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Using Tobin’s Q as an approximation of firm value, this paper aims to examine the effect of foreign exchange rate derivatives on firm value. Risk management is viewed by many as one of the most vital aspects of corporate- and business strategy. On the topic of risk, foreign exchange rate exposure is a distinctive form of risk confronted by numerous internationally operating firms. The mitigation o
The long-lasting usage of fossil fuels has brought its negative impact on the planet and thus the society is turning towards more environmentally sustainable solutions in every aspect of life. This master’s thesis discusses the novel topic of integrating concentrated solar thermal collectors, which directly produce steam, to drying processes in the food industry, which is proven to currently emit
Under de senaste åren har transrättighetsrörelsen fått ökad spridning och uppmärksamhet både inom den queera rörelsen och i västvärlden och i media överlag. Debatter om att implementera ett tredje juridiskt kön för de personer som inte vill vara registrerade som man eller kvinna, och för personer födda med tvetydiga primära eller sekundära könsorgan, har ökat och nya policys implementeras i oIn recent years, the trans rights movement has gained a lot of traction and publicity both inside the queer movement and in western society and media at large. Debates on implementing a third legal gender for people who wish to not be registered as male or female, and for people born with ambiguous sex characteristics, have increased and new policies are being implemented in different countrie
Tramways are a sustainable and accessible mode for public transport. They promote urban development and contribute to a more attractive city. Light rail, but also public transport as a whole, is an important part of society as it is accessible to everyone and reduces the amount of cars needed. The two tramlines in Norrköping account for two thirds of public transport travel in the city. The purpos
Personal archives have long been side-lined in the field of archival studies. What studies exist often struggle to define what a personal archive is. The aim of this master’s thesis is to further the understanding of personal archives, by investigating what the term personal means in the archival context. By applying Weber’s ideal type method, and constructing an ideal type based on the special ch
Off-grid living offers an alternative path to sustainability, but its complex dynamics require deeper exploration. Utilizing the Three Spheres of Transformation theoretical framework, the study uses interviews to explore the motivations for, barriers to and necessary changes for off-grid living from the perspective of individuals. Findings from interviews with people living and aspiring to live of
This thesis examines how meaning is constructed in the text and imagery of children's picture books concerning Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), with a specific focus on Johan Asplund’s (1987) theoretical framework of social responsiveness and G.H Mead’s (1995) concept of role-taking. Inspired by narrative methodology, this study analyzes six selected picture books written by Sw
The main aim of this study is to contribute to the existing gap regarding the combination of green marketing and B2B marketing. Building on this, the focus of this paper is to investigate critically the relevance of sustainability labels for products in industrial markets and to find alternative practices that companies can implemented to build up trust and obtain credibility. The choice of the in
This study is about collaboration between the probation service and the social services. The aim of this study is to examine how professionals within each organization work together regarding clients that have been convicted to a probation sentence and suffers from an addiction. The aim was also to examine how the employees’ from both organizations, experience this collaboration. The study relies
Title: Creating flow and drive in the rehearsal – a study on choral conducting The aim of this thesis is to investigate the complex rehearsal strategies of the choral conductor and how (s)he can create “the great choral rehearsal” by observing and interviewing two choral conductors’ actions during a rehearsal and discuss the purpose of these actions. To collect data the stimulated recall method h
Within the field of fire protection engineering, there are different buildings classes depending on their safety needs. Building class 0 includes buildings which are considered to have the highest protection need and the prescriptive regulations are not applicable in these kinds of buildings. The building class was introduced 2012 and there are still not a consensus of how it should be handled. Ba
The high amount of information circulating on the Internet and the consequent possibility to monitor this information has sparked a discussion regarding privacy on the Internet. In early 2012, the EU responded to this by presenting a major reform of its data protection legislation. It is the possible source of this reform that has been of interest in this study. With a discourse analysis guided by
Syftet med denna uppsats är att fastställa vilka beslut som faller inom den verkställande direktörens beslutskompetens enligt den svenska aktiebolagslagen. Jag har i uppsatsen utgått från rättskälleläran och utrett frågeställning med hjälp av lag, förarbeten, rättspraxis och ett rikt litteraturläge. Alla rättskällor har bidragit till en närmre precisering av det centrala begreppet för den verkstä
In this study it is shown that Skåne Nordväst, which is a partnership between 11 municipalities in northwest of Scania, has good grounds to be able to increase its use of electric vehicles and seems to be using the right strategies to do so. The increased use of electric vehicles is something that they intend with their new operational plan for 2014. Using of available research and literature of w
There is a bright future for friggeboden. So far it has been a success, by allowing the villa owner to take responsibility for his/her own plot and be able to build as they want. Until now has the maximum size been 15m2, which is big enough for a guest cottage, shed or as hobby house. Now the government will change the law the 1st of July 2014 to 25m². This allows permanent housing in friggeboden.
