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The extreme volatility and pronounced non-stationarity of cryptocurrency prices challenge traditional time-series models and motivate the use of deep learning. This thesis addresses three focused research questions: (i) Do gated recurrent neural networks (GRNNs) produce more accurate one-day-ahead Bitcoin return predictions than feedforward neural networks and linear benchmarks? (ii) Can a GRNN ba
Within months, everything changed in the autumn of 2024. Northvolt, once the defining symbol of Sweden’s green transition, suddenly found itself at the centre of one of the country’s most serious economic crises in decades. What had been a modern, sustainable fairytale of rapid growth and global ambition turned into a question of survival, ownership, and maintaining the Northvolt name. It is now
This thesis presents a scoping review of academic literature on the intersection of religion, spirituality, and Indigenous worldviews with climate change adaptation. While adaptation research has traditionally emphasised technical, institutional, and financial dimensions, the cultural and spiritual dimensions shaping community responses remain underexplored. To address this gap, the review systema
This thesis explores the regulatory friction that surfaces when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) apply side by side to high‑risk AI systems. It homes in on three connected problems. First, there is a procedural overlap between the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and the Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA). Second, a normati
Purpose: To examine whether generative AI adoption influences analyst forecast error and bias, and whether the relationship differs across firms with different characteristics. Methodology: The study applies a quantitative panel-data approach using pooled OLS and firm fixed effects regressions. Interaction models are used to examine whether firm size, segment complexity, intangible intensity an
As generative AI becomes widely accessible across industries, firms face a strategic paradox. The same technology that expands creative capability simultaneously erodes the distinctiveness on which competitive advantage depends, drawing firms toward commoditized and undifferentiated outputs. Against this backdrop, understanding how organizations appropriate value from generative AI rather than mer
The UK achieved the ambitious goal of becoming the first G7 country to phase out coal-firedelectricity, with its last power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar closing in 2024. Ensuring thisgeneration of transitioning communities does not follow in the footsteps of ‘left behind’ UKex-mining villages for example, is imperative. This study investigates and compares theimaginaries of place leaders and locals
This thesis analyses how welfare, entitlement and welfare subjects are discursively constructed in the policy process surrounding the proposed qualification requirements for social insurance benefits and financial assistance, as part of the Swedish social benefit reform, ‘bidragsreformen’. Drawing on Norman Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of discourse analysis, the study examines the governme
Abstract: The rise of AI-enabled defense contractors in the military industry, their pivotal role in times of geopolitical risk escalation, and whether and how they financially benefit from it are recent, largely unexplored phenomena in the political-economic literature. Given the broader implications these developments have for the state's structural dependency on non-traditional commercial a
This study examines how provocative investigative methods in cases of child sexual abuse are presented, negotiated and justified across different contexts, with particular focus on institutional texts and material produced by the non-institutional actor Dumpen. The aim is to analyze how such methods are justified, how risks are managed, and how arguments and problem representations compare across
This study examines whether weather-induced mood is associated with bid premiums in mergers and acquisitions, using deseasonalised sunshine and a Pleasant Weather Index as proxies for managerial affect. The empirical analysis relies on cross-sectional OLS regressions of bid premiums on deseasonalised sunshine measured at the acquirer's nearest weather city over a fourteen-day preannouncement w
Existing research on Brand Activism has predominantly examined the phenomenon from a stakeholder perspective, paying limited attention to the communicative processes through which brands construct legitimacy. Addressing this gap, this study investigates how legitimacy is discursively constructed in Brand Activism through digital communication and examines the discursive foundations and positions u
