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The legacy of colonialism has been, and continues to, evoke debates and discussions in the postcolonial society. These discussions cover aspects of colonialism ranging from the historic colonial deeds to its lingering impact. Therefore, they tend to be distinguished by the complexity and diversity that characterizes the subject of colonialism. Actions taken to abolish the colonial rule and its imp

The aim of this study is to explore and understand how feminism or something that resembles feminism could be portrayed visually and verbally. In order to shed light on this question, an advertising image by the clothing company Monki promulgated in 2016, is analyzed through a set of different theories, and compared to an art piece by the conceptual artist Barbara Kruger. The study demonstrates, w

The aim of this thesis is to identify archivists’ attitudes towards crowdsourcing to see how they relate to modern archival theory and science. The study focuses on reliability, functionality and potential in user generated metadata. Crowdsourcing in the archival profession is connected to our increased internet use and the general digitalization of society, but it is also a result of a paradigm s

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to elucidate the organisation Family First's campaign against the anti-smacking law in New Zeeland. This has been done through a qualitative content analysis of how Family First use arguments and rhetoric in their campaign, and what consequences Family First mean the anti-smacking law has had for the society, the parents and the children and how this con

The purpose of the study was to capture a number of views on what impact language has on integration processes and social life. Since language is an important component of communication amongst people, it affects several aspects of everyday life such as occupation and social participation. To accomplish the aim eight people of foreign origin with experience of studying the language education progr

In today's society a technological revolution is taking place and one example of this is animal supervision which is beginning to move from manual methods to more technical monitoring solutions. Digital animal monitoring is a field under development and has attracted interest among both livestock owners and researchers. The technology includes for example integrated systems with cameras and GP

Previously the majority of tv-shows about crime have had male protagonists. But lately, more tv-shows have been portraying female criminal protagonists. Simultaneously there has been an increasing interest in women who participate in drug trafficking from the media and the Swedish government. The aim of this thesis is therefore to investigate how women are portrayed within tv-shows when participat

Our main findings are that Swedish cross-border M&A’s on average perform positively around the announcement of cross-border M&A’s, which is contrary to previous studies. Furthermore, we also find cultural distance to positively impact the announcement effect of cross-border M&A’s, also contradictive to previous findings. However, we cannot ensure that cultural distance itself affects t

PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to investigate how private equity backed IPOs perform once they go public. That is, to investigate whether or not these private equity firms have created highly competitive, high performance portfolio companies and to see if the portfolio companies are able to retain those qualities even after going public. These results are then to be compared with previous re

Purpose The purpose of the research is to analyse the consumer’s underlying motivations for behaviour and decision-making in an impulse buying context, in order to gain a deeper understanding of the drivers behind impulse buying. Method The study is conducted with an explorative approach. A combination of self-administered diaries and semi-structured interviews were chosen to collect the empirical

The purpose of this study is to identify if a relationship exists between excess cash and stock returns analysed across periods of boom and bust. Our findings document an overall positive relationship between excess cash holdings and stock returns. In regards to the specific period this paper documents a negative relationship in boom times and a positive relationship in times of downturn. From the

The purpose of this study was to examine the connection between goodwill intensity and stock market risk and how the transition to the IFRS has effected this connection. In the end of 2010 several financial analysts expressed their concerns about the increasing goodwill intensity in listed Swedish corporations. However, in this study examining the connection between goodwill intensity and stock ma

This auto ethnographic article reflects the process of developing a business model for a fermium photography service in Lund, Sweden. With the support of theory and by making use of own experiences the development steps as well as the three fundaments of the business model are analysed. Further the current business model will be defined along a theoretical typology. The article will give a basic u

This research tests two different focus groups with the purpose of developing quantitative online surveys suitable for a specific target group. Depending on where in the development process of the survey the researcher is, somewhat different focus groups should be used. If the researcher is far into the development of the survey a focus group with the questionnaire template as discussion basis cou

Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyze the possibilities for China to create a socio-economic environment whereby the domestic accounting firms can compete with and even challenge the ¡®Big Four¡¯ accounting firms in Chinese auditing market. Methodology The development of Chinese domestic accounting firms is reviewed and analyzed from macro and micro aspects including politi