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The terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has in the recent year received much attention in the media for using sexual violence against women and girls in Iraq. This thesis investigates why sexual violence in wartime occurs by analysing the reasons for why ISIL uses sexual violence against women and girls in Iraq. Three theories are tested on the case of ISIL: the first is re

Productive agricultural soil is an essential ingredient in the agricultural landscape, which further exists in a dialectical relationship between ruality and the broader society. Soil destruction and industrial farming are common place in Scandinavia today, and resultantly, this essay problematises our ambivalent relationship with soil as part of our material base on one hand, and the consumer dri

Den stressrelaterade ohälsan i Sverige ökar och däribland utmattningssyndrom. Syftet med denna studie var att vidga förståelsen av utmattningssyndrom genom att belysa det ur ett psykodynamiskt- samt ett existentiellt perspektiv. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med tio erfarna psykoterapeuter kring deras sätt att förstå och arbeta med utmattningssyndrom. Materialet analyserades med tematisStress-related illness in Sweden is on the increase and notably, cases of stress-related exhaustion. The aim of this study was to widen the understanding of stress-related exhaustion and to shed light on it from a psychodynamic and an existential perspective. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten experienced psychotherapists about their way of understanding and working with stress-rel

Purpose: This research aims to study potential tourists’ expectations of sport event tourism experiences and discuss whether having past sport event tourism experiences influence tourists’ expectations for future trip experiences. Methods: This research combines a literature study, a qualitative study and a quantitative study. The literature review aimed to define a framework of sport event touri

This paper examines the standing of private firms in the post-privatization economic reform in China regarding their access to human capital. The cross-sectional dataset used to test the model is extracted from the World Bank 2012 Enterprise Survey. Using a sample of 2848 Chinese firms of diverse ownership types, the paper studies the effect of firm ownership on human capital, and further studies

This essay is an analysis of the EU Common Agricultural Policy reform of 2003 and its impact on the economic growth and income distribution in African countries. In what follows we outline the most significant effects of the reform, and its purpose. A regression analysis using panel data is conducted to investigate the reform’s impact on economic growth in the examined countries. The effect on inc

This paper investigates if a relationship exists between women in TMTs and firm performance for 187 Large- and Mid-Cap firms in Scandinavia for the period 2009-2013. Thereby adding to the scarce international evidence within the gender diversity in TMTs literature. The theoretical simultaneous relationship between performance and gender diversity in TMTs is taken into account and a 2SLS approach i

Software acquisition is very important for any type of company nowadays, including start-up companies. This study examined which software applications are acquired by start-ups, in what ways, with what motivations, and for what purposes they are used. The study was done by first conducting a survey amongst 50 start-up companies in the Netherlands and Sweden and by then doing four follow-up intervi

The project was intended to explore the user needs around death and grief in todays Swedish society, with the assumptions that there is a mismatch between the needs and the existing offer of products and services in the area. An extensive research was made by qualitative user interviews, on-line research and readings. A number of opportunity areas for improvement was identified. The finally selec

Nowadays, business is highly reliant on information technology (IT). The IT systems confront risks and threats all the time, thus there is increasing necessity to implement powerful IT risk management. Previous studies indicate that effective communication can improve the overall risk management performance within an organization. Whereas there is absence of studies about the relationship between

The connection between supply chains, markets and businesses is getting more and more complex and it can be a big problem for enterprises to solve. One solution to the problem is the usage of a business intelligence system. This system helps the organization analyze critical data that can lead to saving resources by making the right decisions. The world is getting more and more mobile, and the BI-

The phenomenon of migration is a highly debated topic in international politics, rising in importance on the global agenda. This can be seen in the securitisation of migration policies of the EU, who has sought to restrict migration and sharpen border controls since mid-70s. In this process Turkey is of vital importance, considered one of the main ‘bridges’ for transit migration into the EU. Thus,

Patienters upplevelse av oro och ångest inför ett operativt ingrepp är vanligt förekommande inom sjukvården. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva effekterna av komplementära behandlingsmetoder i samband med patienters preoperativa oro och ångest. Studien bygger på elva vetenskapliga artiklar. De komplementära behandlingsmetoder som kunde påvisas i denna studie var musikterapi, vägled

This thesis aims to investigate the dynamics of the so-called “leverage-effect”. This asymmetry in volatility after negative shocks, relative to positive shocks has been documented extensively before. However, except for findings that it is not due to leverage, the underlying or enhancing factors that cause it have not been investigated. This thesis aims to do so, by testing for the influence of f

On 22 January 2015, the ECB finally announced its expanded asset repurchase programme, better known as quantitative easing (ECB, 2015c). In this thesis, we are examining the effect of this announcement on sovereign bond yields in the Eurozone using the event study methodology and by time series forecasting (ARMA). We are particularly interested to see if there have been some abnormal variations (i

The aim of this study was to examine the experience of having a parent in jail, probation or custody during childhood. Its aim was to find out how our participants experienced their childhood because of the incarceration. We were also interested in how the participants experienced the support from professionals such as social services, schools and NGO´s, and their social network such as family, re

Uppsatsen ämnar besvara hur företag arbetar för och rapporterar om verksamhetens jämställdhetsarbete, samt varför de väljer att offentliggöra verksamhetsarbetet genom hållbarhetsrapporter. För att besvara frågorna har såväl primär som sekundär data använts. En kvalitativ undersökning har genomförts av författarna, där information från 10 privatägda företag från olika branscher samlats in och sammaThe purpose of this essay is to examine how enterprises work towards greater gender equality and how they report about their work. It also aims to analyze why enterprises choose to compile these activities and measurements into official reports. In order to answer the questions asked in the essay, both primary and secondary data has been used. A qualitative survey has been conducted, where the aut

The aim of this study is to increase knowledge about how the district court presents the woman as credible in their final judgments. In accor- dance with this purpose, I have also chosen to identify how the statis- tics on gross violations of women have been since the enactment of the law in 2013. Using a qualitative method and Nils Christie’s theory about “the ideal victim”, I have analyzed my em

The study investigates perceived overqualification and its effect on recent graduates’ job acceptance intentions. Due to the increased proportion of highly educated workforce in Sweden and the low employment chances in the current labour market, there is a major necessity for scientific investigation. Acceptance intentions to a poorly matched job offer were examined and associated with perceived o