This paper investigates the firm and transaction characteristics of PIPE issuers. Whereas previous empirical studies have been focused on the U.S. market, this paper focuses on the characteristics of the European market and also examines the importance of PIPEs as a source of financing and the impact of the institutional settings in key European countries. My findings show that many PIPE issuers a

This essay examines the Twilight fandom and the experience of being a fan. Our main purpose is to show the fandom culture from the fan’s point of view. This ambition stems from the notion that the Twilight fans themselves seldom are addressed and allowed to speak in their own words in regards to what it means to be a Twilight fan and how they pratice their fandom. The mediated discourses tends to

Nuförtiden är det vanligt att det spelas musik på operationssalen under pågående operation. Detta kan ha inflytande på operationssjuksköterskors hälsa, välbefinnande, kommunikationen med operationsteamet och arbetsmiljön. Syfte: Att beskriva operationssjuksköterskors upplevelser av musik på operationssalen under pågående operation. Metod: 10 semistrukturerade intervjuer gjordes och analyserades me

The thesis studies on the inequalities in health as an issue of the subject Health Economics. Inequalities in health is also known as a consequence of the inequalities in socioeconomic status and factors such as income, age, gender, education, employment status, place of residence, and etc. Due to the limitation on time and data, the thesis focuses on the urban individual statistics of China in th

This paper characterizes the impact of the adoption of the euro on Swedish export pattern. Present papers present a new method in order to analyze trade patterns by empirically analyze the effects on trade by estimating the changes via the trade margins. In this paper I also use this method in order to analyze if the export of Swedish products has generated new trade in new goods or increased trad

The purpose of this thesis is to try to establish a mechanism that will enable the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf to get access to legal interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The mandate of the Commission is to validate the outer limits line delineated by coastal States. For that, the Commission has to apply provisions of the Convention. The use

A Shot in the Dark - A discourse analysis of the public talk of sex solicitation The aim of this study was to examine the public discourse of people who purchase sexual services in Sweden, and it’s implication on the official strategies to counteract prostitution. The study was conducted through qualitative text analysis of public documents. The analyzed documents were published both before and a

Attention to the role of religious NGOs (RNGOs) in international arenas has grown in the past decade. This study explored the role of values in the policies of RNGOs involved in humanitarian aid. It sought to compare the values of RNGOs with varying levels of involvement with the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) in order to determine if values may be an issue inhibiting cooperat

In my essay I investigate the most commonly used concepts of freedom in political theory. I then argue that freedom as non-dominance and freedom as autonomy, used as political concepts, seem to describe the same relationship.

Authors: Elin Nordin and Ida Gustavsson Title: To defeat the invincible – a salutogenic content analysis of superkids’ upbringing Supervisor: Torbjörn Hjort Assessor: Elizabeth Martinell Barfoed The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze three so called superkids’ upbringing with the assistance from a salutogenesis perspective. We intend to research what factors the children express a

Using data cross-sectional data from the UNDP/PACT Myanmar’s “Outcome/Impact Assessment fro Microfinance Project 2011”, the purpose of this study is to see if women who are members of a microfinance program are more empowered than non-members. The study also attempts to find what factors that are important for women’s empowerment. To create a measurement of empowerment, and index-based approach is

Genomgående ämne för denna uppsats är ansvar för andra. I en näringsverksamhet uppkommer flera situationer där det, för näringsidkarens del, kan bli tal om ansvar för någon annan. Ett sådant ansvar, i denna uppsats kallat ”utsträckt ansvar” eller ”kedjeansvar”, innebär att näringsidkaren kan bli ansvarig för någon annans agerande. Uppsatsen ämnar klarlägga huruvida det föreligger gemensamma grund

Distansavtalslagen (DAL) stadgades för att skydda konsumenter, som innehar den svagare positionen i ett avtalsförhållande på distans med en näringsidkare. Dock föreligger det undantag inom DAL. Undantagen denna uppsats behandlar är undantaget för konsumentens ångerrätt vid avtal om fritidsevenemang, enligt 2 kap. 3 § 4 p. DAL och regleringen gällande undantaget för näringsidkarens fullgörelse vid

The aim of the study was to find out teachers and counselors conceptions of responsibility when a student offends another student at the web out of school. We held six semi structured qualitative interviews, three with teachers and three with counselors. They were asked about the wellbeing of bullied students, the interpretation of law by adults in school, what kind of responsibility the staff con

Kronan har mellan åren 2009 och 2013 stärkts mot euron, dollarn och det brittiska pundet. Detta har i sin tur lett till en debatt kring en potentiell övervärdering av kronan och dess effekter på exporten. Tidigare studier som behandlar kronans värdering har främst fokuserat på perioder före 2001. Den senaste utvecklingen av växelkursen motiverar därför ny analys av kronan. Studien tar sin början e

Min uppsats behandlar i vilken mån man fortfarande, som fysisk person, kan anses vara obegränsat skattskyldig i Sverige även efter det att man har flyttat härifrån. Då området är omfattande har jag valt att ytterligare avgränsa mig till att behandla i vilken mån bolagsengagemang kan utgöra en sådan grund. Jag har valt att använda mig av traditionell juridisk metod i mitt arbete och som stöd för miMy paper discusses the extent to which a private person may be considered to be fully taxable in Sweden even after they have emigrated. The area is extensive so I have chosen to limit myself to examining the extent to which involvement in a company could constitute such a basis. I have chosen to use traditional legal methods in my work and in support of my argument. It may be important to individu

Institutions are commonly thought of as crucial determinants for economic development. This argument is also prominent in the literature regarding property rights institutions as many studies stress their significance for economic performance. In light of these studies, many international organizations have argued strongly for land rights reforms in developing countries as means to reduce poverty,

Author: Karin Andréasson and Elin Björk Title: The meaning of recognition. –Romani women’s experiences of education as a way to inclusion. Supervisor: Hanna Wittrock Assessor: Elizabeth Martinell Barfoed The aim of this study was to examine the situation of Romani women in Sweden. More specifically, to investigate Romani women’s experiences of and view on education as a way to increase the inclu

This bachelor thesis studies the process of the culture and arts economic support system in the municipality of Lund. It aims to define problems concerning the current support system, which in the present situation appears in form of a stagnant cultural eco system. To do this participant observation have been used as a method and interviews and communications analysis as complementary methods. The

Bemanningsbranschen är idag allmänt accepterad i Sverige och bemanningsföretagen har sedan avregleringen av arbetsförmedlingsmonopolet 1993 etablerats starkt på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. Detta har inneburit en förändring av det traditionella anställnings- förhållandet till att bli en trepartsrelation. Detta trepartsförhållande, där nu tre parter istället för två måste kooperera har visat sig sk