This paper examines the intensity of Intra-Industry Trade (IIT) in miscellaneous manufacturing products with digit-two code level. It also aims to identify the determinants of IIT between Ethiopia and the twenty-two Sub-Saharan African countries using random effects estimation for the period 2000-2016. On the basis of the Grubel-Lloyd index, the study finds out that more than half of the SSA tradi

Mot ett säkrare slutförvar för framtida generationer En förutsättning för att det kommande slutförvaret för använt kärnbränsle ska fylla sin uppgift är att alla barriärer som ska förhindra att radioaktivitet läcker ut till omgivningen fungerar under mycket lång tid. En av de viktigaste barriärerna är bentonitleran som ska omge det inkapslade bränslet. Den viktigaste egenskapen hos leran är att denThis report describes a systematic review regarding validations of calculations by measurements of isotopic compositions, or decay heat, on spent nuclear fuel, SNF. 15 relevant or otherwise interesting studies, were found. Two reports were chosen among the found studies and analyzed. One of the studies described validations made with experimental data from measurements of isotopic compositions on

Problem – Even though existing research demonstrated why higher education and entrepreneurship are being pursued, it remained unclear what drives people towards studying entrepreneurship at university. Aim – The aim of this work was to integrate the literature streams of higher education and entrepreneurship by exploring the motives and environmental factors for choosing to study entrepreneurship

This study employs a combined framework of Bourdieusian field analysis and Foucauldian discourse analysis to examine discourses and relations of power pertaining to personal branding authenticity. The central inquiry of this study is how male fitness bloggers on Instagram create and maintain their authenticity on different levels of popularity. The analysis shaped men’s online fitness blogging pra

The problematization of water (in)equity concerning tourism has, as a result of the growing tourism industry and its demands, gained more attention in academic literature over the last few years. However, whereas current research primarily describes the supply side of the questions around water (in)equity, the underlying reasons for the tourists’ demand-side, remains a largely understudied topic.

Title: Managing Digital Transformation: How organizations turn digital transformation into business practices Purpose: In recent years, digital transformation has emerged from an abstract concept into a ground- breaking impact factor transforming organizations and their business models. The purpose of this research study comprises a theoretical and practical objective. This research study contrib

Urbana grönområden – Ungdomars uppfattning och upplevelser? Att bo i ett vacker och varierat område med mycket grönska och liv är väl något som de flesta eftersträvar i någon form? Men på grund av ett ökat invånarantal bebyggs allt fler grönområden, alltså obebyggd mark, och minskar i antal. Det inte många vet är att dessa områden har stor betydelse för både biologisk mångfald, men även för folksThe human population steadily increases all over the globe and around half of the world’s inhabitant lives in cities. This allows urban exploitation to increase and the natural habitats to decrease. Urban green areas are important habitats for urban living species and significant for human beings since they contribute with ecosystem services and to people’s health and well-being, especially in you

Examensarbetets titel: Disney formar framtidens ledare - En kvalitativ dokumentstudie om hur Disney porträtterar och reproducerar ledarskapsideal Seminariedatum: 5 juni 2019 Ämne/kurs: FEKH49, Examensarbete i organisation på kandidatnivå, 15HP Författare: Ulrika Haraldsson, Tilde Johnsson och Emma Klofsten, Filippa Winstedt Blom Handledare: Sanne Frandsen Fem nyckelord: Ledarskapsideal, DisneTitle: Disney shape leaders of the future - A qualitative document study on how Disney portrays and reproduces leadership ideals Seminar date: 5th of June 2019 Course: FEKH49, Business Administration: Bachelor Degree Project in Organization Undergraduate Level, 15 credits Authors: Ulrika Haraldsson, Tilde Johnsson och Emma Klofsten, Filippa Winstedt Blom Advisor: Sanne Frandsen Key words: Lea

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur samarbete och tillit kan påverka uppkomsten av agentproblem i ett kunskapsintensivt företag i Sverige genom att studera företagskultur, employee engagement och arbete i team. Metod: En kvalitativ enfallsstudie där primära datainsamlingen utgörs av semistrukturerade intervjuer med anställda på fallföretaget. De främsta verktygen för dataanalys är Gioi

The purpose of this study is to investigate if and to what extent environmental sustainability is a contributing factor in the purchase decision of craft beer among young adults. In addition, the study aims to understand how different purchasing factors are related to each other in the craft beer purchase decision. The purpose is to gain a greater understanding for the industry of small scale prod

Bakgrund: Sälj och verksamhetsplanering (SVP) är ett ramverk för att balansera utbud och efterfrågan. Processens huvudsakliga syfte är att adressera komplexitet vid planering genom tvärfunktionellt samarbete, vilket involverar nyckelpersoner från relevanta avdelningar. För att effektivt bedriva SVP måste planeringen ske på rätt nivå. Om den görs på en för detaljerad nivå blir den översiktliga bild

Indigenous tourism is a debated topic as the lifestyle and culture of indigenous groups are increasingly being promoted as tourist attractions, especially by tourism promotors targeting tourists in more developed countries. Indigenous tourism has become a widely adopted approach used to generate income for indigenous communities, and to the countries in which they are located. However, the commodi

While previous research suggests that top managers’ long-term orientation is related to their strategic decision making processes, few studies have investigated this relationship in a Western cultural context. Therefor, the aim of the current thesis is to investigate the relationship between long-term orientation and strategic decision making processes, specifically, decision comprehensiveness, de

Abstrakt Författare: Veronica Härebo Titel: ”Det är ju mördarhysteri just nu” – En kvalitativ studie om kvinnors intresse för true crime Kandidatuppsats: SOCK04, 15 hp Handledare: Mimmi Barmark Sociologiska institutionen, vårterminen 2019 Intresset för true crime tycks vara väldigt stort just nu. Det finns mängder av dokumentärer, podcasts och filmer som tillhör genren true crime. Bland konsumen

Produktionen av plast ökar snabbt och ständigt. Användningen, eller snarare brister i användningen av plast, uppmärksammas i allt större utsträckning. Ständigt publiceras bilder i media som visar stora berg av plastavfall som flyter omkring i haven. En stor andel av plastavfallet består av förpackningar. Den aktuella studiens utgångspunkt har därför varit en nationell målsättning som vill minska pPackaging stands for the largest use of plastic today and increased recycling of plastic packaging must be urged to maintain our natural resources. Plastic packaging is essential in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry, however the environmental impact of plastic packaging implies that the industry should take responsibility in this matter. The purpose of this study is to define which ac

Skocpol’s States and Social Revolutions, first published in 1979, was a hugely influential book encapsulating what has become known as the “Third Generation” of theories of revolution. In it, she argues that “revolutions are not made, they come” (Skocpol, 1979, 17), insisting that structural factors such as pre-revolutionary social structure and state breakdown were primarily responsible for the o

On the basis of the recommendation of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to transition from Value-at-Risk (VaR) to Expected Shortfall (ES) in determining market risk capital, this paper attempts to investigate whether a Recurrent Neural Network provides more accurate VaR and ES predictions of the EUR/USD exchange rate compared to the conventional GARCH(1,1) model. A number of previous stud