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This thesis examines how innovation affects firm performance in the United States during the financial crisis in 2008. A difference-in-difference estimation combined with Coarsened Exact Matching is applied on a panel data set of 4,928 U.S. firms between 2004 and 2011. Two opposing theoretical frameworks concerning the outcome are used to state hypotheses regarding if innovative firms perform bett

The aim of this study was to examine the organizational conditions in foster care placements when it comes to control and oversight. More specifically its aim was to do this through a group of social workers point of view to see what their organizational experiences were to work with private companies which recruits foster care families, and whom or what they identify as the causative factors when

Välgörenhet har en lång historia i Kina och välgörenhetsorganisationer har länge spelat en betydande roll för utövandet av välgörenhet. Redan under Qin-dynastin (221-207 f.Kr) talas det om välgörenhetsorganisationer som formats av vanliga människor men främst av överklassen i samhället. Denna uppsats undersöker välgörenhetsorganisationers utveckling från dåtid till nutid. Uppsatsen berättar först

This essay aims to present and analyze the theoretical and the practical aspects of the social work education from the student’s perspectives, on how the theoretical and practical aspects have collaborated and competed during the education. It also aimed to analyze the student’s perspectives from theories of symbolic interactionism. Five students on the Social work education that studied on the

The international migration of both skilled and unskilled persons from the global South to the North has reached an alarming proportion.This study investigates the underlying factors that informed the decisions of some African students not to return to their countries of origin after graduation from the Swedish Universities. The participants are former and present students of two Swedish Universit

Denna kvalitativa studie ämnar fördjupa forskningens förståelse om multifunktionella organisationer i förändring. Studien har genomförts med utgångspunkt i Helsingborgs stad som fallorganisation, där en förändring inom kommunikations- och informationsverksamheten har undersökts. Utifrån det hermeneutiska perspektivet har empiriinsamling skett genom 11 enskilda intervjuer. Empirin har sedan analyseThis qualitative study intends to deepen the understanding of research in multifunctional organizations in change. The study is based on a case-study, where we have been studying a change in the communication activities in Helsingborg city. The study is based on a hermeneutic perspective and has been conducted through 11 individual interviews. The empirical data has been analyzed through a qualita

The shipmaster is the centralised focal point of power on a passenger ship, and upon him/her rests the decision to evacuate the ship if it is deemed to be in a situation that is non-survivable. This thesis set out to explore a societal normative view of the shipmaster in this decision space; a view that can be observed in accident reports and maritime legislation. A case study, of a government acc

Title: Multi-Sided Platforms: Understanding their strengths and weaknesses Seminar date: 2014-05-22 Course: FEKN90 Företagsekonomi: Examensarbete på Civilekonomprogrammet (30 ECTS) Authors: Lucas Ehrenstråhle and Elin Mathies Supervisor: Magnus Johansson Five keywords: MSP, activities, resources, differentiation and platforms The purpose: is to investigate why small actors use multi-sided pl

Inkomsten i relation med den mentala hälsan är ett intressant och ännu inte så utforskat område inom ekonomi. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka om inkomst och arbetssituation har en påverkan på den mentala hälsan samt om kvinnors och mäns mentala hälsa påverkas olika av dessa faktorer. Med hjälp av en egenskapad enkät samlades det in svar från 276 olika individer. Utifrån dessa svar utförd

CoVaR is one of the pioneering systemic risk measures proposed during the financial turmoil of 2008, introduced by Adrian and Brunnermeier (2008). It is based on the familiar risk measurement Value-at-Risk (VaR). In this thesis we apply both the time-invariant and time-varying CoVaR model to econometrically quantify the systemic risk in the Japanese banking sector. Specifically we study the system

This paper aims to examine the potential of green bond implementation in China suited with Chinese air pollution situation. It researched the green bond origination, history, definination and categories and so on. The paper applied literature review, case study and internview methods to purpue a conclusion. Since the financial crisis, many countries are exploring how to re-engineer the financial s

Swedish office buildings of the 60’s present at least 27% higher heating demand than from the current standards foreseen. This underlines their need for energy renovation. Meanwhile, office buildings are occupied during daytime, thus internal and solar gains are in phase. Consequently, such buildings could experience overheating problems. A seasonal adaptable envelope, such as a ventilated double

In the light of economic and financial crises, social innovations have been looked at and analysed from new point of views. This thesis has run an analysis of two social entrepreneurial organizations (SEOs) to shed light on how actors from vulnerable communities, like Rosengård and Persborg from the city of Malmö perceive complexities embedded in social innovations and institutional change. The an

In the present study, the relationship of multidimensional perfectionism (self-oriented, other-oriented, and socially prescribed perfectionism) and depressive symptoms related to disordered eating behaviours were investigated in a university context. Results from 112 participants showed that both perfectionism and depressive symptoms have a positive relationship with disordered eating behaviours,

Nowadays, one of the most challenging problems in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is to make robots able to understand humans to successfully accomplish tasks in human environments. HRI has a very different role in all the robotics fields. While autonomous robots do not require a complex HRI system, it is of vital importance for service robots. The goal of this thesis is to study if behavioural pa

Detta examensarbete bygger på en översättning av en artikel på ca 6000 ord ur den tyska tidskriften Der Spiegel. Uppsatsen inleds med en källtextanalys som utgår från den analysmodell som presenteras i boken Vägar genom texten: handbok i brukstextanalys av Lennart Hellspong och Per Ledin (1997). Därefter följer en diskussion om överväganden inför översättningen. Här presenteras även den valda över

The study's purpose was to explore and analyze how offensive treatment was documented in primary school based notifications and investigations where offensive treatment has occurred. In connection with this, I hoped to get an understanding how the documentation was communicated to and implemented, and how teachers assess the work of offensive treatment. The study was based on a feasibility stu

Energi och klimatpåverkan är ständigt aktuellt i dagens samhälle. För att motverka den globala uppvärmningen har EU tagit fram klimatmål där bland annat energianvändningen ska minska med 20 % mot 1990 års nivåer år 2020. En stor andel av energianvändningen orsakas i Sverige idag av bygg- och fastighetsbranschen där byggnadsbeståndet står för ca 30 % av energianvändningen. För att klara EU:s klimEnergy use and climate impact are important topics in today’s society. To combat global warming, the EU has set a goal framework with a 20 % reduction target until 2020 for domestic energy use compared to 1990. Today, the building sector in Sweden accounts for 30 % of the domestic energy use. To achieve the goals for energy and climate set by the EU, changes are required. The Swedish parliament ha

The aim of this thesis was to explore the extent to which wine consumption and drinkers’ perceptions on wine can help understand middle class identity in Shanghai. The research relied on 25 interviews of wine drinkers and non-participant observations, as well as previous studies on middle class identity and consumption in China. The data have been analyzed utilizing Bourdieu’s theories on social d