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The conditions for trading differ in the EU, even though the idea of the single market was born almost six decades ago and started to go toward completion over two decades ago. These differences causes asymmetry in trade costs which lead to trade volumes, and in extension wealth, are less in the union than what they would be if the union was more harmonized. This paper is therefore aiming at findi

Mätning av arbetsprestation har kommit att bli allt vanligare i arbetslivet idag och fokus har flyttats från objektiva mått till mer subjektiva bedömningar. Studiens syfte var att undersöka om en evaluativ faktor kan föreligga i skattningar som berör arbetsprestation och hur den kan reduceras. Vidare undersöktes om personlighetsdimensionerna i Big Five kan ha något samband med variansen i skattnin

Till grund för denna uppsats ligger översättningar av tre spanska matreportage från tidskriften Sobremesa. Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att undersöka hur man bäst går tillväga för att anpassa en text efter en ny målspråkskultur utan att riskera att den personliga stilen i texten går förlorad vid överföringen. Uppsatsen inleds med en källtextanalys som utgår ifrån Lennart Hellspongs och Per Ledin

Syftet med uppsatsen är att jämföra ekonomiska incitament för patienter och vårdgivare att konsumera och producera vård i primärvården i Sverige och Nederländerna och dess konsekvenser för vårdutnyttjande och kostnader. Fokus ligger på patientavgifter och ersättningsmodeller för allmänläkare i primärvården. Länderna skiljer sig åt i såväl patientens egenbetalning, ersättning till läkare och konkur

Under senare delen av 1950-talet utspelade sig i Sverige en livlig debatt om huruvida landet skulle framställa egna atombomber. Tidsmässigt sammanföll detta med vad som kallats "den andra vetenskapliga revolutionen"; en tid präglad av ekonomisk högkonjunktur, snabb teknologisk utveckling och allmän framstegsoptimism. I föreliggande uppsats analyseras hur de svenska atomvapenmotståndarna

Research show that human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries today, after narcotics and illegal arms trade (The Polaris Project 2014). The most common victims of human trafficking are stated to be women and children (UNODC 2012). According to the UNICEF (2007), 1,2 million children are estimated to be exposed to trafficking for various exploitative purposes every year aro

The relationship between intellectual property and competition law gives an excellent contrast into how competing legal principles may work harmoniously and need not be viewed in conflict. Consequently, applying principles from one field may benefit the application of another. In respect of this and following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s recent ruling in Leno Merken, an application

The aim of this study is to utilize a qualitative content analysis in order to examine the stories of twelve childfree women featured in the anthology "Nobody's Mother" [translated title] (2013). When designing this study we have focused on the reasons to why these women have chosen not to have any children and how they experience social expectations related to motherhood. Swedish we

This thesis aims to identify online branding channels used by SMEs and determine which of those channels are the most effective. For this, a quantitative study of four SME brands is conducted and their online branding efforts analyzed. The findings add to the existing theory in the field as well as propose a new framework for analyzing and classifying SMEs online branding channels. The gathered da

The United States (US) and European Union (EU) both have preferential trade agreements with least developed countries with the aim of increasing trade volumes in order to catalyse development. The US implemented their system, the “African Growth and Opportunity Act” (AGOA) in 2000 and the EU followed with “Everything But Arms” (EBA) in 2001. Since these preference systems have the goal of increasi

Syftet med min undersökning är att studera partierna och deras informationssatsningar inför Europaparlamentsvalet 2014 för att se på hur de ser på sin roll som kunskapsspridare och sitt ansvar i förhållande till andra aktörer för att öka valdeltagandet och legitimiteten i EU. Min undersökning har gjorts utifrån en hypotetisk-deduktivutgångspunkt och jag har genomfört intervjuer med representant

The purpose of the research was to enrich the understanding of the process of corporatization of higher education and to demonstrate the importance of studying identity work. We conducted an inductive case study research basing our methods and methodology on hermeneutics and an interpretive paradigm. We developed our argumentation on the basis of interpretive and critical theory regarding identity

The European Union has decided to standardize the train control command system on the European railways. The reason for the standardization of the train control command system is to increase the competitiveness of the railway by promoting the ability to run the same train from one end of Europe to the other, without the need to change locomotives and drivers. The train control command system that

Purpose: The aim of this thesis is to research corporate geographic diversification to determine if cross-border M&A involving Dutch acquirers and a selection of countries are value-enhancing for Dutch acquirers. Moreover we will aim to identify variables which influence value-creation in Dutch cross-border M&A. Methodology: This paper applies a deductive approach using theories and previ

The hedging effectiveness of currency forward contracts and currency put option for three different portfolios—Portfolio of Emerging Markets, Portfolio of Developed Countries, and the International Portfolio—are examined from the viewpoint of European investors. European Union (EU), United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland (SF), Sweden (SE), Denmark (DK), Norway (NK), and Japan (JAP) a

The third UN Millennium Development Goal promotes “achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women” (UNDP 2013). It reflects the fact that violence against women (VAW) is a problem of global proportions which hinders the achievement of gender equality and at the same time has negative effects on countries’ social and economical well-being. In Peru, numerous efforts by the government, nation