Title: The quest for a hedging premium: how hedging strategy affects firm value. Seminar date: 2014-05-22 Course: FEKN90 Authors: Gustav Brobert and Matilda Rist Advisor: Håkan Jankensgård Purpose: The purpose is to investigate the relationship between hedging strategy and firm value. Methodology: A set of six regressions is used to investigate the relationship between hedging strategy and firm

The increasing trends of immigration in the affluent North nation-states from the global South has led to the growing awareness of the problem of immigrants' political integration and their resulting participation in the existing political systems of this nation.The importance of this subject is underscored by the challenges posed to the established understanding of nation and citizenship, on

The proposed evaluation process concluded with providing some suggestions for the stockyard that helps S:t Eriks Staffanstorp to work in a more time efficient way, to achieve a better customer service related to shipping times. The solution is divided into two different ideas: storing according the ABC analysis assigning the areas close to the shipping area the A products, and the second one is fo

Abstract The purpose of this essay is to empirically examine the impact of euro debt crisis in Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain in terms of their trade patterns relative to the export performance of OECD countries. Panel data for 34 OECD countries are investigated with fixed effects within a gravity model framework for period 1992-2012. In such a way, the benchmark model of the paper con

The automation industry is facing many challenges with higher demands on their production process. Technology used today does not allow for fast changes in the production line. This thesis will investigate how services can be modelled using a new standard OPC UA for data exchange. Encapsulation of the mechatronic functions as services will allow for creating control software using a SOA approach.

Examensarbetets titel: Från buzzword till sanning? Seminariedatum: 2014-06-05 Ämne/kurs: FEKH29, Examensarbete i marknadsföring på kandidatnivå, 15HP Författare: Jeanna Lundberg och Julia Undin Handledare: Jon Bertilsson Fem nyckelord: buzzword, fad, svenska reklambranschen, content marketing, fäste Syfte: Att förbättra tidigare kunskap om hur reklambyråer i Sverige hanterar samt förhåller siTitle: From buzzword to truth? Seminar date: 2014-06-05 Course: FEKH29, Bahelor Thesis in Business Administration, specialization in marketing, Undergraduate level, 15ECTS Authors: Jeanna Lundberg and Julia Undin Advisor: Jon Bertilsson Key words: buzzword, fad, the Swedish advertising business, content marketing, attachment Purpose: Improving prior knowledge of how advertising agencies in S

The aim of this paper is to discuss and explore two new innovative public library activities and their relation to the concept of public libraries. The study is based on observational studies and qualitative research interviews with librarians and users. Both activities have been successful in reaching out to users and both activities received positive reviews from users. The study shows that both

Democratization is one of the most studied and problematic areas in political science. Democracy theories are gaining more power and influence in society and researchers are gaining greater influence over those who work practically with development and democratization. This paper will investigate why Ethiopia is not becoming more democratic, despite the fact that the country has moved from a milit

In the German electrical market, where no hydro power is present, the demand for regulating power is rising. The main reason for this is the expansion of solar and wind power, which is desirable from an environmental standpoint, but also introduces large and fast variations in production. To keep the necessary balance between production and consumption, the operation of thermal power plants is cha

Abstract We have done a study about how gender is constructed in substance abuse care. The aim is to see the constructions of gender on treatment centers by seeing how the staff, organization and treatment constructs gender. Our range is strategically selected to be able to answer the questions we had. Respondents represent seven people in three different treatment centers. To get answers to our q

Grooming är en systematisk process, som för det första kränker barn och för det andra möjliggör att barn kan utsättas för fysiska övergrepp. Barn blir lurade särskilt av gärningsmän då de inte har samma skyddsmekanismer och riskmedvetande som en vuxen person. Kommunikationsteknologins framväxt under 2000-talet har utökat möjligheterna för vuxna som vill ta kontakt med barn i sexuellt syfte. År 200Grooming is a systematic process, which firstly violates children, and secondly enables children to be subjected to physical forms of abuse. Children are deceived especially as they lack the same psychological safety mechanisms and risk awareness as that of an adult. The growth of communications technology during the 21st century has increased the possibilities for adults that seek contact with ch

Vid sidan av civilprocess och skiljeförfarande kan kommersiella parter av-tala om att en tvist dem emellan ska avgöras av en inhyrd konsult. Om tvis-ten genomförs som att judiciellt förfarande benämns förfarandet i den här uppsatsen privatdomarförfarande. Konsulten benämns privatdomare. I civilprocessen och i skiljeförfarandet kräver lagregler att en part ska ha möjlighet att få uttala sig innan Instead of using litigation or arbitration, commercial parties may hire a con-sultant to settle their dispute. If the dispute resolution method is judicial in its character, this thesis defines it as private judging (privatdomarför-farande). The consultant is called a private judge (privatdomare). Litigation and arbitration have rules granting the parties to a dispute the right to prior notice and

Russia have recently started to reassert themselves in their near abroad. With their annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea peninsula following an independence referendum other post-Soviet states have been looking at their Russian minorities nervously for signs of similar separatist tendencies. This paper will examine if there are valid reasons for these fears. To do this a comparative study has been

This essay aims to investigate how Amnesty International handles the so called peace versus justice dilemma in post-conflict societies. This is done by studying a number of Amnesty publications published between 1996 and 2000, concerning various aspects of justice within the peacebuilding-process in Sierra Leone. More concretely, what is studied is whether Amnesty tends to prefer judicial (trials)

This thesis looks at the effects a coffee cooperative in the municipality of Salgar has on its member farmers, and its implication for rural development in the region. Coffee cooperatives have become important strategic institutions within the coffee sector in the country, instigated by the National Coffee Growers Federation. It is the only agricultural sector in the country where farmers can be g

Då människor utsätts för utvecklingsorsakad tvångsförflyttning utsätts de för en stor risk att drabbas av marginalisering. Utvecklingsorsakad tvångsförflyttning innebär flera olika risker för de förflyttade personerna. Dessa risker måste förebyggas för att motverka att marginalisering för de förflyttade uppstår. Uppsatsen studerar utvecklingsorsakad tvångsförflyttning för projektet Integrated Hous

Problem/Bakgrund: Genom den teknologiska utvecklingen har ungdomar idag vuxit upp i en värld där den digitala kommunikationen har blivit en naturlig del i vardagen och där de ständigt kommunicerar via telefonsamtal, sms och sociala medier. Vad händer egentligen mellan ungdomarna och deras kommunikation via mobiltelefonen – den ständiga flexibla kommunikation, där det verbala språket har fått en al

The purpose of this study is to see how re-enactment groups in Sweden are integrated in the museum context, environment and activities and what purposes the re-enactment associations and museums have with the performances at the museum. The study also focuses on the relationships between museum and re-enactors and the re-enactors experiences with museums. From the 1990’s, Swedish politicians ha

I dagens postindustriella och globaliserade planering kan man i litteratur urskilja två dominerande planeringsteorier vilka står i kontrast mot varandra, nyliberal respektive kommunikativ planeringsteori. Den nyliberala planeringsteorin utgår från en stark tro på den fria marknaden där ett decentraliserat och effektivt styre skapar planerade lösningar som gagnar den ekonomiska tillväxten, där väls