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The extent of today's land degradation and desertification in the arid, semi-arid. and sub humid regions of China is a serious threat to the social and economic development in these areas. A national programme for monitoring and classification of drylands has been implemented by the Chinese Academy of Science. Areas are classified into degrees of desertification on the basis of vegetation cove

The rapidly developing and widely distributed resin flow syndrom in Norway spruce (Picea abies) in southern Sweden has an unknown cause. One suggestion for its cause is the occurence of six "abnormally" mild winters from 1987/88 to 1992/93. This situation, together with hard spring frost is supposed to pose an unfavourable climatic combination for spruce. Daily temperature data (mean, ma

Denna uppsats problematiserar och undersöker målbolagsstyrelsens ställning vid offentliga uppköpserbjudanden genom att belysa oklarheter som råder kring målbolagsstyrelsens agerande, framförallt till följd av att ABL inte har anpassats till takeover-reglerna och vice versa. Målbolagsstyrelsens komplexa ställning exemplifieras i denna uppsats av en utredning av vilka överväganden och vilket aktieboThis thesis problematizes and investigates the role of the board in a public company facing a friendly takeover bid. It does this by illuminating ambiguities which concern actions of the target company board, due to the fact that the Swedish Companies Act and the Swedish Takeover Rules have not been brought into conformity with one another. The complicated role of the board is exemplified by the i

Since the strategy of “Going Global” to be implemented, the Chinese OFDI has been increased rapidly. For a long time, governments in developed countries as well as some scholars hold the different attitudes that OFDI will crowd out Chinese domestic 5 investment. In this study, we empirically analyze this relationship between OFDI and domestic investment in China based on the data from 1986 to 2010

Avvecklingen av handelshinder mellan medlemsstaterna och upprättandet av en gemensam marknad inom EU medförde ökade omstruktureringar av företag, vilket sin tur resulterade i att det ansågs nödvändigt med regler som skyddar arbetstagarnas rättigheter vid byte av arbetsgivare. Överlåtelsedirektivet antogs ursprungligen år 1977, men har sedan ändrats till det nu gällande direktivet 2001/23/EG. Direk

Studiens syfte var att undersöka kreativitet i klassrummet genom att studera hur kreativitetsfrämjande lärarstil och målorientering (uppgiftsorientering, prestationuppvisande orientering och prestation – undvikande orientering) påverkar mellanstadieelevers kreativitet. Dessutom undersöktes hur elevernas målorientering kan påverkas av kreativitetsfrämjande lärarstil. Elevernas personlighet, kön ochThe aim of this study was to investigate creativity in the classroom by studying how creativity fostering teaching behavior and goal orientation (task goal orientation, performance approach orientation and performance avoid orientation) affect the creativity of middle school students. The influence of creativity fostering teaching behavior on students’ goal orientation was also explored. Personali

LGBTs (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) in Lebanon have for a long time been a target of oppression were legal, economic and social factors have contributed to their historical marginalization. While the Lebanese Penal code in article 534, is criminalizing homosexuality the law is rarely applied and is primarily used to violate the privacy of gay and lesbians by denying them basic human rig

Purpose: Based on a job seekers perspective, the purpose of this study is to explore influences of status and social identity upon perceived employer attractiveness as a product of the job seekers interactions within the interview process and her social informal network. Methodology: Based on a social constructionist stance we have conducted an exploratory qualitative study Theoretical Perspective

Title: Value Creation in M&As in Sweden - Is the Stock Market able to Predict Customer Reactions? Seminar date: 2011-05-31 Course: BUSM36, Degree Project Master level in Corporate and Financial Management, Business Administration Master level, 15 University Credit Points (15 ECTS) Authors: Besnike Bahtiri and Ammeli Stigborn Advisor: Rikard Larsson Five key words: M&As, Sweden, customer re

Our purpose is to increase the understanding of how and why charitable foundations communicate and what challenges they face in their communication efforts. We aim to develop two communication models that takes into account the special circumstances that surrounds communication of charitable foundations. Our ambition is that the models will contribute to both the managerial and the academic unders

The main purpose of this study is to examine how employees relate to and experience the organizational brand. This is done by examining the brand discourse, to discover how participants in the study relate to this discourse.

The purpose with this study is to enhance our knowledge about virtual co-creation by investigating in the underlying role of the co-creating consumer and how companies manage co-creation as well as studying how power is distributed within this consumer- company relationship. The research undertakes a qualitative research strategy with an abductive methodological approach. Netnography is the chosen

Sammanfattning: I denna uppsats studeras svenska pensionsfonders engagemang i sina investeringsobjekt. Uppsatsen tar fokus på den nyetablerade brittiska koden Stewardship Code vars syfte är att uppmuntra aktivt ägande hos institutionella ägare. I uppsatsen undersöks det om det finns ett behov av en svensk motsvarighet till den brittiska koden. Vi undersöker även vilka hinder samt möjligheter en så

The purpose of this thesis is to study possible correlation between companies’ risk-taking and the board composition factors gender diversity and employee representation. The study is examining the following two issues; How does gender diversity and employee representation on board of directors influence companies’ risk-taking? We do not find any clear evidence that gender diversity and employee r

MKB Fastighets AB (MKB) is a municipally owned company in Malmö Stad with a well-established position on the housing market, meaning that MKB owns 22 238 rental apartments and 1000 commercial spaces which are 33% of the tenancy market in Malmö. Their business concept is to provide rental apartments to a wide range of people with different socio-economic conditions. According to Swedish law, the co

The purpose of this thesis is to study possible correlation between companies’ risk-taking and the board composition factors gender diversity and employee representation. The study is examining the following two issues; How does gender diversity and employee representation on board of directors influence companies’ risk-taking? We do not find any clear evidence that gender diversity and employee r

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