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“Relationship status: It’s complicated” The interaction of competition law and data protection law in the light of the German Facebook case and the integrationist theory

This thesis aims to present the relationship between competition law and data protection law in the digital market. The paper illustrates the economic background that creates certain conditions for the interplay between the bodies of law. The emergence of the digital economy with platform-based business models is a challenge that cannot be tackled within a single system. Therefore, the paper prese

Leadership perspectives on mitigating corruption in India's nonprofit sector

Corruption is a well-known issue in India, yet research on its prevalence in the nonprofit sector is limited, particularly from the perspective of nonprofit professionals. This qualitative research, therefore, aimed to explore corruption in nonprofit organizations through the insights of nonprofit leaders. Using narrative inquiry grounded in Institutional Theory, the study examined donor and State

The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion - A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of the German National Identity in the Right-Wing Political Discourse on Refugees, Migrants, and Foreigners

This thesis explores how the German right-wing political party AfD constructs a national identity in their political discourse around refugees, migrants, and foreigners. The rise of refugees and migrants worldwide has led to a renewed focus on the concepts of nation-states and national identity in defining who does and does not belong. Germany, which has taken on close to a million refugees from t

“A sign that the law is broken” A socio-legal study on an organization of pedophile hunters in Sweden

It has been argued that there are few subjects in society that have the potential to invoke the same emotional outrage and public attention as child sexual offenses and pedophilia (Svensson 2012). In turn of recent events and societal discussions, this argument can be asserted. An organization, called Dumpen, has since 2021 lobbied for children's rights, especially preventing children from bei

Surveying inner source adoption in IKEA

Open source-baserad utveckling har senaste åren mött ökat intresse och erkännande inom mjukvaruindustrin. Dessa metoder anpassas och implementeras inom olika organisationer, så kallad inner source, vilket innebär att principer och metoder från open source-utveckling tillämpas inom en intern kontext. Detta examensarbete fokuserar på en granskning av IKEAs nuvarande mjukvaruutvecklingsprocesser genOpen source has lately been gaining more traction and recognition in the software industry. The practices are being implemented within various organisations through an approach known as inner source, which involves taking the principles and practices that have been proven effective in open source environments and applying them within an internal context. This thesis focuses on an exploration of I

Wealth Redistribution through Balance Sheet Revaluations - Evidence from Norway

This thesis investigates the impact of fluctuations in inflation, monetary policy, and oil prices on the balance sheets of Norwegian households across the wealth distribution. Using a Bayesian Structural Vector Autoregression model, this study simulates the shocks and assesses their transmission through the unexpected inflation and portfolio composition channel throughout the wealth distribution.

Attempting to Serve with Pride and Dignity: A Discourse Analysis Exploring Swedish Peacekeepers' Pre-Mission Education on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

The United Nations peacekeeping operations is a unique global partnership to maintain international peace and security. However, several reports in the last three decades show allegations of peacekeeper soldiers sexually exploiting and abusing the civilians of host nations. While research have investigated these misconducts and how to prevent future cases, there are still questions about the preve

Adopting robots in an IT service desk: A qualitative study on critical success factors for adoption of RPA within IT service desks

Since Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is expected to have the potential of bringing substantial benefits to many of today’s businesses, RPA initiatives are taking an increasingly bigger role in various organizations. Previous research has identified a lack of guidelines in successfully adopting RPA. This deficit includes, but is not limited to a knowledge gap in the adoption of RPA by IT service

Causality of small firm growth: Towards a model of relations among challenges SMEs face while growing, solutions to them and aspects of the context of the growth

Even though researchers have investigated the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for decades, we know little about the challenges they face due to their growth, what are the aspects of the context in which they emerge, and how they are addressed. Current literature provides even less knowledge about the causality of SME growth. This study, in the form of an explorative single case

The Risk Spillover Effect Between the EUA Carbon Market and Carbon-intensive Sectors in European Stock Markets

This study examines the risk spillover effect between European emission allowance (EUA) carbon price and the indices of energy-intensive industries in the stock market in the European countries. To achieve this, we employ the Diebold and Yilmaz model to investigate both the static and dynamic risk spillover effect and discuss the impact of the economic conditions and policy changes on the carbon m

From Kink and Fetish to BIPOC and Trans: The Diversification of a Multi-Generational Nonprofit

Diversity, equity, and inclusion have become an important part of justice work in today’s society. Nevertheless, many non-profits still fail to diversify. While previous research has examined methods for an organization to successfully diversify, there has been a distinct lack of research on how these methods play out in an intersectional manner. This study aims to better understand these processe

Exit vs. Voice

This thesis examines the relationship between fund performance and the choice of strategy when an invested asset is reclassified to a fund’s exclusion’s list. The two choices of strategy are divesting the asset or using active ownership methodology by communicating with the asset. To examine the performance of the funds, Jensen’s alpha, Sharpe ratio, Information ratio and Treynor ratio is calculat

Formability Evaluation

This project investigates the possibility of using material thickness measurements of pressed stainless steel (316L) and titanium (grade 1) sheet metal to evaluate material formabil- ity. The ultimate goal of this project is to replace the current subjective visual material formability evaluation with an objective method. This project attempts to build relation- ships between material surface defe

Eye-Movement Correlates of Pattern Separation in a Mnemonic Similarity Task Modified with Naturalistic Scenes

Pattern separation is one of the central operations of episodic memory. Tasks that evaluate the pattern separation usually base their assessments on the behavioral recall of simple objects or words and are far from real-life experiences and daily memory performance. Thus, typical tasks that assess pattern separation lack ecological validity. To address this issue, we designed a mnemonic memory tes

Att inte backa in i framtiden : En kvalitativ intervjustudie av audiovisuella mediers roll och funktion vid svenska folkbibliotek

Beginning in the late 20th century, public libraries in Sweden have been offering its patrons the opportunity to check out films just as they would books. Taking place over the last decade, however, the methods by which we predominantly consume films have gone through major changes – mainly caused by our increased digital presence and, more importantly, the extensive development of popular streami

How does the Weakened Swedish Krona Impact the Inflation? A Bayesian VAR Analysis of Exchange Rate Pass-Through

Exchange rate pass-through to prices differ depending on the underlying shock. Furthermore, the mechanisms causing inflation behave diversely, conditional on why the exchange rate fluctuates. This paper investigates how prices react relative to the exchange rate movements, i.e., the exchange rate pass-through, following specific shocks, how the frequency of price adjustment is affected by shocks,

A Comparative Lifecycle Impact Analysis: Assessing Global Warming Potential of Newly Manufactured and Reused Bricks for Building Construction in Sweden

The aim of the study is to compare the environmental performance in terms of Global Warming Potential (GWP), for reused bricks and newly manufactured bricks used in Swedish Construction Industry. The objective of the study was to compile and conduct Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), in terms of GWP, of newly manufactured and reused clay façade bricks used in Sweden. Cradle-to-cradle lifecycle impact of

Green is the New Black: Identifying and exploring the drivers of eco-innovation and environmentally-sustainable product development in fashion companies in Sweden and Denmark

Growing concerns and sentiment about the negative environmental effects of the fashion industry pressure fashion companies to adopt eco-innovation and pursue more environmentally-sustainable product development. This study explores and examines the drivers of eco-innovation and environmentally-sustainable product development in small- to medium-sized fashion firms in Sweden and Denmark, with the p

Bland allaktivister och anarkister : en studie av politisk aktivism i Lund 1968–1970.

During the mythical 1968, a left-wing wave swept across the world. New social and political issues took place on the agenda with the hope of a more equal, humanistic and better world. In Sweden, left-wing groups worked in solidarity with the people of the Third World, against the war in Vietnam and for increased democratization. The university city of Lund was no exception. The small Scanian town

Avtalsbundenhet till följd av konkludent handlande

Den svenska avtalslagen är mer eller mindre oförändrad sedan den trädde i kraft år 1915. Det är därför inte överraskande att flera kompletterande avtalsrättsliga regler har framarbetats med tiden. Konkludent handlande är ett exempel på en sådan regel som har fått sitt svar och betydelse i rättspraxis. Ett konkludent handlande är en situation då en avtalspart uttrycker en tyst, dvs. ”icke uttryckliThe Swedish contract law is almost unchanged since it came into force in 1915. Therefore, it is not surprising that several supplementary contract law rules have been developed over time. An “implied in fact contract” is an example of that, which has received its answer and meaning in legal practice. An “implied in fact contract” arises when a party expresses a silent, i.e., "non-expressed&qu