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All modern firms need access to capital markets at the lowest possible cost. Today's investors want to be able to increase or decrease their ownership rapidly, at low transaction costs and they demand return compensation for the trading costs they meet. This means that the price of the firm's security will reflect its share liquidity characteristics. Consequently liquidity-increasing financial inv

In this article, the concept of distribution channel re-engineering stands for a restructuring of distribution activities where the physical distribution and sales functions are organizationally separated from each other. The objective of the re-engineering process is primarily to reach dramatic improvements in operational efficiency. Our study indicates improvements in the distribution process in

It is important to provide scientific knowledge of wheelchairs as occupant-protecting seats in motor vehicles. This study aimed at examining the situation in Special Transportation Services (STS), an important mode of transport for wheelchair users in Sweden. The perceived safety levels were assessed and examined, and extensive field experience was gained. During the study in three Swedish cities

This paper provides an anthropological definition of "security" to discuss the nature of international intervention in the Balkans. Using examples from the author's development work in Albania, it describes how the international project implementation carried on by development NGOs interacts with local customary laws such as the Albanian 'kanun'. Projectization has created new project elites, but

Female-limited colour polymorphisms provide interesting examples of intraspecific genetic diversity but, in most polymorphic taxa, we know little about the macroevolutionary origin and subsequent history of polymorphism during diversification. The damselfly genus Ischnura includes many species with multiple, heritable female colour morphs. The evolutionary origin of polymorphism in this clade is u

The master thesis was done at QPharma to investigate a processing problem during production of tablets, where an excessive volume expansion during dry mixing of three ingredients occurred from time to time. A volume expansion (dilation) is needed for particles, within a powder, to become mixed with other particles. However, the extent of the dilation is dependent on intermolecular forces between p

Linné glacier has retreated approximately 1.8 km since 1936 and 1 km between 1995 and 2019. Linné glacier is following the same trend as other glaciers around Svalbard. Linné glacier is a well-monitored glacier with a time series of air temperature, incoming solar radiation and snow height data since 2003. Annual recordings of the glacier margin from 2007, allows for an accurate reconstruction of

Relationships between women and typically older men for gifts and money in exchange for sex in South Africa are common, and known as blesser relationships. Their increasing acceptability and accessibility has been linked to negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes among young black African women. Using focus group discussions and semi-structured individual interviews, this thesis investiga

This study analyses the processes of constructing masculinity and fatherhood among a sample of stay-at-home fathers in Turkey. Firstly, social construction of reality theory was used to describe the construction process of the fathers’ identities. Then, hegemonic masculinity and performativity theories were applied in order to analyse the masculinity practices and performances. How the Turkish sta

Sättet som världen presenterar sig för våra sinnesorgan är genom en kontinuerlig ström av information, men vår upplevelse av den är uppdelad i diskreta händelser. Enligt eventsegmenteringsteorin är den här segmenteringen en inbyggd och automatisk del av mänsklig kognition. Omfattande forskning ger inte bara stöd åt den här teorin utan tyder också på att sättet vi delar upp händelser påverkar vårt The world presents itself to our sense organs as a continuous stream of input, yet we appear to conceive experiences in terms of discrete events. According to event segmentation theory, this segmentation is an intrinsic and automatic component of human cognition. A considerable body of research provides evidence for this claim and suggests further that the way we segment events has consequences fo

Utvecklingen av anjonbytarmembran som kombinerar långvarig termokemisk stabilitet, hög hydroxidjonledningsförmåga med adekvata mekaniska egenskaper för alkaliskt elektrokemiskt system, är för närvarande ett brett forskningsområde. I det aktuella arbetet undersöker vi radikalpolymerisationen av allylamin, särskilt i organiska lösningsmedel, som uppnåddes genom direkt polymerisering av den protoneraThe development of anion-exchange membranes that combine long-term thermochemical stability, high hydroxide ion conductivity with adequate mechanical properties for alkaline electrochemical system, is currently a wide research area. In the present work, we investigate the radical polymerization of allylamine, especially in organic solvents, which was achieved by directly polymerizing the protonate

Electrical power distribution is currently seeing both challenges and opportunities. On one hand, the digitisation of measurement data and modern measurement devices enable deeper analysis and planning of the grid. On the other hand, the expansion of privately owned photovoltaic systems and the customers' desire to produce their own electricity is an inevitable challenge that distribution comp

Among the most discussed risks of climate change is its impact on the occurrence of natural disasters. Manifold research points towards the social and economic consequences that follow for affected regions in the world. Especially for developing and emerging countries, natural disasters impose a threat endangering the path of sustainable development. This study investigates the impact of natural d

Employee engagement has become more of an important issue for nonprofit organizations as they have to maintain an unprofitable social mission with often stringent resources. This study problematizes that most research about employee engagement is from a managerial approach, while research from the “communication constitutes organization” (CCO) perspective recognizes the close link between communic

This master thesis aims to explore the reception of refugee focused CSR communication in the form of audiovisual rhetoric on YouTube as well as analyze audience comments in a pursuit of identifying types of commenting behaviour that arise with the emergence of a commenting persona. Even though audiences play a major role in rhetoric, and has at times been explored theoretically in rhetoric litera

The thesis aimed to answer the research question: ‘What are the possible interventions measures to prevent child marriages in Nepal?’ by analyzing six in-depth semi structured interviews of people working for children’s rights. The earlier studies of child marriages and discussions of children and human rights has been used to analyse the data. Child marriage is a practice that occurs across regio

Over the past two decades several central banks have to varying extent and over different periods used unconventional monetary policy in order to govern stubbornly low inflation rates. As policy rates decrease to near zero or even negative levels for prolonged periods of time, the risk premium on financial markets as well as the cost of debt is altered. This thesis examines how equity valuations o

This thesis establishes an understanding of violence as discourse in the setting of Turkish prisons, during the death fast in the early 2000s. It uncovers discourses embedded in the acts of torture, hunger striking and force-feeding, each able to produce certain kinds of subjects. Investigating the interplay between power logics that underpin these violent practices, the thesis contests the idea o