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Default risk is a major source of potential losses to equity investors and the effect of default risk on stock returns have therefore been widely examined by several papers. However, whether there exists an anomalous significant relationship between default risk and stock returns is a rather unexplored subject on the Swedish market. This paper is therefore analyzing 436 firms on the Swedish market

This study investigates the role of China in the development of Cambodia’s building construction sector and identifies some of the perceived impacts of China’s foreign direct investment on the livelihood of the Cambodian local people including construction workers in Phnom Penh. It rests on two theoretical/conceptual frameworks: sustainable development and dependency theory. The methods conducted

Föreliggande uppsats bygger på en undersökning vars syfte varit att utvärdera fanfiction som bearbetningssätt av skönlitteratur i gymnasiekurserna svenska 2 och svenska 3. För att kunna uppfylla detta syfte har elever skrivit fanfiction med en novell som källtext. Jag har sedan undersökt elevtexterna för att ta reda på vad de väljer att imitera från källtexten samt vad det kan säga om elevernas liTranslated title: Time-travel in the classroom – Fanfiction as a way to process fiction in upper secondary school. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of fanfiction as a way to process fiction in upper secondary school courses Swedish 2 and Swedish 3. To reach this aim students have been writing fanfiction based on a short story. I have then examined the students texts to see what they

Socialization into gender roles shapes the perception of the world from an early age which might, amongst others, constrain how one handles challenging situations. Therefore, this research aimed at investigating gender-specific coping mechanisms following life stressors in a nonclinical sample. The present study first hypothesized that women are more likely than men to seek emotional social suppor

Begun in 2010, the Lund-York-Cologne-CAlorimeter, LYCCA, collaboration is targeted at discovering exotic nuclear reaction products whilst implementing the possibility of both position tracking and measuring residual energies of relativistic particles. Each LYCCA module is composed of a double sided silicon detector and 9 CsI(Tl) detectors. This project is primarily focused on the Si detectors, the

The existence of frozen conflicts in Europe are posing difficulties in the application of international human rights treaties. This is due to, de facto governments of break-away regions not cooperating with international mechanisms and refusing to comply with regional and international instruments. The break-away regions of Transnistria and Abkhazia are such examples. Officially part of Republic o

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Swedish state-funded housing concept egnahemsrörelsen, translated into ”own-home-movement”, emerged due to an acute shortage of housing amongst the growing working class. Seven properties were built between 1916 and 1936, funded with governmental loans, by a housing-cooperative of workers in Västra Sorgenfri, Malmö. The aim of this study was to examine if

This qualitative multiple case study has identified and examined two environmental sustainability innovations and their implications on the dairy value chain by utilising an abductive research approach. For this purpose, plant-based and cellular agriculture innovations in the U.S. dairy industry served as the case objects of the study and were analysed in terms of their disruptivness. Thus, plant-

Tanken med examensarbetet var att skapa grund för en framtida torkad produkt baserad på vildsvin. Vildsvin är idag en outnyttjad klimatsmart resurs som det finns gott om i våra skogar. Idén med att göra en produkt av vildsvinskött kom under vårterminen i kursen produktutveckling, som ingår i utbildningen Livsmedelsteknisk. Vildsvinsköttet är ett magert och näringsrikt kött. Enligt VärldsnaturfondeThe idea behind the thesis was to create a basis for a future dried product based on wild boar. Wild boar is today an untapped climate smart resource that there are plenty of in our forests. The idea of making a product from wild boar meat came during the spring term in the product development course, which is part of the Food Technology program. Wild boar meat is lean and nutritious. According to

Utilizing Business Intelligence (BI) technologies is becoming increasingly important in order to make data-driven decisions enabling organizations to stay competitive. However, with long lead times, organizations are not able to take those time-critical data-driven decisions in order to stay ahead. With the introduction of Self-Service Business Intelligence (SSBI) systems, more and more organizati

I Sverige finns det 335 500 hästar enligt Statistiska centralbyrån. Hästsporten är växande och handeln med tävlingshästar har kommit att utgöra en stor del av hästbranschens levebröd. Beroende på om säljaren bedöms vara näringsidkare eller privatperson så blir olika lagar tillämpliga vid en hästförsäljning. Som näringsidkare har säljaren enligt konsumentköplagen (1990:932) ett mycket långtgående aThere are 335,500 horses in Sweden according to Swedish Statistics. The equestrian sport is growing and the trade with competition horses has become a large part of the sports livelihood. Different laws apply depending on whether the seller is considered an entrepeneur or a private individual. As an entrepeneur, the seller has a far-reaching responsibility due to konsumentköplagen (1990:932) (Kköp

The use of the term ‘refugee crisis’ does already suggest a scenario that apparently, the European Union was not expecting and consequently, was not prepared to tackle. As the mass influx of asylum seekers arrived in Europe in 2015, the national reception systems, especially in states of first arrival such as Greece and Italy were disrupted, and the Common European Asylum System was put to a test.

A new pharmaceutical product suitable to act as a negative contrast agent for Computerized Scan (CT-scan) of the abdomen is under development. At the moment the product has the form of a powder, which when dispersed in water and whipped, gives a stable foam. The foam is ingested by individuals who are about to undergo a CT-scan, as a prior preparation step. The powder form has disadvantages such a

In this bachelor thesis, the causes and norms that has indicated an increase of drug abuse, both illicit and prescribed, for the past two years in the municipality of Lomma among middle school pupils, have been investigated. In order to understand this problem, student health staff’s, field workers’ and police’s point of views have been considered in three focus groups interviews. Qualitative data

Bakgrund: Att uppleva balans mellan sina aktiviteter är inom arbetsterapi förknippat med hälsa och välbefinnande. Hur arbetsterapeuter arbetar med äldre personer för att förbättra deras aktivitetsbalans är dock understuderat. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur arbetsterapeuter beskriver arbetet med äldre personer och deras aktivitetsbalans. Metod: En kvalitativ ansats med semistrukturBackground: In occupational therapy, experiencing balance between occupations is associated with health and well-being. There is little known about occupational therapists work with older people to improve their occupational balance. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate how occupational therapists describe the work with older people and their occupational balance. Method: A qualitative ap

When companies rise and fall faster than ever before due to rapid technological changes, the ability to respond to technological changes becomes critical for all organizations. The benefits of transforming are clear and many companies fail to transform and thus take massive hits. According to Forbes (2018), $900 million has been wasted as a consequence, making it important to identify what is hind

In this essay an econometric analysis has been made to examine how the swedish dwelling stock is affected by the rent regulation in Sweden as well as investigate if the regulation affects the rent level. The study observes Sweden, Norway, Belgium and The United Kingdom between the years of 1995 - 2015. Parts of the focus in this study has been on the effectiveness in allocation and if it can incre

Att anses vara en moralisk person är en strävan som de allra flesta har. Trots detta verkar det finnas en diskrepans mellan de etiska principer vi säger oss stå bakom och vårt faktiska agerande, ett fenomen kallat dubbelmoral. Denna studie undersökte hur emotionen skuld påverkar uppvisad dubbelmoral gällande personer av olika sociala grupptillhörigheter. Deltagare (N = 166) fick först läsa en instTo be perceived by others as moral and fair is something that most humans desire. Despite this, there appears to exist a discrepancy between the ethical principles we argue for and the actions we actually pursue, a phenomenon called hypocrisy. This article studied how the emotion guilt influences our hypocrisy, and how this varies based on social group membership. Participants (N = 166) were asked

Trust has attracted academic attention as the crucial social capital to foster economic development. Especially in analysing today’s knowledge-based economy, the influential role of trust on innovation has been studied by many researchers due to the favourable feature of trust in accelerating knowledge exchange and collaboration in innovation networks. However, the quantitative relationship betwee