Studies regarding trade facilitation exist in a bundle. They regard the impact of trade facilitation on trade flows for the most part, but to this day no research has earlier been done with the goal being to find the underlying variables behind efficient trade procedures. Why do some countries have very efficient trade procedures while others suffer from much more cumbersome trade procedures? The

Most countries engage in a wide variety of export promotion activities that provide domestic firms with significant support in the hopes of increasing trade volumes. The aim of this thesis is to examine one type of official Swedish export promotion, namely state visits. I investigate the potential effect of state visits, performed by Sweden’s head of state King Carl XVI Gustaf, on Swedish aggregat

This paper provides an in-depth overview of the past developments and systematic underpinnings of Sweden’s motion picture industry. It is meant to present an understanding and onward assessment of film financing in Sweden. The chief issue under discussion is the ongoing viability of public funding in Swedish productions and how it has been used as a protective measure towards Hollywood’s ever-grow

Denna C-uppsats syftar till att öka förståelsen för hur SFI föreskrivna deltagare som är villkorade försörjningsstöd, upplever sin studiemotivation samt vilka förväntningar de har på utbildningen. Det har även varit av intresse att lyfta fram lärares, socialsekreterares, rektors, regeringens samt en SFI experts åsikter kring dessa teman. Urvalet har avgränsats till arabisk talande SFI föreskrivna This C-level thesis aims at increasing the understanding of how SFI prescribed participants, Who are on conditional income support, experience their study motivation and what they expect from the education. It has also been of interest to give attention to the opinions of teachers, social secretaries, principals, the Government and an SFI expert on these topics. The selection has been limited to A

Sammanfattning Examensarbetets titel: Bemanningsanställda - en dynamisk konkurrensfördel? Seminariedatum: 2013-06-07 Ämne/kurs: Strategic Management, FEKH19 Författare: Ebru Hümmet, Henrik Svensson & Viktor Torstensson Handledare: Ola Mattisson Fem nyckelbegrepp: Dynamic Capabilities, Motivation, Motivation Potential Score, Growth Need Strength, Anställningsform Syfte: Huvudsyftet med s

As incomes in China have grown, their consumption bundles of food products have changed. Through the use of quadratic and linear Almost Ideal Demand Systems for official Chinese governmental provincial panel-data, this thesis examines consumer demand for various food products in rural and urban areas in China from 1995 to 2011. Additionally, a survey was handed out to university students in Shangh

Uppsatsen gör en ansats att empiriskt undersöka om det fenomen som Joseph Schumpeter kallade kreativ förstörelse går att urskilja från data på nya och avslu- tade aktiebolag i Sverige under perioden 1984-2012. Resultaten bygger på data från Bolagsverket och genomfördes genom korrelationsanalys och Grangers test för kausalitet. På nationell nivå motsäger resultaten kreativ förstörelse i strikt meni

I uppsatsen ställs frågan: ”Vilka delar av skrivprocessen ryms inom utbildningen på Lunds universitets författarskola?” Svar söks genom att arbetet med det skönlitterära skrivprojekt Buren (Söllgård, 2013) sätts i relation till en diskussion kring skrivprocessen. Slutsatsen är att författarskolan kan spela en avgörande roll i de delar av skrivprocessen som handlar om kunskap om text och skrivande

This thesis is a cultural analysis of Chinese students’ Internet habits and how these are affected when they move abroad, in this case to Sweden. Fieldwork has been conducted in Shanghai and Sweden. The aim is to understand the Internet in everyday life with an emphasis on the local experience. The questions guiding the research are: • How do students in Shanghai and Chinese students in Sweden u

Recent findings have shown that listening to white noise can improve memory in people with ADHD or low levels of attention. The current study explored whether white noise can improve performance on a test of sustained attention. Participants (N=19) were divided into an attentive (N=10) and inattentive group (N=9) based on the inattention sub-section of the ASRS (Adult Self-Report ADHD Scale). Part

Denna studie handlar om identitetsskapandet hos unga kvinnor utifrån fem gymnasietjejers deltagande i en fokusgrupp samt flera teoretiska begrepp vilka sedan utgjort denna uppsats teoretiska ramverk. Centrala begrepp som återkommer i uppsatsen är till exempel normativ femininitet, klass, och symboliskt kapital. Syftet med uppsatsen är försöka få ökad förståelse för kvinnors tidiga identitetsskapan

Syfte: Att fastställa huruvida Market-to-Book och/eller storlek kan förklara överavkastningar hos aktier noterade på Nasdaq OMX Nordic Stockholm. Metod: Användning av t-test och regressionsanalys för att fastställa parametrarnas inverkan på överavkastningar. Slutsats: Överavkastningar kan förklaras med hjälp av både storlek och M/B men sambandet mellan M/B och överavkastningar är svagare.Purpose: To determine whether Market-to-Book and/or size can explain excess returns among stocks listed on Nasdaq OMX Nordic Stockholm. Method: Using t-test and regression analysis to determine the parameters’ contribution to excess returns. Conclusion: Excess returns can be explained with both size and M/B but the relation between M/B and excess returns is weaker.

Job satisfaction has been proved to be negatively correlated with labor mobility (Freeman, 1977). China faces a huge labor shortage and this problem worsens as migrant workers stay at their home provinces. This paper examines job satisfaction and its determinants among Chinese rural-urban migrant workers. This analysis is based on a number of previous theoretical and empirical studies. Data is use

The Next to Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM) allows a CP violating phase at tree level in the Higgs sector. This CP violation will introduce new mixing between the neutral Higgs states and give rise to changes in the mass spectrum and couplings. We investigate these effects in light of the newly discovered Higgs boson, as its measured properties provides new limits on the Higgs sector

This study analyzes the personal identification process that takes place in the actual meeting of a job coach and a job seeker, with the purpose of making the job seeker employable. The empirical data consists of observations during nine job coach meetings, and interviews with four job coaches. The analysis is based on a social constructionist perspective. The findings point to contradictions in t

This research examines the relevancy of Solow growth model in 20 OECD countries over the period 1971-2011. Following Mankiw-Romer-Weil (1992) and Islam (1995), I estimate both textbook and augmented Solow model. Along with OLS, estimation is carried out implementing both static panel and dynamic panel GMM carries out estimation. Results imply that appending human capital measure in augmented Solo

This master thesis investigates the possibility of combining a regular visual surveillance camera with a thermal infrared surveillance camera monitoring the same view of a scene to detect and classify heat radiating objects such as human beings. A method is presented for the application of privacy masking of a window while detecting heat radiating objects between the cameras and the window and pre