Biomass energy production is changing the dynamics of energy and agriculture. Straw, which was once considered a waste product, is now being used to fuel straw biomass boilers. These boilers have existed for some time as small-scale, low capacity farm boilers. In 2010 Lunds Energi Koncern will build a 145 MWh biomass boiler in Örtofta, Sweden. The 80,000 tons of straw required a year will create a

I denna studie har vi ur ett intressentperspektiv undersökt vem som tjänar på offentliga e-tjänster. Syftet med studien var att tydliggöra olika intressenters nytta av offentliga e-tjänster och visa på den påverkan som dessa har för olika intressenter. Detta gjordes med hjälp av en kvalitativ studie, som främst bestod av intervjuer med intressenter för barnomsorgse-tjänster i Simrishamns kommun. N

This essay aims to explain the fluctuations in the Swedish transition rate to higher education between 1923 and 2002. With theories of human capital, and screening, as points of departure, seven variables are selected and their correlation with the transition rate investigated by use of graphs and tables. The variables are unemployment, youth unemployment, the supply of academics, cohort size, num

The purpose of the thesis was to describe the Chinese stock market in order to analyse investors’ response to information release. We have studied a sample of Chinese companies listed on both the domestic stock exchange and the Hong Kong stock exchange. There are regulations regarding ownership of different stocks. International investors are not allowed to own type A-shares. These are primary own

Abstract Denna studie har vi ägnat åt att undersöka PRS-dokumenten, vilka innefattas under IMF och Världsbankens nya skuldreduceringsprogram som ska präglas av nationellt ägande, nationellt drivande och landsspecificering. Frågan vi ställt oss är om dessa dokument är landsspecifika eller om de är mer generellt utformade och då ej så anpassade till det enskilda landets förhållanden. Vi har även tag

This paper examines the problems of nature conservation in the Third World. A Pakistani community-based conservation project, the Palas Conservation and Development Project (PCDP), acts as a reference point. A field study was conducted to elicit the preferences of the benefactors and of the beneficiaries, i e the PCDP staff and the locals of the Palas Valley in which the project operates. Four pre

Tourism is often being viewed as one of the worlds largest sectors and a great contribution to growth and development. There is a large motivation amongst developing countries to promote themselves as a tourist destination, since they expect the tourism to generate economic growth. The government of Thailand has been promoting tourism since 1960, and the number of foreign visitors has increased fr

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur den differentierade elenergibeskattningen i Sverige påverkar konsumtionen av elkraft. Uppsatsen redogör i en bakgrund för nuvarande lagstiftning angående beskattning av elkraft. Speciellt belyser den de regler som skiljer de olika grupper med avseende på hur mycket de betalar i energiskatt för elektrisk kraft. Här redogörs också för varför lagen utformades

Uppsatsen är ett resultat av en explorativ studie som undersöker projektledarens uppfattning av interaktionsdesign ur ett resursperspektiv. Detta görs genom en kvalitativ undersökning med projektledare för systemutvecklingsprojekt. Utifrån vilka det gjordes en nulägesrapport om hur vida resurserna som läggs på interaktionsdesign är adekvata. För att få en ytterligare aspekt på behovet intervjuades

Geographical Indications (GIs) are collective property rights, which identify a good as originating from a specific geographical region. If the producers of GI products can signal to the consumers the specific qualities their products possess, qualities that are attributable to the land, then – due to the products ties to their region of production – GI products are considered to have potentials t

Abstract This paper discusses protectionism of intellectual property rights in general and the conflict between large pharmaceutical companies’ rights to patent and developing countries’ rights to cheap generic preparation in particular. The essay focuses above all on HIV/AIDS medicine. The description tries to give an image of the different interests that collide and why they collide. The differe

Background: Many of the architectural discussions and proposals, currently being held and formulated at IBM, focus on service-oriented architecture (SOA). In fact, every other day, IBM employees receive mails containing SOA information. Having in mind that IBM is one of the leading consultant and software companies in the world, as well as considering that this architecture is said to be an improv

Prognostisering, marknadsindex, branschindex

In this paper, the role of inequality in growth economics is investigated. Barro (2000) found a positive interaction between inequality and GDP on the growth rate, using data for 1960-2000. This paper focuses on a robustness check of his results due to a revision of the Ginis from Deininger and Squire (1997) in the WIID2 dataset. My regressions cover the same time periods and include additional da

By using data from Ecovision on the DJ AIG commodity index made up of commodity futures and the OMX index consisting of Swedish equities I have estimated the correlation between Swedish equities and US commodity futures. The correlation has been examined in a multivariate GARCH setting by using the BEKK model. The purpose has been to examine if commodity futures from a US exchange market can impro

Due to miserable living conditions and an uneven distribution of land in the rural parts of Brazil there has been a widespread migration into the urban areas during the last 40 years. Greater parts of the population live in the cities and make their living within the informal sector lacking access to important services such as education and health care. In this study we argue for and discuss the n

Samhällsfunktioner och andra typer av tjänster erbjuds i allt högre grad via webben. För att inte riskera att stänga vissa grupper ute från de fördelar denna utveckling erbjuder, behöver tjänster på webben göras tillgängliga även för grupper med särskilda behov. Gemenskap och delaktighet även för grupper med särskilda behov kännetecknar ett demokratiskt IT-samhälle. Förmågan att hantera tid är cen

Behoven i världen kan ständigt förändras. Dessa behov kan även styra systemutvecklingen. Studiens syfte är att genom litteraturstudier samt en fallstudie komma fram till metoder genom vilka behoven blir faktorer för framtida systemutveckling. Ett färdigt system kan bli implementerat trots att det innehåller fel. Användare samt utvecklare blir därefter inblandade i underhållet samt vidareutveckling

To our knowledge, this paper first analyze firms multiples by using relative valuation and employed them as indicator of Asian market performance after 1997 Asian crisis. The observations range from year 1997 to year 2007 by defining a sample of firms in 13 industries from 10 countries located in Asia. We considered five widely used multiples in our research: Price per Sales, ROIC, EV/ EBITDA, Pri

Remittances are the second largest inflow of capital to the Philippines after Foreign Direct Investment. The Philippines are a lower middle income country with about 33 percent of its 76.5 million population living in poverty. Earlier research on remittances and poverty agrees on the positive effects of remittances on poverty. This thesis’ objective is to show how remittances are distributed among