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This paper takes a critical look at current methodologies used by business for assessing impacts on indigenous communities dependent upon natural resources for the maintenance of their traditional way of life. It argues that new human-centered, holistic and bottom-up approaches can contribute to a greater understanding of direct, indirect and cumulative impacts of resource development on indigenou
Urban Agriculture (UA) in becoming more visible globally, in part due to the crisis of the food system in 2007-8 but also due to recognition of the benefits of the practice in providing food, biodiversity and contributions toward sustainability. UA is considered in this thesis as a form of ‘food system relocalization’ which provides an alternative to the global food system. Relocalizing food syste
This study examines equity and governance issues in rural drinking water supply (RDWS) in Uttar Pradesh, North India, in the context of the current decentralisation reforms in the sector. It reviews the available literature on decentralisation and illuminates different perspectives and arguments to provide a rationale for understanding the reform initiatives in Uttar Pradesh. The study then analys
Internally displaced women hold together the social fabric of society; they are resilient, resourceful and creative in ensuring the well-being of their families following forced displacement. By utilizing the analytical framework of the actor-oriented approach, and the concepts of feminization of poverty and response strategies, this research demonstrates that women’s agency, as actors in the reco
This thesis examines the potential of a social economy-based microenterprise model as a new community development tool in the special context of indigenous Quechua communities in rural Peru where their socio-economic realities are substantially different from the modern society. Although, the social economy-based development policies are widely discussed in many Latin American countries, only litt
Klimatförändringar har amplifierats sedan den industriella revolutionen och modeller pekar på att förändringen kommer forsätta att öka åtminstone till slutet av detta århundrande. Globala temperaturer och nederbörd förväntas öka avsevärt under detta århundrade. Dessa ökningar förväntas bli särskilt markanta i de arktiska områdena. Torvmyrar belägna på höga latituder vid 0ºC isothermen, såsom StorfThe rate of change of our climate has been amplified since the industrial revolution and is expected to change even further by the end of this century. Global temperature and precipitation are expected to increase considerably over the next century. These increases are expected to be magnified in the Arctic regions. In a high latitude peatland like Storflaket, near Abisko (Northern Sweden), at the
A large number of studies have shown that macroeconomic variables can explain co-movements in stock market returns in developed markets. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether this relation also holds in China’s two stock markets. By doing a heteroscedastic cointegration analysis, the long run relation is investigated. The results show that it is difficult to determine if a cointegrat
In Cameroon, there is a tradition for heterosexual family system inherent in a patriarchal order of things; accordingly, this study shed light on how gender pervades into, and ‘force’ migrants to remit in order to fulfill family expectations at the country of origin. Contemporary academic studies and reports from various organizations have highlighted the active role of women as migrants and remit
In times of globalization, cultural contact is a phenomenon that occurs on a daily basis. Immigration is a big contributor to the cultural contact. The phenomenon of immigration brings about many essential questions that can be hard to adjust to. The acculturation process itself is dependent of factors such as the contemporary societal climate as well as the active role of the immigrant. Questions
Human trafficking is a transnational phenomenon and it has been one of the most hotly debated issues in the development agenda for the last decade. This thesis focuses the attention on the phenomenon of women trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and takes as a case study the Republic of Albania. Albania has been, especially during the 90s, widely touched by the phenomenon, and since
The aim of this work is to critically examine the multimodal aspect of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (the Rotterdam Rules), in order to determine if the Convention would, in practice, bring the long desired legal uniformity and an overall beneficial environment for the shipping industry. The focus is on the liability prov
In an era of globalization, international legal frameworks and vigorous international politics, we cannot refrain from hearing about the extensive health crisis of the developing world. HIV/AIDS, Malaria and drug resistant tuberculosis are only a few of the widespread disease which appear almost surreal to the citizens of the industrial world. The debates and discussions regarding the importance o
The cash flow volatility could be either value destroying or value creating. It is also meaningful to classify the firms by growth options when analysis the firm value. These results develop the prior study to a more specification condition. Managers should focus on real cash flow management and the effects of firm¡¯s earning management should also be measured by cash flow rather than accruals.
The purpose of this research is to investigate the value premium associated with extent of hedging in the U.S. airline industry during the period 2006 to 2010 and to study the results of hedging on accounting performance as a proxy for firm value. The multivariate approach has been taken to measure the firm value using Tobin's q and accounting performance variables. The results show that hedgi
ABB has identified a potential in decreasing their levels of capital employed and in particular net working capital, NWC. To release tied up capital from the balance sheet, a decision was taken to start an initiative with focus on NWC. The focus area is to reduce NWC as percentage of revenues and to reduce the levels of overdues. The objective of this report is to describe a methodology for decrea
Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to find intermodal transportation solutions for COMPANY X’s production in Turkey to different destinations in Europe. Methodology: The analysis is mainly based on quantitative studies. An inductive approach has been used to connect theoretical perspectives and the empirical material. Theory: General theories within transports and environmental effects are ill
The economie models of business are eonstantly developing and today il seems as if parts of the service industry are evolving inta a so called experienee economy. Collexium exclusive driver' s club has the intention of delivering experienees to a segment of automobil e enthusiasts in South Florida. As the company started out as late as December 2006, there are parts of the original strategy th
PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to investigate how private equity backed IPOs perform once they go public. That is, to investigate whether or not these private equity firms have created highly competitive, high performance portfolio companies and to see if the portfolio companies are able to retain those qualities even after going public. These results are then to be compared with previous re
An examination of the human rights and migration implications of climate change, current discussions on and proposed solutions to the issue of climate change migration and a critical analysis of the exclusion of climate change migrants within this discourse, along with a discussion of whether international law itself can be used to challenge this exclusion.
The purpose of the thesis is to investigate how the semiconductor industry will develop during the period 2007-2012. Issues: The main issues presented are: • How will the competitive landscape change from 2007 to 2012? • How will companies succeed in the industry in 2012? • What position will the Integrated Device Manufacturers take in the value chain in 2012? Method: In order to achieve the purpo
