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The telecom and the IT-industry are converging, which creates new possibilities and threats for both existing mobile handset vendors and new entrants originating from the IT-industry. The purpose of this thesis is to explain how IT-players’ entrance in the mobile handset industry affects the industry in regards of key success factors and value chain structure. This study has used dynamic theories

Ökande skador på skogen har observerats i stora delar av Europa sedan mitten av 1970-talet. Samma indikationer på skador sågs ganska snart även i Sverige. Skadorna observerades först på barrträdsbestånd, men under 1980-talet observerades även skador på lövträd, framförallt hos bok och ek. Skogsstyrelsen lät till följd av detta genomföra skogsskadeinventeringar 1988, 1993 och 1999 av bok (Fagus sylSince the middle of the 1970´s damage to forest have been observed in large areas of central Europe. The same indications on forest damage were soon found in Sweden as well. Forest damage was first observed in coniferous forest stands, but during the 1980´s damage indication were also observed on deciduous forest stand, particularly on beech and oak. To investigate this further the National Board

This paper examines the increasing use of bilateral investment treaties as instruments of foreign investment protection. The outcomes of treaty arbitrations are analysed to assess the extent to which treaties limit the economic policy choices available to host states. The disputes are also analysed to determine how such treaties may affect the development of legal institutions and the general appl

This paper surveys the recent literature on free trade and economic growth. While theory suggests many potential linkages, empirical evidence from cross-country and panel growth regressions remains inconclusive. Measures of single instruments of trade policy, such as the average tariff rate, are typically weak in explaining differences in growth but may underestimate the true level of protectionis

During the last decades the evolution of information technology and the increasing ability to access information have been discussed in many ways. In the beginning the focus was on the technology but now the discussion is more and more about the use of information and how to develop knowledge out of it. There is an ongoing discussion about the difference between knowledge and information. The subj

Abstract This essay analyse, from a normative perspective, what can be exspected of an etical asylum policy. The theorical base is derived from Gerard Delanty´s notion of civil cosmopolitism. The ethical outlook is based on utilitarianism. The questions this essay answers are: 1) Which are the basic premises for an ethical asylum policy? 2) Does the Swedish asylum policy forfill these premises

This study deals with some contested issues regarding prehistoric cultural development in Amazonia and the colonial impact on the native inhabitants of the area. It focuses on the relation between groups belonging the language families of Tupí and Gê, on one hand, and the different ecological zones that they inhabit, on the other. GIS mapping is used to visualise the distribution and movements of

Thid thesis concerns pre-Roman religion in Gaul, taking as its starting point Caesar's De bello Gallico. Caesar's account of the Gauls and their religious customs is compared with the accounts of Lucan, Pliny the elder and Ammianus Marcellinus. These are also compared to, and contrasted to, the archaeological evidence. There is some discussion of the nature of the common interpretations of

The aim of this thesis is to investigate why the municipality of Lund has not done more, in relation to LundaMaTs, to inform and promote the purchasing of organic provisions to the public. This is of interest since it is determined in the Rio Declaration and Agenda 21 that the current unsustainable production and consumption patterns need to change. The local authorities play an important role

International law related to patents, on the one side, and human rights, on the other, both constitute interesting areas of law on their own. From time-to time the two distinct fields of international law intertwine. A tragic but highly relevant example is the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic. The core of law-related considerations of the HIV/AIDS epidemic consists of specific parts of the two fields, na

Clients suffering from dual diagnosis are often an exposed group within social work. This particular group ends up between treatment because of a mental illness or from drug abuse. According to research these clients get their needs met through different organizations cooperation. The purpose of this essay was to create an understanding of the difficulties in working with this distinct group and t