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Globaliseringen och den teknologiska utvecklingen som nya möjligheter innebär en teknologi som producerar elektroniskt avfall. Industriländerna producerar, konsumerar och tar del av förtjänsterna för att sedan olagligt transportera avfallet till utvecklingsländer. I samband med dumpning av elektroniskt avfall uppkommer risker vilka vi ämnar att undersöka. För att förstå konsekvenserna av dumpninge

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

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

The purpose of this study is to identify if a relationship exists between excess cash and stock returns analysed across periods of boom and bust. Our findings document an overall positive relationship between excess cash holdings and stock returns. In regards to the specific period this paper documents a negative relationship in boom times and a positive relationship in times of downturn. From the

Den amerikanska historien har visat att USA är ett land som till hög grad påverkar andra staters politik och ett land som inte låter sig underkuvas. Vi ämnade att med hjälp av statistik undersöka ett eventuellt samband mellan analys¬enheterna, arbetslöshet och BNP, och stöd till presidenten för att se om det finns ett samband till presidenters val att använda sig av avledande taktik i form av att

Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) within the European Union are currently facing many challenges one being access to financing due to high risk and probability of default, another being cross-border taxation issues with double taxation and information asymmetry. Since the aim within the EU is to be the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world with sustainable econo

This study aims at identifying and analysing the construct of a retailer’s store personality in consumer stories and how these stories relate to the retailer’s brand story on a global level. To fulfil the purpose and analyse a retailer’s store personality, a qualitative approach was chosen to analyse the empirical data provided by a case study of H&M through narrative analysis. The main theori

Essay rereading Haraways Cyborg Manifesto

Speditörens roll har ständigt utvecklats till att omfatta alltfler tjänster varvid en del, främst de större speditionsfirmorna, har börjat erbjuda lösningar inom fjärdepartslogistik. I detta koncept ingår, förutom transport och lagring, även en stor grupp tjänster kallade mervärdestjänster vilka kan utföras t.ex. i lagret, på terminal eller i köparens (tredjemans) lokaler. Jag har valt att fokuser

It has been found that customers in the home market perceive the retailer’s store image more positively than customers in the host market, even though this study has found that the retailer’s store image is generally perceived very positively by customers in both examined markets. In addition, this thesis has found that there is a significant difference in how IKEA’s management and customers perce

In the 1990s the world economy was hit by a series of unusually deep crises with far-reaching consequences, the first of which occurred in Finland and Sweden. This paper compares the cost of the crisis of the 1990s with the costs caused by all major crises and depressions since the 1870s in the two Nordic countries. First, it constructs a crisis chronology for Finland and Sweden. Second, it estima

Popular Abstract in Swedish Winnicott definierade och införde begreppen övergångsobjekt (ÖO) och övergångsfenomen (ÖF) vid ett möte i brittiska psykoanalytiska föreningen i maj 1951. Detta kopplades till ett tänkande, som gällde utvecklingen av barnets relaterande från en från början alltigenom subjektiv upplevelsevärld till en värld med ”verkliga” relationer - och talade om ”the intermediate areaThe central issue of the dissertation is the place and meaning of the concepts transitional object (TO) and transitional phenomenon (TP) as defined by Winnicott, in a normal psychological context. A group of children were followed from age 8 months to 6 years. A prevalence study was carried out by interviewing parents in connection with the child's (n=147) routine check-ups at the Child Health Cen

This analytical essay critically examines how social sustainability is constructed within Lund’s municipality district development program for Norra Fäladen. The existing research widely acknowledges that sustainable development and social sustainability are characterized by conceptual ambiguity and a lack of consensus regarding definition and measurement. Despite this, they are leading concepts f