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Environmental performance of sea transport is of growing concern for the evolution of European transport policy as well as local air quality management of harbour cities. This study investigates the case of Trelleborg and highlights factors, which can hinder or facilitate the improvement of stakeholder cooperation for sustainable port development. The developed orientations suggest enhancement in
In this thesis, I am examining speeches held by George W. Bush on the subject of ?family values? (also called ?moral values?). These politics are symbolized by the debates on abortion, abstinence-only education and gay marriage. Also, the rhetoric of social movements such as ?Operation Rescue? an anti-abortion organisation, ?Abstinence Clearinghouse? an organisation promoting abstinence-only educa
Thousands of associations with a variety of social, economical and political goals have been in recent years emerging in China, Burma and Vietnam, in spite of, or rather by authority of, the authoritarian regime. The existence of numerous associations under authoritarian rule is rather a new phenomenon which aroused contradictory views among the observers - hopes on the formation of civil society
Changes in Nordic security have been discussed often recently in light of the emergence of the European Security and Defense Policy. Taken up primarily by constructivist arguments, much of the work asserts that Nordic security policy is changing in light of the increasing significance of the European Union's security dimensions and even becoming Europeanized. However, this essay argues that se
This thesis discusses two main questions. First, the importance paid to the economic goal and the integration goal respectively in the new Commission policy. Second, I analyse an agreement covered by the new block exemption regulation in order to establish whether or not exempted agreements still prevent or restrict market integration and in addition what economic efficiencies are offered in stead
This thesis takes its starting point in the criminal offence of bribery in international business transactions. While the relating issues pertaining to the surrounding international business environment are overwhelmingly complex and numerous, the supply-side view presented focuses on questions less related to a political will to conduct massive and costly public sector reforms. In the light of on
The aim of this thesis is to explain if certain auditor attributes affect Swedish auditors judgment and approach towards risk. The chosen methodology for this study is an explanatory method with a deductive approach. The method has been commonly used in previous researches in the field of audit risk judgment. With this approach, hypotheses has been formulated and then later tested towards empirica
This paper examines the weak form EMH regarding to the china’s stock markets and the role of WTO accession in the market efficiency. We consider A share and B share and composite index traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange using daily data for 6 indexes for the period from the earliest available data to 2008/03/14. We assume WTO accession plays a positive role in the Ch
International trade costs still matter. As traditional barriers to trade continue to diminish in importance, the question is how trade costs can be further lowered to promote international trade. Migrants can lower trade costs between their country of birth and their country of residence, particularly through the information channel. I use a gravity model of international trade to estimate the ext
Many of the water bodies in Europe are in bad ecological condition due to anthropologic impacts. Pollution and morphological changes have had a severe impact of the water environment and flora and fauna associated with such environments. The fact that water courses often cross administrative borders within countries as well as internationally makes the water management that much more difficult. Th
The overall objective of this thesis was to investigate how CSR is approached by commercial banks in the U.S and Sweden respectively. We have therefore made a comparative analysis of the national differences in terms of CSR. This research was done by introducing and identifying dimensions that affect the CSR practices in each country. These dimensions have been analyzed based on the national busin
