Intrusive recollections are one of the core symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Flashbacks, a subcategory of intrusive memory phenomena, are considered exclusive to the disorder, indicating a direct correlation between the traumatic event, the memory encoding and the subsequently intruding flashback. The experience of a flashback is defined as the highest degree of reliving, and the

The Thesis’ subject, a notion of trademark parodies, by its legal nature simultaneously belongs to two branches of law – an intellectual property law and a human rights law. Thus, it falls under umbrella of ongoing debate about relations between the aforementioned ones. A chosen area of the research – trademark law – narrows viewpoints to the specific perspectives. The question about parody in law

This paper uses a quantitative method of analysing if the idiosyncratic risk on the Stockholm Exchange has changed over time. In order to do so we divided the risk, measured as volatility, into three different risk categories, idiosyncratic-, industrial-, and market volatility. Analysing the result received from the data of 85 listed corporations, that represents the five major sections on the Swe

The research questions in this study address perceived effectiveness when performing common project management tasks with locally installed Project Management Tools software vs. Cloud Computing Project Management Tools software with Swedish as language. With the Competitive Values Framework framework as a basis, Usability Experiments and questionnaires are used to study perceived effectiveness usi

Our purpose is to analyze the ereader as a medium and its place on todays book market. We also try to understand what possible changes e-books might lead to in the book industry. Therefor we have attempted to put the ereader into a wider historical context of the evolution of the book. To do this we provide a basic, but necessary, description of the technology used in ereaders and tablets, and to

Detta examensarbete grundar sig på en översättning av en statsvetenskaplig och samtidshistorisk text om Pinochets regim och dess tid vid makten. Arbetets första del är en analys av källtexten som till största del följer modellen Hellspon & Ledin (1997). Sedan följer en förklaring av mina översättningsstrategier och kommentarer av min översättning. Arbetet fokuserar på översättarens val att ant

Europe, following the American model, became a Car Society during the Golden Age. In Sweden, mass-motorization spread faster and approximately ten years earlier than in the rest of the continent. This study aims to pinpoint factors explaining this advance. In general, living standards are considered as the determinant of private car diffusion; population dispersion is also assumed to be an acceler

This thesis aims to explore to what extent internal branding efforts foster the level of understanding necessary to allow a brand to act as the uniting force of a virtual web. We conclude that focusing on recruitment can establish a baseline for brand understanding, but refined communication processes are necessary to facilitate the level of understanding required to encourage web members to actua

This research is giving a descriptive view on reformation process of accounting education in Russia after collapse of the Soviet Union through the lens of transnational governance and institutional theory. The research was conducted using inductive approach and qualitative research design. The interviews were used as a main research tool supplemented with secondary source analysis. Five semi-struc

Key words: Corporate environmentalism, ecologic-economic decision-making, CSR worldviews Purpose: To explore environmental decision-aming processes at managers at Skanska, also with regard to enviornmental decison-making conceptualizations in theory. Method: The research of the thesis is based on a qualitative approach through the use of semi-structured and open interviews. Furthermore an interpre

Background and problem: In October 2010 the European Commission issued a Green Paper on Audit Policy in which they set out to draw lessons of the auditors’ role in the recent financial crisis. The European Commission considers the function of the audit to be a key contributor to investor confidence and suggests a number of controversial measures with the aim of ensuring financial stability in the

Den senaste ekonomiska krisen har skapat problem världen över, inte bara för företag utan även hela länder har varit nära kollaps. Börser världen över har fallit, stora finansiella institut har brutit samman eller köpts upp och regeringar även i de rikaste länder har använt sig av räddningspaket för att rädda sina finansiella system. Utifrån förändringarna i de ekonomiska förhållandena i världen a

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the audit expectations gap in Sweden and the public confidence in the audit profession. We analysed if and how Svenska Dagbladet’s critical articles about the audit profession affected both the public confidence and the audit expectations gap. In order to answer our purpose, we have used qualitative research methods. Our conclusion is that no crisis of conf

Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att förklara vilka faktorer som påverkar graden av upplevd revisionsnytta samt undersöka vilken typ av revisionsnytta småbolag anser vara mest betydande för beslutet att anlita en revisor. Metod: Studien antar en deduktiv ansats. Utifrån vald teori och existerande forskning formuleras hypoteser kring samband mellan en rad påverkansvariabler och grad av upplevd revisionsn

Uppsatsen är av en kvalitativ karaktär där det tolkande förhållningssättet ligger till grund. Material har samlats in vid olika intervjuer med Nordea, Handelsbanken och SEB. Forskningsfrågan för uppsatsen är: Vilka utmaningar och dimensioner existerar för kunskapsföretag när de ska kvalitetssäkra sina kundrelationer? Syftet med uppsatsen är att kartlägga vilka dimensioner och utmaningar som existe

Thesis Purpose: The main purpose of this research is to critically examine journalists’ work situation at SR from an identity perspective. Methodology: This thesis research concerns a case study, conducted from an interpretative, qualitative perspective. Theoretical Perspective: Previous research concerning Identity, Identity struggle and Dis-Identification provide a theoretical basis. This resear

Syfte: Uppsatsen ämnar bidra till den internationella ”Corporate Governance”-litteraturen genom att analysera samband mellan den totala ersättningen till VD och ägarförhållandena i företagen mellan åren 2005-2009. Metod: Metoden som används är kvantitativ och har ett deduktivt förhållningssätt eftersom den baseras på tidigare forskningsresultat och teorier. Vidare analyseras relationerna mellan in

This paper models the dynamics of capital structure listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ during 1995 to 2010. The subsamples classified by given leverage level and specified periods of time are tested. The main contribution is that macroeconomic conditions and firm characteristics are incorporated regressed for non-linearity test. We provide the evidence of non-linear patterns among low leverage and high