This paper studies whether Nordic firms can improve their performance by acquiring firms within the BRIC countries. The BRIC countries has undergone several structural changes and experienced a rapid economic growth during the recent years, which has gained them a lot of attention from the rest of the economical world. However, few scholars have studied acquisition conducted within the BRIC countr

The purpose of this research paper is to analyze the change in the likelihood of M&A activity (dependent variable) in a European and a Latin American cluster due to changes in independent variables,demonstrating the ability of macroeconomic (GDP per capita, exchange rate, and commodity price) and firm-specific factors (Leverage ratio, cash reserve ratio, and company size) to influence business

The essay deals with the the right to take industrial action against an employer who is bound by foreign collective agreements. It also deals with other methods and practices to combat low wage competition. The practice of taking industrial action against a foreign employer who is already bound by a collective agreement has mainly been used as a method of combatting low wage competition. The probl

China’s economy has for more than 30 years experienced constant rapid growth. The growth miracle has largely been attributed to export, but in recent years the growth strategy has been changed. The new ambition is to go from “Made in China” to “Innovated in China”. This study investigates the input channels that create innovation in China, and panel data analysis is used to analyse which factors c

This paper explored perception, expression and individuals’ relationships with worldly aspects as a means towards community understanding. Interviews and surveys from participants of Canton, SD, USA provided the majority of the data for engagement. This paper focused on self to community mainly through the following worldly aspects: nature, food, yard, home, and garden. Relationships were explored

This master's thesis includes a qualitative case study which uses John Kingdon's Multiple-Streams framework. It focuses on the Swedish development policy process that deals with the developmental aspects of illicit capital flows. The empirical findings have been extracted from six key-stakeholders from the Swedish Governmental Offices, and from specialists working in Non-Governmental Organ

Utvärdering av användbarhet har praktiserats under lång tid och anses ofta vara en viktig del av systemutveckling. Det har genomförts studier på senare år som visar att utvärderingar av användbarhet i praktiken ofta inte stämmer överens med den akademiska litteraturen, vilket således medför att utövare har egna motiveringar till hur de arbetar med detta ämnesområde. Denna uppsats undersöker hur an

The purpose of this essay is to investigate if children to parents who separated, and were living in joint physical custody have maintained or developed routines and rituals. 10 young adults are interviewed, 4 female and 6 male. The analysis is thematic and with a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. The study shows that meeting points appear to be important in maintaining ro

Många organisationer arbetar aktivt med att kommunicera sin identitet genom värdeord, för att, förutom genom sina produkter, framhäva och placera sig på marknaden. Internet växer som plattform för organisationer att synas för sin publik och detta har lett till att många organisationer använder sin webbplats åt att kommunicera med sina publiker. Inte sällan uppstår dock en diskrepans, där en organiMany organizations communicate their identity through words of value, in order to, other than through their products, expose and place themselves on the market. Internet is a growing platform for organizations to be viewed by the public. Because of this, many organizations use their websites to communicate with their audiences. However, it is common for a discrepancy to arise, where an audience ca

Detta examensarbete bygger på en översättning av ett utdrag ur den amerikanska författaren Hettie Jones självbiografi How I Became Hettie Jones. Examensarbetet inleds med en textanalys av källtexten. Denna analys utgår från Lennart Hellspong och Per Ledins (2010) modell för textanalys. Därefter följer en översättningskommentar som undersöker svårigheterna i att överföra för källtexten centrala beg

As the focus of society was turned on the individual social problems were redefined in new terms and new methods in social work emerged. As a result of individualization psychotherapy is a self-proclaimed liberator of the individual. One psychotherapy in particular has received the attention and the recognition from the discipline of social work for its efficacy to help the individual in the strug

I 24 kap. BrB återfinns olika ansvarsfrihetsbestämmelser som medför att en annars brottslig handling går fri från straffrättsligt ansvar. I vissa fall kan ansvarsfrihet även meddelas utan uttryckligt lagstöd. I doktrin och praxis har ansvarsfrihet utan lagstöd inte sällan diskuterats vid olika samtyckeshandlingar, då samtycket, en lagreglerad ansvarsfrihetsbestämmelse i 24 kap. BrB, inte ensamt anIn the Swedish penal code (Brottsbalken) lawful defences to criminal acts are set out in chapter twenty-four. Even though an act is formally considered a crime, these defences exclude criminal responsibility. Several of the defences have been created in case law and some of them are still applied without formal support of the penal code. The purpose of this paper is to explore, examine and analyse

This thesis will study the notions of governance and corruption and thereby apply it to the case of Jamaica in order to understand how political corruption weakens the country´s governmental legitimacy and principles of democracy. Seeing that corruption is a symbol for the disintegration of state power, it is argued that corruption distorts development of political, social and economic institution

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: På stranden i Haväng på Österlen finns ett område precis norr om Verkeåns mynning där sanden är uppseendeväckande mörk, nästan svart på sina ställen. Söder om mynningen är sanden lika ljus som på vilken vanlig strand som helst. Det som ger denna färgskillnad är att sanden på den norra sidan av åns mynning delvis består av tunga mineral, varav några är mörka. DärAt the beach in Haväng, an area with remarkably dark sand is located just north of the outlet of Verkeån. The sand is almost black in some places. South of the outlet the sand is as light as normal beach sand. What gives this colour difference is that the sand north of Verkeån contains some heavy minerals, some of which are dark. The placer deposit contains among other minerals zircon, apatite, ru

This paper contributes to the debate as to whether or not Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) holds in the long run. This is done by looking at fractionally integrated processes (FIP) and using wavelets in order to obtain an Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimate of the long run memory parameter. Firstly, drawing on the theoretical framework behind PPP, this paper outlines the statistical background and

Denna uppsats fokuserar på hur lärande äger rum på en intern web 2.0-plattform i en global organisation när anställda utbyter kunskap och samarbetar med var-andra. Förpackningsföretaget Tetra Pak och web 2.0-plattformen Yammer utgör en fallstudie, för att kunna nå en djupgående förståelse för hur anställda interage-rar på plattformer av denna karaktär. Genom att studera de konversationer som ägerThis thesis focuses on how learning take place on an internal web 2.0-platform in a global organization when employees collaborate and share knowledge with each other. The packaging company Tetra Pak and the web 2.0-platform Yammer con-stitutes a case study, in order to get an in depth understanding of how employees interact on such platforms. By studying the conversations on Yammer and interview

År 1769 är ett årtal då Sverige var påverkat av många omvälvande omständigheter, och denna uppsats undersöker, utifrån ett dygde- och känsloperspektiv, vilket samband som under dessa orostider fanns mellan känslor och ansvar; om känslorna var ett sätt att uppmana till och att frammana ansvar. En av slutsatserna är att man, ur ett känsloperspektiv, kan beteckna de politiska pamfletterna som en dis

I det svenska straffsystemet åtnjuter alla brottsliga gärningar ett straffvärde. Så även narkotikabrott. För snart ett år sedan, i juni 2011, avkunnade HD en dom som tydligt syftade till att ändra praxis avseende hur straffvärdet ska fastställas i narkotikamål. De två tilltalade som åtalet huvudsakligen avsåg dömdes av HovR till 14 års fängelse vardera. HD sänkte straffen till fyra års fängelse. EAccording to Swedish penal law all criminal offenses deserves a penal val-ue. So while drug offenses. Nearly a year ago, in June 2011, the Supreme Court gave a judgment that was clearly aimed at changing practices in the assessment of the penal value of drug offenses. The two defendants in the indictment were each mainly sentenced by the Court of Appeals for 14 years in prison. The Supreme Court r

It is a common viewpoint that human rights, justice and law are interlinked with the institutions that we as a society create. Does that mean that, without institutions, there can be no rights? The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether or not there can be such a thing as human rights when there is no state to enforce them effectively. To achieve this purpose i have performed an analysis o