Syftet med uppsatsen var att undersöka vilka faktorer som lockar svenska företag att direktinvestera i Polen. Det har varit en spännande resa som har gått upp och ner; en artikel säger att det går bara bra för Sverige – investeringsklimatet är gynnsamt. Nästa säger att nej, det går uruselt för Sverige – ingen vill ju investera. En intressant sak är att Polen inte enbart är ett låglöneland, som det

Nowadays investors have a large number of choices of how they can invest their money. One of their biggest challenges is how to allocate their portfolio between equities, bonds and properties. It can only be shown afterwards, which was the best allocation. That is why it is so popular to look at historical mean-variance to predict the future. In this master thesis historical data is also used to s

Abstract Following the 2004 EU-enlargement, the UK granted free movements of workers to nationals from the eight new member states (A8). There was a widespread concern in other European countries regarding the expected large inflow of A8 migrants, and consequently twelve of the old EU member states decided to implement transitional restrictions. This lead to a relatively large inflow of A8 migrant

The thesis studied the localisation determinants of foreign direct investment, in order to achieve a better understanding of how developing countries may attract FDI and acquire capital and technology. The examined determinants are based on previous research and economic theories. Founded on localisation advantages, an econometric regression analysis is used as a method to test the relevant locati

When the EU expanded to include ten new countries, the popular opinion was that this would inevitably lead to large increases in trade flows between eastern and western Europe. However, economists have studied the potential for increased trade between the two regions since the fall of the Berlin wall, and much of the evidence indicates that the EU already had a very good bilateral trade relationsh

The foreign exchange market is known as one of the most efficient markets in the world, has a daily turnover of approximately $1.9 trillion and is open 24 hours a day seven days a week. In difference to what most people believe 80-95% of the market activity is of purely speculative behaviour. In order to speculate in market movements the investor needs to make a prediction of the future spot rate.

Med dagens låga ränta lånar privatpersoner mer än någonsin för att finansiera sina bostadsköp. Denna uppsats behandlar ränterisken en privatperson utsätter sig för vid bostadsköp då denne skall ta lån med fast ränta. Vanligtvis brukar det ta tre månader (90 dagar) från det att köpekontrakt skrivits på till att köpet genomförts. Genom att anta att ränteförändringarna är lognormalfördelade har jag k

Uppsatsen behandlar 3:s etablering på den svenska marknaden för mobila teletjänster. För att kunna analysera detta har jag kombinerat empiri med vald teori. Den insamlade primärdatan består av telefonintervjuer med beslutsfattande personer på såväl 3 som andra konkurrerande företag och institutioner. Teoriavsnittet är uppdelat i två huvuddelar - pris- och spelteori, då marknaden karaktäriseras av

Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the poorest regions in the world and depends heavily on aid flow and debt reduction to foster development and fight poverty. Using 35 of the 48 countries in the region, we examine the impact of aid flow/debt reduction on poverty alleviation and the selected poverty targets are primary completion rate and life rate. A multiple regression model on panel data over the per

Sammanfattning Hur utvecklas kursen vid en nyintroduktion i jämförelse med Affärsvärldens generalindex (AFGX)? Uppsatsen redovisar utvecklingen för 57 aktier vid introduktionsdagen, efter en dag, en vecka en månad, tre månader och ett år. Slutsatsen är att det finns skillnader, de är signifikanta efter en dag och efter ett år. Efter en dag har kursen i genomsnitt gått ner ett antal procentenheter

The essay initially intends to find adequate models to describe and forecast monthly data for the Swedish Consumer Price Index sub group Clothes and Shoes 1986-2005. The time series observations during 2006 are considered “out of sample period” which is used to evaluate the forecasts. The purpose is to perform time series decomposition and to investigate and analyze the seasonal pattern. The Box-J

One of the most stated reasons for ERP failure is that the organization failed to recognise the impact the system would have on business processes. A possible solution to this could be to use an approach focusing on process change when implementing ERP systems. Therefore this study investigates the possibilities of using Business Process Management (BPM) when implementing ERP systems. The focus li

Vid uppsägningar på grund av arbetsbrist ska arbetsgivaren enligt huvudregeln i 22 § 4 st LAS upprätta en turordningslista efter anställningstid för berörda arbetstagare. På listan ges arbetstagare med lång anställning företräde till fortsatt anställning framför arbetstagare med kortare anställningstid. Detta har påverkat olika grupper av arbetstagare på olika sätt. I uppsatsen behandlas invandrar

Since the economic reforms in 1978 the Chinese economy has shown remarkable growth rates. The countries in East Asia all had very high growth rates before they were hit by the economic crisis in 1997. Could the same thing happen to China? The aim of the thesis is to investigate if China is heading for an economic crisis. Based on theories and empirical studies of other economic crises we study the

In the credit derivatives market, the observed default correlation smile, implied by the Gaussian copula, constitutes a major problem when we want to price bespoke CDO tranches. The industry standard approach for countering this dilemma is to use the concept of base correlation to try to estimate the ingoing default correlation parameters for non-standard tranche intervals. However, this approach

The focus of this study is on the privatisation process in a state of transition. This study set out to distinguish the essential factors which explain and promote the emergence of a dominant private sector. From that, two different approaches to privatisation are examined and analysed; the Washington consensus and the Evolutionary approach. The Washington consensus emphasises on the speed of the

South Africa held their first democratic election in 1994. The fact that ANC won this doctrinarian election is fundamental for all levels of the South African society. South Africa constitutes a society with clear inequalities and social problems. Since education is considered as a crucial factor to meet these challenges we have studied if a more extended and more equal access to education is obse

General principles of law can be defined as a legal foundation with the function of codifying basic values. They can also be of a character, which makes them useful as supplement and interpretation of law. EU has developed principles of law that can be divided into general and special. Within the Union there are existences of around twenty general ones. A further separation can be made in terms of

I november 2002 började ICA introducera AOB-systemet i sina butiker för att automatisera lagerhållning och orderhantering. Med systemet ska butikerna kunna förutse framtida varubehov och kunna använda sig av ”just in time” lagerhållning för att minimera lagerhållningskostnader. Systemen har introducerats i en liknande miljö med likartade resurser men ändå har det uppstått skillnader när det gäller