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Many modern city centres are struggling with the aftermath of car-centric and consumption-driven urban planning from the last century. This approach has led to widespread vacancies, a lack of green spaces, and unattractive public areas, that fail to offer diverse functions. While many cities have pedestrian-friendly zones, these areas are often dominated by retail spaces that cater primarily to co
With the persistent phenomenon of rapid urbanization, cities worldwide are in a constant state of change. This transformation extends to the underlying "urban fabric" that encompasses the distinct segments that collectively shape the identity and character of a city. These segments can be formally categorized as districts, boroughs, neighborhoods, or wards. However, at a deeper level fam
Political campaigns are a recurring phenomenon in liberal democracies. However, scholars remain undecided about the extent of their effectiveness and have focused heavily on the United States and the United Kingdom. This thesis expands by quantitatively analyzing the relationship between political parties’ financial resources and electoral performance across twelve European democracies. It also zo
The attention to the environmental impact of plastics materials used in food packaging has produced several studies in the last decade and consumers have started wondering about the utility and the functions of food packaging. In fact, the use and the production of plastic polymers cause pollution due to the disposal and to the CO2 emission. Besides that, even if new polymers from organic and biol
This paper studies whether the level of IPO underpricing is enforced by increased firm complexity. Evidence from a sample of 215 Swedish IPOs between 2010–2020 suggests that investor’s ex-ante uncertainty increases as issuing firms become increasingly complex. As a consequence, firms exhibiting complexity generally experience higher degrees of IPO underpricing. Moreover, we find support for our cl
Electricity finds itself different from other fresh-ware commodities, it cannot easily be stored. This characteristic trait of electricity results in traditional pricing methods not working for electricity pricing. Thus different pricing schemes are needed, such as Price Forward Curves (PFC) or pricing against a price level. The price forward curves are constructed through a mix of historical mark
In recent times of market turmoil, liquidity risk has become a big talking point. As certain Swedish fixed income funds, which were advertised as safe investment options, closed for a few trading days in March of 2020 due to the extremely high stress on the market, questions about how illiquidity a↵ects risk and return were asked. There has been plenty of previous research on the subject and it al
Background – As E.ON’s solar panel business has grown significantly, they are interested in finding new methods of working with inventory management. Currently, it is controlled manually and without any support of structured analytical inventory control methods. Purpose – The purpose of this Master’s Thesis Project is to investigate and suggest a method suitable for inventory control of E.ON’s so
Medans världens fossila bränslereserver sinar har utvinningen av fossilgas genom hydraulisk spräckning, allmänt känt som fracking, vunnit mark internationellt. Parallellt med detta uppenbarar sig klimatförändringarnas katastrofala effekter och tiden är knapp för att ställa om global energiproduktion innan medeltemperaturen når så kallade ”tipping points”. Syftet med denna uppsats är att utforska d
Sustainability communication and leadership are among the most popular topics in the communication field. Nowadays, we increasingly witness corporate leaders engaging online and talk about sustainability in social media. However, sustainability communication from a CEO’s perspective has not yet been thoroughly investigated. Therefore, this study aims to understand how CEOs in the energy sector com
Title: CEO Narcissism, Divestitures, and Shareholder Value: A Study on the Nordic Market Seminar date: 2019-06-03 Course: BUSN79, Degree project in Accounting & Finance, Graduate level, 15 ECTS-credits Authors: Alan Alfat, Christian Erlandsson Advisor: Håkan Jankensgård Keywords: Narcissism, Divestitures, event-study, CAR, BHAR Purpose: This study aims to investigate whether CEO Narcissi
In the realm of urban planning, urban greening – the creation or restoration of green spaces in cities – has risen as an attractive approach for policy-makers and planners engaged in sustainability. As the benefits of urban greening are many, from social and cultural to environmental and economic, it has become positioned as a win-win solution to several urban challenges related to sustainable dev
The aim of the study is to shed light on how CSR activities affect firm value through its impact on corporate risk taking. We formed a panel data sample based on the European market and analyzed it by random effects models. The theoretical frameworks of this thesis are Stakeholder theory, Shareholder theory, Agency theory, and Risk management theory. The sample consists of all the public listed Eu
This study employs a combined framework of Bourdieusian field analysis and Foucauldian discourse analysis to examine discourses and relations of power pertaining to personal branding authenticity. The central inquiry of this study is how male fitness bloggers on Instagram create and maintain their authenticity on different levels of popularity. The analysis shaped men’s online fitness blogging pra
This paper aims to synthesise and build further on recent research of consumer behaviour, in order to explain how the industry affects consumer behavioural intentions towards early phase innovations. The rationale for this relies on the non-accessibility of early phase innovations and the implication that they cannot yet be experienced by consumers, which further means they cannot be objectively e
The present study examined the relationship between identity leadership and employee well-being. Given the limited empirical evidence on the relationship between the specific identity leadership dimensions (prototypicality, advancement, entrepreneurship and impresarioship) and employee well-being, the current study aimed to explore these relationships. The study was conducted with a digital questi
The rise of deepfake pornography in South Korea reflects a serious breakdown in the protection of human rights in digital spaces. In a society where technological development significantly shapes national identity, the rights to bodily autonomy, education, and freedom from inhumane treatment are increasingly compromised by systems that normalize gender-based violence. Deepfake abuse in South Korea
The transition to sustainable energy systems is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century in Europe, especially in the context of the ambitious climate goals of the European Union. This thesis investigates the differences in strategic approaches towards the fundamental energy transition between the Nordic countries and the Central European countries. The focus of this thesis is specifical
