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Swedwatch’s reports 2011-2013: what happened next and why? An analysis of trends in outcomes of investigated cases by the Swedish NGO Swedwatch

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a term increasingly used in academic discussions, political debates, media, corporate reports, Non-Governmental Organizations’ (NGOs) reports, and even by civil society and the public. But what does CSR actually mean? What do CSR practices actually constitute? Another increasingly debated issue is the growing power of the business sector and its direct effe

Microscopic echinoderm remains from the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of Västergötland, Sweden - faunal composition and applicability as environmental proxies

Mikroskopiska echinodermfossil har undersökts ur prover från täljstensintervallet och intillig-gande delar av ’lanna’- och ’holenkalkstenen’ i Hällekis stenbrott, Västergötland. Den undersökta sektionen är från översta volkhov och mellersta kunda, darriwilian (mellanordovicium). Tidigare studier har konkluderat att en regression/transgression skedde under den undersökta perioden, vilket bekräftas

Who’s Heritage? : A study of the perceptions of cultural heritage in south-western Sweden among immigrants and Swedes with a foreign background

This essay has investigated immigrants and Swedes with foreign background’s perception of cultural heritage as it has been specified by UNESCO. The approach to focus on this particular sample population was born out of the realisation that the EU, nationalist parties and far - right extremists all point to a common her itage. What has not been studied however is the effect of immigration on nation

Does Mr Anderson have a jobafter the military has left? -An investigation on unemployment rate in Swedish muncipalities aftected by a military base closure.

The purpose of this study is to investigate if a military base closure has any effects on unemployment in the affected municipality. In this study military base has been viewed as a cluster for the municipality where resources, infrastructure and employment in the municipality are drawn to maintain the base. When a shutdown happens they are viewed as a negative exogenous shock for the municipality

Entrepreneurial Orientation in Marketing: An empirical study of small businesses in the Swedish fashion industry

Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) can be defined as strategic processes encouraging entrepreneurial actions to support businesses in recognizing and exploiting new opportunities. Previous studies have shown that businesses with higher levels of EO, characterized through actions that are innovative, proactive and risk-affine, perform better than the ones that lack such orientation. Therefore, EO is

Unpacking and repacking target costing under a contingency approach - A case study of four Swedish companies

Seminar date: June 2, 2014 Course: Master in Accounting and Management Control Authors: Cristiano Marcias and Christoffer Odin Advisors: Per Magnus Andersson and Anders Anell Five key words: target costing; competitiveness; contingency theory; cardinal rule; mechanisms; Purpose: to develop a hypothetical target costing best practice framework based on the combination of multiple theoretical models

Energy Contracting models in Germany and Sweden

There are many energy contracting models being used on the energy service market today. They havedifferent approaches to energy efficiency and they can also work differently on different markets. Thisthesis looks deeper into a number of energy contracting models and assesses how they function as wellas looking into their strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, these contracting models will be analy

Experimental determination of shielding factor for a Swedish farmhouse

The protection that different types of buildings can provide against gamma radiation from radioactive fallout has been investigated since the late 1950s. The DCPA Standard Method has served as the basis to determine this protection, which is given by the so called “protection factor”. Several studies in the U.S. have utilized enclosed sources of radioactive nuclides to simulate fallout and test th

Marine predator on land: terrestrial foraging of lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) during the breeding season on Gotland, Sweden

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning Mask eller fisk? Silltrutars (Larus fuscus) födosök på jordbruksmark under häckningsperioden på Gotland, Sverige Den Baltiska underarten av silltrut (Larus fuscus fuscus) förekommer inom ett relativt litet område i Europa. Silltruten är "nära hotad" i Sverige men orsakerna till dess nedgång är okända. Största häckningskolonin i Sverige, på Stora Karl

Logging effects on bryophyte composition in planted costal Scots pine forests in South Sweden

Effekter på mossammansättning vid avverkningar i tallskog i södra Sverige Andelen skyddad skog är idag låg och för att ta reda på hur arter och mångfald kan bevaras måste produktionsskog studeras. Bottenskiktet i form av t.ex. mossor har stor betydelse för förekomst av andra artgrupper och även kommersiellt vid skogsföryngring. Sedan tidigare finns studier på långtidseffekter av kalavverkning me

Investigation of a landfill leachate treatment plant in southern Sweden

Behandling av lakvatten inom avfallsdeponierna Syftet med projektet var att utvärdera den faktiska lakvattenreningskapaciteten inom Hedeskogas avfallsanläggning, Skånes län. Målet var även att mäta eventuell bakterieaktivitet i dess dammar, i vilka lakvattnet hanteras. Men vad är då lakvatten? Lakvatten produceras varje gång vatten infiltreras genom ämnen samt när olika sorters substanser samlas

Covenants in loan agreements—an analysis of practices within the Swedish high-yield bond sector

En högriskobligation, eller företagsobligation med hög risk, är ett sätt för ett litet- eller medelstort företag med låg kreditvärdighet att anskaffa pengar på kapitalmarknaden. I takt med att hårdare krav ställs på seniora långivare så växer betydelsen av en välutvecklad marknad för högriskobligationer i Sverige. Detta är nödvändigt för att bibehålla en global konkurrenskraft hos svenska små- och

An Investigation of Swedish Aid Discourse on Sustainable Development

This study begins in the understanding of sustainable development as a complex matter open for interpretation, and continues in the notion that different dimensions of sustainability create different values that have different goals; meaning that they will sometimes unite, and sometimes collide and lead to trade-offs. The aim for this study is to add to the understanding of this matter through an