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Design importance in product marketing has been dramatically increasing in the last few years. There is hardly a commodity available in the market which could escape the ever-growing design trend. Consumer design awareness is growing simultaneously and thus more and more companies choose to invest into researching possible design applications to their products. Currently where production costs are
The number of situations where both people and nature are harmed by human activities are increasing in the same pace as mankind is augmenting its control and so called 'development' of the Earth. Although previously much debated, we have passed the stage when protecting human rights and preserving the environment were seen as conflicting interests. Instead we have reached the conclusion th
Trade remedies - anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard - are controversial, provoking much argument and differences of opinion. The differences in law between anti-dumping and countervailing measures are marginal. The laws regulating countervailing duties require more sufficient proof (e.g. the existence of subsidy must be shown) than anti-dumping law, and the procedure is often quicker. This i
Trade marks perform a variety of economic functions in a commercial environment and plays an important role in a market economy. Therefore, there is a need to protect the distinguishing of competing goods and services offered by undertakings and accordingly to avoid consumer confusion. The origin function of the trade mark guarantees that all products bearing a trade mark emanate from the same com
This paper explores whether financial deepening that occurred in the Western Balkans during the past decades had a significant impact on economic growth. We take into account different measures of financial deepening and estimate their impact on economic growth using panel data for seven countries over a period of thirty years. Our findings differ from expectations that financial deepening acceler
Purpose: To contribute to the understanding of the relationship between private labels and the retailer brand in grocery retailing. Methodology: We use structured interviews as a cross-sectional method for quantitative data collection. The existence of the relationship is tested through correlation analysis and regression analysis. Theoretical perspective: Perceived quality of private labels and o
According to conventional economic wisdom, deregulation and liberalization of private and public enterprises will enhance competition, which will lead to an expansion of production, trade, and general welfare. As more markets are deregulated and more services are being privatized, the public procurement market is expanding and more professionals will come in contact with public procurement either
Our objective with this essay is to answer the hypothesis: Which mechanisms influence consumer attitude and behaviour when buying KRAV products? We have achieved this objective by answering the following questions: Who are the consumers who buy KRAV products? Is purchasing behaviour related to socio-demographic factors like age, gender, education or income level? What motivates consumers’ willingn
We construct and analyze Dirichlet-Neumann iterations for the 1D Poisson equation. Specifically, we wish to gain insight into how the convergence depends on material coefficients when solving coupled linear heat equations on three non-overlapping domains. We first consider the two-domain case and then extend the method to three domains. A finite element method is used to discretize the Laplacian.
The problem studied in this thesis is the impact of the principle of mutual trust on the possibility of EU nationals to claim asylum and avoiding extradition for political offences within the EU. The principle of mutual trust presumes that human rights are not violated in any EU Member State. The difficulty arises if and when human rights are actually violated. It is not clear to what extent funda
Due to high usage of fossil fuels the emissions of greenhouse gases has increased to dangerous levels during the last century. Something is needed to be done soon in order to reduce emissions and stabilize the climate. The transportation sector stands for a large part of these emissions and one way to reduce these could be to instead use electric vehicles. Unfortunately, today batteries limit the
Research assessing personality traits and religiosity across cultures has typically neglected variation across religious affiliations and has been limited to a small number of personality traits. This study examines the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and their facets, two theoretically distinct measures of religiosity, and twelve other personality traits across seven religiou
We study the non-equilibrium dynamics of a one-dimensional interacting particle system that is a mixture of the voter model and the exclusion process. With the process started from a finite perturbation of the ground state Heaviside configuration consisting of 1’s to the left of the origin and 0’s elsewhere, we study the relaxation time τ, that is, the first hitting time of the ground state config
Learning which environmental cues that predict danger is crucial for survival and accomplished through Pavlovian fear conditioning. In humans and rodents alike, fear conditioning is amygdala-dependent and rests on similar neurocircuitry. Rodent studies have implicated a causative role for dopamine in the amygdala during fear memory formation, but the role of dopamine in aversive learning in humans
Drought, a widely recognised and far-reaching natural hazard, has a profound impact on the global economy and the environment. This complex phenomenon, characterised by its severity, duration and spatial extent, is central to understanding its multifaceted impacts. Drought indices are an important tool for characterising and monitoring drought conditions. They provide a simplified way to understan
Dyslexia is a problem that can limit someone’s life if the person does not receive the appropriate support in order to develop strategies to deal with it, and it is not limited to one’s first language. The first limitations appear early in life during the school years as the child struggles with literacy issues. It is in the educational environment where the child will receive the first support a
This study explores the connection between the indoor and outdoor environment and how through the use of shading devices they affect each other. The chosen location for the study is a well-known street in the urban context of Copenhagen. Through different façade and shading evaluations, this thesis aims to investigate the possibility of achieving desired visual and thermal comfort levels for the i
