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I takt med en ökad global konkurrenssituation blir företag mer fokuserade på att minimera kostnader. Företagens drivkraft att minska sitt skattetryck står i motsats till staternas vilja att bibehålla skattebasen och säkra sina intäkter. I staternas verktygslåda finns bland annat lagstiftningsmakten, men lagstiftaren kan inte alltid förutse hur en lagtext kan komma att utnyttjas. Uppsatsen behandla
In times of demographic changes where people are getting older, there is a large group of elderly suffering from depression and other mental illness. We have therefore found it relevant to examine how the mental health issue among this population is identified by care workers. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate how care workers recognized and worked with mental illness among elderl
The eminent dilemma around the relationship between the increasing world population, the need of new fuel sources and environment issues has raised great awareness in the last decades. The European Parliament has set common goals such as the reduction of the greenhouse gases by 20 % by the year of 2020, followed by the requirement of at least 10 % of the fuel has to be biofuel. An adjacent issue i
This is a diploma work in industrial design by me Raine Sorvoja. In this project I am both the designer and the business manager and the goal was to provide my own lifestyle company Joey Sixfinger with a new, innovative product. In this report you can read about my search for a new product to the narrow target group of Joey Sixfinger and how I proceeded with the task. Joey Sixfinger’s new produc
En webbenkät utformades för att i explorativt syfte undersöka barnönskan, föräldraskap och livstillfredsställelse hos transpersoner i Sverige. Sammanlagt 154 inkomna svar analyserades med hjälp av envägs mellangrupps variansanalys (ANOVA). Resultaten visade bland annat att de respondenter som hade egna barn skattade högre livskvalitet och psykisk hälsa, upplevde i större utsträckning att de kunde An online survey was designed to explore desire for children, parenthood and life satisfaction among transgender people in Sweden. A total of 154 responses were analysed with one way between group analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results showed that those with children of their own to a larger extent rated higher on items measuring life satisfaction, psychological well-being and the extent to which t
This essay is an analysis of the EU Common Agricultural Policy reform of 2003 and its impact on the economic growth and income distribution in African countries. In what follows we outline the most significant effects of the reform, and its purpose. A regression analysis using panel data is conducted to investigate the reform’s impact on economic growth in the examined countries. The effect on inc
This paper investigates if a relationship exists between women in TMTs and firm performance for 187 Large- and Mid-Cap firms in Scandinavia for the period 2009-2013. Thereby adding to the scarce international evidence within the gender diversity in TMTs literature. The theoretical simultaneous relationship between performance and gender diversity in TMTs is taken into account and a 2SLS approach i
Software acquisition is very important for any type of company nowadays, including start-up companies. This study examined which software applications are acquired by start-ups, in what ways, with what motivations, and for what purposes they are used. The study was done by first conducting a survey amongst 50 start-up companies in the Netherlands and Sweden and by then doing four follow-up intervi
The project was intended to explore the user needs around death and grief in todays Swedish society, with the assumptions that there is a mismatch between the needs and the existing offer of products and services in the area. An extensive research was made by qualitative user interviews, on-line research and readings. A number of opportunity areas for improvement was identified. The finally selec
Nowadays, business is highly reliant on information technology (IT). The IT systems confront risks and threats all the time, thus there is increasing necessity to implement powerful IT risk management. Previous studies indicate that effective communication can improve the overall risk management performance within an organization. Whereas there is absence of studies about the relationship between
The connection between supply chains, markets and businesses is getting more and more complex and it can be a big problem for enterprises to solve. One solution to the problem is the usage of a business intelligence system. This system helps the organization analyze critical data that can lead to saving resources by making the right decisions. The world is getting more and more mobile, and the BI-
The phenomenon of migration is a highly debated topic in international politics, rising in importance on the global agenda. This can be seen in the securitisation of migration policies of the EU, who has sought to restrict migration and sharpen border controls since mid-70s. In this process Turkey is of vital importance, considered one of the main ‘bridges’ for transit migration into the EU. Thus,
Patienters upplevelse av oro och ångest inför ett operativt ingrepp är vanligt förekommande inom sjukvården. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva effekterna av komplementära behandlingsmetoder i samband med patienters preoperativa oro och ångest. Studien bygger på elva vetenskapliga artiklar. De komplementära behandlingsmetoder som kunde påvisas i denna studie var musikterapi, vägled
This thesis aims to investigate the dynamics of the so-called “leverage-effect”. This asymmetry in volatility after negative shocks, relative to positive shocks has been documented extensively before. However, except for findings that it is not due to leverage, the underlying or enhancing factors that cause it have not been investigated. This thesis aims to do so, by testing for the influence of f
On 22 January 2015, the ECB finally announced its expanded asset repurchase programme, better known as quantitative easing (ECB, 2015c). In this thesis, we are examining the effect of this announcement on sovereign bond yields in the Eurozone using the event study methodology and by time series forecasting (ARMA). We are particularly interested to see if there have been some abnormal variations (i
The aim of this study was to examine the experience of having a parent in jail, probation or custody during childhood. Its aim was to find out how our participants experienced their childhood because of the incarceration. We were also interested in how the participants experienced the support from professionals such as social services, schools and NGO´s, and their social network such as family, re
Uppsatsen ämnar besvara hur företag arbetar för och rapporterar om verksamhetens jämställdhetsarbete, samt varför de väljer att offentliggöra verksamhetsarbetet genom hållbarhetsrapporter. För att besvara frågorna har såväl primär som sekundär data använts. En kvalitativ undersökning har genomförts av författarna, där information från 10 privatägda företag från olika branscher samlats in och sammaThe purpose of this essay is to examine how enterprises work towards greater gender equality and how they report about their work. It also aims to analyze why enterprises choose to compile these activities and measurements into official reports. In order to answer the questions asked in the essay, both primary and secondary data has been used. A qualitative survey has been conducted, where the aut
