This study examines the transparency of the Swedish stock market with regards to the new, eased regulation on quarterly reporting. The study investigates whether insider trading and analysts’ recommendations could be alternative sources of information to quarterly reports. Consistent with prior research, it finds the magnitude of informativeness of insider buys being greater than for insider sells

Abstract In order to reduce climate emissions from transports and to move towards a more sustainable transport system, many municipalities and regions strive to increase the use of bicycle in cities. This study focuses on the three metropolitan areas in Sweden; Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö. Their efforts with regional bicycle planning are investigated, looking at factors such as cooperation, resp

Outdoor air pollution is generally recognized as a serious environmental risk factor of premature mortality. The main aim of this thesis is to examine how changes in fine particulate air pollution (PM 2.5 ) account for changes in selected mortality indicators, using empirical evidence from 45 districts in the Czech Republic. Besides the impact on changes in life expectancy, a special emphasis was

This study investigated alignments in speeches held by two historically prominent politicians: Sir Winston Churchill and Tony Blair. The speeches that comprised the data of this study were a speech from 3 September, 1939, for the former, and a speech held on 18 March, 2003, for the latter. The study made use of Martin & White’s (2005) account of appraisal theory. Firstly, the use of positive

Abstract: Employer branding process that creates the best match possible between the employer and the employee, leads to a business satisfaction and a person-organization fit. Not surprisingly, an efficient employer branding strategy also decreases the labour turnover rate within the company and helps to retain the talent. Naturally, the specified situation is desired by the employer and by the po

This study presents an empirical investigation of i) testing the Granger Causality between economic growth and aggregated carbon dioxide (CO2) emission; and economic growth and disaggregated CO2 emission from burning fossil fuel coal, oil and natural gas respectively; ii) the potential impact on economic growth if countries substitute CO2 emission from dirty energy, coal, by emission from relative

Sweden uses pure drinking water for all household areas such as flushing toilets, watering the lawn and so on. This can be seen as a waste and stormwater can therefore be used instead to save resources. When rainwater is going to be used, different possibilities exist. A rainwater tank can be used to collect water from roofs and store it in a sealed tank. A stormwater pond can be used which collec

Den rådande forskningen kring IT-utvecklingens påverkan på revisorns arbete i framtiden, pekar på en mängd olika IT-tekniker som kan utveckla dagens IT- verktyg och göra revisorns arbete mer effektivt. Forskningen pekar även på att IT kan utveckla löpande revision till att bli mer effektivt och billigare att implementera. Vilket har stor möjlighet att påverka revisorns arbete i framtiden.

Agencies obligation to report according to the Swedish Social Service Law (2001:453) 14 chapter 1 § is an important obligation to uphold children’s rights. When children are maltreated due to the conditions at home, agencies have a responsibility to help. Constantly we hear from the media about children who live with anomaly. Therefore it is highly current to examine the obligation to report. Chil

Sammanfattning Titel: Relationen mellan servicelandskap, förälder och barn – Vem styr vem, vad, hur och varför i butiken? Universitet: Campus Helsingborg, Lunds Universitet Nivå: Kandidatuppsats, 15 högskolepoäng Inlämningsdatum: 2014-05-26 Författare: Ronja Norgren och Josefin Åkesson Handledare: Richard Ek Nyckelord: Servicelandskap, konsumtionsprocess, butikskommunikation, barns behov, makt

Denna studie undersöker hur författarrollen har förändrats i samband med att läromedel och läromaterial i allt större utsträckning har digitaliserats och datoriserats. Teoretiskt fundament utgörs av Svedjedal (2002) och Renman Claesson (2009, 2012) och metodiskt tillvägagångssätt är kvalitativa intervjuer. Resultatet av denna analys visar på att författarrollen i och med digitaliseringen omfattar

I ämnet medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap vid institutionen för kommunikation och medier vid Lunds universitet har jag, Malin Hall, genomfört denna B-uppsats med titeln ”Vägen från onormal till normal”- En semiotisk textanalys av medierepresentationen av funktionshindrade personer genom rollfiguren ”ICA-Jerry”. Syftet med uppsatsen avser att studera hur medierepresenationen av funktionshindrade p

The purpose of this study is to investigate if a military base closure has any effects on unemployment in the affected municipality. In this study military base has been viewed as a cluster for the municipality where resources, infrastructure and employment in the municipality are drawn to maintain the base. When a shutdown happens they are viewed as a negative exogenous shock for the municipality

This thesis analyzes Ecuadorian development through a historical perspective, in which the changes related to institutions and beliefs are crucial for the explanation of their dramatic transformation. In this respect, during most of its history Ecuador was characterized for lack of leadership, high external dependence, corruption, selfish interests of groups of power, and huge instability. Indeed,

Authors: Matilda Berggren and Sanne Modin Title: The power within empowerment - A study of the outreach work performed by Mentor Mothers in The Kingdom of Swaziland Supervisor: Anna Angelin Assessors: Anna Meuwisse and Max Koch Our aim with this thesis was to identify potential barriers and potential possibilities in the work of Mentor Mothers. Through interviews with women working in the project

What are the dynamics of the Norwegian maritime industry that have allowed Norway to be top competitor in the world maritime industry? Dynamics such as history, innovation, clusters, and institutions are visited through a multidisciplinary approach in order to provide a complete picture of Norway’s maritime industry. Furthermore, the Norwegian maritime industry has one world’s highest cost of labo

This study is a survey of the bottom life of Hjälmsjön outside Örkelljunga in Skåne. The municipal and a row society are going to make an application for permission to dredge the bottom in order to increase the depth up to two meters depth. In the application they need a description of the area including which species live on the bottom and what the ecological status is for the lake. I have sample

Syfte: Vi har valt att studera effekter uppkomna ur den frihet empowerment ämnar skapa i medarbetares dagliga arbete. Detta i syfte att undersöka om det skulle kunna riktas mer kritik mot de teorier som finns kring empowerment, och vilken form av kritik detta månde vara. Metod: Denna studie har ontologiskt ett konstruktionistiskt perspektiv och bygger på ett interpretivistiskt synsätt d.v.s. ett