We investigate to what degree return on technology stocks are affected by industry-, country- and global factors. Furthermore, the analysis is extended to look deeper into the industry factors by examining what the exposure of technology stocks to industry-specific shocks is caused by. In previous studies, the aim has been to try to determine whether industry-, country- or global effects are the m

Background: The world is facing global warming because of excessive release of greenhouse gases. The Science Based Target Initiative encourages companies to do their fair share in limiting the temperature increase to 2 degrees above preindustrial temperatures. This is called setting science-based targets. Little research has been made on the target setting process and there are few practical examp

Title: Environmental antecedents and their influence on the tension between exploration and exploitation: The case of sustainability as a special example of environmental dynamism in the context of a technology-driven company Research question: How does sustainability as a special case of environmental dynamism influence managerial and organizational antecedents and thereby the tension of explora

This thesis aims to explore the meanings behind rural reading rooms (tushushi) in Yunnan Province, PRC. Rural reading rooms are small libraries attached to the village Party compound in Chinese villages; for the past decade 600 000 reading rooms have been established in administrative villages in China, and now benefit more than 1 billion farmers in what is arguably the world’s most important deve

This paper is an empirical review that looks at using GARCH volatility forecast to develop a trading strategy using an interval forecast to calculate threshold prices. Thereby determining prices to enter the market on the buy or sell side. This paper takes the perspective of the retail investor/amateur trader, in the context of the “Slow-motion revolution” Economist magazine (Jun 2016).

The Swedish rules for closely held companies were enacted to combat income conversion abuse in limited liability companies where natural persons acted as both owners and employees. In the Swedish Income Tax Act, employment income is taxed according to a progressive rate while capital income is taxed according to a flat rate. The wage remuneration rule may increase the amount of dividend that the a

Following Kosovo’s issuance of a unilateral declaration of independence in 2008, the UN General Assembly requested the International Court of Justice to pronounce itself on the accordance with international law of the declaration of independence. The Court’s answer to that request was that the declaration of independence was not in violation of international law. When the Court rephrased the quest

Purpose: Explaining whether performance development after a LBO differentiates based on target´s size. Methodology: Quantitative method with deductive research approach Theoretical perspectives: The thesis covers: Transaction cost theory, Wealth transfer theory, Agency theory as well as previous research on LBO performance. Empirical foundation: The thesis analyses performance measures of 44 Eur

The aim of this study was to examine how professionals in the social services view and talk about the internal cooperation between specialised units at the social services office (i.e. a receiving unit and an investigative unit). The motivation for such a study was located in an identified paradox between rapid societal changes creating more complex client needs and the implementation of new publi

During the last few decades there has been a steep increase in documentation and administrative procedures in the Swedish public authorities. This development has also affected the social services in which primarily social workers are employed. This bachelor's thesis aims to investigate how documentation procedures and use of standardized assessment methods is described by professional social

Arbetsgivarens möjlighet att beordra arbete på övertid är många gånger en nödvändighet för att verksamheten ska fungera. De senaste åren har det emellertid både rapporterats om ett högt övertidsuttag och en bristande psykosocial arbetsmiljö med hög arbetsbelastning inom flertalet branscher. I denna uppsats är syftet att utreda den rättsliga regleringen för övertids-uttag, där arbetsgivarens rätt aThe possibility for the employer to order overtime work can sometimes be necessary for the business to work. However, during the recent years it has been reported of both a high amount of overtime working hours, and an insufficient organizational and social work environment combined with a high workload, in several sectors of the labor market. This essay aims to investigate the legal regulation on

The aim of this study was to understand how healthcare counselors think about their professional discretion.The method used in this study was qualitative and carried out by semi structured interviews. We conducted interviews with eight different counselors at the university hospital in Malmö and Lund on seven different occasions. The theories that was used to help analyze our empirical data was Mi

Medarbetarupplevelse (employee satisfaction or employee experience) is an organizational phenomenon that has become an ascending work-process within the HR-profession. Through five interviews with various HR-practitioners, we managed to answer this essay’s three framing questions: 1) How can medarbetarupplevelse be defined? 2) Which essential and mutual factors can we identify in the interviews?

Studies have shown that people working within social work are more exposed to threats and violence in the workplace than people with other occupations. The pur-pose of this study was to investigate the exposure to work-related threats and vio-lence among social workers and examine how situations involving work-related threats and violence are handled. More precisely, the study examines social work

This study sheds light on the connection between collaborative design and the qualitative aspect of ideas in the front end of innovation. The purpose is to showcase how subjective factors within collaborative design have an influence on the quality of radical selected ideas. This research prevailed that mutual understanding of initial set requirements among actors positively impacted the specifici

Klimatförändringen är en av vår tids viktigaste frågor. Konsekvenserna av höjda temperaturer och havsnivåer är redan synliga på vissa håll i världen. Effekterna riskerar att för evigt förändra livsvillkoren för ekosystem, djur och människor. Vår uppfattning kring klimat- och hållbarhetsfrågor påverkas av hur den framställs i vår omgivning. Det kan vara via massmedia men det kan också vara genom Title: Climate Change as Experience - A Study on Climate- and Sustainability Communication in Museums Public perception on climate- and sustainability issues is shaped by how they are presented in media and by other communicative actors - like museums. This thesis explores how museum activities can increase public engagement and awareness on climate change and sustainability. The research has bee

Organizations struggle to rapidly respond to competitive and changing business environments and therefore implement smarter Information Systems that incorporate automated decision services. An imminent role for complementing automated decision making are analytics, as it can evaluate past performances to provide insights on potential future decision making endeavors. While the consensus on how ana

Mobile business intelligence (MBI) handlar som namnet antyder om en mobil variant av traditionell business intelligence (BI). Det senaste årtiondets explosionsartade framfart för smarta telefoner och surfplattor har givit nya förutsättningar för användandet av MBI. I övergången från skapandet av traditionella BI-lösningar till MBI-lösningar kan en del barriärer uppstå och det är dessa vi i denna u

Social media is a field that is developing quickly. A field that brings both risks and opportunities for companies. It has become especially important for startups since using it requires only a small amount of resources. Even though many startups realize the value potentials with using social media, effective utilization of it still poses a daunting challenge to many of them. Based on a combinati