Sanctions can take many forms and is a complex area considering the purpose of the use. When discussing sanctions one of the main difficulties is that it has different definitions and includes a variety of terms. Sanctions are often used when pressuring a country to change their behaviour or conduct. Sanctions can also be seen as restrictive measures or embargoes. The United Nations applies sancti

White- and blue collar workers traditionally belong to different unions and, therefore, are covered by different collective agreements. Collective agreements for different employee categories create internal divisions, which mean that white collar workers are not obliged to do work that falls under a blue collar agreement and reversed. Historically the difference between white- and blue collar wor

I Sverige drabbas ungefär var sjätte person av en inflammerad blindtarm, akut appendicit. Detta gör att blindtarmsoperationer, appendektomier, är en av de vanligaste kirurgiska åtgärderna som genomförs runt om på landets sjukhus. Idag kan appendektomier genomföras på två olika sätt, antingen som en öppen appendektomi eller som en laparoskopisk appendektomi. Vid en öppen appendektomi avlägsnas blin

In this thesis an extensive development of a multi factor model in the effort to predict stock returns in the Swedish markets is undertaken. The aim is not only to create an easy to use and yet accurate model to assist in investment choices, but also to create a better understanding of which of the underlying fundamental and technical values explain future performance of large and mid cap stocks.

Today the newly emerging Chinese MNEs have increasingly been involved in the internationalization activities, but they have not attracted adequate attention in terms of internationalization studies. This paper will be based on Dunning’s Eclectic (OLI) Paradigm as theoretical foundation and deploy the method of case study to analyze the internationalization strategy of the Chinese high-technology M

The starting point must be that as long as no binding agreement between negotiators has been concluded, the negotiators has no obligations towards each other. Swedish Law does, however, recognize that obligations may arise in a pre-contractual phase. Different circumstances may add liability in a pre-contractual phase. This essay is a study about what the presumptions are for the liability in a pr

Tillväxtteori är något som studeras mycket bland nationalekonomer eftersom fattigdom är ett stort problem i världen. För att det inte ska bli ännu större kan det vara väldigt viktigt att veta hur tillväxten ska komma igång i ett fattigt land som lidit hårt av exempelvis inbördeskrig. Det finns inga modeller som specifikt modellerar detta, men det är antagligen för att de faktorer som är betydelsef

This essay discusses the legal and economic functions of the trademark and furthermore the degeneration of trademarks. These two concepts are strongly connected as the primary function of the trademark is the ability to separate the proprietor of the trademark’s product from the competitors´ products. The ability to separate is the basic condition for receiving legal protection. Through degenerati

Sedan bytet av växelkurssystem och introducerandet av inflationsmålsstyrning i slutet av 1992 respektive början av 1993 har Sveriges Riksbank bedrivit penningpolitik förankrad i ett räntestyrningssystem där låg och stabil inflation eftersträvas. Enligt makroekonomisk teori skapar ett sådant system med nödvändighet krav på kompromiss mellan å ena sidan liten variation i inflation och å andra sidan

In order to determine the true effects of new medicines, new medical approaches and health care policy, one has to resolve problem of selection faced in many econometric studies. This paper investigates the models that take account of this problem in nonexperimental data. This data, contra to experimental data sets, exhibit both some special characteristics and possibilities. Starting from the dat

Infringement of intellectual property rights often causes significant economic damage. The problem with illegal activity concerning counterfeiting is constantly increasing. The development has lead to constitute an extensive international activity which is harmful for intellectual propery owners, consumers and the society in general. Competing products tend to be increasingly similar to each other

Abstract Title: Benefit from Competition – An analysis of the consequences of Stopplagen for the Swedish health care market Author: Cecilia Halldelius Tutor: Carl Hampus Lyttkens Date: 2005-09-05 Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to examine how the new legislation for the health care market, primarily the anti-profit-legislation, will affect the competition in the Swedish health care market. M

In this thesis a comparative study of Sweden and Thailand was conducted in order to find out why Sweden is top-ranked and Thailand low-ranked on an e-learning readiness scale. More specifically, I was focusing on the net universities in Sweden and in Thailand. The net universities and the countries were contrasted in order to find out, not only if the differences or similarities had any influence

Tanken med denna uppsats är att jämföra Sveriges sjukvårdssystem med Danmarks och Norges och analysera om en liknande reform med ökad centralisering, som skett i Norge och som kommer att ske i Danmark, är ett alternativ för Sverige. Alla tre länderna har en historia med decentraliserad, offentligt tillhandahållen sjukvård och vikten läggs vid allas rätt till lika vård. Solidarisk finansiering med

Över hela världen råder ojämlikhet mellan kön vilket förväntas ha konsekvenser för ett lands ekonomiska utveckling. Uppsatsen fokuserar främst på ojämlikhet mellan kön i lön, arbetskraftsdeltagande och utbildningsdeltagande. Syftet med uppsatsen är att se hur ojämlikhet mellan kön påverkar långsiktig ekonomisk tillväxt i låg- och medelinkomstländer. En teoretisk analys gjordes genom att utvidga te

Alzheimers sjukdom är den vanligaste av demenssjukdomar och omfattas av cirka 80 000 diagnosticerade fall i Sverige. Alzheimers sjukdom kallas ofta för ”de anhörigas sjukdom”, vilket syftar på att den drabbade i takt med insjuknandet förlorar insikten om sjukdomstillståndet samtidigt som det blir mer och mer uppenbart och även krävande för de anhöriga. Vårdbehovet för demenspatienter är stort och

Denna uppsats syftar till att utreda ifall den interna migrationen i dagens Sverige skett på ett sätt som överensstämmer med de antagande som humankapitalteorin gör om migration, samt att utreda om det finns ett samband mellan individens humankapital och dennes benägenhet att flytta. För att undersöka detta ställdes följande hypoteser: 1. Individer som har ett stort humankapital, d.v.s. är högskol

By isolating and forecasting the trend in two key variables this paper analyses the future plausibility of the current UK pensions system. Box Jenkins methods (1970, 1976, 1994) are applied to UK post-war government pensioner expenditure and population over 65. Conclusions are made with particular reference to the recent reports of the pensions commission who recommended a drastic reorganization o

The study aims at exploring the links between peacekeeping operations and economic growth. The paper examines the countries in which past United Nations Peacekeeping Operations have been present and calculates the growth rates before, after and during each operation. Comparisons of the growth rates are made to show how the operation has affected the economic growth in the country. It is also discu

The main objective of this paper has been to construct a way to measure the level of social capital in a society. Based on a theory which describes the ideal society have I herein tried to find out to what extent the Swedish and Danish communities correspond to this model. The theoretical foundation consist of several different levels of analysis, and I have indeed found there to be consideral dif