The United States and the European Union operate under the similar design of a federal structure and their labor markets face similar tax discrimination challenges. Case law illustrates how the goal of a common market present in both unions is highly influential on the respective Courts and provides a flexible structure to protect individuals against discriminatory tax legislation. It is the centr

Neoliberalism, as a loosely defined set of political beliefs, calls for more individual freedom and autonomy, resulting in increased responsibility for each person to address major societal issues. ‘Individualization’ is the process by which responsibility for addressing major environmental issues such as climate change is placed on individuals. In this thesis I investigate whether individualizati

Begreppet autonomi används ofta för att beskriva var och ens rätt till självbestämmande. Samtidigt kan begreppet avse kognitiva förutsättningar för att kunna reflektera och agera i enlighet med sitt tänkande. Detta innebär att autonomibegreppet kan syfta på förmågan till autonomi. Denna otydlighet kring vad som avses med begreppet kan leda till godtycklighet vid bedömningar av andras autonomi, exeThe concept of autonomy is often used to describe everyone's right to selfdetermination. However, the concept is also used to describe substantial cognitive capacity to reflect and act in accordance with one’s conscious thought. This lack of clarity about what is meant by the term could lead to arbitrary assessments of other's degree of autonomy, for example within health care and social s

E-handeln fortsätter att växa och beräknas utgöra tolv procent av den totala handeln år 2022 om det fortsätter att växa i samma takt. För att nå ut till kunder behöver företaget marknadsföra sin e-handel. Uppsatsen undersöker hur målen för e-handelns tre marknadsföringsfaser: pre-sale, online och after-sale uppfylls med användning av designaspekter. Aspekterna som valdes var sökmotorsoptimering, e

Det här projektet, genom att forska om de drivkrafter och barriärer relaterade till användningen av elcyklar, undersöker potentialen för elcykeln som ersättning för bilen. Projektet syftar vidare till att, baserad på resultaten av denna forskning, försöka locka fler till att använda elcyklar istället för bilen. Projektet gör detta genom att föreslå en plan för en "Travel Awareness" kampaThe current and future problems and increasing consequences that this world has today in the light of climate change; is a hot topic in many countries, including Sweden. The solutions to fight this problem have to be found in many different areas. The bicycle has previously been encouraged as a mode of transportation due to, amongst others, the climate benefits that it provides; something that ele

The paper introduces two new terminologies (aspirational- and inspirational positioning) within the area of brand positioning that approach positioning from an emotional and consumer perspective. For the implementation of these strategies a number of components are identified in this paper. These components together with their tools and their effects are summarised in a new model, named the AI Whe

Den här uppsatsen tar avstamp i det föga utforskade område som översättning av prosarytm utgör. En fallstudie görs på romanen La mano invisible av den spanske författaren Isaac Rosa med syfte att undersöka i vilken utsträckning rytmen har kunnat överföras i den svenska översättningen. Mot bakgrund av den ringa forskning som finns kring prosarytm generellt görs en sammanställning av element med ryt

I takt med en ökad global konkurrenssituation blir företag mer fokuserade på att minimera kostnader. Företagens drivkraft att minska sitt skattetryck står i motsats till staternas vilja att bibehålla skattebasen och säkra sina intäkter. I staternas verktygslåda finns bland annat lagstiftningsmakten, men lagstiftaren kan inte alltid förutse hur en lagtext kan komma att utnyttjas. Uppsatsen behandlaIn an increasingly global competition, companies are more and more focused on minimizing costs. Businesses drive to decrease their tax burden is in contrast with the will of states to maintain the tax base and secure their income. The states have the legislative power in their toolbox, however the legislator can´t always predict how legislation will be used. This essay describes another set of too

I detta examensarbete har sex olika mellangrödor (hampa, honungsört, oljerättika, sudangräs, luddvicker och vitsenap) undersökts för användning till biogas produktion som ett alternativ för framställning av biobränsle. Miljöfrågor, behovet av nya bränslen och ökningen av världens befolkning har lett till uppmärksamheten för förnybara bränslen det senaste årtiondet. Den Europeiska Unionen har sattThe eminent dilemma around the relationship between the increasing world population, the need of new fuel sources and environment issues has raised great awareness in the last decades. The European Parliament has set common goals such as the reduction of the greenhouse gases by 20 % by the year of 2020, followed by the requirement of at least 10 % of the fuel has to be biofuel. An adjacent issue i

This essay is an analysis of the EU Common Agricultural Policy reform of 2003 and its impact on the economic growth and income distribution in African countries. In what follows we outline the most significant effects of the reform, and its purpose. A regression analysis using panel data is conducted to investigate the reform’s impact on economic growth in the examined countries. The effect on inc

The tendency of stock prices always attracts investors’ attention, which is related to their earnings. So it is increasingly concerned that what information will affect the stock markets and how the stock market reacts to investors’ investment strategy. So this paper investigates the phenomenon of stock price synchronicity in Shanghai Stock Exchange, and what reflects stock price synchronicity in

Våren 2015 spenderade jag som praktikant på kulturfövaltningen i Malmö stad. Under min tid där skrev jag en rapport som handlade om hur organisationer som beviljats verksamhetsstöd inför 2015 arbetade med jämställdhet. Anledningen till att jag skrev rapporten var att kulturstödsenheten året innan hade instiftat nya mål kring att organisationerna nu var tvungna att beskriva hur de jobbade med jämstDuring the spring of 2015 I had an internship at the department of culture in Malmo. My main task assignment was to write a report on how the organizations that had been given financial support from the department were working with equality issues. My bachelor thesis is a continuing on that report were I further explore how the organizations describe how they work with equality within their own or

The study contributes to existing research on corporate labeling of private label brands (PLs) and on the consumer attitude in the field of consumer behavior, with the focus on premium PLs. Furthermore, managerial contributions support the retailers on their corporate labeling strategy of premium PLs.

This paper seeks to examine men’s underperformance in schools under Stereotype Threat Theory and through the development a new scale: the Anti-Norm Studying (ANS) scale. The pervading theory, measured qualitatively, behind men’s under achievement is an avoidance of being considered a “study nerd” or in Swedish “plugghäst” which can be literally translated to “study horse”. A quantitative measure,

The use of motion expressions to describe objects that are actually static (e.g. “The train tracks curves through the mountain”) has been of interest within the fields of linguistics and cognitive science for at least three decades (e.g. Langacker, 1990; Matsumuto, 1996; Talmy, 2000a; Matlock, 2004a; Zlatev & Blomberg, 2013). In this thesis, such descriptions will be referred to as Non-Actual

Awara Ahmed Kontroll i butik med fokus på Listeria monocytogens och hållbarhet av egentillverkade produkter Listerios Listeria monocytogens orsakar ett sjukdomstillstånd som kallas för listerios, det vanligaste sättet att få listeriosinfektion är genom kontaminerade livsmedel. Infektionen är ovanligt men allvarligt sjukdom. De individer som främst drabbas av listerios är äldre, personer med nListeria monocytogens causes the disease listeriosis, and the most common way the infection is spreading in the environment is believed to be through food. Listeriosis is a rare infection, but can cause serious symptoms in risk groups as the elderly, people with compromised immunesystems, pregnant women and their fetuses, mortality rate is 20-30%. There are two types of listeriosis, the first one