und Zusammenarbeit zwischen Initiativen und vielfach isolierten Pilotprojekten herzustellen. Dabei werden aktuelle pädagogische Herangehensweisen auf ihre Übertragbarkeit hinsichtlich einer inklusiven und lebenslangen Pädagogik untersucht und Empfehlungen für die Entwicklung neuer Initiativen und Projekte sowie Empfehlungen für politische Entscheidungsträger abgegeben. In diesem Beitrag soll das Projekt in Kürze vorgestellt und darin entstandenen Ergebnisse beschrieben werden.

Background: There is a great interest in researching prescriptive methods as entrepreneurs demand guidance for start-up processes. A learn-by-doing methodology called lean start-up methodology has influenced tech entrepreneurs. Further, design thinking is another methodology for developing innovation that has been suggested to benefit in a software context. The uncertain nature requiring rapid innovation for software start-ups has sparked the interest in exploring the combination of the methodologies in an entrepreneurial context to utilize the benefits of both. However, the methodologies have been criticized due to a lack of rigor. It is therefore an opportunity to explore applicability of lean start-up in practice and design thinking in a software context to develop a unique methodology integrating lean start-up and design thinking.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the occurrence of the two innovation driven methods lean start-up and design thinking in successful software start-ups, to develop a theory of an integrated methodology that utilizes the benefits of both. The intent is to provide explicit guidance for both scholars and entrepreneurs. Methodology: An exploratory qualitative method was used with an inductive approach, conducting semi-structured interviews with six founders of successful software companies. Conclusion:  The findings advance the understanding of the lean start-up methodology in practice, by extending the aspect of idea development and clarifying the use of iterating aspects of the business model. The findings update the sequence of design thinking when applied in a software context and extend the iterating aspect, to adapt to the need for rapid development. The theory of suggested integration confirms that the first stages of design thinking initiate the idea process, emphasizing early consideration of desirability, viability, and feasibility, while lean start-up is integrated into the product development process, emphasizing rapid iterating development for validation.

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