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EU competition law is the safeguard of the functioning of the internal market, and not many fields of law other than patent law can delimit the scope of competition law. A patent’s value is based upon an exclusive right to the invention and product as protected by the patent. The value stems from the monopoly to the market, namely, an exclusiveness to produce, market, offer and sell the product fo

In this study the willingness to pay and conformity-seeking behaviour of Swedish consumers when purchasing fair trade coffee were examined. It was conducted through a conjoint analysis on data collected from two different questionnaires; one that presented objective information on fair trade, and one that linked fair trade to aspirational cues. The results indicated that ethical claims of fair tra

Estimation of GPP in Sudan using the evaporative fraction as water stress factor The Gross Primary Production "GPP" quantifies the amount of carbon entering an ecosystem. It is an ecosystem service since it is a source of energy for all organisms and it is estimated to reduce atmospheric CO2 in about 123 Pg C per year at the global scale. Therefore, the improvement of estimation methods

This thesis identifies a set of power relations that complicates Western aid to African gay movements. It is a cultural analysis focusing on lesbians living in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, aiming to explore the tensions between discourses of power in play, from a post colonial and intersectional perspective. The use of queer theory makes similarities between traditional non-conforming sexualit

Idén till denna uppsats kommer från det utbredda fenomenet “land grabbing”, vilket bland annat har lett till att ett stort antal människor över hela världen har blivit tvångsförflyttade. Inom det internationella regelverket för mänskliga rättigheter finns det en rättighet till adekvat (lämplig) bostad. Att tvångsförflytta människor anses vara ett direkt åsidosättande av denna rättighet. UppsatsenThe inspiration to this thesis springs from the phenomenon of “land grabbing”, which have had forced evictions of numerous persons and communities across the world as one of its devastating effects. International human rights law recognizes a right to adequate housing, and instances of forced eviction are considered a prima facie violation of this right. This thesis is a case study on adequate ho

This study assesses the effectiveness of post-classification change detection for monitoring land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics across West Africa between 2000 and 2013. Using publicly available maps from the USGS West Africa Land Cover dataset, the original 25-class scheme was reclassified into 8 generalized land cover categories to allow for a more interpretable change analysis. A pixel-wis

The importance of a company’s go-to-market strategy when launching a new product cannot be stressed enough, a field that is highly researched. But what happens when a product enters a market, fails and an attempt to re-launch it is being made? Re-entry theory is a subdivision of go-to-market theory that although highly important, little research and few theories can be found, creating a gap and a

Victim-blaming discourse is not merely a superficial issue, it is a deeply entrenched issue that has its roots in Cambodian society as a whole. The patterns of blame culture not only reinforce cycles of normalizing gender-based violence and prevent victims from accessing justice but also systematically undermine faith in the justice system. This thesis aims to address significant barriers that hin

The growing popularity of Extended Reality (XR) attracts new people to enter the field. However, novices face challenges at the beginning of their journeys. Previous studies have identified the key difficulties based on real-world evidence and found that the barriers to entry were high. This thesis aims to guide novice XR practitioners in overcoming these challenges. To achieve this, empirical in

Purpose: This study aims to determine if a greenium exists for bank-issued green bonds compared to their brown counterparts and to examine the impact of green policies on the European bond market. Methodology: This study takes on a deductive scientific approach along with an econometric approach for which OLS regression models are estimated. The regressions use yield to maturity (YTM) as the dep

Staden är ett lappverk av fragment. Lager på lager av material som funnits och använts, förändrats och förvanskats, fortsatt existera och försvunnit. Lager på lager av historier, berättelser och minnen som formats av och format materialen och rummen. Allting ihoptrasslat; en dialog mellan det som varit, det som är och det som kan bli. I kuststaden Varberg har hamnområdet avvecklats och flyttats fThe city is a patchwork of fragments. Layer upon layer of materials that have existed and been used, altered and distorted, continued to exist and disappeared. Layer upon layer of stories, narratives, and memories shaped by, and shaping, the materials and spaces. Everything is entangled; a dialogue between what has been, what is, and what might be. In the coastal city of Varberg, the port area ha

BackgroundVentilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has long been a part of the standard treatment during cardiac arrests. Ventilation is usually given either during continuous chest compressions (CCC) or during a short pause after every 30 chest compressions (30:2). There is limited knowledge of how ventilation is delivered if it effects the hemodynamics and if it plays a role in the

High-speed vertical III–V nanowire transistors utilize their channel material for high frequency and low noise performance. A device layout revision to optimize gate resistance, in a trade-off to gate-source capacitance, is presented. A two-step redesign of the established device layout is proposed. First step is demonstrated with fabricated structures. The second step predicts the design transiti

The aim of this study is to examine Turkish nationalism in order to find what factors that play a part in Turkey's inability to confess and discuss such events as the Armenian Genocide, which took place between the years of 1915.-1923, by the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The factors found and examined closely are collective memory and the use of history. The paper is a case study of Turkey with

Several scholars from various theoretical perspectives have proposed pieces of the peace puzzle. As scholars fit together the sometimes disparate pieces of this puzzle, the missing pieces become more visible, and gender is among them. While gender studies, feminist international relations (IR) scholars, and peace and conflict researchers informed by a gender perspective have contributed to this pu

Few studies on sickness absence, theoretical as well as empirical, in the field of economics specifically focus on the impact of chronic illness. The purpose of the present study is to fill this theoretical gap by providing a theoretical explanation of sickness absence after the onset of a specific chronic illness, namely type 1 diabetes, but also to empirically examine if sickness absence differs

This thesis discusses the design and implementation of competition policy in Poland. The aim is both to analyze weather the design of competition policy in Poland corresponds to their special needs as a transition economy, and if there is a trade-off between competition policy and industry policy in Polish merger control. After the collapse of communism, the transition to a market economy required

Abstract The internationalisation of a company is enabled by integration of markets. New markets mean new revenues, but also demand capital to finance the expansion. To bring in new capital may offer new possibilities but also higher debt-equity ratios, which affect how external interested parties value the company. This thesis, inspired by previous and mainly US based research, researches the deb