This master thesis contributes to the literature concerning the theoretical and empirical understanding of dividend’s change on company’s future earnings. The paper analyses if dividends have explanatory power over future earnings. Also, the analysis expects to provide more evidence of the relationship in Nordic region. This thesis is based on a quantitative study where we use a sample of 586 comp

The presented thesis focuses on dynamics of capital structure decisions of financially constrained and unconstrained firms listed on Stockholm Stock Exchange. It examines the effect of the global financial crisis on the corporate financing decision. The first chapter introduces the topic, discusses its importance and outlines the contribution to the empirical research. The second chapter the relev

The purpose of this master’s thesis is to study the concept of learning environments in relation to research libraries and their physical environments. Formerly related to classrooms or lecture halls, a learning environment can now include a wide range of locations. A successful learning environment should support collaborative and social activities, as well as quiet and individual work. This broa

Nya behandlingar har implementerats i Sverige för att minska antalet personer med självskadebeteende. En av dessa behandlingar är Emotion Regulation Group Therapy (ERGT). Syftet med denna studie var att utforska sex patienters upplevelser av att genomgå ERGT och vilka förändringar i såväl mående som psykiatriska symptom (mätt med Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale och New treatments for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) have been implemented in Sweden to decrease the number of people with self-injurious behavior. One of these treatments is Emotion Regulation Group Therapy (ERGT). This study aimed to explore six patients’ experiences of undergoing ERGT and the changes in well-being as well as in psychiatric symptoms (measured with Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory, D

I takt med att EU skapat sig en större roll för samhandeln mellan de anslutande medlemsländerna har den EU-rättsliga ordningen inverkat på vissa av de nationella rättsystemen. Ett relativt nytt system har frivilligt införts i den svenska rätten vilket behandlar bekämpningsmedel för konkurrensöverskridande samarbeten som karteller. Denna kartellbekämpande ordning, kallad eftergiftssystemet, har intAs the EU has become an important role for the reciprocal trade between the acceding Member States, the legal order of EU has had an effect on some of the national legal systems. A relatively new system has been voluntarily introduced into the Swedish law, with the purpose to combat competitive cross-collaborations like cartels. This cartel enforcement order, known as the Leniency system, has not

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur sociala entreprenörer i Sverige konstruerar sin organisationsidentitet samt hur de positionerar sig gentemot närliggande aktörer. Vidare vill vi undersöka hur deras identitet skiljer sig från, eller liknar, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Vår studie avser därmed bidra med ny kunskap om hur organisationer som arbetar med samhällsfrågor kan använda sin The purpose of this study is to examine how social entrepreneurs in Sweden construct an organizational identity and how they position themselves against similar organizations. Further on, we aim to examine how their identity differs from, or is similar to, the idea of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Our study thereby intends to provide new knowledge of how organizations working with social

The aim of this study was to examine how mental illness among parents is constructed in children’s literature. The empirical material consisted of seven children’s books published between the years of 2008 and 2015. The method used for this study was Fairclough’s Critical discourse analysis. The empirical findings were analyzed from Hirdmans (1988) theory on gender system to make visible the norms

In today’s fast moving business environment, organisational change is considered a key requisite to remain competitive, however, organisational change can be a double-edged sword as it can create difficulties for individuals in their identity work carried out in the organisation. Moreover, how individuals conduct their identity work in an organisation can amongst other factors be affected by disco

Genom att använda statistiska tester så testas lönsamheten och prognosförmågan av en teknisk analys strategi baserad på candlestick mönster. Analys av Candlestick mönster är en kortsiktig strategi baserad på öppnings-, hög-, låg- och stängningskurser för en finansiell tillgång. Resultaten visar att strategin inte är lönsam på kort sikt och att den inte har någon prognosförmåga när den appliceras pUsing statistical tests, the profitability and predictive power of a technical analysis strategy based on candlestick patterns is tested. Candlestick technical analysis is a short term strategy based on the open, high, low and closing prices of a financial asset. The results show that the strategy is not profitable in the short term and has no predictive power when applied to 29 OMXS30 stocks over

Syftet med denna studie är att se närmare på de teoretiska mekanismerna bakom vapenexport och avgöra hur dessa styrs utifrån länders militära utgifter. Som en sekundär aspekt undersöks konflikters inverkan på vapenexport. En modifierad version av en klassik gravitationsmodell utgör grunden för den empiriska analysen och skattningarna för variablernas inverkan på vapenexport utförs med Pooled OLS.

ABSTRACT Author: Fanny Andreasson and Karl Nilsson Title: The Bachelor of Science Programme in Social Work According to a Student Perspective – a Battle of Discourses Supervisor: Karin Kullberg Assessor: Elizabeth Martinell Barfoed The intention of this study was to examine what conceptions social work students perceive on how their social work education presents the profession of social worke

Landskapsförändringar är ett av de pågående hot som idag leder till en global förlust av arter. Vilda pollinerande insekter, framförallt humlor och solitärbin men även dagfjärilar, svärmare och blomflugor, spelar en mycket viktig roll för den globala biodiversiteten. Dessa arter minskar över hela världen, till stor del på grund av landskapsförändringar till följd av exempelvis urbanisering. Genom Biodiversity loss has been observed globally. Landscape change and fragmentation are the driving causes of this loss, and urbanisation one of the reasons. Pollinating insects are an important organism group as they contribute to the diversity of the wild flora as well as the global food production by performing the ecosystem service pollination. By taking measures to promote pollinating insects in

Dagligen möts vi av budskap om hur man bör leva sitt liv. Hur man blir framgångsrik, finner en partner eller uppnår lycka och inre harmoni. Ett utbrett och relativt billigt sätt att inleda sitt personliga utvecklingsprojekt på är att köpa sig en självhjälpsbok. Föreliggande studie är en kritisk diskursanalys av The Secret som är en självhjälpsbok av spirituell karaktär skriven av Rhonda Byrne. I

This paper investigates the non-flat volatility surface of foreign exchange options, a so-called volatility smile. Foreign exchange options are especially interesting due their liquidity and frequency in risk management. To propose a non-complex model of the determinants of variation in the smile, a principal component approach is suggested. As this approach allows for explanation of the developme

Environmental concerns have come to increased investors’ attention and have raised the number of investment opportunities in green mutual funds. We advance an emerging debate on the link between financial and environmental performance by measuring the effects of green in a regional, sectoral and fossil fuel setting. We hypothesize that green funds are able to compete with conventional funds and th

Desertification is a serious environmental and socio-economic problem occurring at global, regional and local scale. According to Article 1(a) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), define the term “desertification” means “land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid (dry lands) areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human acti

The use of corporate-based yoga and mindfulness interventions has increased during the past decades, however research on the effects of these programs is still limited. The primary purpose of this five-week controlled study was to measure the effects of the YOMIwork program, a group intervention bridging yoga and mindfulness with psychology, on perceived stress, mindfulness and productivity in rel

A high dynamic range imaging (HDRI) spectroscopic instrument was designed and developed in this thesis. Achieving higher measurement accuracy in imaging spectroscopic measurements require both a suppression of the background light (stray light) as well as HDR imaging. A Digital Micromirror Device (DMD), which spatially modulates the light, was employed in the designed spectrometer to produce HDRI