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Study on value creation for acquiring companies in Sweden in the years 2002-2009. The study is carried out by using both event- and accounting study methodology and the value creation is studied in short, medium and long-term. We find significant positive average abnormal returns of 2.82% at the announcement, which is steady until 5 days post the announcement. We find no significant abnormal chang
This thesis explores the state of regional cooperation, particularly in the field of security, among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden (Norden). The author examines correlation between a set of socially constructed factors and the creation of a common Nordic profile in a regional security organization, the OSCE. Formally, Norden is divided in the EU and the non-EU members, but unofficia
The aim of this thesis is to present a comparability analysis between the tax on certain digital services approved by Spain; article 107 (1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the case law of the CJEU on state aid, to determine whether the application this tax gives competitive advantages to some companies over others.
For the African continent, historically conflict-ridden and home to some of the poorest populations worldwide, the Covid-19-pandemic is commonly described as crisis of unprecedented magnitude whose global ramifications transcend every dimension of daily live, for millions of people. This study explores the repercussions of the Covid-19-crisis on local peacebuilding initiatives in eight West- and C
The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, during which Hutu and others who opposed the genocide were also killed, tore up the social fabric of Rwanda. The reconciliation effort has been immense involving actors from all walks of life all working with different methods and techniques. This study turns to the beautiful game, football, and aims to examine what role the sport has played in the po
Purpose: To study the effect of environmentally-relevant personal values (biospheric, altruistic, egoistic and hedonic) on the purchase intention of second-hand clothing (SHC). Methodology: This research is a quantitative study and follows a deductive research approach. The empirical data was obtained through convenience sampling by means of an online self-completion questionnaire. A total of 669
Utländska direktinvesteringar i EU skapar arbetstillfällen och för med sig kapital samt expertis från hela världen. Utländska direktinvesteringar är dock inte helt utan risk då de även kan ge upphov till hot mot säkerheten eller allmänna ordningen i unionen. I syfte att hantera dessa risker antogs förordning (EU) 2019/452 av den 19 mars 2019 om upprättande av en ram för granskning av utländska dirForeign direct investments into the EU creates jobs and brings in capital and expertise from all over the world. However, foreign direct investments are not without risks as they can also cause threats to public policy or security in the Union. To mitigate these risks, the EU regulation 2019/452 of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Unio
This essay concerns the complementation of the English emotive verbs like, love, hate and prefer. In English, gerund-participial and infinitival complements often receive semi-synonymous semantic interpretations when complementing emotive verbs. All the while, both complement types supposedly convey separate semantic interpretations, resulting in that they commonly appear in contexts expressing ha
Tax avoidance has never been fought this aggressively. The EU drafted ATAD to follow the BEPS work and they chose a minimum directive as the legislative instrument. Principle of subsidiarity and the reasoned opinions of the Malta and Sweden are analysed to support the findings of the research. The Directive goes further than the previous case law on abusive situations, and this will be analysed in
Ecotourism has been touted globally as a tool that promotes sustainable development. Yet ecotourism and sustainable development are neither simple to define, nor straightforward in regards to their implementation. The aim of this thesis is to critically investigate ecotourism’s relationship to sustainable development. In doing so it develops its own conceptual framework on the sustainability goals
The energy sector in the world today is in the middle of a huge challenge regarding grid development and power production. Whilst a significant part of the world's population are struggling without access to electricity, the more developed part of the world is trying to replace existing energy sources into renewable ones, and are also facing the challenge of an aging grid which is in desperate
This thesis explores the impact of medical migration on the healthcare crisis in East Africa. With a qualitative research design of ten semi-structured interviews it shall help to understand the relationship between medical migration and the healthcare crisis in East Africa. Accordingly, by interviewing doctors with ties to East Africa and relevant experiences for the topic of study, the following
The study presented herein analyses the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks (WRC) in light of existing civil liability regimes relating to the same area of environmental law, namely&semic protection of the marine environment from damages arising from maritime activities. Through presentation and analysis of the most influential and exemplifying civil liability regimes for
This thesis aims to test firm specific factors that determine the capital structure of companies on the Stockholm stock exchange. The results will be compared with the results of earlier studies from USA and Switzerland. Furthermore, we will conclude if these firm specific factors have changed over time. The theories explained and used in this thesis are the Modigliani Miller model, Trade-Off theo
Synthetic estrogens that originate mainly from oral contraceptive pills reach our waters through sewage effluent and potentially affect organisms in the natural environment. This study focused on the effects of the synthetic estrogen 17-alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2) on the foraging and predator avoidance behaviors of the planktivorous fish roach (Rutilus rutilus), a common fish in Swedish lakes and
This study investigates the impact of rules of origin (ROO) on the Malagasy textile and clothing industry. The ROO of two different preferential trading arrangements for developing countries, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) of the US and the Lomé/Cotonou agreement of the EU, are compared and related to Malagasy clothing exports and textile imports. The AGOA ROO are found to be more l
This thesis explores the interactions between tourism development and cultural values in the South Pacific nation of Samoa. As tourism is likely to remain a key strategy for the development of Samoa, this study explores the impact of such development on the cultural component of fa’a Samoa, or Samoa’s way of life, which varies quite significantly from Western, capitalist culture. The aim of the st
Earlier, linguists have treated conceptual metaphor and conceptual blend as two separate phenomena. Recent research, however, has brought more and more attention to similarities between these phenomena. This study intends to shed more light on such similarities in the underlying creation process and aims to detect common preconditions. A corpus-driven analysis, incorporating 50 advertisements repr
Denna uppsats belyser de ökande rättsverkningarna det digitala samhället har på upphovsrätten. Framför allt har principen om konsumtion av upphovsrätt, ett undantag på en författares ensamrätt att sprida sitt arbete, erhållit en ny tolkning. Principen innebär att när en rättighetshavare placerar dennes upphovsrättsskyddade verk på marknaden till försäljning, är spridningsrätten konsumerad, vilket This thesis illustrates the increasing legal effects on copyright by the modern digital environment. In particular, the principle of copyright exhaustion, the exception to an author’s exclusive right to distribute his or her work, has been targeted with a novel interpretation. The principle ensures that when a right holder puts his/her copyrighted work on the market for sale, the distribution righ
