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This paper studies whether Nordic firms can improve their performance by acquiring firms within the BRIC countries. The BRIC countries has undergone several structural changes and experienced a rapid economic growth during the recent years, which has gained them a lot of attention from the rest of the economical world. However, few scholars have studied acquisition conducted within the BRIC countr

En rad uppmärksammade skjutningar i bland annat Malmö ledde under våren 2012 till en ökad opinion för att den befintliga vapenlagstiftningen behövde skärpas, speciellt vad gäller innehav av vapen där innehavaren har en anknytning till organiserad brottslighet. Att äga eller inneha ett skjutvapen beskrivs som en del av en kriminell livsstil och efterfrågan på skjutvapen kan till stor del tillskrivaDuring 2011-2012 a row of violent shootings took place in Sweden which lead the government to present a bill proposing to change the legislation concerning firearms. During this process there were suggestions as to make the bill strike harder against possessions of firearms by individuals associated with organized crime as firearms are common amongst those living criminal lives and because the dem

The subject of this Master’s thesis is the management of electronic books at three Swedish public libraries. Current statistics about lending e-books have been gathered and supplemented by interviews with librarians and head librarians from the libraries in the study. Statistics and interviews are then analysed together with the library’s policy documents by using an institutional theory. The thes

Syftet med denna litteraturstudie har varit att studera den primära och sekundära migrationen av hydrokarboner. Den primära migrationen är den process som sker då hydrokarboner, efter det att dessa bildats i moderbergarten under specifika tryck och temperaturförhållanden, drivs ut till en reservoarbergart. De faktorer som anses vara de troligaste orsakerna till att primär migration kan ske är spriThe purpose of this literature study is to explain the primary and secondary migration of hydrocarbons. Primary migration is the process when hydrocarbons, after their maturation in the source rock, are migrating to the reservoir rock. The main reason for primary migration is supposed to be cracking within the source rock or transportation with subsurface waterflows acting to a depth of about 2000

Kvidingefältet ligger i nordvästra Skåne på Söderåsens nordöstra sida och avlagringen är ett delta som bildades i en havsvik under deglaciationen av området. Syftet med undersökningen är att göra en arkitektonisk analys av Kvidingedeltats tredimensionella uppbyggnad och att ta reda på hur deltautbyggnaden gått till. Sedimentologiska studier i form av översiktskartering utfördes i åtta av täkternasThe Kvidinge deposit is situated in north-western Scania, southern Sweden. It is a delta formed in a bay during the deglaciation of the area. The purpose of the investigation is to do an architectural analysis of the threedimensional build-up of the Kvidinge deposit and to reconstruct the progradation of the delta. Sedimentary studies have been performed in eight sections and seven logs have been

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfatning: Generellt kan man säga att Sveriges berggrund är äldst i nordöst och blir yngre åt sydväst. Det som i dag är Sverige har bildats genom flera olika tillväxtfaser, då ny berggrund har skapats eller adderats till den befintliga. Dessutom har bergrunden omvandlats dvs. metamorfoserats och deformerats under flera tillfällen. Herrestadsmetabasiten är belägen ungefär eThe Herrestad metabasite is found in the Eastern segment of the Southwest Scandinavian Domain, 10 km to the west of Värnamo in Småland. The Southwest Scandinavian Domain has a complex metamorphic and deformational history, of which the youngest and probably most widespread event, is the 1.2-0.9 Ga Sveconorwegian orogeny. The Protogine Zone separates the Eastern segment from well preserved rocks of

Highly skilled workers are increasingly recognised as a key competitive asset for regional development, and claims have been made that emphasise the importance of certain amenities for the prospects of attracting this particular group of workers. We use a recent large-scale survey to investigate the relative importance of jobs versus amenities for the decision to migrate, as perceived by the migra

Doppler observations from Keck Observatory have revealed a triple-planet system orbiting the nearby K4V star, HIP 57274. The inner planet, HIP 57274b, is a super-Earth with M sin i = 11.6 M-circle plus (0.036 M-Jup), an orbital period of 8.135 +/- 0.004 days, and slightly eccentric orbit e = 0.19 +/- 0.1. We calculate a transit probability of 6.5% for the inner planet. The second planet has M sin

Background: In a perfect world, a company would not have to keep any cash at all but because of market imperfections created by information asymmetries and agency problems it has to. Previous research has suggested that a firm’s cash holding level is related to its size, growth opportunities and leverage. The Swedish market is particularily interesting to study from a corporate governance perspect

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Identify alternative to the current air transportation routes from supply units in Asia to European customers. The authors strive to provide the department of Supply Flow & Logistics with proposals of how they can reduce their costs and environmental effects connected to transportation. The authors also strive to display and evaluate the risk connected to a change in transp

Oversharing of information about one's private life or the private lives of others appears to be an oft-noted phenomenon in the context of social media. This paper aims at answering the following question: What is it in social media as media and in the communicative situation of the person using them that facilitate oversharing of private information? A comparative analysis of face-to-face interac

This thesis is the result of a case study which has its starting point in the fact that mergers and acquisitions are characterized by a high level of risk and often fail to reach stated goals such as leverage of synergy, many times due to the inability of integrating the concerned organization’s information systems. Existing problem perspectives do not include what could be a factor contributing t

This master's thesis reports on our investigation of how the public librarian's professional identity is formed and what it is formed of. We have considered factors such as: education, competence and daily tasks. In order to fulfil this aim we have used a literature study on concepts such as competence, education, professional identity and profession. We have also carried out an empirical

Framställningen berör ett högaktuellt ämnesområde. Alla är överens om att insatserna till bevarande av vår omgivning är otroligt viktiga och på alla nivåer i samhället inriktar man sig därför på miljöfrågor av olika slag. Alla är också överens om att juridiska styrmedel som miljörättsliga och straffrättsliga regleringar är en förutsättning för att upprätta och bibehålla en hållbar utveckling. ÖverThis essay investigates a topic of high importance. Almost everyone is in agreement that the contributions to preserve our environment are of the outmost importance, and therefore environmental issues are in focus on all levels of society. Judicial control measures and criminal law regulations are necessary to maintain a sustainable development. Transgressions of environmental laws with extensive

In 1915 Maria Montessori and Anna Maccheroni built the first Children’s Chapel in Barcelona. Everything in the chapel was in the right size and height for a child. In this chapel the children learnt liturgy and prepeard themselves for the life in the Church through doing. In 2003 the first Swedish play church was built at Kastlösa Stiftsgård on the initiative of Karin Uddling. She had studied Mon

I 10 § 2 st. AvtL regleras en vanlig och i praktiken viktig fullmaktsform, nämligen ställningsfullmakten. Paragrafen ska läsas tillsammans med 10 § 1 st., 11 § 1 st., och 15 § AvtL men de rekvisit som är karakteristiska för just ställningsfullmakten är att mellanmannen i följd av ett avtal med huvudmannen, ska inneha en ställning som ger mellanmannen viss behörighet att rättshandla för huvudmannenThe “position of authority” (ställningsfullmakt) is amongst the most common and perhaps one of the most important types of power of attorney. The regulation is found in section 10 paragraph 2 of the Swedish Contracts Act 1915 (SCA) and states: “A person who, being employed in the service of another party or otherwise as a result of an agreement with another party, occupies a position which, accord

År 2000 satte den Europeiska Unionen ett strategiskt mål att bli en större, mer konkurrenskraftig ekonomisk region med stark tillväxt för ekonomi och arbetskraft. En viktig komponent i att nå detta mål är att utveckla den inre marknaden och stödja den fria rörligheten för varor, kapital, tjänster och personer inom den Europeiska Unionen. Kommissionen har identifierat skillnader i Medlemsstaternas In 2000, the European Union set out the strategic goal to become a more competitive, stronger economic region with sustainable growth in terms of economy and jobs. An important part in achieving this goal is the complete establishment of the internal market to fully promote freedom of movement of goods, capital, services and people within the European Union. The Commission has identified diversity