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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
Marine macro algae possess many beneficial bioactive properties which can be of interest in various applications. Components of interest in seaweed are for instance sulfated polysaccharides, defined as fucoidan, with antimicrobial activities and polyphenols with antioxidative properties. This study analyses the antimicrobial effect of two extracts from Fucus vesiculosus and test their efficacy on
Titel: Tack för i år kompis! Nivå: Kandidatuppsats vid Institutionen för Service Management, Campus Helsingborg, Lunds Universitet. Kurs: KSKK01: Examensarbete för kandidatexamen, VT 2016, 15 HP. Författare: Frida Bäckman och Ylva Bäckström Handledare: Jan-Henrik Nilsson Bakgrund och problem: Den återkommande charterresenären är erfaren och har förväntningar på resebolagets, destinationens oc
Beslutsstödsystem (BSS) är inom IT-branschen ett väletablerat ämne och har använts i beslutfattningsprocesser för att lösa komplexa problem och frågor. Denna problematik fanns emellertid inte enbart i företag utan även i andra verksamheter som ställts inför komplicerade och svåra beslut. Därför har uppsatsen behandlat BSS inom svensk elitfotboll. En pilotstudie har gjorts med två fotbollsklubbar i
The present thesis deals with the metaphorical role of the eye in the Japanese language and how it compares to English. Metaphorical concepts provided by Lakoff and Johnson are explained in the context of English, then translated and tested with native Japanese people to see if the same concepts are apparent in the Japanese language. A number of other aspects were also put into contrast to each la
Execution time is an important issue in the field of numerical analysis. Simulations are getting more and more complex and the execution times are rapidly increasing. In the scope of this thesis a time integration library is used to solve initial value problems. The aim of the thesis is to implement and investigate two different approaches to decrease the execution time for the library. The main f
This paper is written by Alice Myringer and Johanna Ottosson at Lund University. The title is “Who is next to be thrown into the lion’s den?” - A qualitative content analysis of the role of the creative director in a changing fashion system. The study aims to examine how journalists describe Alexander Wang’s, Raf Simons’s, Alber Elbaz’s and Hedi Slimane’s exits from their respective fashion houses
The Maxout network is an alternative to artificial neural networks that use fixed activation functions. By adding extra layers of linear nodes the Maxout network is able to learn both the relationship between the hidden nodes and the activation function that they use. The idea was presented as a natural companion to the dropout technique when training large convolutional networks, showing state-of
“Käften Gunvald” är en textanalys av en karaktär i Beckserien utifrån ett performativitetsperspektiv och normperspektiv. Den är skriven av Aleks Kursis och Moa Lindholm, enheten för medie och kommunikationsvetenskap, vid institutionen för kommunikation och medier, Lunds universitet. Den här uppsatsen undersöker representation i populärkulturen och tittar på huvudkaraktären Gunvald Larsson i den s
I detta examensarbete undersöker vi beslutstexter skrivna av Svenska ishockeyförbundets disciplinnämnd. Texterna granskas utifrån innehåll, språklig struktur och ordval och undersökningens fokus ligger på hur texterna mottagaranpassas utifrån dessa aspekter. Undersökningen genomförs med hjälp av textanalys och en enkätundersökning om läsarnas attityder till texterna. Utifrån enkätundersökningens
Studien har fokuserat på hur maktutövning på sociala medier tar sig uttryck i relationsskapande aktiviteter och konversationer mellan IKEA och dess konsumenter. Avstampet har skett ur ett socialkonstruktionistiskt perspektiv där hermeneutiken varit rådande för analysen. En kvalitativ innehållsanalys har gjorts på IKEA:s Facebook-sida där deras och konsumenternas inlägg med kommentarer studerats ge
This study explores the possibility of detecting otherwise overlooked important innovations by analysis of journalistic texts through naïve text mining techniques. The over 1,000 articles serving as the source data come from the SWINNO, a database constructed through the Literature Based Innovation Output method, where they serve as sources for information on innovations. The contents of the texts
Title: The Economic Cycle’s Effect on IPOs Seminar date: 2016-06-02 Course: BUSN89 Degree Project in Corporate and Financial Management – Master Level, 15 ECTS Authors: Niklas Lindh and Viktor Pennsäter Supervisor: Håkan Jankensgård Key words: IPO, initial public offering, economic cycle, market timing and IPO waves. Purpose: Investigate how the economic cycle influences IPO initial return
In contrast to prior studies focusing on extraordinary retail environments such as impressive and outstanding retail spaces and themed environments, the present study examines ordinary retail stores, but with highly technological servicescapes. More specifically, retailers offering mobile applications as a part of the servicescape and its influence on customers’ motivations and experiences. The
Linearity and high efficiency are crucial requirements for any power amplifier. However, power amplifiers have high efficiency levels when they are in non-linear regions. To overcome this issue there have been many suggestions in literature, one of the most successful methods is digital predistortion method. Digital predistortion (DPD) method’s low resource usage and fairly easy algorithm dr
This single and holistic case study was conducted with a qualitative approach. Our findings show that the change to agile project management is perceived positively by employees. Further the research concludes that the key enablers of cultural change to adopt agile methods are engaging leadership and communication which support the change process. Overall, the study concludes, that agile project m
In the past decade the term Green Chemistry has steered the direction of chemical indus- try and research. Green Chemistry is the idea of reducing environmental impacts of chemical reactions by lowering the energy consumption and reducing the amount of by-products. Nearly all industrial chemical processes use a catalyst in order to make their reaction more effecient. This study examines two differ
