Denna studie har för avsikt att göra en noggrann beskrivning av Rysslands långa anslutningsprocess till WTO och göra en undersökning av anledningar till varför processen har sträckt sig över 18 år. Denna beskrivning utgår från tre olika perspektiv: presentation av fyra officiella förhandlingsområden, utredning av externa faktorer (utanför själva förhandlingarna) som påverkat anslutningsprocessen o

Geografiska ursprungsbeteckningar är ett rättsområde under stark utveckling och detta har resulterat i att den nuvarande lagstiftningen är dåligt anpassad till den situation som råder idag. Flertalet olika värden är sammankopplade med existensen av de geografiska ursprungsbeteckningarna och genom deras vitt skilda betydelser för WTO:s medlemmar så är det svårt att uppnå konsensus kring ämnet och hGeographical indications are a juridical area under high pressure of development and these circumstances have made the current WTO- regulation incompatible with the situation of today. The geographical indications represent a wide range of different values. These values have a numerous form and symbolize different aspects to all of WTO:s members. In this context it is understandable that a lot of

The study investigates if the level of diversity in the board of directors of 54 Swedish Large Cap firms have any effect on company performance measured as return on assets and market-

I denna uppsats har vi genom fallstudier på Procordia och OLW, undersökt hur studenters perception av företags arbetsgivarvarumärke påverkas av storleken på varumärkesportföljen. Detta har gjorts genom kvalitativa intervjuer med anställda på de olika företagen och specialister samt en kvantitativ undersökning bland studenter vid Lunds och Uppsala universitet. Då Procordia och OLW båda ägs av Orkla

In principal our empirical findings confirm the applicability of the Uppsala Model on SMEs. However we believe the Uppsala Model to be very general. This is the reason why it fails to explain some complexities in the real world. Simultaneously the model’s general approach is also its biggest strength. Since it focuses on explaining the fundamental elements of internationalizing firms it is possibl

Previous empirical research has developed many theoretical frameworks to explain the motives behind risk management and provide evidence that hedging does add value to the firm. However, the effect of disclosure on firm value has often been researched separately and the effect of hedging disclosure on the hedging premium is still largely untested today. This provides us with an opportunity to brin

The aim of the paper is to compare the phenomenon of clustering in Russia, in terms of innovation policy to sustainable economic growth, with the positive experience of implementation of cluster approach to innovation in the EU as a part of the EU innovation strategy to competitiveness, within the theoretical framework of RIS. By aspiring to boost its global competitiveness Russia pursues innovati

Den här uppsatsen grundar sig på en översättning av sex olika artiklar med operativa riktlinjer för Unescos konvention om skydd och främjande av mångfalden av kulturyttringar. Uppsatsen inleds med en källtextanalys som följs av överväganden inför översättningen samt några ord om översättningsstrategin som valdes med utgångspunkt ur vad som framkom av textanalysen. Uppsatsen avslutas med en översät

In March 2011 the Swedish government appointed a committee to investigate and analyze the literature’s situation and the literature area. The committee will not investigate the conditions and positions of the actors on the book market, nor analyze the distribution of the National Arts Council’s literature support – a support with the purpose to encourage publication of quality literature with grea

Both Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness and Francis Ford Coppola's film Apocalypse Now are regarded as outstanding works in their respective field of art. Their reputation rests partly on their artistic value and partly on their preoccupation with topics which were highly relevant at the time of their publication/release. They are for the most part regarded as independent works of a

According to society and the media, many social workers are often exposed to threats or violence, or to threats of violence, at work. Social workers can work in numerous different fields, including in social welfare. The purpose of this study was to examine how such welfare workers experience their work situation from an exposure point of view. A total or four interviews were held with welfare off

Through time Sweden has become a multicultural society due to the immigration. Statistics show that foreign-born persons have a lot more difficulties to confront compared to Swedish-born people, not least at the labour market. The integration in the Swedish society is often seen as deficient because of the situation at the labour market and in relation to the Swedish language. But integration is a

This master thesis investigates the subjective scope of the arbitration agreement and whether a non-signatory group company can be bound by an arbitration agreement entered into by another group company within the same group. The investigation is based on a typical situation in which the non-signatory group company acts in conjunction with the signatory group company prior to, during and after exe

Deltagarna i studien bestod av 183 personer (31 kvinnor, 152 män) misstänka för stalkningsbrott som blev bedömda med riskbedömningsinstrumentet Stalking Assessment Management (SAM). Syftet var att analysera deras resultat efter könsskillnader i fråga om stalkningsbeteende, riskfaktorer hos förövaren och sårbarhetsfaktorer hos offret. Av totalt 30 riskfaktorerna i SAM var det fem stycken som skiljd

Abstract Author: Marina Linder Title: The media portrayal of the social services – a study of two Swedish tabloid magazines Supervisor: Lars Harrysson The objective of this study was to explore how media creates a picture by using the social services in Sweden as an example. The method being used is qualitive content analysis on 23 articles from two major national tabloid newspapers. The material

Research Aim and Questions: The research aims at addressing the question of dialectics between formal political culture and civic culture through internet as a new media with a concentration on the US government’s war discourse and the US anti-war activism. The main research question is: what are the dialectics between the US anti-war activism and the US state from February 2009 (Barack Obama’s in

Authors: Emelie Ekroth Coloma and Pauline Conradsson Title: H I S S- Heteronormativity in the junior high school sex education Supervisor: Tabitha Wright Nielsen Assessor: Lars Harrysson Sexuality is something that affects everyone in some way during most of their lives, no matter age, sex or language. Heterosexuality is currently the sexual orientation that is norm in Sweden. This is called hete

Under 2008, fick uthyrning av lyxväskor mycket uppmärksamhet efter att det diskuterats i filmen Sex and the City. Sedan dess har flera uthyrningssidor som specialiserar sig på väskor startats. Detta har gjort det möjligt för vem som helst att bära en lyxväska och inte enbart de väldigt kapitalstarka. Litteratur och tidigare forskning menar att det mest centrala hos människan är att äga sina saker.