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Family firms play an important role in the global economy. Family firms are defined as firms owned and managed by a family constellation. While their governance structure is different from non-family firms, family firms face similar questions of internalisation as their non-family counterparts. This study aims to determine how non-financial aspects may motivate the choice of internalising in f
Analytical sociology is a methodological strategy aimed at refining theoretically informed empirical social research. Given the central assumption that the role of sociology is to explain macro level phenomena, analytical sociology makes pragmatic use of abstract models of social action and interaction, such as the DBO-model. The realization that it is not a philosophy or a psychology, nor a unive
Suddendorf, Corballis and Collier-Baker (Anim Cogn 12: 751-754, 2009) comment on a study on great ape foresight (Osvath and Osvath, Anim Cogn 11: 661-674, 2008). That study consisted of four experiments investigating foresight in chimpanzees and orangutans, examining in particular whether the planning they exhibit is best explained by assuming an episodic cognitive system. This system has widely b
In a recent paper Pedroni and Yao (2006) present strong evidence suggesting that Chinese provincial per-capita output is diverging, a result that goes against the Chinese government’s goal of a balanced wealth-creation across provinces. This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the reasoning behind this finding. Our main result is that the divergence does exist, even when new data and more advan
This thesis investigates the impact that ESG-ratings have on valuation uncertainty. Because of the increased importance of sustainable investing, understanding the potential effect of a sustainability metric like ESG-ratings becomes increasingly important. This thesis uses an accounting-based valuation model to determine the valuation uncertainty. Using data from multiple ESG rating agencies a new
Abstract Title: What is specific about e-tailers’ internationalisation? The intertwinement of internationalisation, management of the marketing mix and consumers’ perceptions. Date of the Seminar: June 2nd, 2022 Course: BUSN39 Degree Project in Global Marketing Authors: Íris Einarsdóttir and Sandra Marín Gunnarsdóttir Advisors: Ulf Elg Keywords: Internationalisation, marketing mix, e-tailer
Background The business environment is constantly changing, and the way companies do business is continuously changing, which is highly apparent in the automotive industry. Adaption is a fact for firms who want to stay in the game, but what will give a company a competitive advantage in this mess of constant changes? The above-mentioned are pointing towards a new era; the age of the customer. In t
The identification of a permanent establishment is the principle used by the Member States of the European Union to determine whether a company is subject to the tax jurisdiction of a State. In the digital context, the notion of permanent establishment is often questioned by States, as companies can provide services remotely without having any physical presence in the territory of a State. This th
This thesis examines the impact of recent global shocks, namely the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, on food security in countries reliant on agricultural commodity imports from Ukraine and/or the United States. By analyzing both the supply and demand sides, the study aims to understand the implications of import dependency on food security. The comparative analysis of exporter countries
This study uses Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory to explore how ethnic identities are constructed by the Swedish Left party. The purpose is to examine if there is a political force that can resist ethnic nationalist mobilizations. A hypothesis is also formulated in the study to test if Left wing parties construct ethnic majority’s ethnic identity in constraining terms and the identity’s of min
Uppsatsen är ett resultat av en explorativ studie av Business Intellience i några svenska företag. En grundläggande referensram presenteras för målgruppen för uppsatsen för attskapa en förståelse från grunden till studiens frågeställningar. Vad är Business Intelligence egentligen och vad betyder begreppet för dig? En analys av begreppet görs och ställs mot olika perspektiv i ett försök att definie
This paper investigates if there is hysteresis in unemployment rates for 8 OECD countries. Univariate unit root tests (ADF and KPSS tests) are performed as an initial analysis of the unemployment rates. These tests suggest that the hysteresis hypothesis is true. Since traditional unit root test have low power against fractionally integrated alternatives, the Sowell’s (1992) exact maximum likeliho
Varje medlemsstat har förbehållit sig rätten att lagstifta inom rättsområdet direkt beskattning. Det medför att medlemsstaterna är skatterättsligt suveräna och att gemensamma EU-beslut kan fattas inom detta rättsområde, under särskilda omständigheter. Trots detta har EU-domstolen sedan ca 30 år tillbaka, avkunnat domar som berör frågor huruvida regler inom den direkta beskattningens område är föreOver the years it has become clear that the Court of Justice of the European Union may, despite the principle of fiscal sovereignty rule on the compatibility of domestic tax measures belonging to the field of direct taxation, with the fundamental freedoms. Truthfully, the compatibility assessment is found much earlier in other fields of law. The last step of the methodology used by the Court encom
A new and freely available model-based PID design tool for Matlab is introduced. It can be used to solve Maximal Integral Gain Optimization (MIGO) and (load) Integral Absolute Error (IAE) problems. Robustness is ensured through H-inf constraints on the closed-loop transfer functions. A Youla parameter (Q design) method for comparison with the optimal linear time-invariant (LTI) controller for the
Several earlier studies have assessed survival in breast cancer based on familial risk of this disease. The results have been conflicting and suggest that the risk and prognostic factors of cancer are largely distinct. As a novel concept, we searched for familial clustering of survival, i.e., concordance of survival among family members. We used the nation-wide Swedish Family-Cancer Database to es
We show, through a combination of density function theory-based molecular dynamics simulations (DFT-MD) and experimental X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (XAFS) studies, that the iodate ion (IO 3 -) contains a local region that is strongly hydrated as a cation. The local region adjoining the I atom is sufficiently electropositive that thr
