This thesis attempts to investigate why and how MNCs establish appropriate CSR policies for subsidiaries in different countries. The aim of the thesis is to develop a model that reveals factors that influence the CSR focuses of MNC subsidiaries in different countries, and test the model.In order to achieve the purpose of the thesis, a qualitative deductive research design has been applied, based o

This thesis aims to clarify the three fundamental concepts of purpose, vision and mission. Although seen as very important concepts, they are often confused and not clearly defined and used in practice. With an extensive literature review and interviews with managers from different companies, this paper shows the interdependence of these concepts as well as its practical implications in regards to

Thesis purpose: In order to contribute to Consumer Culture Theory, as well as critical dimensions in the foodie literature namely authenticity, democracy/distinction and gender, the study’s aim is to explore how discourses and socio-cultural meanings underlie identity constructions in the specific sourdough culture. Theoretical framework: As no research addresses the sourdough phenomenon directly

Purpose/Aim: The purpose of this essay is to examine how the parenting magazine Vi föräldrar produces gender and parental roles through advertisement displays. Material/Method: The material consists of advertisement displays from four issues in 2011. The method used for analysis is a critical discourse analysis adapted from the three level model by Norman Fairclough. The three levels are comprised

Digital 3D city models are used in many GIS applications, such as urban planning. Manual digitization of 3D buildings is rather tedious, hence automated approaches are much preferred. In this study, a pipeline for automated extraction and estimation of building roof facets from LIDAR data are devised based on available methods and ideas, which is part of the entire frame work of automatic creating

Uppsatsens syfte är att belysa hur Ungdomar för Trygghet jobbar med sitt brottsförebyggande arbete mot ungdomsvåld och var det utspelar sig. Uppsatsen är kvalitativ där intervjuer och deltagande observation har använts som metod. Arbetet koncentreras till tre begrepp; Tillit, Broderskap/Systerskap och hemmaplan. Uppsatsen utgår huvudsakligen från rutinaktivitetsteorin som teoretiskt ramverk. Med h

After confirming the fact that distressed targets achieve on average higher acquisition premia than non-distressed ones, the purpose of the thesis is the investigation of an acquirer’s possible rational motives of paying a premium for a distressed target. Particularly, faster synergy realization, lower transaction value, removal of managerial inefficiency, tax benefits and reduction of financial d

I föreliggande uppsats försöker jag bevisa relevansen av en prosodisk analys av ett högtidstal inför översättningen av detsamma. Hypotesen är att en prosodisk analys av talet kan avslöja implicit innehåll och tydliggöra strukturen i syntaktiskt krångliga meningar i källtexten och att det muntliga framförandet således kan användas som ett slags ”facit” till översättningen. Uppsatsens underlagsmater

Inom ramen av sin recension av Ross’ bok On Law and Justice presenterade Hart mycket framgångsrikt vad han senare skulle bli känd för inom rättsfilosofin - den interna ståndpunkten. I sin kritik av Ross rättsteori hävdade Hart att rättsliga omdömen om giltighet främst skall uppfattas som interna, normativa omdömen och som ett uttryck för acceptans av lagen som en beteendestandard. Han uppfattade iWith his review of Ross’s book On Law and Justice, Hart introduced something for which he later on, would become famous in legal philosophy – the internal point of view. In his criticism of Ross’s legal theory, Hart claimed that legal statements of validity are primarily internal, normative statements, manifesting acceptance of the law as a standard of behaviour. He did not acknowledge the possibi

Creating Non-governmental Self-help groups (SHGs) has been a common thing in India since the early 1990’s. Studies show that the SHGs usually empower their members in different ways. The empirical material being used in this paper consists of one group discussion and twelve semi-structured interviews with members of five different SHGs being organized by a Non governmental organization (NGO) in Mu

Sysav incinerates more than half a million ton of waste every year. A metallic fraction is filtered out from the material that is left after the incineration. This metallic fraction is then divided into one part containing larger objects and one part containing smaller objects. The latter fraction is hard to sell and gives rise to problems with dust at the site of storage. Since the fraction most

The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of credit ratings on European firms’ capital structure decisions based on the premise of Darren Kisgen’s Credit Ratings–Capital Structure (CR-CS) hypothesis: that firms face discrete costs (benefits) associated with differences in credit rating levels. This project's empirical investigations are based on historical data from Stand

This paper investigates the relationship between high frequency trading (HFT) activity and stock market volatility on the Nordic stock markets. The study utilizes a unique dataset that provides a proxy of the fraction of the total market turnover in which HFT firms were involved in the time period from March 2010 to March 2012. The study finds strong evidence for a positive contemporaneous relatio

Pion photo production from the nucleon is an important process utilized to understand the structure of the nucleon and the fundamental dynamics of the nucleon system. The neutral pion production has been extensively studied resulting in valuable data sets. However, much less data is available for charged pion photo production at energies below 200 MeV. In order to get a reliable data set for π+, f

The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether the yield curve has the ability to predict real future economic activity in sixteen separate countries. The secondary purpose is to determine whether adding non-monetary variables to the model increases the predictive power of the forecast model. As a first step, basic OLS regressions are conducted. Both the yield spreads and the yield spre

Studien syftar till att visa på metoder och perspektiv som på ett tillfredställande sätt beskriver musiklärarens väg till yrket och sin praxis. Två olika metoder för insamling av data används i studien, intervjuer och självbiografier. Studiens syfte är att visa hur man kan beskriva lärares väg till yrket och dess yrkespraxis genom en rad olika begrepp t.ex. kontextualisering, socialisation, folkliTo describe the music teacher's practice - a qualitative study of three music teachers' attitudes towards the profession and descriptions of practice In the following study two methods are being used to collect data, self biography and interviews. The purpose of this study is to show how it is possible to describe a teacher's practice through different terms. I also introduce a term in

The purpose of this examination essay is to focus at the KrAmi Helsingborg project and their work during the years of 2009, 2010 and 2011. We aim to illuminate KrAmi and its main work, to help former criminals to find a job or start to study. KrAmi Helsingborg did not reach the goal the year of 2009 and we also aim to understand why this happened. The method being used is three qualitative intervi

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the applicability of performance benchmarking of the Nordic companies in the maritime industry. The developments in world seaborne trade mirrored the performance of the wider economy, with the maritime industry as a whole stands and falls with worldwide macroeconomic conditions. We argue that with firm specificity, every firm is exposed to differen