Purpose: The first objective is to find whether M&A create value for pharmaceutical acquiring companies in the Western European market from a short-term perspective. Then we aim to examine the determinants of value creation for the pharmaceutical acquirer in the Western European market. Methodology: The event study is conducted to examine cumulative abnormal return for acquiring firms surroun

The uncontrolled development of automotive transportation worldwide raised the urgency to promote sustainable transportation among European cities, whereas bicycle as the most sustainable alternative to cars has become a symbol of urban sustainability. The popularization of cycling trips is conducive to reducing congestion, noise, and pollution in cities. It also serves to promote a healthy lifest

Background: Circular business models enables a new life for a product which has reached it end of use. By using circular business models and closing the loop of the supply chain, little raw material needs to be extracted which has significant positive environmental effects and enables a secure supply to resources in the future. A key enabler for circular business models is the collection and trans

En stark organisationskultur har visat sig vara ett sätt att skapa gemenskap och att arbeta tillsammans med samma mål och värderingar. Men i takt med att världen har blivit mer internationaliserad, påverkas även organisationer av denna dynamiska värld. Studien riktar fokus mot den komplexitet som kan förekomma när en organisation med stark kultur etablerar sig globalt, då påverkansfaktorer blir ak

Hur får vi ungdomar att handla hållbart? Vårt samhälle står inför stora utmaningar för att bli mer hållbart. Ett viktigt område att arbeta med är hur vi konsumerar varor och resurser. Vi behöver konsumera mer hållbart, genom att bland annat köpa bättre produkter och använda dem längre. En viktig grupp konsumenter är ungdomar då de kommer att avgöra hur framtidens konsumtion ser ut. För att främja The modern society is facing various challenges in order to tackle the constantly growing threats of climate change and global warming. The areas in which great readjustments are necessary are many, and even though some appear more critical than others, a holistic approach to this global issue is important. One of these areas consists of our consumption of resources and materials. Addressing this

This paper explores the pressing issue of domestic violence in Malaysia, specifically the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act that was enacted in 1994. Due to strong patriarchal structures that are still prominent in societies, the issue of domestic violence is not seen as a public problem, but as a private issue that should be resolved between partners. This ideology has trickled down to

The aim of this study is twofold. Firstly, we explore the perceptions of young people in Sweden towards the adoption of human RFID implants. Secondly, the paper aims to understand how companies’ marketing activities would be influenced by the widespread adoption of this technology. This paper has taken a qualitative approach to research, specifically employing focus groups and interviews to gauge

The purpose of the thesis is to understand which factors contribute to effective domestic water policies in developing countries. The study is carried out as a comparative case study of Uganda and Madagascar, which have, despite similar initial socio-economic conditions, experienced diverging trends in the domestic water supply between 1992 and 2016. The cases are assessed using a theoretical fram

40 L tap water was ultra-filtered by M10 lab unit using 10 kDa regenerated membrane and 800 nm syringe filter to get the NPs. The filter NPs are then separated and characterized using asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation with coupled multi angle light scattering (AF4-MALS). Calibration curve for determining the size distribution is made by polystyrene latex bead (20, 60, 100, 300, and 500 nm

This study intends to combine both the management characteristics and firm’s characteristics to analyse the M&A performance. For the management characteristics, we used the CEO age and for the firm characteristics, we used the CSR score. In order to understand the M&A performance, we conducted an Event Study to predict the abnormal stock returns of the acquiring firm around the announcemen

Rapportens syftar till att granska förekomsten av eventuellt signifikant samband mellan resultatmanipulering och börsintroduktion för svenska företag samt därmed bidra till att reducera det rådande forskningsgapet på den svenska marknaden. Dessutom ämnades eventuella utmärkande egenskaper för företag som manipulerar resultatet på svenska marknaden att studeras, genom tillämpning av modifierade JonThe aim of the report has been to analyze whether Swedish companies that undergo initial public offering use Earnings Management. Further, the aim has been to analyze whether there are explanatory variables for the companies that uses Earnings Management with the use of the modified Jones model. This study has been performed with a quantitative method with a deductive approach for an analysis of

Vi har alla stått alldeles för länge i en kö för att handla den där chipspåsen, lunchlådan eller lördagsgodiset. Att handla mat är ett måste för oss alla, och de flesta av oss föredrar att få det överstökat så snabbt som möjligt. Detaljhandeln erbjuder snabbkassor, men nu är det dags för nästa steg, helt automatiska lösningar som använder den senaste tekniken inom datorseende och artificiell intelIn recent years advances in computing power, availability of large annotated datasets and AI algorithms have enabled the rise of reliable object identification and tracking. This thesis describes the development and implementation considerations of a system for object detection in the retail industry. This project have been conducted as a collaboration between ETH Zürich and start-up company AI Re

Denna studie undersökte sambanden mellan individers personlighetsdrag och individers nivå av hemberedskap, vilket innebär i vilken utsträckning individer är benägna att förbereda sig inför en eventuell kris som påverkar samhällsfunktioner. För att ge ytterligare en dimension till studien undersöktes även individers världsbild i relation till personlighetsdragen. De undersökta faktorerna var de tre

This thesis concerns early medieval dress brooches from urban and rural sites in South West Scania. The purpose is to investigate similarities and differences between urban and rural sites as well as between the rural places in particular. The main research questions concern the reasons for the similarities and differences, what connections and contact areas are observable according to the dress b

With the present thesis I aim to explore what accounts for fluctuations in capital formation and profitability in Sweden and the UK since 1950. Do expectations rule investments which in turn determine profits, or is it rather profitability that rule expectations and thus investment behaviour? Applying a finite distributed-lag model on a variety of variables, profits emerge as a reliable key factor

Föreställ dig att det går att förutse vistelsetid och överlevnad inom 30 dagar för en patient som läggs in på en intensivvårdsavdelning. Dessa mått kunnat bidra till en djupare förståelse för intensivvård. Dessutom hade dörrar öppnats för jämförelse av vårdavdelningar sinsemellan. I det här projektet har intagningsdata till intensivvårdsavdelningar, in- nehållande allt ifrån information om kroppstA large data set, consisting of 300 000 patients’ admission data to various intensive care units in Sweden, acquired from the Swedish Intensive Care Register, was used in this work. The aim was to enable accurate Length of Stay (LOS) and mortality within 30 days predictions by using feed-forward Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). The LOS outcome was predicted as short versus long time stays, with

This research draws a parallel between the recent political backlashes witnessed in the (de)-industrialized world and people’s attitudes towards climate policies. In lieu of the rise of populism, subjective feelings induced by individuals’ perceptions of their condition have increasingly been considered by researchers. In parallel, there is a substantial literature on the determinants of public su

Vår stjärna solen är långt ifrån den enda i universum. Det finns enorma mängder stjärnor bara i vår egen galax. Man har upptäckt att en stor andel av av stjärnor existerar i binära par, det vill säga två stjärnor som kretsar kring varandra. Dessutom har nya observationer med hjälp av KEPLER teleskopet under 2010-talet har visat vad man endast har kunnat spekulera om i flera årtionden: planeter kanThe observations of circumbinary planets have confirmed that these can in fact be stable. While previous studies on circumbinary planets have been done, not many have been made on systems containing multiple circumbinary planets on eccentric orbits. In this thesis, the effects a binary star system of solar mass would have on the Solar System is investigated. Using the program MERCURY, numerous int

In this thesis we investigate the application of spatial coupling in turbo equalization. We show that with spatial coupling we can have a fresh perspective on the trade-off between performance in the waterfall and error floor region often encountered in the choice of codes for turbo equalization. Describing turbo equalization in the perspective of message passing on factor graphs, we show various