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The 1998 State Street Bank &&semic Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc. case took American patent law into a new era. A method of doing business is no longer a valid ground for rejection of patent applications, and the words that ''[v]irtually anything is patentable'' echoe in the legal and business societies. By rendering a data processing system configured for
A number of 'freedom of religion v. secular policies' cases in the European Court of Human Rights (and, before 1998, the European Commission of Human Rights) emanating from Turkey suggest that the Court endorses Turkish secular policies at the expense of Turkish Muslims' human rights. These cases include the high-profile case of Leyla Ş&semicahin v. Turkey that was decided
Aim: The aim of this degree project is to carry out the corporate wide analysis and investigation to identify the existing and upcoming sustainable practices in Thule AB, general awareness and perception on sustainability among employees and to calculate carbon footprint of a bike rack, a Thule product produced at Seymour plant, USA. Approach: We embarked on this project by dividing it into two di
This thesis examines the effect of past acquisition experience, industry momentum, past acquisition performance, CEO change, joint ventures and cancelled transactions on the likelihood and performance of subsequent cross-border acquisitions made by Swedish listed companies. We investigate learning effects for acquiring companies by using an organizational learning theory framework and use logit re
This paper investigates the incentives of Latin American masters students to remain abroad or to return home after completing their education at Lund University in 2010. These students can be regarded as valuable resources for the economic development of their home countries. However, under the presence of market imperfections and the increasing migration of professionals from less to more develop
Abstract Title: The Effect of Equity Issue Announcement on Large Cap, Mid Cap and and Small Cap Date: 2011-09-02 Authors: Aleksandra Mraovic and Sukhlin Kaur Sidhu Advisor: Anne-Marie Pålsson Level: Bachelor thesis, 15 credits Theme: Department of Economics Keywords: Event study, efficient market hypothesis, abnormal returns, equity issues, market capitalization, Stockholm Stock Exchange P
Applying contemporary ideas regarding the role literature may have had in human evolutionary history to literary analysis, using Herman Melville's Moby Dick as a case study. The paper focuses on the function of male bonding in the text, the ways in which the setting is defined by humanity's evolutionary past, and the artistic function of the hunt, as it is described in the text.
From a post colonial point of view there is reason to question the increasing streams of tourists from North to South, i.e. from former colonialist countries to former colonies. The purpose of this study is to investigate the Gambian tourism industry and its meetings, the dialogue taking place, its discourse and the production of post colonial stereotypes. A qualitative interview study with beach
Gorongosa Nationalpark ligger i de centrala delarna av Moçambique, närmare bestämt i Urema Graben som utgör den sydligaste delen av det Östafrikanska riftsystemet. Nationalparken kan beskrivas som ett omfattande ekosystem bestående av diverse flodplan, gräsmarker och skogsbeklädda områden. Efter en lång period av inbördeskrig under senare delen av 1900-talet hade dock antalet stora däggdjur i områGorongosa National Park in central Mozambique is situated at the southernmost extension of the East African Rift System (EARS), the Urema Graben. The Nhandugue River flows over the western margin of the Urema Graben, and marks the northwest border of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. The park is protecting a vast ecosystem of floodplains, grasslands and woody coverage. The study is focusedd on
Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Hjälper Nhandugue-flodens vatten Urema-sjön i Gorongosa Nationalpark, Moçambique, från att torka ut? I de centrala delarna av Moçambique ligger Gorongosa Nationalpark som skyddar ett omfattande ekosystem av flodplan, gräsmarker och skogsbeklädda områden. Efter drygt 20 år av inbördeskrig hade 1994 antalet stora däggdjur, så som lejon, zebror och bufflar, minskatGorongosa National Park in central Mozambique is situated at the southernmost extension of the East African Rift System (EARS), the Urema Rift. The park is protecting a vast ecosystem of floodplains, grasslands and woody coverage. From 20 years of civil war the large-mammal population in the park had in year 1994 been reduced by 90 % or more, and in 2004 a restoration project was started in order
The purpose of this paper was to research how environmental concerns and sustainable thinking could be integrated into the design process of Electrolux, a Swedish home appliance manufacturer. The research will hopefully help the Electrolux industrial design department improve in the area and prove as a good case study for other companies or academic institutions. Electrolux conducts much research
The essay identifies the factors that help countries avoid the middle-income trap. We study the effect of institutional indicators, and the educational and technological policy variables on the income growth of the middle-income countries, with the focus on the upper-middle income countries; using the Cross-section OLS estimation and the Fixed-Effects panel estimation. For the countries that have
In most manufacturing companies, it is necessary to carry inventory to a greater or lesser extent in order to disconnect the activities in the supply chain that are not conducted at the same pace. This way, a smoother flow through the chain, from raw material extraction to arrival at the final customer of a finished product, is facilitated. However, different parts of a company often have conflict
Valblindhet innebär ett misslyckande att upptäcka en diskrepans mellan ett val man gör och dess utfall. The misinformation effect uppstår när ens hågkomst av en händelse förändras för att ny, felaktig information om händelsen givits. Syftet med denna studie var dels att undersöka huruvida valblindhet kan skapas för personers hågkomst av en händelse de bevittnat, och dels om valblindhet i så fall pChoice blindness is the failure to detect a discrepancy between a choice and its outcome. The misinformation effect occurs when the recollection of an event changes because new, misleading information about the event is received. The purpose of this study was to merge the choice blindness and misinformation effect paradigms, and thus examine whether choice blindness can be created for individuals’
The dynamics of misvaluation and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) have long been debated in light of the efficient market hypothesis. Still, the existence of misvaluation in itself raises the eyebrows of economists as it would entail the possibility of cross-border arbitrage. Consequently, within the debate trying to enlighten the matter, the primary purpose of this thesis is to investigate the dyn
Hegemonic feminism have often been criticised for organising from a white, heterosexual, able-bodied, middle-class perspective. As a counteracting of this many minority groups have chosen to organise separately, based on common interests or experiences. This thesis explores the politics of minority women and groups’ organising practices. It also discusses the compatibility of civil society and fem
