China's surging OFDI has been a prominent phenomenon since the start of 20th century. As China's economic growth is widely received as following a unique path, a question arises immediately---does Chinese outward investment also follows a distinctive pattern which can only be explained by special theories? This paper analyzes the determinants of Chinese OFDI by adopting Random Effects FGLS

The spaghetti bowl of regional trade agreements has been growing rapidly the past two decades. While services trade has often been excluded from these agreements, the recent trend suggests that a shift has occurred and that policy-makers are paying more attention to services trade. As Canada and the European Union (EU) are negotiating a bilateral trade agreement, services sector inclusion is a maj

The purpose of this master thesis is to explore IKEA’s return system and to suggest potential areas of improvement. The master thesis shall describe and identify the problems regarding handling material of the present return system, in order to suggest potential areas of improvement. This master thesis is an explorative study. Wide ranges of interviews were made and are the base of the study. Ob

A rich literature in economics has identified Institutions as a key factor in explaining the disparity in growth across countries. It is thus essential to look at the determinants of institutional quality. This study tries to capture the affect of one of the possible determinants of institutional quality that is trade openness. Theory suggests that there is a positive relationship between trade op

EU-domstolens avgörande i mål C-29/08 SKF har varit föremål för mycket uppmärksamhet och diskussion sedan det kom under hösten 2009. Avgörandet gäller möjligheten att dra av ingående mervärdesskatt på tjänster förvärvade för att genomföra försäljning av aktier i dotterbolag I denna uppsats har EU-domstolens SKF-dom stått i centrum. Den har att satts in i ett perspektiv och analyserats mot bakgrunThe decision of the ECJ in case C-29/08 SKF has been the subject of a lot of attention and discussion since it was delivered in 2009. The decision concerns the possibility of deduction of input VAT on services acquired in connection with the sale of shares in subsidiaries. In this thesis the decision of the ECJ in SKF has been the center of attention. It has been put into perspective and has been

Syfte Utifrån antagandet om att en investerare nyttomaximerar sin portfölj genom hög förväntad avkastning, är syftet med denna studie i ett första skede att undersöka och analysera hur en portfölj av två fondkategorier bör kombineras och varför. Det sker i sin tur utifrån investerares skilda preferenser vad gäller riskbenägenhet och placeringshorisont. I ett andra skede syftar studien att undersö

Syfte: Studien ämnar ge en förståelse av den externa kommunikationens vikt, vid en påtvingad organisationsförändring där ett minskat medlemsantal kan hota organisationens existens. Metod: För att besvara studiens syfte användes kvalitativa intervjuer med fem anställda på Akademiska Föreningen, som arbetade före eller efter kår- och nationsobligatoriet avskaffades. Teori: Den teoretiska referensr

This essay investigates a case of public interaction in the field of climate change. The three levels of public management in Skåne, Sweden (municipality, regional and county) are currently engaged in a form of cooperation to bring together the three forms of political responsibility in one committee. It is a new approach to the climate issue and the aim of this thesis is to evaluate the theoretic

Summary When tax treaties are being applied in Swedish law, they are being applied after that the taxable income has been determined according to Swedish law. Usually the tax treaties are dividing the right to tax among the parties of the treaty; this means that the taxation right for one state usually is restricted. Due to treaty abuse, the question arises, how to counter this abuse. The commen

I wanted to take a closer look at schoolchildren´s (age 11-12) image of hunter/gatherers. By comparing two groups, one that had visited the Skateholmsexhibit and one that had not, I investigated to see if the level of knowledge was different between the groups. I handed out a questionnaire with six questions to the students and did a compilation of the answers. I found out that the answers were s

This paper develops a theoretical approach towards understanding treaty opt-outs from EU common policies by drawing on Putnam’s Two-Level Games theory. In doing so, the paper first presents treaty opt-outs as defections from negotiations by looking at previous research regarding opt-outs. Then, the paper goes on to concentrate on different European integration theories in order to explain their sh

This thesis explores the effect of the Australian government passing the legislative and administrative act, The New Agenda for Multicultural Australia, on the social capital in Australia. The Agenda was passed in 1999, and aimed at creating a more trustful and inclusive society among one of the most diverse population in the world. By using educational, informative and labour market strategies th

This thesis addresses the new policy reform for the establishment of newly arrived refugees in Sweden from a welfare policy perspective. The establishment reform aims to further integration of newly arrived refugees into Swedish society by transferring responsibility from local municipalities to the Public Employment Service and by introducing a private actor in the process. In the thesis I analys

Studien genomfördes med kvalitativ ansats med syfte att samla in data kring arbetsterapeuters upplevelser och erfarenheter av arbete med klienter som insjuknat i stroke och skall rehabiliteras åter till arbete. Studien innefattar material från intervjuer med åtta arbetsterapeuter som är verksamma inom arbetslivsinriktad rehabilitering eller liknande verksamhet. Tidigare studier visar att arbete är

Det är tio gånger vanligare att personer med funktionsnedsättning upplever dålig hälsa. Då det visat sig att deltagande i en idrottsförening kan ge välmående på olika sätt var studiens syfte att belysa vilken betydelse utförandet av idrott i en idrottsförening har och dess inverkan på aktivitetsbalans hos personer med rörelsehinder. En kvalitativ metod användes och semistrukturerade intervjuer gen

Syftet med studien var att undersöka vad medlemmarna i Förbundet Sveriges Arbetsterapeuters mellersta skånekrets anser om sin yrkestitel ”arbetsterapeut”. Studien genomfördes i form av en elektronisk enkät som skapades i ”Google Docs”. Frågorna innehöll fasta svarsalternativ samt öppna frågor, vilka besvarades av sammanlagt 133 personer. Svaren på de öppna frågorna analyserades med inspiration av