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Denna uppsats analyserar i en deskriptiv fallstudie USA:s drönaranvändning i Pakistan. Detta görs utifrån teoritraditionen om rättfärdiga krig. De principer som utvärderas är de gällande krig som sista utväg, chans till framgång och civilas immunitet. En textanalys av empirin utförs och en tolkningshypotes formuleras. Hypotesen lyder att USA:s drönaranvändning i Pakistan inte i tillräcklig utsträc

Key words: Corporate environmentalism, ecologic-economic decision-making, CSR worldviews Purpose: To explore environmental decision-aming processes at managers at Skanska, also with regard to enviornmental decison-making conceptualizations in theory. Method: The research of the thesis is based on a qualitative approach through the use of semi-structured and open interviews. Furthermore an interpre

In principal our empirical findings confirm the applicability of the Uppsala Model on SMEs. However we believe the Uppsala Model to be very general. This is the reason why it fails to explain some complexities in the real world. Simultaneously the model’s general approach is also its biggest strength. Since it focuses on explaining the fundamental elements of internationalizing firms it is possibl

The cash flow volatility could be either value destroying or value creating. It is also meaningful to classify the firms by growth options when analysis the firm value. These results develop the prior study to a more specification condition. Managers should focus on real cash flow management and the effects of firm¡¯s earning management should also be measured by cash flow rather than accruals.

In principal our empirical findings confirm the applicability of the Uppsala Model on SMEs. However we believe the Uppsala Model to be very general. This is the reason why it fails to explain some complexities in the real world. Simultaneously the model’s general approach is also its biggest strength. Since it focuses on explaining the fundamental elements of internationalizing firms it is possibl

The purpose of this research is to investigate the value premium associated with extent of hedging in the U.S. airline industry during the period 2006 to 2010 and to study the results of hedging on accounting performance as a proxy for firm value. The multivariate approach has been taken to measure the firm value using Tobin's q and accounting performance variables. The results show that hedgi

XBRL is an XML based, meta-tagged financial reporting language, which is anticipated to become one single standard for electronic filing of financial statements. Numerous studies have identified errors and inconsistencies in XBRL filings. Error-laden XBRL documents are a serious concern for many stakeholders. Many questions have been raised regarding the potential assurance of XBRL filings. These

Purpose: This thesis mainly aims to investigate how an open and encouraging approach to customer complaints can affect churn in software as a service companies. This by examining how the approach affects the presentation of complaints, dissatisfaction, negative word-of-mouth and customers repurchase intention followed by a service failure. Methodology: The thesis applies a quantitative approach c

The result of a short field work done in Maria Park, a place situated in the north of Helsingborg city. A comparative work, using the old S:a Maria and Maria Park. The same place, once a mental hospital, and now, at the time of the paper being written, it's a richer residential district. Is there anything left of the old mental hospital in the new community and the residents identities?

The purpose of this study is using McDonald’s in China and Sweden as a case to find out how fast food restaurant retailers combine adaptation and standardization with symbolic attributes of store atmospherics under different cultural background, and find out possible reasons. The study used McDonald’s in a case format to study in-store atmospheres. Further, the research has an investigating and ex

Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) within the European Union are currently facing many challenges one being access to financing due to high risk and probability of default, another being cross-border taxation issues with double taxation and information asymmetry. Since the aim within the EU is to be the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world with sustainable econo

Denna uppsats har en kvalitativ ansats. Analysen av den empiriska informationen har verkställts med en utarbetad analytisk referensram. Genom att studera och redogöra hur SOS anpassar sin verksamhetsutveckling till de förändringar och utmaningar som uppkommer i deras omvärld, är syftet med denna uppsats att rekonstruera den strategiska beslutsprocessen i SOS för att förstå hur en strategi kan form

This study aims at identifying and analysing the construct of a retailer’s store personality in consumer stories and how these stories relate to the retailer’s brand story on a global level. To fulfil the purpose and analyse a retailer’s store personality, a qualitative approach was chosen to analyse the empirical data provided by a case study of H&M through narrative analysis. The main theori

We found that Swedish fashion companies are ambivalent towards enhancing or concealing their country of origin. Although brand managers acknowledge Swedish country of origin effects as positive in general, their marketing communication is sometimes more focused on positioning the brand as an international label without boundaries. Generally, Björn Borg tries to capitalize on their Swedish country

Title: Establishing in China’s ‘good-enough’ market - A benchmarking study on Scandinavian engineering industries’ further establishment in China. Problem discussion: The Chinese market is gaining importance for Scandinavian engineering industries and is by many considered a crucial market to be successful in. These companies have a tradition of producing premium products for premium customers. Ho