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Investing in the UNGPs: Ensuring Policy Coherence in the EU’s External Investment Policy

Denna avhandling undersöker hur Europeiska unionens externa investeringspolitik överensstämmer med FN:s vägledande principer för företag och mänskliga rättigheters princip om samstämmiga riktlinjer. Rättsdogmatisk och rättsanalytisk metod ligger till grund för analysen av hur EU för sin politik för utländska direktinvesteringar, med fokus på genomförandet av EU-institutionernas riktlinjer, förordnThis thesis examines how the European Union's external investment policy aligns with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights’ principle on policy coherence. The doctrinal legal method and legal analytical method serve as the foundation for analysing how the EU conducts its policy on foreign direct investment, focusing on the implementation of the EU institutions’ pol

Föräldrar som digital natives och digital immigrants

Parents today have a responsibility to help navigate their children’s use of digital media to protect them from the risks that come with it. At the same time, digital media has an important role in today's society and can be a tool to help children grow and interact with the world around them. To regulate children's use of media, parents apply different mediation strategies according to pa

The Impact of Quantitative Easing on Government Bond Yields

This thesis concerns the matter regarding the impact of quantitative easing on government bond yields. The extensive use of asset purchase programmes in the beginning of this century has raised a number of discrepancies for researchers to unravel. By applying a SVAR on time series data of Sweden, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States and using impulse response analysis we try to cont

The Paradox to Freedom: Looking into Gang Members Through the Salvadoran Perspective on Justice

The purpose of this study is to conduct one-on-one qualitative interviews with Salvadorans to learn about their perspectives on how the present administration is managing gang member arrests and prisoner treatment. Throughout the study, we provided a comprehensive background on past and current events to help the reader understand the subsequent sections. In the analysis section, we examined direc

The relationship between interest rates and credit spreads

The dynamics of credit spreads are an essential factor to consider for a broad spectrum of stakeholders foremost when valuing corporate bonds and similar instruments. Through a cointegration approach, this paper first examines the relationship between credit spreads of US corporate bonds and US treasury yields using daily data on yield indices of five different credit ratings and three different m

The ESG Performance and Business Operational Risk

Purpose: This paper aims to find a piece of empirical evidence explaining the relationship between the target firm’s ESG score and business operation risk. Methodology: This paper not only uses the benchmark regression method to explore the direct impact, mechanism, and boundary conditions of corporate ESG performance on operating risks, but also further explores the impact of ESG scores on opera

Chemoenzymatic Oxidation of polyolefins

The proliferation of plastic waste poses a significant contemporary challenge, driven by global population growth and the subsequent surge in plastic consumption. PE alone accounts for roughly 50-60% of the plastic waste stream. Its formidable resistance to enzymatic degradation, owing to its stable carbon-carbon (C-C) backbone and carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds, further exacerbates the issue. This s

Deriving the Flavor Structure of the Standard Model from Trinification

This thesis presents the derivation of the flavor structure of the Standard Model (SM) from the trinification model with an additional family symmetry. The trinification group is assumed to be broken in a single step to the electroweak gauge group. A low energy Effective Field Theory (EFT) is constructed and matched numerically at one loop level to the trinification model at high energies. The ana

Aiming for Growth: Is Fiscal Policy a Hit or Miss? A Peek into the OECD

The relationship between government spending and economic growth has captured scholars and policymakers over the years. Despite studies dating back to the early mid-1900s, establishing a clear causal relationship has yet to be discovered. This paper aims to contribute to the ongoing debate on the subject, with the ultimate goal of determining the effectiveness of fiscal policy. Employing a panel-V

Startups Unveiled: Exploring Organisational Identity in Startups through Strategic Internal Communication

Startups play a crucial role in the world economy by driving innovation and financial growth. Yet, they face significant challenges, with a high percentage failing within their first few years of life. To answer this problem, much attention has been given to external communication strategies, while the internal communication dynamics and constitution within startups remain underexplored, despite t

Embassy of Sharing och bibliotekets legitimitet : en diskursanalys

In Hyllie, Malmö, a new neighborhood by the name Embassy of Sharing is being built. This neighborhood markets itself as a neighborhood of the sharing economy. The Embassy of Sharing will contain housing, office spaces, boutiques, restaurants and also a new municipal branch library. In the media the municipal branch library has been used as a symbol for the sharing economy to market the quarter. Th

The ban of “old man’s joy” in China. A transitions study of Beijing’s regulatory change banning the use of lǎo tóu lè (老头乐) vehicles from 1 January 2024

This study examines the regulatory change banning the utilization of lǎo tóu lè vehicles in Beijing following January 1st 2024, while exploring its implications in relation to urban mobility and the livelihoods of the affected population. A qualitative approach of field observations and semi-structured interviews was instrumental in unveiling incompatibilities between top-bottom governance and eme

“Tidsfråga innan någon dör” Personals hantering av vardagligt hot och våld inom statlig ungdomsvård

This study aimed to explore staff's experiences of handling threats and violence by youth clients within The National Board of Institutional Care (Statens Institutionsstyrelse). The method chosen for this study was six different semi-structured qualitative interviews with staff working on the floor with youths. Our empirical material was analyzed using Arlie Russell Hochschild’s theory on emot

Worker exploitation in the case of food delivery platforms in China

This thesis investigates labor exploitation within China's food delivery industry, focusing on dominant platforms such as Meituan and Eleme amid the rapid growth of the digital economy. The study is motivated by concerns about the working conditions of delivery workers, who often lack formal contracts and protections, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation, especially through the use of algor

Hållbarhet i evighet? : Ekologisk hållbarhet i svenska offentliga arkiv

This thesis investigates how public archives in Sweden engage with ecological sustainability, with the purpose to provide an opportunity for reflection and discussion on the topic. My point in question is the disambiguation of the Swedish word “hållbarhet”. This is used both in reference to sustainability, meaning actions for improving environmental conditions, and to durability, which in the arch

Is leadership the problem? Utilizing leadership models to lead through uncertainty: A case study at ALFA

This thesis contributes to leadership theory, specifically, full-range-leadership and VUCA, and the practical implications. Moreover, it addresses challenges that organizations may face when implementing these models in reality. We utilized an inductive research approach to identify insights within the leadership field in combination with a qualitative research method, grounded in interpretivism a

Relationship between Economic Growth, Renewable Energy Consumption and CO2 Emission in Nordic Countries: A Panel data cointegration Analysis

The increasing relevance given to climate change and sustainable growth has raised the need to analyse the linkage between the environment and the economy. This study investigates the causal relationship between economic growth, CO2 emissions, and renewable energy consumption. It specifically uses data from 1966 to 2022 from the Nordic countries, which, with their progressive environmental policie

Meaningful Action: Recomposing Labor and Value with Practices and Imaginaries on the zad of Notre-Dame-des-Landes

This paper explores how the modern categories of labor and value are questioned by practices and ideas on the autonomous zad of Notre-Dame-Des-Landes, France. In a world where the global economy is defined by the division of time between labor and leisure, it is necessary to question these foundations by asking what this dichotomy implies. With data from eight weeks of ethnographic fieldwork obser

The Female Rise in Iran: The suppressed people of today are the victors of tomorrow, and they will prevail

As democratic transitions and social movements become more complex, there is a need to rethink the transition paradigm through the lens of intersectional solidarity. By applying a qualitative approach based on elite interviews and a category-based content analysis, this thesis examines the potential of the Women Life Freedom protests in Iran for democratization. In Iran, the protesting women and t

Tillfällig användning av stadens mellanrum: Samverkansprocesser, aktörer och förutsättningar

This thesis explores the value of collaboration in the development of temporary use in urban voids. By examining the role of different actors and capabilities of municipalities, the thesis investigates the conditions needed in order to realize the temporary use. Two cases in various geographical contexts, a temporary use in Malmö and a vacant lot in Arlöv, are studied. In addition to studying thes