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Human rights reporting by Swedish state - owned companies

Den svenska staten bedriver affärsverksamhet via ett femtiotal företag av vilka staten äger minst 50% av företaget i 43 av fallen. År 2007 antog den svenska regeringen en rad nya riktlinjer gällande hållbarhetsrapportering för dessa företag. Dessa nya riktlinjer skulle tas i bruk från och med räkenskapsåret 2008. Hållbarhetsrapporteringen, dvs. den icke finansiella rapporteringen av dessa svenska

Covenants in loan agreements—an analysis of practices within the Swedish high-yield bond sector

En högriskobligation, eller företagsobligation med hög risk, är ett sätt för ett litet- eller medelstort företag med låg kreditvärdighet att anskaffa pengar på kapitalmarknaden. I takt med att hårdare krav ställs på seniora långivare så växer betydelsen av en välutvecklad marknad för högriskobligationer i Sverige. Detta är nödvändigt för att bibehålla en global konkurrenskraft hos svenska små- och

Numerical simulation of three-dimensional flows in water storage tanks - Application to Norra Ugglarps Reservoirs in South Sweden

Det huvudsakliga syftet med detta arbete var att simulera tredimensionella flödesmönster i tankar för lagring av vatten. De praktiska avsikter med simuleringarna var att identifiera vattenkvalitetsproblem relaterade till bristande vattenutbyte. De vattenmagasin som reservoarer vid Norra Ugglarp i Skåne utgör undersöktes i en särskild fallstudie. I denna avhandling har den öppna CFD källkoden OpenF

Identifying potentially unhealthy housing conditions in Rosengård – a cross-sectional study in immigrant households with small children in Sweden

The social determinants of health form a complex and dynamic web, shaping both population and individual health and disease. The built environment and especially human dwellings influence health in many ways. Associations between factors such as dampness, mould growth, heating/insulation, and crowding on the one hand and respiratory health and infectious diseases on the other hand have been studie

Preferences for improvements in attributes associated with basal insulin : a time trade-off and willingness-to-pay survey of a diabetic and non-diabetic population in Sweden

Objective: Apart from improved health outcomes, treatment convenience per se may have a value to individuals. This is sometimes referred to as process utility and can be estimated in terms of willingness-to-pay (WTP) or quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). Previous research has produced multiple studies on QALY gains and WTP estimates of insulin-related attributes. There are, however, significant

Causes and characteristics of reverse bird migration : An analysis based on radar, radio tracking and ringing at Falsterbo, Sweden

That birds migrate in the reverse direction of the expected is a phenomenon of regular occurrence which has been observed at many sites. Here we use three different methods; tracking radar, radiotelemetry and ringing, to characterize the flights of these reverse migrants and investigate possible causes of reverse migration of nocturnally migrating passerines during autumn migration at Falsterbo pe

Mapping a New History of the Ecological Turn : The Circulation of Environmental Knowledge in Sweden 1967

This essay introduces environmental historians to a new approach inspired by the burgeoning field of Wissensgeschichte; that is, the study of societal circulation of knowledge. It is argued that this new method can help us to better map out and analyse the emergence of modern environmentalism in society at large. To demonstrate the practical implications of the argument the essay is centred on an

Policy capacities for new regional industrial path development – The case of new media and biogas in southern Sweden

Over the past few years, a growing body of work in economic geography and innovation studies has enhanced our understanding of forms and determinants of regional industrial path development. The importance of policy, however, has received limited attention and accordingly, the role of policy for the emergence and development of new regional industrial growth paths remains largely unexplored. This