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Utgångspunkten för denna kandidatuppsats i sociologi har varit att granska de dilemman som ordningsvakter i handeln kan hamna i när de ska verkställa åtgärder där olika huvudaktörer har anspråk på hur arbetet ska utföras. Tillvägagångssättet har varit kvalitativt. Genom att utföra semistrukturerade intervjuer med åtta ordningsvakter har de själva fått berätta hur de upplever sin situation. Utifrån
Abstract Title: The Effect of Equity Issue Announcement on Large Cap, Mid Cap and and Small Cap Date: 2011-09-02 Authors: Aleksandra Mraovic and Sukhlin Kaur Sidhu Advisor: Anne-Marie Pålsson Level: Bachelor thesis, 15 credits Theme: Department of Economics Keywords: Event study, efficient market hypothesis, abnormal returns, equity issues, market capitalization, Stockholm Stock Exchange P
The purpose with this essay is to examine whether there are significant differences between companies which have takeover targets and those which have not. Furthermore the possibility of predicting future acquisitions by studying key ratios is examined. Existing theories of acquisition motives and foremost previous studies with the purpose of constructing models for predicting takeover targets hav
Syfte: Att klargöra vad auktorisationen av redovisningskonsulten innebär samt undersöka huruvida bankerna ser bokslutsrapporten som ett möjligt substitut till revisionsberättelsen vid kreditgivning. Metod: Vi har genomfört en kvalitativ undersökning bestående av semistrukturerade besöksintervjuer med respondenter från revisions- och redovisningsbyråer samt banker. Teoretiskt perspektiv: Uppsatsens
An applied quantitative complement for fundamentally driven hedge funds incorporating non-normal modeling and asset allocation optimization
The analysis shows that underpricing exists on the European market during 1999-2010 and that PE backed firms usually experience a lower underpricing than non-PE backed companies. Maturity, earnings management and company size are variables explaining underpricing for PE firms. For non-PE backed IPOs, earnings management is the only statistically significant variable explaining the underpricing. In
Coordinating global projects with resources from all around the world is more dependent of the team members´ background, attitude and personality rather than cultural differences. The projects that gave the apprehension of working in a team instead of a group of people resulted in more successful projects. The projects that were the most complex to manage, with resources from different offices and
För att nå långsiktig framgång måste företag röra sig snabbare och anpassa sig bättre till omgivningen än sina konkurrenter. Ett sätt att göra detta är att ta del av innovati-va teknologier för att skapa konkurrensfördelar. Nowaste Logistics som är en tredje-partsleverantör inom frukt och grönsaksmarknaden, beslutade år 2008 att införa RFID-teknologi för att öka spårbarheten på sina varor och på s
The thesis circles around Social Media, B2B Brand Building and Business Performance Measurements. In the intersection between these a knowledge gap was identified. The following research questions were formed: How should companies go about when implementing Social Media? How should the performance of Social Media engagement be measured? The urgency for answering these questions was identified. Thi
Problemställning: Inom byggkonsultbranschen finns i dagsläget en stark tradition av att använda prissättningsmodellen löpande räkning. För att nå ökad lönsamhet har värdföretaget för studien satt ett mål att öka andelen uppdrag som utförs baserat på alternativa prissättningsmodeller. Vilka är då orsakerna till dagens låga arvodesnivåer i branschen? Varför är och har det varit svårt att genomföra e
Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate if portfolios whose composition is based on fundamental values (FVs) outperform a market value (MV)-weighted benchmark portfolio in terms of mean-variance efficiency on the Swedish stock market. We also seek to answer if an investment strategy, which focuses on the difference in composition between these two weighting methods, can further enhance th
The production philosophy at Tetra Pak Japan is make-to-order. Although, in reality it is more make-to-stock due to the current pricing structure based on discounts for large volume orders. As a result, the inventory levels are high and the responsiveness towards customer demand is limited. Alongside, the marketplace is changing and the competition is increasing. This calls for a change in the sup
Countries around the world are employing renewable energy policies to increase renewable electricity in their electricity mix. Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), located in the Caribbean, has endogenous sources of oil and natural gas and has not yet capitalised on sources of renewable energy. The country‟s electricity is currently dominantly generated from natural gas however the natural gas reserves
With the rapid economic development, China has accelerated its trade and investment at home and abroad. China’s banking sector, in supporting financial activities with capital flow, has become an emerging force at international financial stage. Meanwhile, this numerous amount of cashes provide banks an environment for excessive lending and investments. The increasing environmental accidents have s
What this paper endeavors to achieve is an exploration into the issues behind and within the debate surrounding the inclusion of GM plants in a green economic framework. What is first described is the green economic framework, what it is, how it works, why it is desired. Following this is the subject of plant biotechnology, what it is and how it differs from conventional plant breeding, its potent
Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme, proposed in 2008,is the first of its kind energy efficiency trading scheme in India. PAT aims for improving the energy efficiency in the eight most energy intensive large scale industrial sectors, covering almost 54% of the total energy consumption in India, through certification of energy savings which can be traded. This thesis seeks to provide an early i
The objective of this thesis has been to explore the potential for expansion of wind power in Serbia, through analysis of the key drivers and barriers for further development. This has been done primarily through literature review and semi-structured interviews. After elaborating on the institutional setting and national legal framework, this thesis examines international circumstances that impact
Vid uppsägning på grund av arbetsbrist åligger det arbetsgivaren att enligt huvudregeln i 22 § fjärde stycket LAS upprätta en turordningslista för berörda arbetstagare. På listan ges arbetstagare med lång anställningstid företräde till fortsatt anställning framför arbetstagare med kortare anställningstid. Med anledning av lagens dispositivitet finns dock möjligheten att även avtala om andra kriter
This work presents a way of analysing photographs stored in Canon’s CR2-format in order to analyse the light intensity profile of the area where the photographs were taken. A set of underwater photographs of the habitat of the Cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, were provided for this thesis. The light intensity profile of the habitat of the cuttlefish is of interest because of the unusual shape of its pupil
