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The Hanseatic League, a late medieval merchant association with roots in northern German towns, is credited with the establishment of extensive economic and geographic connections and considerable impact on the development of urban culture around the Baltic and the North Sea. Its merchants, regularly crossing the Seas and settling in foreign ports, created a network of diasporic communities often

The aim of this article is to show that ideas pertaining to sacred sexuality or sacred marriage are as old as Sumerian culture. While mainstream Christianity developed an alternate view on sexuality, the Jewish Kabbalah transmitted similar ideas. In Asia, sacred sexuality has been an integrated dimension of Hinduism and Buddhism. All these spiritual traditions camte together in 18th century London

Online evaluations are one of the most important innovations in tourism in recent years, often combining a review/rating (business-specific evaluation) and a ranking (inter-business comparison). As online reputation determines economic success, tourism managers may be tempted to manipulate online content. This paper presents the results from a qualitative study involving 20 hotel managers in south

The performance of new firms is important for economic development but research has produced limited knowledge about the key relationships among growth, profitability, and survival for new firms. Based on evolutionary theory, we develop a model about how new firms resolve uncertainty about their ability to prosper in a market by monitoring changes in profitability. Our model predicts selection pre

This article investigates the gender aspects of technology use in the innovation system. The generic question is: to what extent is it necessary to distinguish between women and men in the use of technology? A second question is: if gender-specific differences do exist, to what extent is the innovation system capable of utilizing experiences from women as well? The article examines two sets of tec

Samarbetet mellan Sverige och Danmark återfinns inom många rättsområden och har gamla anor. Trots detta är det inte ett helt enkelt partnerskap, med två skilda rättsordningar som trots sina många likheter även innehåller betydande skillnader. Gränsöverskridande målsättningar, såsom en gemensam arbetsmarknad, faller platt när byråkratin inte följer samtiden, i detta fall när det kommer till socialf

Denna uppsats behandlar möjligheterna att begå brottet köp av sexuell tjänst på distans. Undersökningen tar avstamp i en närmare undersökning av brottet i sig. I denna konstateras att den straffbara gärningen, tillfällig sexuell förbindelse mot ersättning, knyter an till det i övrigt upphävda begreppet sexuellt umgänge. Brotten i 6 kap. BrB som enligt gällande rätt kan begås på distans knyter an t

This article discusses the challenges associated with maintaining water quality, particularly the issue of eutrophication, and the importance of technology advancements for monitoring and managing water quality. The potential of machine learning is highlighted, along with the importance of affordable and effective water quality monitoring techniques. The study aims to identify factors contributing

Citizen dialogue is something that within planning is advocate now today. It helps planners to gain valuable information about place and space but it also strengthens democracy. The literature often presents perspectives based on what is important to think of within planning, e. g. social justice and inclusion, but little about planner’s actual workload and capabilities. The purpose of this thesis

Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka det så kallade parodiundantaget. Det upphovsrättsliga fenomenet innebär att ett bearbetat konstverk, i syfte att vara en parodi, faller utanför den ursprungliga upphovsrätten. Detta eftersom bearbetningen i egenskap av en komedibetonad prägel innehar ett i förhållande till sin förebild främmande innehåll och är därmed att anses som ett nytt och självständigtThis essay aims to investigate the so-called parody exception. The copyright phenomenon means that a processed artwork, in the purpose of being a parody falls outside the original copyright. Because of its form of parody, the processed artwork holds a foreign content in relation to the original and is thus considered a new and independent artwork, regardless of the copyright of the original. For s