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This thesis is to look into media representation on issues that involve female marriage migrants, in particular, in relation to citizenship, in Singapore, one of the most popular destinations of marriage migration in Asia. Categorized and labeled as “foreign brides” in Singapore, these foreign-born women have long suffered from biased or one-dimensional representation in the local media, particula
Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to generate a wider measurement of welfare by carefully chosen variables in mainly three different areas: economic, socio-economic and environment in order to generate a welfare index which describes the world yesterday, today and tomorrow. Method: With the Principal Component Analysis 14 variables from 115 coun-tries are studied and verified and analyzed wit
The innovative efforts of the pharmaceutical sector have provided society with numerous new remedies and medicines. Innovation is considered to be of key importance to the sector. The aim of the thesis is to analyse how the relevant legal frameworks should be developed to account for the innovative need of the sector. In order to develop these frameworks it is important to understand the underlyin
The purpose of this thesis is to display our results received from the assignment GfK addressed to us. GfK is an independent part who aid companies when they need statistical assistance. In order to forecast sales for one of GfK’s customers we have build models with time series analysis. We received 26 products with monthly data from 2005 to 2008. In this thesis we have narrowed it down to six of
Vi har i denna C-uppsats undersökt hur införandet av studieavgifter för tredjelandsstudenter kommer att påverka antalet internationella studenter. Inledningsvis beskriver vi bakgrunden till införandet av studieavgiften och definierar vår frågeställning, hur kommer avgiftsinförandet att påverka antalet internationella studenter på Sveriges lärosäten? Vidare ser vi på utvecklingen av antalet interna
Denna studie syftar till att beskriva kvinnliga chefers individuella syn på balans mellan arbetsliv och privatliv, samt rollkonflikten mellan dessa två sfärer. Undersökningen syftar till att lyfta fram vilka möjligheter och hinder som finns för att åstadkomma balans, samt kvinnliga chefers resonemang kring balansfrågan. Genom intervjuer med nio kvinnliga chefer på fem olika företag beskrivs och an
Syfte: Denna uppsats avser att utreda om aktierelaterade incitamentprogram påverkar företags aktieavkastning. Det testas även om företagen som väljer att införa incitamentprogram har haft bättre avkastning, intäkter och return on assets jämfört med de företag som inte infört incitamentsprogram. Metod: För att få fram resultat har data samlats in dels från respektive företag dels från databasern
Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur de svenska skogsbolagen arbetar med valutariskhantering samt att genom beräkningar av β-värden undersöka om en signifikant exponering mot utländsk valuta finns. Metod: Jag har för vart och ett av bolagen undersökt hur de arbetar med valutasäkring, detta genom en intervju, en enkät samt genom granskning av årsredovisningar. Sedan har jag beräkna
To estimate the relation between FDI and domestic firm exports, this paper employed several variables, such as domestic firm exports for each province, FDI, GDP, average money wage, the number of labors in manufacturing sector, exchange rate, dummy variable about exports processing zones, lots of time dummies. The panel data about these variables contains 4 municipalities and 23 provinces covering
Today lots of old problems connected to juveniles take place on the internet, without any help from adults. The aim of this study was to bring out what young people, 16-18 years old, think about the need of adults on communities which is visited by juveniles, and if there is a difference between how young people behave on communities versus in real life. The method used is three focus group interv
This thesis is a theoretical exploration of “southern theorists”, with special focus on their contribution to re-thinking, challenging and expanding western conceptualizations of gender. The aim is to identify scholarship that promotes decolonizing and liberatory ways of constructing gender. Hegemonic knowledge production in social sciences and gender theorizations will be criticised with a specia
This study aimed to highlight ADHD in adolescents (12-18 years) and the connection to crime on the basis of the professional discourse perspective. I have also chosen to investigate the value of a possible diagnosis, but also the importance of social factors when it comes to development of criminal behaviour among young people. The interviews have been semi structured and the interviews that have
Samhällsutvecklingen leder till ett ökande informationsflöde, och ökande krav på beslut och åtgärder i olika situationer. Vuxna är bättre rustade än ungdomar att hantera sådana psykologiska stressituationer. Syftet med denna undersökning har varit att undersöka om det förelåg någon skillnad mellan två grupper gymnasieelever under sista året på naturvetenskapligt program. Interventionsgruppen, som
This study analyzes the effects of real crude oil prices on the macroeconomic variables in Turkey by discussing the effects in the short run (3-6 months) and more persistent effects (2-5 years) on business cycles using Hodrick-Prescott filter method. There is an investigation about the relationship between world crude oil prices and real aggregate output, inflation, monetary aggregate, short term
Abstract. Author: Julie Bergman Title: Barns behov i centrum (BBIC). Uniform system – an unreachable goal? Supervisor: Alexandru Panican Assessor: Torbjörn Hjort Previously during the 1990s, national studies and reports made by the Swedish provincial government revealed severe deficiencies in child welfare investigation policies. In 2005, a system of inquiry developed in England was in part im
This paper aims to enhance the understanding of the extent to which non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are able to shape the civil regulation of transnational corporations (TNCs), in addition to civil regulations’ potential to compensate for failed state-regulations. For this purpose, the paper examines the case of Shell’s civil regulation in Nigeria, where the oil-industry is effectively left
The proliferation of NGOs with an international agenda has been one of the most profound trends in international relations during the past years. Their role in the outcome of international politics has however been insufficiently theorized. The aim of this research was to fill this gap by explain how and under what conditions NGOs were able to influence the agenda of OECD in development policies.
Vi har sammanställt, sammanfört, delat upp och åskådliggjort det som anses svårt och komplext att ta till sig inom områdena organisationsstrategi, organisationskultur, arbetsmiljö, arbetsmotivation, arbetsglädje, organisationer och individer i balans samt återkoppling, för att underlätta arbetet med att minska sjukfrånvaron. Vilket ger en tydligare bild av vad som påverkar de anställdas sjukfrånva
