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Since 2010, the Swedish railway has been open to competition for passenger train traffic. Despite extensive deregulations, the state-owned enterprise and previous monopoly Statens Järnvägar has managed to retain its previous position as the reigning actor of the Swedish railway. This thesis aims to analyse an incumbent firm's effect on an industry, targeted with regulatory interventions. It wi

Various studies on clientelism usually start from a common puzzle: Why is campaign clientelism widely practised by politicians even when they have no means of ensuring reciprocity from the voters? Similarly, why is campaign clientelism widespread amongst voters despite its numerous negative consequences on societies, democracy, and development? These puzzles have motivated my research, where I att

Academic entrepreneurship is becoming more accessible and comprehensive, and with it, so too are entrepreneurial extracurricular activities (EEAs). Because the expansion of entrepreneurship education accessibility is limited to the last two decades, little has been explored on the exact impacts EEAs have on students enrolled in entrepreneurship education. This thesis focuses on expanding the recen

I mötet med EDI i ensembleundervisning under VFU väcktes ett intresse kring EDI samt om dess möjligheter och begränsningar i ensemblesammanhang. Studien syftar till att undersöka dessa aspekter; upplevelsen och innebörden av instrumentet samt hur instrumentet fungerar i ensembleundervisning på gymnasiets estetiska program. Litteraturgenomgången behandlar den musikteknologiska utvecklingen i skolanDuring our internship we experienced EDI in ensemble teaching and our interest about EDI:s possibilities and limitations in ensemble arose. The purpose of the study aims to investigate; the experience and meaning of the instrument and how the instrument works in ensemble teaching in the high school's music program. The chapter Literature Review treats the evolution of music technology in the s

Our study investigates the crowding out effect of public investment on private investment in Sweden and the United States during the period 2005-2019. We present an account of the prevailing theory on the subject and let it inform our subsequent SVAR analysis on quarterly data. We obtain impulse response functions to assess the direction and extent of crowding out or crowding in effects for both c

Den offentliga upphandlingen, inom Europeiska unionen, står för totalt 14% av unionens BNP. På grund av att den offentliga upphandlingen utgör en stor del av unionens BNP är användandet av en miljösmart offentlig upphandling en viktig faktor för att nå unionens högt ställda klimatmål. Uppsatsen kommer att behandla de rättsregler och rättsliga principer som har uppkommit till följd av rättsreglernPublic procurement, within the European Union, accounts for a total of 14% of the Union's GDP. Due to the fact that public procurement constitutes a large part of the Union's GDP, the use of environmentally smart public procurement is an important factor in reaching the Union's ambitious climate goals. The essay will deal with the legal rules and legal principles that have arisen as a

The main aim of the current study was to explore the association between self-leadership strategies and organisational commitment dimensions whilst focusing on work arrangement flexibility. The final study sample included 102 employees that worked in various work arrangements that differed in degree of flexibility (i.e., office, remote, hybrid by personal choice, or hybrid by company policy). The

In this qualitative study, we set out to explore the effects the pandemic had on Fountainhouse members. We narrowed this down to six members and two staff members in Falkenberg Fountainhouse and Lund Fountainhouse. Using coping theories and Antonovsky's KASAM theory the findings suggest that some of the Fountainhouse members handled the pandemic well, often due to the digital implementations t

Att man blir trött och hängig av värme känner nog de flesta till, men de flesta av oss klarar det tack vare skugga, solskydd och vätska. Men under en intensiv och långvarig värmebölja kan det bli riktigt allvarligt om du är äldre och samtidigt har en i övrigt vacklande hälsa. Under senare år och inte minst under den senaste värmeböljan sommaren 2018 insåg många verksamhetsutövare för vård-/äldreboIn recent years, heat waves have begun to be perceived as one of the biggest problems due to climate change. The Public Health Agency, which is the national supervisory guidance regarding health effects, has therefore updated its guidelines to ensure that regions and municipalities have sufficient information to carry out inspections in accordance with the Environmental Code. This study focuses

2000-talet har introducerat nya sätt att bedriva e-handel, med plattformsekonomin som suddar ut gränserna för vilken person som tillhandahåller tjänster från ett mervärdesskatteperspektiv. Bitcoin har blivit pengar för internetåldern. Naturrättsteorin visar överlägsenheten av beslut från den opersonliga marknaden, samtidigt som man inser vikten av lagen och moralen. I både ”public choice”- teorinThe 21st century has introduced new ways of carrying on e-commerce, with the platform economy blurring the lines on the person supplying services for VAT purposes, and with Bitcoin becoming honest money for the internet age. Natural rights theory demonstrates the superiority of decisions by the impersonal market, while recognizing the importance of the law and morality. In both the theory of publ

South Africa has one of the highest incidences of HIV in the world and young women are disproportionately affected. Scholars have pointed to the practice of Transactional Sexual Relationships (TSR) as a driving force behind HIV incidences among young women. However, research devoted towards understanding TSR and why women engage in these relationships remains debated. In 2016, the Blesser-phenomen

The purpose of the thesis has been to examine the portrayal of the relationship between victims and perpetrators in cases of child sexual abuse within the framework of Swedish law. The concluding discussion addresses the following research questions: How is the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator depicted in Swedish court judgments on child sexual abuse? What role does gender play

This thesis aims to present the relationship between competition law and data protection law in the digital market. The paper illustrates the economic background that creates certain conditions for the interplay between the bodies of law. The emergence of the digital economy with platform-based business models is a challenge that cannot be tackled within a single system. Therefore, the paper prese

Corruption is a well-known issue in India, yet research on its prevalence in the nonprofit sector is limited, particularly from the perspective of nonprofit professionals. This qualitative research, therefore, aimed to explore corruption in nonprofit organizations through the insights of nonprofit leaders. Using narrative inquiry grounded in Institutional Theory, the study examined donor and State

This thesis explores how the German right-wing political party AfD constructs a national identity in their political discourse around refugees, migrants, and foreigners. The rise of refugees and migrants worldwide has led to a renewed focus on the concepts of nation-states and national identity in defining who does and does not belong. Germany, which has taken on close to a million refugees from t

It has been argued that there are few subjects in society that have the potential to invoke the same emotional outrage and public attention as child sexual offenses and pedophilia (Svensson 2012). In turn of recent events and societal discussions, this argument can be asserted. An organization, called Dumpen, has since 2021 lobbied for children's rights, especially preventing children from bei

Open source-baserad utveckling har senaste åren mött ökat intresse och erkännande inom mjukvaruindustrin. Dessa metoder anpassas och implementeras inom olika organisationer, så kallad inner source, vilket innebär att principer och metoder från open source-utveckling tillämpas inom en intern kontext. Detta examensarbete fokuserar på en granskning av IKEAs nuvarande mjukvaruutvecklingsprocesser genOpen source has lately been gaining more traction and recognition in the software industry. The practices are being implemented within various organisations through an approach known as inner source, which involves taking the principles and practices that have been proven effective in open source environments and applying them within an internal context. This thesis focuses on an exploration of I

This thesis investigates the impact of fluctuations in inflation, monetary policy, and oil prices on the balance sheets of Norwegian households across the wealth distribution. Using a Bayesian Structural Vector Autoregression model, this study simulates the shocks and assesses their transmission through the unexpected inflation and portfolio composition channel throughout the wealth distribution.