This study examines the relationship between environmental, social and governance performance and corporate credit risk, adding to the literature which investigates ESG in the context of risk management. Using a novel proprietary ESG methodology by Danske Bank Asset Management and credit default swaps as a measure for credit risk, a combination of pooled OLS and panel fixed-effects approach is app

Methodology: ​The study is conducted as a qualitative research, where empirical data has been collected through semi-structured interviews with Swedish new ventures. The study does further take an abductive approach in terms of the theoretical viewpoint and research perspective. Theoretical perspective: The study is based on previous research about the early phases of new ventures, the importance

Social hållbarhet viktigt för att nå resurseffektivitet i smarta elnät Vad är smarta elnät egentligen? Att svara på detta är inte helt enkelt, för det finns ingen exakt definition av begreppet. Det kan dock förklaras som att elsystemet digitaliseras och blir effektivare så att det bättre passar en framtid med mer förnybar och varierande elproduktion och ökad elektrifiering. I detta arbete har detSmart grids are often advertised as more environmentally sustainable compared to their “conventional” counterparts. What is highlighted then is their potential to save energy and integrate more renewables into the grid, thus decreasing CO2-emissions. This thesis investigates two less discussed aspects of smart grids, those of circular economy and social sustainability. An initial literature review

De senaste årens tillväxt och framsteg inom cloud computing har medfört många fördelar ur ett organisatoriskt perspektiv. Företag har nu möjlighet att få åtkomst till pooler av datorresurser konfigurerade i form av servrar, lagring och nätverk, detta utan att behöva investera i dyr hårdvaruinfrastruktur. Det är dock viktigt att ta hänsyn till teknikens nackdelar och de svårigheter som kan uppstå.

Bakgrund: Magnetisk resonanstomografi (MR) relateras ofta till oro och ångest hos barn, bland annat på grund av det höga ljudet, trånga utrymmet och långa undersökningstiden, därav är sedering och generell anestesi vanligt förekommande. Barn har olika behov beroende på ålder och mognad därmed kan identifierng av icke-farmakologiska åtgärder behövas för att öka barns trygghet. Syfte: Att beskriva o

Through a postcolonial feminist perspective, this study searched to examine how The Walt Disney Company portrayed and represented parity in two of Disney's animated films from different decades based on ethnicity, gender, and social status. Film have previously been a very useful approach when it comes to feminist research as it offers the researcher to analyze the underlying sentences of the

Abstrakt Bakgrund: Cerebral pares (CP) är en permanent skada som utvecklas innan två års ålder som begränsar barnets funktions- och aktivitetsförmåga. Barn och ungdomar med CP i grund- och gymnasieskolor upplever att skolmiljön inte är anpassad efter deras särskilda behov. Syfte: Att undersöka hur skolmiljön i grund- och gymnasieskola påverkar delaktighet i skolaktiviteter hos barn och ungdomar meAbstract Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a permanent injury that develops within the age of two, and permanently impairs the child's functional and performance abilities. Children and adolescents in mainstream primary- and secondary school experience that the school environment is not adapted to their special needs. Purpose: To explore how the school environment in primary- and secondary sc

Syftet med föreliggande studie var att undersöka sambanden mellan prokrastinering och flera psykologiska variabler; stress, coping, akademisk motivation, self-efficacy och känsla av samhörighet. Syftet var även att undersöka skillnader mellan universitetsstudenter som läser olika program och fristående kurser i en svensk population. Slutligen ämnades predicering av prokrastinering utifrån ovan nämThe aim of the present study was to examine the correlations between procrastination and several psychological variables; stress, coping, academic motivation, self-efficacy and sense of coherence. Furthermore, the purpose was to examine differences between university students who are studying different educational programs and independent courses in a swedish population. Lastly the aim was to exam

Despite the fact that a great majority of experts predicted that religion would lose its power and influence, we are currently experiencing a worldwide revival of religious sentiments. The purpose of this study is to investigate how religion, politics, and security impact identity construction in France and Turkey. This study used critical discourse analysis and thematic narrative analysis to exam

Polyamide 6 (PA6) is known to absorb water from its environment due to its chemical structure. The water absorption leads to changes in the mechanical properties as well as an increase in volume (swelling) of the polyamide. In this work, the sorption and diffusion of water vapor are investigated through gravimetric experiments and numerical simulations. The mixture theory framework is adopted to d

The Syrian crisis has forced around five million Syrian refugees to flee their homes and cross the borders to seek asylum in other countries. Most of those refugees live in neighbouring countries, and their only viable option is local integration and full participation in the economic and social life in the host countries. This thesis is a comparative study between Amman and Istanbul to examine ho

Thesis purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand what impact social media influencers have on consumers' online behaviour. We further aim to understand the interrelationship between social media influencers and online impulse buying behaviour. Methodology: This study has utilised a qualitative methodology based on a social constructionist philosophical position. The study has adopte

In this paper regularization of the correlation matrix between futures contracts is examined. With starting point in the recently established HPCA framework (Avellaneda, 2019), a couple of different extensions to the one-factor model is suggested. Extensions are made in terms of adjusting the model according to different cluster structures. The data consists of futures contracts on a wide variety

The starting point of this examination paper was the aspects of how norms, values, emotions and culture develop and affect the people working in the youth institutional settings like the Swedish National Board of Institutional care (Statens institutionsstyrelse, SiS). Our paper is based on qualitative semi structured interviews with the aim to gather new perspectives with a main focus on descripti

När syndafloden kommer När havsnivån stiger och nederbörden ökar riskerar upp till 29 utav Lunds stifts ca 500 kyrkobyggnader att drabbas av översvämningar. Detta betyder att behovet av skydd mot översvämningar troligtvis kommer öka för dessa miljöer i framtiden. Förekomsten av översvämningar förväntas öka till följd av klimatförändringen. Utav de ca 500 kyrkobyggnaderna i Lunds stift kan upp tThe occurrence of floods is expected to increase due to climate change, which may lead to destruction or loss of value of cultural heritage sites. There are approximately 500 church buildings in Lund diocese. The aim of this study was to investigate how this might affect the church buildings, their inventory, and cemeteries within Lund diocese, which are protected under Swedish law. The aim was al

Differential of the peripheral blood is an important tool when assessing blood-related diseases. Lymphocytes are part of the immune system and morphological changes thereof should raise attention. CellaVision’s current systems automatically detect and pre-classify lymphocytes that exhibit atypical morphologies but do not further distinguish those into subclasses. By adding the subclasses into the

Previous studies have proven that player motivation is tightly intertwined with players' self-reported game-related behaviors, but how does player motivation express in actual game play? In addition, does cultural background matter? The current study selected Tom Clancy's The Division 2, a popular tactical third person shooting action role-playing game, as the research target, investigatin

Organizations' business processes depend on their system's proper functions. Any possible dis- ruption due to a malfunction or a disaster could affect the company's reputation. Therefore, the firms need to prepare for these possible malfunctions to not shut down their crucial business processes by implementing business continuity. Over the years, business continuity management processe

Författare: Kim Engdahl & Felicia Rosander Titel: I valet och kvalet - Vad får personer utan akademisk bakgrund att välja att studera på universitetet? Kandidatuppsats: SOCK10, 15hp Handledare: Magnus Karlsson Sociologiska institutionen, vårterminen 2022 En av de största faktorerna till att personer väljer att studera på universitetet är att de har föräldrar med akademiska erfarenheter. Det h