After confirming the fact that distressed targets achieve on average higher acquisition premia than non-distressed ones, the purpose of the thesis is the investigation of an acquirer’s possible rational motives of paying a premium for a distressed target. Particularly, faster synergy realization, lower transaction value, removal of managerial inefficiency, tax benefits and reduction of financial d

I föreliggande uppsats försöker jag bevisa relevansen av en prosodisk analys av ett högtidstal inför översättningen av detsamma. Hypotesen är att en prosodisk analys av talet kan avslöja implicit innehåll och tydliggöra strukturen i syntaktiskt krångliga meningar i källtexten och att det muntliga framförandet således kan användas som ett slags ”facit” till översättningen. Uppsatsens underlagsmater

Inom ramen av sin recension av Ross’ bok On Law and Justice presenterade Hart mycket framgångsrikt vad han senare skulle bli känd för inom rättsfilosofin - den interna ståndpunkten. I sin kritik av Ross rättsteori hävdade Hart att rättsliga omdömen om giltighet främst skall uppfattas som interna, normativa omdömen och som ett uttryck för acceptans av lagen som en beteendestandard. Han uppfattade iWith his review of Ross’s book On Law and Justice, Hart introduced something for which he later on, would become famous in legal philosophy – the internal point of view. In his criticism of Ross’s legal theory, Hart claimed that legal statements of validity are primarily internal, normative statements, manifesting acceptance of the law as a standard of behaviour. He did not acknowledge the possibi

Creating Non-governmental Self-help groups (SHGs) has been a common thing in India since the early 1990’s. Studies show that the SHGs usually empower their members in different ways. The empirical material being used in this paper consists of one group discussion and twelve semi-structured interviews with members of five different SHGs being organized by a Non governmental organization (NGO) in Mu

Sysav incinerates more than half a million ton of waste every year. A metallic fraction is filtered out from the material that is left after the incineration. This metallic fraction is then divided into one part containing larger objects and one part containing smaller objects. The latter fraction is hard to sell and gives rise to problems with dust at the site of storage. Since the fraction most

The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of credit ratings on European firms’ capital structure decisions based on the premise of Darren Kisgen’s Credit Ratings–Capital Structure (CR-CS) hypothesis: that firms face discrete costs (benefits) associated with differences in credit rating levels. This project's empirical investigations are based on historical data from Stand

This paper investigates the relationship between high frequency trading (HFT) activity and stock market volatility on the Nordic stock markets. The study utilizes a unique dataset that provides a proxy of the fraction of the total market turnover in which HFT firms were involved in the time period from March 2010 to March 2012. The study finds strong evidence for a positive contemporaneous relatio

Pion photo production from the nucleon is an important process utilized to understand the structure of the nucleon and the fundamental dynamics of the nucleon system. The neutral pion production has been extensively studied resulting in valuable data sets. However, much less data is available for charged pion photo production at energies below 200 MeV. In order to get a reliable data set for π+, f

The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether the yield curve has the ability to predict real future economic activity in sixteen separate countries. The secondary purpose is to determine whether adding non-monetary variables to the model increases the predictive power of the forecast model. As a first step, basic OLS regressions are conducted. Both the yield spreads and the yield spre

Studien syftar till att visa på metoder och perspektiv som på ett tillfredställande sätt beskriver musiklärarens väg till yrket och sin praxis. Två olika metoder för insamling av data används i studien, intervjuer och självbiografier. Studiens syfte är att visa hur man kan beskriva lärares väg till yrket och dess yrkespraxis genom en rad olika begrepp t.ex. kontextualisering, socialisation, folkliTo describe the music teacher's practice - a qualitative study of three music teachers' attitudes towards the profession and descriptions of practice In the following study two methods are being used to collect data, self biography and interviews. The purpose of this study is to show how it is possible to describe a teacher's practice through different terms. I also introduce a term in

The purpose of this examination essay is to focus at the KrAmi Helsingborg project and their work during the years of 2009, 2010 and 2011. We aim to illuminate KrAmi and its main work, to help former criminals to find a job or start to study. KrAmi Helsingborg did not reach the goal the year of 2009 and we also aim to understand why this happened. The method being used is three qualitative intervi

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the applicability of performance benchmarking of the Nordic companies in the maritime industry. The developments in world seaborne trade mirrored the performance of the wider economy, with the maritime industry as a whole stands and falls with worldwide macroeconomic conditions. We argue that with firm specificity, every firm is exposed to differen

Uppsatsen berör hur den interna kommunikationen samt informationsutbytet inom organisationer påverkas när man använder sociala funktioner på intranäten. Genom att studera Malmö stad och det sociala intranätet Komin har vi samlat in empiriskt material till underlag för analysen. Den kvalitativa empirin samlades in via intervjuer och den kvantitativa via en enkätundersökning. Undersökningen har geno

This paper looks at the potential economic outcomes of Germany’s Anti- Nuclear policies, especially the policies of the early 2000’s and those made in 2011 in the wake of the Japanese nuclear disaster at Fukushima, in which research and development (R&D) funding has been increasingly shifted away from the nuclear sector. This paper discusses the German case after it is established through theo

Scientific summary There is a bidirectional relation between climate and vegetation distribution at local as well as global scale. Changes in climate pattern modify the terrestrial vegetation distribution that in turn affects the climate system by altering the balance of radiation, water, momentum, CO2 and other important atmospheric gases. The large-scale changes in vegetation structure and compo

In Sweden, the tramway was introduced in the late 19th century as horse tramways. Entrepreneurs around the country saw advantages of the new mean of transport which, due to low frictional resistance could transport a large amount of passengers with low traction force. In the beginning of the 20th century the horses were replaced by electric motors and the tramway spread to more cities. The entry o

Mer och mer arbete utförs av datorer i dagens samhälle vilket har lett till att fler och fler datorsystem har utvecklats. Detta i sin tur har lett till ett behov av att kunna integrera datorsystem med varandra och därigenom kunna samköra och automatisera uppgifter i de olika datorsystemen. Examensarbetet ingår i ett projekt som drivs av Lunds kommuns kommunikationsavdelning där skolsystemen Live@e

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and try to reduce thermal bridges in Skanska's standard building components. Thermal bridges occur when an inferior insulating material breaks through better insulated. You then get an increased energy loss in these areas compared to the rest of the particular building part. In addition to increased energy loss, thermal bridges can also give rise to poo