372 research outputs found
You are all winners - En studie om samskapande av vÀrde i maratonresor
Sammanfattning Titel: â You are all winnersâ - En studie om samskapande av vĂ€rde i maratonresor Universitet: Lunds Universitet, Campus Helsingborg, Institutionen för Service Management Kurs: KSKK01 Service Management: Examensarbete för kandidatexamen, 15 hp, VT 2013 Författare: Caroline Rizell & Elin Holm Handledare: Jan-Henrik Nilsson Nyckelord: Sport tourism, maraton, researrangör, konsumtion, co-creation, vĂ€rdeskapande, interaktioner, relationer, social identitet, behov Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats Ă€r att undersöka hur olika aktörer Ă€r delaktiga i processen för att skapa vĂ€rde i maratonresor, samt vad som pĂ„verkar konsumentens deltagande. Vi utgĂ„r ifrĂ„n tvĂ„ aktörers perspektiv; researrangörens och konsumentens, utifrĂ„n vilka vi skapat följande frĂ„gestĂ€llningar: FrĂ„gestĂ€llningar: Researrangörernas del i samskapande av vĂ€rde i maratonresor; Hur Ă€r deras erbjudanden utformade? Hur ser de pĂ„ relationen till olika aktörer? Konsumentens del i samskapande av vĂ€rde i maratonresor; PĂ„ vilket sĂ€tt deltar konsumenten i den vĂ€rdeskapande processen? Vilka Ă€r de bakomliggande drivkrafterna till konsumtion av löparresor? Hur ser de pĂ„ relationen till olika aktörer? Metod: En kvalitativ studie med ett tolkningsinriktat perspektiv, dĂ€r det empiriska materialet utgörs av intervjuer med semistrukturerade och ostrukturerade drag. Intervjupersonerna bestĂ„r av representanter frĂ„n fem researrangörer för maratonresor samt fyra konsumenter, varav en Ă€ven arbetar som reseledare. Slutsatser: I denna undersökning har vi kommit fram till att vĂ€rdet i maratonresor skapas genom samspelet av flera olika aktörers resurser. Företagens utmaning ligger i att sammansvetsa dessa aktörer genom individbaserade interaktioner och att bistĂ„ konsumenten med resurser till den vĂ€rdeskapande processen. Konsumenten bidrar med sĂ„vĂ€l fysiska, mentala, kulturella och sociala resurser för att skapa vĂ€rde i denna tjĂ€nst. Vi har Ă€ven tittat nĂ€rmare pĂ„ de drivkrafter som ligger bakom konsumentens vĂ€rdeskapande och ser att dessa hĂ€nger samman med behovet av sjĂ€lvförverkligande, stĂ€rkandet av den sociala identiteten och sökandet efter nya och spĂ€nnande upplevelser
Hur ett certifieringsorgan kan bidra till en hÄllbar vÀrdekedja
Med miljöföroreningar och överfisket i vÀrldshaven stÄr fiskbranschen inför stora utmaningar för att stÀlla om till ett mer hÄllbart fiske. Landbaserade system för fisk- och skaldjursproduktion Àr en relativt ny produktionsform som uppkommit dÀr systemen har en uppbyggnad likt ett kretslopp. Systemen Àr effektiva, hÄllbara och har en minimal negativ pÄverkan pÄ miljön.
Fiskbranschen Àr en relativt oreglerad bransch med bristande riktlinjer och lagar jÀmfört med andra animalieproduktioner bÄde i Sverige och globalt. DÀrför utvecklar Svenskt Sigill en IPstandard för landbaserad fisk- och skaldjursproduktion som ger producenter möjlighet att kunna certifiera sig och mÀrka sina produkter med Svenskt Sigill. Detta kommer skapa riktlinjer, ett ordentligt regelverk och ge konsumenter ett hÄllbart alternativ av fiskkonsumtion. I och med denna nya certifiering kommer mÄnga aktörer bli inblandade. Hur Svenskt Sigill förhÄller sig till de andra aktörerna i denna utveckling intresserade uppsatsförfattarna. En miljömÀrkning pÄ en produkt skapar ett mervÀrde hos konsumenterna som ökar betalningsviljan pÄ produkten. Detta mervÀrde utvecklas i varje del av en vÀrdekedja som bestÄr av flera aktörer.
Syftet med denna studie Àr dÄ att utveckla och förstÄ rollen av certifierande organ i utvecklingen av mer hÄllbara vÀrdekedjor. För att kunna besvara frÄgestÀllningarna i denna kvalitativa fallstudie har representanter frÄn Svenskt Sigill, Axfood, Coop och ICA intervjuats. Svenskt Sigill Àr ett certifierande organ som kontrollerar och utvecklar standarder inom livsmedel och blommor. Axfood, Coop och ICA Àr aktörer inom dagligvaruhandeln som tillsammans har marknadsandelar motsvarande ca 90 %.
För att uppnÄ syftet har en teoretisk syntes gjorts som kopplar hÄllbar utveckling med företagsekonomiska teorier kring vÀrdekedja och marknadskanaler. Resultatet visar att Svenskt Sigill har fÄtt förfrÄgningar att göra en certifiering av landbaserade system för fisk- och skaldjur, frÄn bÄde producenter och handeln. Detta betyder att fallstudien inte visar sig överensstÀmma med den traditionella modellen av marknadskanaler. IstÀllet visade sig marknadskanalen ha en mer dynamisk utformning dÀr det sker ett samspel mellan aktörerna. Att ha ett certifierande organ likt Svenskt Sigill i en vÀrdekedja gör att den blir mer dynamisk och frÄngÄr sin traditionella linjÀra form. De verkar som en kontrollerande tredje part samtidigt som de sammankopplar handeln med producenter och till viss del konsumenter.With environmental pollution and overfishing in the oceans, the fish industry faces major challenges to convert to a more sustainable fishing. Land-based systems are a relatively new form of production that arose where the systems have a structure similar to a cycle. The systems are efficient, durable and have a minimal negative impact on the environment. The fish industry is a relatively unregulated industry with a lack of guidelines and laws compared to another animal production both in Sweden and globally. Therefore, Svenskt Sigill develops an IP-standard for land-based fish and shellfish production, which gives producers the opportunity to certify themselves and label their products with Svenskt Sigill. This will create guidelines, a proper regulatory framework and give consumers a sustainable alternative of fish consumption. With this new certification, many actors will be involved. The essay writers are interested in how the Svenskt Sigill relates to the other actors in this development. An eco-label on a product creates added value for consumers, which increases the willingness to pay for the product. This added value develops in every part of a value chain that consists of several actors.
The purpose of this study is to develop and understand the role of certifying organizations in the development of more sustainable value chains. In order to answer the questions in this qualitative case study, representatives from the Svenskt Sigill, Axfood, Coop and ICA have been interviewed. Svenskt Sigill is a certification bodies that controls and develops standards in food and flowers. Axfood, Coop and ICA are actors in the grocery trade, which together have market shares corresponding to about 90 %.
In order to achieve the purpose, a theoretical synthesis has been made that links sustainable development with business-economic theories on value chain and market channels. The result shows that the Svenskt Sigill has received requests to make a certification of land-based systems for seafood, from both producers and the trade. This means that the case study does not prove to be consistent with the traditional model of market channels. Instead, the market channel turned out to have a more dynamic design where there is an interaction between the actors. Having a certifying body like the Svenskt Sigill in a value chain makes it more dynamic and departs from its traditional linear form. They act as a controlling third party while linking trade with producers and to some consumers
Solarflux
Solarflux is a technological company developing solar concentrators to provide clean thermal energy. The issue that Solarflux is facing is the high installation cost of trenching in order to connect their concentrator to the grid for power. Therefore, Solarflux is looking into design alternatives to provide off-grid power to their product. Our capstone team is collaborating with Solarflux to help address this issue by designing a system to provide their solar concentrators with off-grid power. The goal of our final design is to provide Solarflux with 115 VAC of renewable, off-grid power via a photovoltaic (PV) solar powered system that will be attached to their flagship product. Our system will be powering the concentrator\u27s motor for sun tracking, and control system for operations. This means that we must be able to have enough solar power during the day to operate the system at peak power, as well as enough stored power to maintain system operations during the night, as well as any minimal sunlight event. The scope of our project is to design a solar powered system able to operate at a peak power of 200W, to supply enough battery storage for 2 to 3 days worth of stored power while maintaining healthy battery life, to develop a means of attaching our system onto the existing concentrator\u27s design, and to provide our client with electrical schematics and wind loading analysis to demonstrate the practicality of our design. Our proposed solar powered system consists of 10 solar panels collecting our DC power, a charge controller to regulate the voltages being outputted from the panels, 4 batteries to provide 14.4 kWh of storage, an inverter that will convert our power to 115 VAC to feed into the concentrator, and fuses where necessary to avoid dangers of electrical overload. This system has a minimum 10 year life expectancy with light maintenance required, and easy manufacturability as one cohesive product for our client
Insufficient access to harm reduction measures in prisons in 5 countries (PRIDE Europe): a shared European public health concern
Background: Prisoners constitute a high-risk population, particularly for infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to estimate the level of infectious risk in the prisons of five different European countries by measuring to what extent the prison system adheres to WHO/UNODC recommendations.
Methods: Following the methodology used in a previous French survey, a postal/electronic questionnaire was sent to all prisons in Austria, Belgium, Denmark and Italy to collect data on the availability of several recommended HIV-HCV prevention interventions and HBV vaccination for prisoners. A score was built to compare adherence to WHO/UNODC recommendations (considered a proxy of environmental infectious risk) in those 4 countries. It ranged from 0 (no adherence) to 12 (full adherence). A second score (0 to 9) was built to include data from a previous French survey, thereby creating a 5-country comparison.
Results: A majority of prisons answered in Austria (100 %), France (66 %) and Denmark (58 %), half in Belgium (50 %) and few in Italy (17 %), representing 100, 74, 89, 47 and 23 % coverage of the prison populations, respectively. Availability of prevention measures was low, with median adherence scores ranging from 3.5 to 4.5 at the national level. These results were confirmed when using the second score which included France in the inter-country comparison. Overall, the adherence score was inversely associated with prison overpopulation rates (p = 0.08).
Conclusions: Using a score of adherence to WHO/UNODC recommendations, the estimated environmental infectious risk remains extremely high in the prisons of the 5 European countries assessed. Public health strategies should be adjusted to comply with the principle of equivalence of care and prevention with the general community
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