This thesis addresses different aspects of the legal perspective on the patentability, valuation, and scope of biotech patents in the European Union and the United States when mergers & acquisitions transactions are in question. To facilitate mergers & acquisition of a biotechnology company a specific regulatory environment must be established, particularly what effects the most such trans

According to researches, China is aging faster than any other country in history. Meanwhile, China has been a country with a close-family-ties-tradition for over thousand years. However, as the family structures are getting smaller, people’s lifestyle is also changing over time. Nowadays, the word ‘a distance of a bowl of soup’ is quite popular in between all generations. It represents an ideal wa

Sustainable development requires a change of values, norms, and capabilities within individuals and societies, and education is a crucial means to achieve these goals. However, transformation is not a simple task as dominant structures due to path-dependency and lock-in processes resist change, put pressure on innovative approaches, and hinder their potential for change. Thus the question is how s

The transgression of Earth’s nine planetary boundaries is a phenomena that will have consequences shared by us all. Contemporary political and economic paradigms vow for the substitution of Earth’s limited natural capital with growing human capital for our self-aggrandizing interests. Based on the lack of collective action towards sustainability, international bodies such as the Intergovernmental

I en undersökning från 2012 som publicerats av Statskontoret uppgavs det att Sveriges markanvisningssystem hade fått kritik för att vara för oförutsebart och det ifrågasattes om dåvarande system gynnade konkurrens och likabehandling av byggherrar. För att öka transparens och konkurrens samt för att hitta ett verktyg som kan utgöra ett bra stöd för kommunerna, infördes 1 januari 2015 lag (2014:899)This master thesis evaluates the outcome of the Law (2014:899) on guidelines for municipal land use that were adopted in 2015. According to this, all the municipalities who work with the land allocation processes, must adopt guidelines for this process. The law does not regulate in detail and it is therefore open for interpretations. The reason to adopt the law was to increase transparency, predic

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om körsång kan användas som ett verktyg för att motverka psykisk ohälsa bland ungdomar genom elevhälsan. Vidare undersöktes även huruvida körpedagoger ser fördelar med att beakta körsångens hälsoeffekter i sin egen undervisning, och hur möjligheten för att använda körsång inom elevhälsan i dagens gymnasieskola ser ut. För att genomföra studien gjordes tre kThe purpose of this study is to investigate if choir singing can be used as a tool to prohibit mental illness or bad mental health amongst youths through student health services. The study also investigates if choir teachers can see benefits of teaching choir with choir singings health effects in mind, and what the possibility is to use choir singing as a tool in today’s high schools (Swedish gymn

Products and systems form the bridge between production and consumption, helping to shape our society and lifestyles. Biomimicry uses design principles based on those seen in nature, aiming to emulate the natural sustainability seen from the 3.8 billion years of life on earth. However, there is no current measure to determine how sustainable applications of biomimicry actually are. The aim of this

Indonesia, as per their stance on the Paris Agreement and social development goals (SDG), has been on a winding journey to meet their renewable energy targets. In providing the national electricity, the state electricity company (PLN) is still deriving more than 70% of its energy sources from coal and oil As per 2018, only up to 8% of on-grid power is generated from renewable energy sources, and t

This thesis examines the Multifunctional Land Redistribution Fund, launched in March 2020 by the Danish Ministry of Environment and Food, and the outcomes this policy may propel. The Fund takes aim at multiple issues of sustainability related to land use: biodiversity loss, groundwater contamination, nutrient leaching, and rural development. The Fund is to serve as a pilot project for large-scale

After almost two years living in Malmö, I discovered Nyhamnen by reading about the municipality plans for the area in a local newspaper. The mere realization that I was not aware of such a large area, only five minutes walking from the central station was both surprising and challenging. Since then, the aim of this thesis has been to develop an urban proposal that even though it is an academic exe

I takt med att agila metoder utvecklats har flertalet agila ramverk utformats. I och med detta har även ledarskapet genomgått en utveckling. Utvecklingen av ledarskapet har lett till mer engagerade och självorganiserade team. Ett av de agila ramverken är SCRUM. I ramverket har scrum mastern i uppgift att skapa ett meningsfullt ledarskap genom att bland annat visa empati, bygga gemenskap och låta t

In this thesis, we consider a deep learning approach to predict material properties. Primarily we study artificial neural networks (ANN), which predict the energy distance to the convex hull (measure of stability) of perovskites. Further, we explore if the networks can be generalised to predict band gaps and unit cell volume. We also demonstrate total energy calculations using density functional t

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att titta på hur ett företag med sina risker spridda över olika branscher arbetar med att förstärka sin verksamhet i förhållande till framfarten av en global kris, i detta fall Covid-19. För denna studiens genomförande har vi valt att förhålla oss till företagets upplevda styrkor i förhållande till krishantering och hur denna krishantering kan hjälpa till att bibehållaPurpose: The purpose of the study is to look at how a company with its risks spread across different industries is working to strengthen its operations in relation to the progress of a global crisis, in this case Covid-19. As the purpose of this study, we have chosen to relate to the company's perceived strengths in relation to crisis management and how this crisis management can help maintain

This Master thesis investigated the perceived congruence between the gender of male and female football teams and the gender of the companies that are engaging in the sponsoring of these football teams. By applying the theory of brand gender, each sponsoring company has been classified in the feminine/masculine/androgynous gender domain, thereby allowing for the comparison between the gender of th

Examensarbetets titel: Inkubatorer: Nyckeln till legitimitet? En kvalitativ studie om hur tillhörigheten till en inkubator skapar legitimitet för startupföretag Seminariedatum: 2020-06-03 Ämne/kurs: FEKH19, Examensarbete kandidatnivå i Strategic Management, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Simon Blackman, Erik Landgren, Clara Ramshage Handledare: Olof Hallonsten Fem nyckelord: Liability of Newness, Title: Incubators: The key to legitimacy? A qualitative study on how incubators generate legitimacy for startups Seminar date: 2020-06-03 Course: FEKH19, Business Administration: Bachelor Degree Project in Strategic Management Undergraduate Level, 15 ECTS Authors: Simon Blackman, Erik Landgren, Clara Ramshage Advisor: Olof Hallonsten Key words: Liability of Newness, Incubator, Legitimacy, Startup

The aim of this thesis is to investigate if the machine learning based classification procedure, Random Forest, provides superior prediction performance compared to a logistic regression model fitted using the LASSO framework, when predicting outcomes in corporate takeover situations. This is done in the context of merger arbitrage, an event-driven investment strategy. The classification models ar

This paper examines the potential effects of Donald Trump’s Twitter activity on the stock market. This is investigated with different methods starting out with limiting Trump’s tweets into tweets including four potentially impactful keywords as well as classifying the tweets into different senti-ments. To further test the theory of the tweets possible effect on the market an event study was constr

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur bygg- och fastighetsbranschen arbetar med problematiken kring värmeböljor och höga inomhustemperaturer i bostäder. Målsättningen är att få förståelse för problematiken, utreda och bidra med kunskap inom ämnet för bostäder i befintligt bestånd respektive nyproduktion. Inledningsvis genomfördes en litteraturstudie vilken var ämnad att skapa en omfattande och The purpose of the study is to investigate how the construction and real estate industry work with the problems concerning heat waves and high indoor temperatures in housing. The objective is to obtain an understanding, to investigate and to contribute with knowledge of the problem for existing housing and for future housing. Initially, a literature study was conducted which was intended to creat

Syfte: Undersöka ifall fenomenet långsiktig underavkastning för IPO:s är förekommande på LSE. Teoretiskt ramverk: Det teoretiska ramverket utgår från tidigare forskning och teorier som framförallt fokuserar på långsiktig underavkastning. Metod: Kvantitativ metod med en deduktiv ansats har använts när skribenterna har granskat sekundära källor och data. Multipel regression har använts för den inhämPurpose: Investigate if the phenomenon long-run underperformance for IPOs is prevalent at LSE. Theoretical framework: The theoretical framework is based on previous research and theories that focus primarily on long-term underperformance. Method: Quantitative method with a deductive approach has been used when the writers examined secondary sources and data. Multiple regression has been used for t

Under the growing influence of dominant discourses such as ecological modernisation and neo- liberalisation, proposed alternative conservation approaches focus more and more on efficiency. In the realm of biodiversity conservation, synthetic biology - the application of engineering to facilitate and accelerate the design or modification of genetic materials in living organisms – has emerged as an