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Through a series of problem debates and methodological discussions, a model is presented for combining economic methodology with political science approaches to trade analysis. The developed differentiated model is constructed through contemporary theory and statistical methods as well as newly presented theory to the field of IPE. Through the numerical analysis of the DTA model, the export distor

At the moment, democracy enhancing projects can be seen everywhere on the municipal level. The purpose of this thesis is to explain how the city of Lund takes on this challenge, why they have chosen to carry out citizen councils and if these are a good way to intensify democracy and open communication channels between citizens, the administration and the elected officials. The theoretical framewo

According to the theory of elitist democracy civic political participation should be reduced to participation in the democratic elections. This essay examines whether a high rate of institutionalized political participation beyond the elections leads to: (a) that those who are included gets a more favourable treatment at the expense of the common interest, in other words that their self interest t

The purpose of this master’s thesis is to critically discuss blogs as a medium for dialogue based communication in a public relations context, and to empirically study how organizations and blogs perceive each other and how this affects the organization’s public relations practice. The research was partly conducted through qualitative interviews with communications professionals representing six m

In this qualitative study, we set out to describe how intranets are used for communication and collaboration. A literary review concerning intranets, communication, computer mediated communication, intranets and communication, collaboration and finally, intranets and collaboration were conducted. After reviewing the theory, 3 persons working at a consulting firm in the construction industry in the

The tourism season in Europe is mainly limited to a few months in the summer. Thus, there is a need to develop attractive tourism products that can contribute to an extension of the tourism season. Photo tourism, which is based on the breakthrough of digital cameras, camera function of cell phones in combination with the use of computers among the general public, is one of the tourism products tha

Vid avtalsförhandlingar mellan privata näringsidkare kan det vara nödvändigt att utlämna hemlig information för att avtal ska kunna komma till stånd. Information och kunskap utgör ofta centrala tillgångar i ett företag och möjligheten att skydda sådana tillgångar i avtalsförhållanden kan vara av avgörande betydelse vid affärsuppgörelser. I detta avseende spelar sekretessavtal en viktig roll inom nIn contract negotiations between commercial parties, it may be necessary to disclose confidential information to establish a contractual relationship. Information and knowledge are often key assets of a business, and the ability to protect these assets may be crucial for the contracting parties. In this respect, confidentiality agreements play an important role in commercial relationships. In the