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This quantitative study aims to investigate whether cultural distance has any significant effect on short-term acquisition performance, measured as abnormal returns for Swedish cross-border acquisitions. This study adds to previous literature through filling the gap where there has been a lack of a sample of Swedish acquirers, using a multi-measurement approach, and having a broad sample of acquis
This essay aims to investigate one of the most fundamental questions for legal scientists, namely how the laws have been legitimized throughout history and how we legitimize it today? The essay makes an attempt to examine how these questions have been answered by different philosophers throughout the ages. It starts by examining the anchient philosophers and mover forward cronologically. Within th
Title: The value relevance of goodwill Seminar date: June 3th 2022 Course: FEKH69, Degree Project, Business Administration, Undergraduate level, 15 UPC Authors: Albin Johansson, David Larsson & Jacob Svensson Advisor: Maria Gårdängen Key words: goodwill, value relevance, accounting harmonization, market efficiency & the nature of goodwill Research question: Does the value relevance o
Uppsatsen undersöker domstolarnas bemötande i brottmål ur ett rättssäkerhets- och effektivitetsperspektiv. Att delta i en rättegång kan vara en stor händelse i en persons liv och bemötandet under huvudförhandling kan ha en avgörande betydelse för dennas möjligheter att presentera sin berättelse på ett tillfredställande sätt. Syftet med uppsatsen är därför att ge en fördjupad kunskap om domstolarna
The aim of this thesis is to describe the conditions in which the internally displaced persons of Soacha, Colombia, live and how these affect their possibilities of obtaining a sustainable livelihood. This is a qualitative study and the material was mainly gathered using semi-structured interviews on-site in the poverty-stricken neighborhoods of El Oasis and Los Robles in Cazucá, Soacha. Interv
The business model is a useful concept to understand how a firm operates. However, little is known about how business models can be managed in times of change. The concept of business model innovation, which is also referred to as business model change on a component-level in the literature, constitutes the adaptation to external factors challenging the sustainability of a company’s business model
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara from a Human Security perspective based on the concept that the state’s primary responsibility is the protection of its people and that this obligation is inherent in the states claim to sovereignty, as presented by the R2P theory. The study also explores how far the analysis should stretch when applying Owen’s
This thesis is conducted in order to answer the question of whether the US trades more with Spanish-speaking countries after the implementation of NAFTA. The choice of topic is motivated by the fact that there seems to be a gap in similar studies on this specific area. The hypothesis is tested with a gravity model and an OLS regression. The panel data consists of 78 middle income countries exports
Starting from the assumption that citizenship is valuable private property that would be even more valuable if it were transferable, the paper explores the idea of commodification of citizenship. The paper provides arguments in favor of commodification of citizenship and recommendations to how the market for citizenship should be designed. A market for citizenships could result in an improved matc
This paper addresses possibilities and challenges on the methodological level during the initial phase of a practice-based research project. The research project aims to contribute to knowledge about pupils’ participation and influence in decision-making from the perspectives of teachers, leaders, and pupils in Sweden’s Art and Music Schools. A further aim is to contribute to the development of pr
This thesis examines the extent to which the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Commission v Belgium (C-524/23), regarding Belgium’s failure to comply with the Directive by failing to correctly transpose Article 8(7) of the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) into its domestic legal framework, impacts the Dutch transfer pricing rules under Article 8b of the Corporate Income
This paper suggests that there is a substantial risk when it comes to ensuring that we distinguish between gender-influenced experiences visible in qualitative research results/outcomes. The question is whether the object of inquiry in qualitative research in general allows other voices to be heard than the majority/mainstream voice. Or is there a risk that some voices will drown in the voice of t
Although it is widely recognized that leadership concerns organizing future actions and mobilizing organizational actors to pursue them, our understanding of how this is accomplished in situated work interactions is relatively limited. Recent ethnographic studies have focused on leadership work resulting in the emergence of direction. This study explores the efforts involved in attempting to mobilAlthough it is widely recognized that leadership concerns organizing future actions and mobilizing organizational actors to pursue them, our understanding of how this is accomplished in situated work interactions is relatively limited. Recent ethnographic studies have focused on leadership work resulting in the emergence of direction. This study explores the efforts involved in attempting to mobil
COSM54_Literature_List_2026_Final Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies Course literature for COSM54 Body Politics in East Asia 7.5 ECTS Required Reading listed here: 520 Choice Readings: approximately 80-150 Total: 600-670 All readings are available on Finn unless otherwise stated In addition to the Required Readings, students select one reading per session from the Choice Readings list fo
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Digital monies for a sust ft. PhD kursplan. Digital monies for a sustainable future Points: 7.5 ECTS Level PhD Program Main category of the course Innovation and entrepreneurship Doctoral School To be offered through the Research School Agenda 2030. Course Faculty Ester Barinaga, Dpt. of Business Administration, LUSEM Christian Gehrmann, Dpt. for Electrical and Information Technology, Faculty of E
This report outlines a method to price and hedge a generalized swing option based on the European natural gas and electricity markets. The method is model free in that is does not assume a certain spot price dynamics. It only requires a forward curve and European call options prices that cover the delivery period of the swing option. The results is a lower bound derived from the price of forwards
The purpose of this essay was to examine how immigrants of the first generation experience the integration in to the swedish society from the six factors: identity, culture, language, codes, individualism/holism and network. Our questions were: What does integration mean to the immigrant? Does the immigrant feel integrated and what is it that contributes to the fact that she feels or not feels int
