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Why do Christians become vegans and how do they motivate their vegan lifestyle? I have talked to fifteen Christian individuals that have considered their diets and all of them have at one point in their lives thought about becoming vegans. Thirteen of them were vegans during this study. One pastor feels that she cannot become a vegan yet because of her line of work and a man stopped being a vegan
The climate change debate in Sweden seems to be settled with most societal stakeholders accepting the climate science tenets and supporting climate action. However, a closer look will reveal that even Sweden hosts a community of sceptics who question the causes, consequences of climate change and the need for expansive mitigation action. Literature reveals that there needs to be more focus on the
An initial public offering, IPO, is the first offering of a company´s shares to the public. Multiple studies have shown that there are certain anomalies tied to IPOs as they often generate high returns on their first day of trading and underperform in the long-run. This paper investigates the occurrence of these anomalies on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange during 2010-2016. The results indicate that
This paper examines long-run and short-term dynamics of real house prices in Sweden from the first quarter in 1986 to the last quarter in 2017. To understand this, multivariate co-integration and error correction modelling approach are used. More specifically, this paper examines whether fundamental factors of demand and supply can explain the real house price development in Sweden. Evidence shows
Research question-/s: How does the time perceived by employees influence their individual innovative behaviour? Methodology: The research strategy of the study is quantitative with the use of a deductive method with influences of induction. Overall the design is a cross-sectional study design with the primary source of data collection through an online survey administered to a selected sample. T
The purpose of this research is to investigate the Performance Management within the ACAs. The findings of this research concluded that the two Anti-Corruption Authorities have different performance management systems. The researchers believe that this difference stems from internal and external factors.
Consumerism contributes to sustainability problems of social fragmentation and environmental degradation. In response to this the sharing economy is a relatively new and rapidly growing phenomenon. While the for-profit sharing economy has received considerable academic attention and critique, there is a lack of research that explores the alternative: the non-profit sharing economy. This paper addr
Finns det skillnader mellan blåmusslor från öst- och västkusten? Fenotyp är hur en organism ser ut, till skillnad från dess genotyp vilket är vilka gener organismen har. Fenotypisk plasticitet betyder att ett djur eller en växt kan få olika utseende med samma gener. Deras utseende är påverkat av deras miljö. Att kunna anpassa sig och klara av den miljön man hamnar i. Blåmusslan är precis som en
Birds living in temperate regions face an energetically demanding period in winter, when food availability becomes reduced and unpredictable. In order to conserve energy, wintering passerines reduce their metabolic rate (MR) and body temperature (Tb) during the night to enter into a state of hypothermia. The effect of food predictability on the energy budget of birds is not fully understood. There
The study shows how a professional service firm can manage intrinsic motivation by using training as a personnel control and how training can help when implementing cultural controls cultural. The results show that professionals’ perceive that all the needs for intrinsic motivation are positively related to training, with autonomy having the strongest relation, while extrinsic motivation to a larg
A statistic released this year (2018) by the World Road Transport Organization shows that more than 80% of inland freight is moved by road. Frequent e-commerce activities and end-consumer demands on delivery performance have increased transport needs yet fill rates have decreased. Transport is less efficient and unsustainable while profit margins also shrink, motivating fiercer competition among s
Current concerns for how unsustainable plastic packaging waste management is and how it negatively affects the environment, combined with the fact that it does not promote a circular economy has given origin to a strategy for plastics in a circular economy defined by the European Commission, in 2018. Thus, this study intended to compare and analyse two different plastic packaging waste recycling s
The paper investigates the financing behavior of firms listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (SSE) main markets using the pecking order theory. The study also examines the influence of institutional and insider ownership identities on the financing decisions of the firms. Examining a sample of 107 firms from 2009-2017, we found the pecking order theory of corporate financing consistent with firms
