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In order to enhance the accountability and legitimacy of public research, performance-based research funding systems have been introduced in numerous countries during the last decades. Although this development has gathered considerable interest in recent years, it is thus far not clear how performance measures shape research practices and academic subjectivity. Combining bibliometric studies and
This paper investigates the relationship between capital structure and stock returns for Swedish firms listed on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm Stock Exchange. Actual stock returns and leverage figures in form of total, long-term and short-term debt are used in the calculations. The results suggest, in contrast with a majority of fundamental theories, that there is a negative relationship between levera
The purpose of this report was to study how two common types of wood stud walls in Sweden will handle the future climate in Sweden, Gothenburg, out of a hydrothermal point of view. These two walls were analyzed with simulations in the hydrothermal calculation software WUFI with varying parameters. The first cases of the simulations were the so called base cases where moisture- and heat-sources was
Purpose: To propose a blueprint of how the policymakers responsible for health care reforms in the county of Scania (Sweden) could evaluate a prospective stroke care intervention from a societal point of view. More specifically, the intervention will consist in the introduction of telemedicine technology to their ambulance fleet. In addition, key methodological issues, of interest to the policymak
The social and environmental impact associated with consuming a product is something that is becoming increasingly important to consumers and businesses alike. This impact can in theory be computed simply by classifying a product and by mapping the classified product to the corresponding life-cycle assessments research. However, this type of mapping requires an extensive product taxonomy with a la
Canada is one of the only nations in the world that offers universal health coverage that excludes outpatient prescription drug services. This means that citizens may find out their diagnosis free of charge, but must incur out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs dispensed outside of hospitals. This paper examines the prevalence of prescription drug coverage in Canada across various socioecon
Purpose: The main objective of this thesis is to examine the effect different drivers of agency costs have on corporate cash holdings in public and private German technology firms. The analysis identifies three potential sources of agency costs. By determining target cash levels first and then obtaining deviations from these targets, the influences of agency costs are measurable. Data Set: The sam
This report first analyzed the reason for the deviation of the event-mixing method in background estimation for resonance research, and one possible explanation is that the event-mixing method can not reproduce the specific angular distribution of produced particles caused by jet-effects. This assumption was checked by Monte-Carlo simulations with PYTHIA, and a certain method of correction called
Road traffic accidents in Sweden are today registered in the national database called STRADA (Swedish Traffic Accident Data Acquisition). To every accident information is gathered, but an efficient way of compiling this information is lacking. In countries like Germany or Denmark accidents are classified by the type of manoeuvre that leads to the accident. With help from reference tables, every m
This thesis explores strengths-based social work with unaccompanied minors and newly-arrived families in Lund, Sweden, through a qualitative study based on par-ticipant observation and interviews at Barn i Start (BiS), a program for refugees. Previous research claims that welfare provision in Sweden has changed from a purely state-run service provider toward a heterogenic landscape of various publ
En kvantitativ studie om hur varierande sektorandelar på kommunal nivå förklarar skillnader i sjukpenninguttag mellan Sveriges kommuner. Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka ifall kommuners olika sektorandelar har betydelse för kommuners sjuktal, samt om effekterna är olika beroende på kön. Då tidigare forskning sällan studerat betydelsen av själva anställdas sektorstillhörighet på arbetsmarknaden
This research paper explores the nature of the mean and volatility spillovers from the US and aggregate GIIPS to the largest GDP countries for the EMU and non-EMU countries. I develop a three step univariate volatility spillover model followed by Christiansen (2007) and Ng (2000) to analyze the relevance of local (own country), regional (aggregate GIIPS) and global (US) shocks. Empirical evidence
Vad: Kandidatuppsats VT 2016. Lunds universitet, Campus Helsingborg, institutionen för Service Management. Titel: Rollspelet mellan medlem och kund - En studie om hur tjänstekvalitet upplevs i en ideell förening som säljer tjänster. Syfte: Syftet är att mäta upplevd tjänstekvalitet i en ideell förening som säljer tjänster genom att prova mätinstrument skapade för service management perspektivet. F
Denna studie undersöker medborgarnas involvering i kommunala platsvarumärken. Platsvarumärkesarbetet är en stark trend som fått kritik från akademiskt håll för att inte ta tillräcklig hänsyn till platsen med dess medborgare. Med målet att utreda hur professionellt anställda ser på problematiken har intervjuer med disciplinens praktiker genomförts för att komma åt deras föreställ-ningar och konstrThis study examines the involvement and visibility of the citizens in municipal place branding, a trending phenomenon which has been criticized for not taking the diversity of a place, and its citizens, into consideration. The aim of this study is to elucidate how this problem is perceived by pro-fessionals. Therefore interviews with practitioners of place branding have been conducted to illumina
The cosmological constant is one of bigger mysteries in modern fundamental physics and cosmology. In this work we investigate one of the possible interpretations for the cosmological constant. The model a studies spatially-homogeneous mode of the Yang-Mills field known as the Yang-Mills condensate and throughout the work we discuss the dynamics and the time evolution of the homogeneous isotropic Y
This study explores five Delhi-based NGOs with women as their target group and the national and international streams that affect the sector. The method used is ethnographic with interviews, observations and printed material representing the empirical material. The analysis is based on following three themes; ‘the exposition of the target group’, ‘the goal empowerment’ and ‘credibility’. The theme
The relationship between innovation, markup and exporting is complex and any empirical analysis is likely to contain both self-selection and simultaneity biases. I use recently developed GMM estimation techniques to recover time-varying markups at the firm level. I then cast these into a simultaneous-equation framework to estimate the influence of R\&D investments on markups and export behavio
This paper focuses on the effect of Bilateral Investment Treaties and Preferential Trade and Investment Agreements on outwards FDI stocks of developed countries (proxied by OECD countries) in one another in the period of 1985-2013. Estimations are obtained with use of the gravity equation in a large panel based on OECD FDI positions data, where the “knowledge-and-physical-capital model” of interna
En högt prioriterad fråga i dagens samhälle är den globala miljöpåverkan som mänskligheten orsakar. Ett viktigt sätt att lindra den negativa miljöpåverkan är genom att effektivt återvinna material och produkter. Detta har fått en ökad betydelse genom uppmärksammande från internationella organisationer och som har lett till att många länder fokuserar på att införa och effektivisera sina återvinning
Att göra en studie om hur detaljhandelsföretag tar tillvara på och hanterar Big Data för att stärka sina kundrelationer samt hur de kan förbättras. Vi har utfört en kvalitativ fallstudie i form av djupintervjuer samt en egen undersökning. Djupintervjuerna har haft en semistrukturerad uppbyggnad. Den egna undersökningen har en komparativ karaktär där insamlingen av data gällande kunder, har jämförA study about how retail companies collect and manage Big Data in order to strengthen and develop their customer relationship. The study is one of qualitative character, which is built upon several in-depth interviews as well as a survey performed by the authors. The in-depth interviews are semi-structured. The survey is of comparative nature where the gathering of customer-driven-data is compar
