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The peace accord between the government of Colombia and the FARC-guerrilla has caught the attention of the world, not least for its deliberate focus on gender and the inclusion of women in the peace process. This essay aims to investigate the relation between theoretical outlining guidelines presented within the IDDRS framework. As to the construction of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegrati

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to elucidate the organisation Family First's campaign against the anti-smacking law in New Zeeland. This has been done through a qualitative content analysis of how Family First use arguments and rhetoric in their campaign, and what consequences Family First mean the anti-smacking law has had for the society, the parents and the children and how this con

The purpose of this study is to investigate if a CRE sale and lease back transaction generates a positive abnormal return on the lessee’s stock value, by using event study methodology. Furthermore, the probable relationship between the positive abnormal return and the transaction value, as well as the cash flow is investigated by using linear regression. A short term as well as a long term perspec

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

Using qualitative interviews with twenty recent graduates, this study explores how participants understand and experience career in the aftermath of the crisis. Overall, this study suggests that several dominant theories and practical storylines surrounding notions of career and career development present a static view that fails to take important contexts into account. We aim to provide a deeper

IThis study aims at proving the impact of firm-specific financial determinants on the likelihood of cross-border M&A and their impact on the relative size of transactions, both against the background of changing market conditions. In conclusion, we find our first hypothesis, that the strength of single firm-specific financial factors increases the likelihood of firm’s to undertake cross-border

The aim of this article is to provide an insight into how entrepreneurship education has influenced the entrepreneurial mindset and experience of an entrepreneurial student and how that increases her skills and abilities in the process of new venture creation. The paper discusses the various theories pertaining to entrepreneurship education and assumptions made by researchers in the field of entre

Entrepreneurs are people who have a slightly different view on how the world works, they have certain characteristic that make them stand out of the crow. This thesis focuses on the link between creativity culture and entrepreneurship

The purpose is to investigate whether the correlation between equity returns and changes in CDS spreads is stronger for sub-investment grade companies than for investment grade companies in the European iTraxx indices.

The aim of this thesis was to study individual experiences of depression and the meetings between individual experiences and the diagnostic criteria of depression. The purpose of this study was to analyse depression from a social constructionist perspective to determine how individuals construct the illness known as depression. The study was conducted by using 5 autobiographies. The autobiographie

På senare år har socialtjänsten i Sverige blivit måltavla för desinformationskampanjer, där särskilt den så kallade LVU-kampanjen har väckt starka reaktioner och spridit misstro mot myndigheten, framför allt bland utrikesfödda grupper. Denna uppsats undersöker hur socialarbetare upplever att dessa kampanjer påverkar deras arbete och relationen till klienter, samt hur de hanterar frågor om förtroen