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This study examines possible causal relationship between investments in research and development (R&D) and economic growth of the European Union (EU) regions using R&D per capita as a measure of innovation. Given the importance the EU policies have put on innovation in creating better economic outlook, questions whether investments in R&D are growth enhancing and efficient in promoting
UBER är ett globalt företag som växer snabbt. UBER har skapat en applikation som gör det möjligt att, via applikationen, beställa en taxiresa från en person som kör sin egen bil. Enligt UBER är det dock inget transportföretag, utan istället en teknologiplattform. Detta nya fenomen, där företag möjliggör tillgång till andra personers ägodelar, kallas för delningsekonomi. För att bli en UBER-förare UBER is a worldwide company growing rapidly. It has invented an application that makes it possible to request a ride from a driver which drives their own car. According to UBER, it is not a transport company but instead a technology platform. Moreover, this new phenomenon, whereby companies are enabling access for consumers to property owned by other consumers, is called sharing economy. In order
Utifrån Glasers definition av Grounded Theory sätts filmen The Interview (Columbia Pictures, 2014) i en politisk kontext. Digitala artiklar från Nordkorea samt USA som behandlar The Interview kodas och den öppna kodningen gör att en frågeställning skapas: Vilket synsätt har respektive land på filmen som ett politiskt fenomen? Den selektiva fasen kategoriserar de punkter som har störst verkan på po
I analyze the effect of a large exogenous trade shock on mortality in the United States between 2002 and 2012. Following the example of Autor, Dorn, and Hanson (2013), I construct a variable that captures the difference in exposure to import competition stemming from differences in initial manufacturing employment structures. I avoid endogeneity issues by instrumenting US commuting zones’ exposure
This thesis is a study of the articles published in the Chinese newspaper 人民日报 Renmin Ribao, the People’s Daily, during the Great Chinese famine 1959-1961. The famine is considered to be the worst famine in the history of China and an estimated more than 30 million people died of starvation or illnesses brought about by starvation during these years. This thesis will be focusing on the articles pu
Previous research on Donna Tartt’s debut novel The Secret History in regards to its intertextual relevance has helped in understanding the traditional campus novel, as well as redefined the classical murder mystery. However, little research has been made on its characters and its portrayal of the human experience. Additionally, plenty of research has been made into Nietzsche’s philosophical work T
This thesis researches the Swedish conservative intellectual magazine Svensk Tidskrift and their view on Russia, between the years of 1915–1919. It further examines how the view changes over the years. The research also analyses the view on Russia in Svensk Tidskrift from a perspective of center-periphery. Sweden and Russia have a long relationship that goes way back to several centuries before, a
Denna uppsats syftar till att analysera begreppet internationell jurisdiktion i relation till huruvida om CSDDD är förenligt med territorialitetsprincipen. Med utgångspunkt i att internationell jurisdiktion huvudsakligen vilar på folkrättsliga sedvanenormer, inleds framställningen med en genomgång av det traditionella jurisdiktions begreppet. Särskild uppmärksamhet ägnas åt den framväxande acceptaThis paper undertakes an examination of the concept of international law of jurisdiction to assess the extent to which the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) aligns with the principle of territoriality. Since international jurisdiction is based on customary principles, the paper explores the traditional concept of international jurisdiction. It highlights the growing recognit
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate if there is a difference in the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth depending on whether the FDI comes from China or the Western world. This study investigates the effect of FDI on economic growth in 44 African countries from 2003 to 2017, based on panel data. According to growth theory, an increase in investments leads to an in
The purpose of this study is to examine whether an acquiring firm that operates as a contractor within the defence sector can expect to generate shareholder value from a merger and acquisition with a fellow defence sector competitor. Having selected thirty acquiring defence firms an event study utilizing the market model is performed to obtain the abnormal returns generated from a merger and acqui
Remarkable success of Japanese economy after WWII has been an intriguing topic for many researchers. In relation to the theory and previous research this study proposes a different explanatory model of Japanese growth after WWII. The model proposed here relies upon a contribution of two key features of the Japanese economy- subcontracting as a type of organizational form of conglomerates and indus
Syftet med uppsatsen är att med hjälp av historiska data från perioden december 1996 – december 2010 testa en portföljvalsmodell kallad The Permanent Portfolio (TPP) på den svenska marknaden. Modellen går ut på att placera tillgängligt kapital i fyra lika stora delar över fyra olika tillgångsslag. Dessa fyra tillgångslag är aktier, statsobligationer, guld och kontanter. I uppsatsen gestaltas dessa
Uppsatsen undersöker och analyserar Jeanette Wintersons roman Written on the Body utifrån queerteori. Winterson ifrågasätter och analysar i denna roman begreppen genus, sexualitet och deras förhållande till identitet och denna uppsats undersöker detta närmre genom en analys av romanen. Uppsatsens syfte är att redogöra och analysera romanens berättare, vars könstillhörighet är okänd, utifrån queert
This paper deals with the secret of the bog and its bogbodies. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the motive behind their deaths, whether they were sacrificed, executed as a result of crime or died because of other reasons. To do this I have examined the archaeological facts around some bogbodies foremost from late Bronze Age and early Iron Age (exept for Bockstensmannen) and their interp
Several institutions regulating gender seem to overlook and even violate rights and needs for those living outside society’s norms about gender and sexuality. The council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, amongst others, reports about violations of transgender persons’ right to life, health and physical integrity. This essay connects the situation of transgender persons to the fact that t
ABL 2005 är i sin nuvarande lydelse en omfattande och i många hänseenden detaljerad lag. Regleringen om skadestånd är dock relativt begränsad genom sitt ursprung i allmänna skadeståndsrättsliga principer. Ett aktiebolag och de spörsmål som hanteras där är unika. Detta kräver därför en skadeståndsreglering som är anpassad efter aktiebolagets karaktäristik. Frågan är om den konventionella culpanormeThe Swedish corporation law is an extensive and detailed regulation as it appears in its’ present meaning. However, the regulation regarding damages is relatively limited through its origin in general regulations of damages. The questions raised within a corporation are in many ways unique, and should therefore qualify for a specially customized regulation regarding damages. The question is whethe
Den här uppsatsen ämnar att tolka de tecken som införlivas när fantasy och mytologiska berättelser adapteras från text till bild. Fokuset ligger på två olika bilder, visandes två olika gravplatser, båda med en sörjande drottning och en död kung från två olika berättelser, från två olika tidsperioder. Panofskys ikonografiska metod kommer att tillämpas samtidigt som en semiotisk teori för avgöra betThis essay aims to interpret the signs incorporated in the adaptations of fantastical and mythological stories from text to image how they are used and what that reveals about the view of medieval ideals in their respective image. It focuses on two different images depicting two different graves, each with a mourning queen and a dead king from two different stories, from two different time periods
