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The kagome lattice is an intriguing and rich platform for discovering, tuning and understanding the diverse phases of quantum matter, crucial for advancing modern and future electronics. Despite considerable efforts, accessing correlated phases at room temperature has been challenging. Using single-crystal X-ray diffraction, we discovered charge order above room temperature in La(Ru1−xFex)3Si2 (x
My study; The Common European Asylum System in Poland; prospects for implementation and legitimacy is a case study of an EU member state, Poland, and its ability to implement lawfully and legitimately the second phase of the Common European Asylum System. The implementation prospects have been investigated through an empirical study on previous implementation performance, administrative capacity a
This paper traces the role of innovation in China, a developing economy striving for developed status. China has enjoyed blockbuster economic growth over the past three decades thanks to economic reforms which have allowed it to utilize its comparative advantages as a low cost center of manufacturing and become the so called ‘workshop of the world’. But much of China’s growth to date has stemmed f
Ecotourism is a strong and upcoming branch of the traditional tourism industry. Is there a strong demand among tourists for travelling in accordance with ecological and ethical principles? This study uses an established framework for the definition of ecotourism to estimate the demand for some ecotourism criteria among visitors at the Cuyabeno Reserve in Ecuador. A survey based on the Choice Exper
The study focused on possible reasons behind Poland’s structural unemployment. The purpose was to examine and provide a macroeconomic explanation for this phenomenon. The labour market was scrutinized by utilizing cross-country analysis that related Poland with seven other Central- and Eastern European countries; the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia. The s
Abstract The purpose of this thesis is to analyze if implied volatility and the implied risk neutral density function can predict short term market return of the Swedish OMX-index. To study the relation between information in option prices and short term market return I perform and OLS-regression with the market return as dependent variable. Implied volatility and the various moments of the implie
The fairtrade label ensures that requirements set by the Fairtrade Labelling Organization on working standards and income levels are met by fairtrade certified producers. The fairtrade market, although still very small, is one of the fastest growing markets in the world. Considering the growth of fairtrade production it becomes important to understand its influence on the market better. Recently f
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is widely considered to be one of the main generators of so called spillover effects, where not only direct employment is a positive outcome but the whole economy can benefit in various ways. The recognition of spillovers has resulted in a more active role of host country governments to attract FDI. This thesis analyzes the FDI inflows in Slovenia and the role of pu
Sri Lanka has experienced a double-digit unemployment rate for almost three decades. The problem of the country is that there exists a mismatch between the demand for and the supply of the educated labour force, which is reflected in youth unemployment. The aim of the thesis is to explain this mismatch. We use the theories of unemployment, the labour market and human capital applicable to developi
This thesis gives an introduction to BASEL II and hence a motivation for the use of credit derivatives in general and Credit Default Swaps in particular. We develope (from Atlan and Leblanc (2005) and Bengtsson and Bjurhult (2006)) a model to price the CDS contracts and use this in a trading strategy - trying to find risk arbitrage. The probability of default (PD), used in the pricing model, is de
Wikis and other web 2.0 technologies are increasingly used in business. In this sense, the overall purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of wikis on collaboration and the impact of collaboration on organizational innovation. Four interviews have been conducted with IS managers as well as regular Wiki users in different organizations to show how can wikis affect collaboration and
In this bachelor's thesis, different forcing term strategies for the inexact Newton method were evaluated on some standard test problems, the stationary p-Laplacian differential equation and the time-dependent Forchheimer equation. The forcing term strategies were initially studied by replicating experiments conducted by An, Mo and Liu (2005, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics)
This thesis explores the philosophical implications of commodification, focusing on the claim made by Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski in Markets Without Limits (2013) that ”if you can have it, you can buy it; if you can give it away, you can sell it.” Their thesis argues for the moral permissibility of commodifying any good or service that is already permissible to exchange without monetary compe
This study examines how atypical employment conditions influence safety reporting behaviours among commercial European pilots, focusing on the cognitive and systemic factors that shape reporting practices within Safety Management Systems (SMS). Using narrative inquiry, the research identifies how precarious/atypical employment arrangements foster workplace anxiety, misattributed as fear. This misa
This thesis explores the spatial distribution of trees in the LPJ-GUESS dynamic global vegetation model and proposes some modification to improve ecological realism. In the standard version of LPJ-GUESS, the model simplifies forest dynamics by averaging individuals into cohorts and disregarding competition, canopy interactions or resource allocation completely. To improve this, a newer version was
In this research, 2D hydraulic modelling is applied in the Rwandex-Magerwa catchment to investigate the flood conditions and to quantify needed detention volumes during extreme rainfall. In the calibration uncertainties concerning calibration data were discovered, the total precipitation and outlet flow volumes show large differences, the difference in time between flow and rain peaks intensities
In 2024, the Namibian government announced the culling of wildlife as a drought intervention measure. The consideration of food security in conservation decision-making manifests the tension in international law between a state’s conservation imperatives and human rights law obligations. Consequently, the thesis explores: What can the law do to balance food security imperatives against conservatio
As workplaces become increasingly global and digital, managers in multinational organizations face the challenge of adapting internal communication to both cultural diversity and digital platforms. This study explores how managers of a Swedish multinational company experience and adjust their internal communication when working with multicultural teams across regions. Anchored in the field of stra
Marketing without marketers? The rise of vibe marketing in the age of AI This thesis explores vibe marketing as a conceptual and operational model for fully automated digital marketing, enabled by generative AI. As technological developments reshape the marketing landscape, vibe marketing emerges as a novel approach that replaces traditional team structures with orchestrated AI systems. Drawing o
