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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

The co-assembly and temperature-dependent phase behavior of dilute aqueous solutions of a thermoresponsive cationic diblock copolymer and oppositely charged bile salts, sodium deoxycholate and sodium glycodexoycholate, or sodium dodecyl sulphate at different charge fractions in terms of negative charge were investigated by static- and dynamic light scattering (SLS/DLS), differential scanning calor

This thesis analyzes the link between materiality and brand discursiveness. This study examines how material culture contributes to brand narratives' meaning and symbolic construction. For this purpose, the creation of commodities with metal obtained from molten guns is analyzed through a discursive analysis and anthropological theory. This research describes how the brands analyzed deploy dis

Worldwide inequality in the circulation of vaccines during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic re-ignited the ever-existing turmoil between rich, developed nations and poor, developing nations on the role of intellectual property (IP) against the fundamental right to health. The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) contribute to making medicinal products and dia

It is widespread human doxa that moral concern towards the animal is less important than what we direct towards our fellow human–beings. The animal is avowedly less rational, less susceptible to pleasure, and less capable of creating meaningful interactive relationships, or so widely accepted at least. I will argue that the paradigm in which we hierarchize human concern as superordinated the anima

The role, functions, and mechanisms of post-incident and post-accident learning within organizations has been widely studied in various industries. With the increasing role software plays in society, large-scale software development and operations practices and organizations are having a larger impact on day-to-day life; despite this, organizational learning has not been widely examined within thi

This study investigates the impact of rules of origin (ROO) on the Malagasy textile and clothing industry. The ROO of two different preferential trading arrangements for developing countries, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) of the US and the Lomé/Cotonou agreement of the EU, are compared and related to Malagasy clothing exports and textile imports. The AGOA ROO are found to be more l

This thesis explores the interactions between tourism development and cultural values in the South Pacific nation of Samoa. As tourism is likely to remain a key strategy for the development of Samoa, this study explores the impact of such development on the cultural component of fa’a Samoa, or Samoa’s way of life, which varies quite significantly from Western, capitalist culture. The aim of the st

As of 2011 the European Union’s Rules of Origin ((RoO)) no longer require textiles to be sourced in the domestic economies of Least Developed Countries ((LDCs)) if they want to export their apparel under the zero-tariff, zero-quota preference scheme. Now, apparel manufacturers are free to use imported textiles. Informed by Normative Power Europe theory, this thesis identifies two core motives of

Title: Managing the Corporate Brand: A Study of the Corporate Brand Manager in Theory and Practice Date of the Seminar: 2012-05-29 Course: BUSN29 – Master thesis Authors: Fredrik Augustsson, Martin Larsson Advisor: Mats Urde, Associate Professor Keywords: Corporate Brand Management, Corporate Brand Manager, Brand Strategy, Brand Management, Brand Hierarchy Thesis purpose: To investigate the

Earlier, linguists have treated conceptual metaphor and conceptual blend as two separate phenomena. Recent research, however, has brought more and more attention to similarities between these phenomena. This study intends to shed more light on such similarities in the underlying creation process and aims to detect common preconditions. A corpus-driven analysis, incorporating 50 advertisements repr

Sweden and Norway are both Social Democratic welfare states where abortions are legal, however Norway has a conscience clause in its abortion law and Sweden does not. This provides for a puzzle as well as research questions aimed at understanding how the debates in Sweden and Norway differ and if there is any difference over time as well. Since this also raises the question of why they differ an a

To satisfy the great need for (opto-)electronic devices to become smaller and more efficient in energy and price, research is done on semiconducting III-V nanowires (NWs). Electrical devices using NWs show noteworthy assets being fast-paced with high-speed electronics and low power consumption, one of which are high-efficient solar cells at a moderate price. Developing electric devices it turns

For over a decade and recently as a means to overcome the crippling effects of the credit crunch and its recessionary effects on European economies, EU institutions have initiated an expansive innovation policy centered on the development and support of entrepreneurs and emerging growth ventures. Private investment in the form of venture capital (VC) is necessary to support this policy in that the

It is clear that media advertising is one of the crucial marketing tools for companies in order to promote their products and services. As we are moving towards more and more economic integration, both on a regional and global scale, the question about standardisation of media advertising has become increasingly important and is nowadays subject to discussion in most international companies. This

With a strong company culture an organisation has relationships with their clients on an organizational level rather than on an individual. This simplifies the ability to change team members in order to enforce creativity and keep clients on a long-term basis. In turn the final product/service improves, which creates long-term relationships. Additionally, relationships on a personal level due to s