This study investigates the impacts of FDI on productivity and economic growth in comparative perspective by using two samples, namely “developing” and “developed” countries. The study employs panel cointegration and panel estimation methods. The panel cointegration test results indicate that there are long-run relations between “FDI and productivity”, and “FDI and economic growth” variables. The

I denna uppsats undersöks effekten av oväntade ändringar i den amerikanska styrräntan, federal funds target rate, på ett urval av 33 aktier från den amerikanska marknaden under perioden 1994 – 2009. Forskning har kunnat påvisa signifikanta samband mellan räntechocker och icke-normal avkastning på aktiemarknaden i ett flertal studier, främst just på den amerikanska marknaden. Marknadseffektivitet g

The concept of identity and a sense of belonging in a multicultural- and multiethnic society are complicated. The aim of this study was to examine how young Swedish-born women of foreign origin perceive their identity when they belong to two or several cultures. Six young women with foreign origin were interviewed through partly themed and semi-structured interviews to share their experience on ho

During the last couple of years gambling addiction has become a phenomenon that has been debated and paid attention to in the daily press as well as in Swedish gambling studies. “Spelberoendes riksförbund”, who is a union of non-profit organizations for gambling addiction, has participated in this debate by giving prominence to gambling addiction as a serious social problem which demands social at

Detta är både en kvantitativ och en kvalitativ studie av distansundervisningsformen inom Kriminalvårdens Lärcentrummodell. Undersökningen består av en enkätdel, som syftar till att ta reda på de studerandes attityder till undervisningsformen. Det framkommer av sammanställningen att de som har distansundervisning är något mer negativa än de som har lärare på plats. Den andra delen består av statist

“I’m different all the time” – A qualitative study of young people’s roles and collective identity formation in different parts of Gothenburg The purpose of this study was to compare young people’s view of their neighborhoods, and what significance the residential area has for their collective identity formation. Young people living in a residential area with a low proportion of native Swedes, lo

I dagsläget spelar medierna en central roll i våra liv. Därför är det intressant att granska hur företag kan utnyttja detta faktum genom att på mer komplexa och uträknade sätt placera sina produkter i exempelvis olika TV-serier. På så vis når de ut med sitt budskap på sätt som publiken har svårare att värja sig emot i jämförelse med traditionell TV-reklam. Denna utredning kommer att beröra exponer

The exhibition form ”the white cube” has become a convention in the design of art exhibitions, which has its foundation in the modernism‟s ideal where the artwork was meant to speak for itself. The convention has become such as the information about the work of arts doesn‟t belong on the walls because it then might disrupt and take over the experience of the work of art‟s visual appearance. The ai

In this thesis, I draw attention to what at first glance might look like the opposite of family life – those living by themselves – people who at times are stereotyped as deviants even in research. The aim is two-fold. Firstly, I am interested in how those living by themselves arrange and construct their social connections, such as friendship, family or kinship and work life. Secondly, I am intere

This paper will focus on a comparative analysis of the gendered social construction of parenting (mothering and fathering); in relation to possible relationship burdens faced by parents, in the process of care giving and administration of therapeutic mechanisms, to children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The gendered social construction of parenting and respective burdens will be a

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