With activities engendering tremendous socio-ecological impacts, the fashion system is increasingly spotlighted as one of the most unsustainable industries. In this context, many actors in the fashion system, including brands and retailers, have implemented corporate sustainability strategies. Yet, sustainability can be understood and interpreted through different logics, which requires organizati

This study investigates the abnormal returns associated with announcements of primary seasoned equity offerings of common stock on the Swedish stock market. It provides a comprehensive discussion on equity offerings and their related theories, in addition to a thorough review of existing empirical research. Based on our event study analysis of data on rights and directed offerings for firms listed

This paper presents a Deep Learning-based Hybrid Recommendation System (DLHR) designed specifically for institutional investors with public portfolio holdings on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. The objective is to provide personalized investment recommendations, complement existing portfolios, and explore untapped cross-selling opportunities. We evaluate the DLHR's effectiveness using selected m

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between ownership concentration and corporate performance in Chinese listed companies. Enriching the theory of corporate governance. The empirical foundation consists of data collected from 1468 listed companies at the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges in China, spanning 2018 to 2022. We observed a statistically significant positive

Bygg- och fastighetssektorn stod år 2020 för 21% av Sveriges totala utsläpp av växthusgaser (Boverket, 2023a). För att synliggöra och därigenom minska klimatpåverkan vid uppförandet av nya byggnader blev det den 1 januari 2022 obligatoriskt att genomföra klimatdeklaration av nya byggnader som kräver bygglov, med vissa undantag (Boverket, 2021a). Klimatdeklarationen ska redovisa klimatpåverkan frånThe construction and real estate sector accounted for 21 % of Sweden’s total green-house gas emissions in 2020. To mitigate the impact of new buildings, the Swedish government introduced a new law on climate declaration for new buildings called “lag om klimatdeklaration”. The law requires most new buildings, which already re-quired building permits, to perform a climate declaration. The climate de

This thesis explores biases against smaller firms in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings. The study investigates the relationship between firm size and ESG scores, considering sector-specific dynamics, regional variations, and the impact of ESG disclosures. The analysis was conducted on Nordic stock market firms (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland). The findings confirm

Expectations of and prerequisites for Swedish school libraries is the subject of this master’s thesis. The purpose of the thesis is to gain insights into what a school library is expected to be and what is required to achieve it. The thesis focuses on the trade union DIK's award “World class school libraries” which is meant to function as a set of criteria for what a well-functioning school li

The aim of this master’s thesis is to exhibit to what extent municipal archives in southern Sweden work with irradiation and intermediation of the historical material they possess, as well as the reasoning behind these actions. Furthermore, we also investigate whether the municipal archives’ employees experience that intermediation of the historical fonds is part of the archive’s mission. We argue

This Bachelor’s thesis attempts to provide a better understanding of how US government-funded development agencies justify their funding, how that process is conducted, and in what ways it relates to the actual practice of development. Namely, the study looks at the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the United States Agency for International Development. Specifically, it looks at how these

In the current archival science paradigm, archives implement AI-technologies to provide content as structured, machine-readable data. One of these technologies is Handwritten Text recognition (HTR) which can transcribe handwritten text. Thus, HTR turn raw digitized archival documents into machine-readable format. Technology is not developed in a vacuum, but is shaped by heterogeneous factors, ther

Bakgrund: Behovet av interhospitala transporter ökar då sjukvården centraliseras. För medföljande anestesisjuksköterska innebär det en förändrad arbetsmiljö, nya utmaningar och nya kollegor. Syfte: Undersöka anestesisjuksköterskors erfarenheter och upplevelser av att vårda patienter med beredskap för intubering under interhospitala transporter. Metod: Tio anestesisjuksköterskor intervjuades med hj

Författare: Monika Johansson Titel: En exkluderande universalitet - En diskursanalys av mål och visioner om jämställdhet i Agenda 2030 Kandidatuppsats: SOCK07, 15 hp. Handledare. Mikael Linnell Sociologiska institutionen, vårterminen 2022 Problem/bakgrund: Agenda 2030 är en handlingsplan för hållbar utveckling som genom sin konceptuella utformning har lyft in jämställdhetsfrågan i en global håll

As computer vision becomes widely adopted, more applications demand a large effective field of view, something which is aptly accommodated by fisheye cameras. Autonomous driving vehicles, for example, require a full panorama view of their environment in order to navigate effectively. This requirement could be satisfied with as few as four fisheye cameras, one on each side of the car. However, due

Inspirationen till denna uppsats grundar sig i vår nyfikenhet om vad lärare har för tankar och strategier när det gäller feedback om sväng och tajming i ensemble. Syftet med studien är att undersöka ensemblelärares pedagogiska och metodiska tillvägagångssätt när de ger feedback gällande sväng och tajming i ensemble. Våra forskningsfrågor består av följande frågeställningar: vilka begrepp och metodThe inspiration for this essay is based on our curiosity about what thoughts and strategies teachers have when it comes to feedback on groove and timing in ensemble. The purpose of the study is to investigate the pedagogical and methodological approach of ensemble teachers when they give feedback regarding groove and timing in ensemble. Our research questions consist of the following questions: wh

The illegal downloading of copyrighted material digitally has existed ever since the internet's inception. At first this was ignored because it was a small enough problem but as the internet grew the amount of illegal file sharing grew with it. The practice of downloading illegal academic material is especially interesting to look at because there is a moral gray area where large publishers ea

This study investigates how the TRAP-18 instrument can be used to identify and prioritize threats from lone actor terrorists by applying the framework on a case of a Swedish man convicted of weapons offenses and crimes against the law on flammable and explosive substances. This case is a contribution to the increasing number of studies using TRAP-18, due to the fact that the individual studied is

Baobabträdet är ett inhemskt träd i Afrika där bladen, fruktköttet och fröna från baobabfrukten är källor till kolhydrater, fibrer, fetter, proteiner och vitaminer, och konsumtion av dessa är vanlig i lokala samhällen. Efterfrågan på produkter tillverkade av baobabfrukt har ökat för konsumentvaror på de europeiska och amerikanska marknaderna och ett sådant område är den kosmetiska industrin där käSupercritical fluid extraction method was optimized and applied to extract seed oil from baobab seed (Adansonia digitata L.). A full-factorial design was used to investigate the interaction influence of density and temperature in the range of 0.6-0.8 g/ml 40 to 77 °C, respectively, on the extracted amount of oil from crushed seeds. The results showed that density has a significant influence on the

In light of the syllabus concerning film and video game music in the music subject at Swedish compulsory school level, an interview study was conducted. The purpose of the study was to investigate how five active music teachers in compulsory school use music from films and video games in the classroom to teach about music as a meaning-making expressive form. Five semi-structured interviews were co