Purpose: To test established theories on capital structure determinants for the pharmaceutical industry and to discern the determinants of capital structure of this industry. Methodology: A quantitative study is conducted using a deductive approach to statistically describe the nature of the global pharmaceutical industry's capital structure. Theoretical perspective: The theoretical framewor

Under de senaste åren har de skett en avsevärd ökning av brott som begås av unga män i Sverige. Från stöld till rån med våld fortsätter brott att vara en ständig hot mot samhället. Behovet att övervinna de flesta av dessa problem har lett många myndigheter så som brottsförebygganderådet till att söka lösningar genom statistik på ett problem som de ibland hittar orsakerna till. Men bakom varje brot

Throughout history industries have been located adjacent to water courses to use water in the process, for transport and release of wastewater. This is also the case along the Arboga river. Due to climate change the estimated increase and greater variations in temperature and precipitation may induce a greater risk of flood, landslide and erosion along Arboga river, increasing the spread of pollut

Title A Framework for Blockchain Technology Applications in Supply Chain Management Background Since the Bitcoin currency prices received huge increments, researchers and industries started to ask what makes this currency so unique, and how can we harness the technology behind it. This research is about exploring Blockchain Technology applications in the Supply Chain Management field. Different ca

Med utgångspunkt i den rådande debatten om personuppgifter och dess påverkan på kunders förtroende för företag, teknologins fortskridande utveckling och införandet av en strängare dataskyddslagen GDPR har fokus i den här uppsatsen varit att undersöka kunders förtroende för företag under dessa förändrade förutsättningar. Uppsatsens syftet var att undersöka hur förtroendet för företag kan förändras Based on the current debate on personal data and its impact on consumer trust in companies, the advancement of technology and the introduction of the stricter data protection regulation (GDPR), this paper's focus has been to investigate trust in companies under these changing conditions. The purpose of the essay was to investigate how trust in companies can change as a result of a customer'

Since their emergence in the 1950’s, ice cores have ventured from being scientific objects of concern to a limited number of glaciologists to becoming one of the most iconic representations of anthropogenic climate change. This thesis aims to historicize the way in which ice cores became enrolled into climate discourse, particularly emphasizing the production and representation of temporalities of

The purpose of this research is to examine what are the changes in team processes of entrepreneurial team when a new entrepreneur joins it. The paper recognizes a gap in the literature between changes in team processes and changes in team processes in entrepreneurial context. Therefore, it uses a literature from the team processes, which later is compared to the findings which are conducted in an

Studien tar utgångspunkt i våldsbejakande extrema miljöer och hur dessa skapar och förmedlar en bild av sig själva som starka utifrån svagare samhällsgrupper. Den organisation som har analyserats är Nordiska motståndsrörelsen (hädanefter förkortat NMR) och deras manifest Vår väg, i vilket de uttrycker sin ideologiska övertygelse. I det empiriska materialet har två retoriska teman uppmärksammats oc

Course: BUSN79 Business Administration: Degree Project in Accounting and Finance Seminar Date: June 1, 2018 Authors: Morten Henrik Sassen & Birger Willersen Advisor: Prof. Lars Oxelheim Purpose: This study aims to empirically examine the effects of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012 on a perspective hitherto neglected by the recently emerging JOBS literature: The role of ve

Sunlight is filtered through the web of branches giving an airy feel to the forest stroll. A soft floor and a light ceiling supported by majestic pillars encloses us in one of the most spectacular places nature has to offer. A homogeneous place, yet with variations in scale, texture and spaces. In one hand, an aggregation of small parts into a whole, on the other, clearly differentiated, strong ob

Dutch disease is one of the mechanisms through which the boom in one of the sectors induced by an exogenous shock may have profound adversary implications over the economic growth in the long term. The windfall gains generated from the commodity price increase leads to real exchange rate appreciation boosting wages and prices across all economic sector. As a result, economic growth becomes unsusta

This thesis explores young Palestinian refugees’ perceptions of belonging and citizenship in Jordan. It aims to understand the learning processes through which they formulate their notions of belonging within the camp. More specifically, how these notions are negotiated and renegotiated- at the intersection with their status as Jordanian citizens- when they leave the camp. The empirical data is ga

I takt med att intresset för hållbarhet ökar bland konsumenter blir sociala medier en allt större del av vardagen. Konsumenter blir även allt mer medvetna om vilka livsmedel som konsumeras. För hållbara livsmedelsföretag handlar det därför också om att anpassa sin marknadsföring till konsumenternas medievanor. Influencers kan här komma att spela en avgörande roll för marknadsföring via sociala med

Examensarbetets titel: Redovisningsmanipulation vid Börsintroduktion, behöver investerare ta hänsyn till redovisningsmanipulation vid börsintroduktioner? Seminariedatum: 2018-06-01 Ämne/kurs: FEKH69, Examensarbete kandidatnivå i redovisning, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Gustaf Håkansson, Albin Ohlander & Peder Wachtmeister Handledare: Peter Jönsson Fem nyckelord: Redovisningsmanipulation

Japan continuously attempts to reinterpret war-renouncing Article 9 while at the same time stressing its devotion to pacifism, most recently through the Legislation for Peace and Security. The new Legislation allows Japan to engage in collective self-defense, which was considered unconstitutional for 70 years. This thesis examines Japan’s legitimization of such change, answering the question; how

This thesis examines the Ethiopian laws governing polygamy in light of international human rights law standards and liberal feminist legal perspective. The international human rights law regime calls for the abolishment of polygamy through general comments/recommendations issued by the CEDAW and ICCPR treaty bodies. The call for abolishment is based on the notions of equality and dignity while pro

This thesis explores the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s reestablishment of disciplinary organs from the central to township/commune levels in the early post-Mao era (1979-1981). It set out to show why such organs came into being and how, with their help, the party attempted to strengthen its infrastructure and adopt specific measures to prevent the abuses of power at the grassroots level. The res

According to the Economic Intelligence Unit's 2017 Democracy Index, less than half of the EU countries are "fully democratic." Consequently, there is a deficiency in compliance to the EU values among the Member States in the EU. In 2016, United Kingdom voted in favor of leaving the European Union. One of the central questions for the EU was the question what was going to happen with

Children used by military groups in armed conflicts are assigned to different roles and activities depending on their gender identities. In this thesis, therefore, the hypothesis put forward is that application and interpretation of the war crime of “using [children under the age of fifteen years] to participate actively in hostilities” (Articles 8(2)(b)(xxvi) and 8(2)(e)(vii) of the Rome Statute