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Purpose: To examine whether an acquirer’s risk exposure affects the acquisition premium paid in public-to-public M&A transactions, specifically isolating the effects of leverage and stock return volatility alongside the moderating role of free cash flow. Methodology: The study employs multivariate OLS regressions with year and industry fixed effects and heteroskedasticity-robust standard erro
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between R&D intensity and profitability among pharmaceutical firms, especially how the economic development level moderates this relationship over time. The sample consisted of 255 firms, with panel data covering the period from 2015 to 2025. A firm fixed-effects regression analysis was conducted using ROA as the dependent variable, R&D int
This thesis examines how PR staff at a diplomatic mission adapt institutional communication to social media in their everyday work, and which organisational, professional, and platform-related conditions facilitate or constrain this work. As diplomatic communication increasingly takes place through social media content, embassies must translate central directives into locally relevant and platform
Climate change has caused an unprecedented threat to eco-systems, necessitating a transition to a low greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting society. An important leverage point is high-impact climate actions; actions with the most potential for reducing GHGs (e.g., avoiding air travel, choosing fossil-free banks), and the drivers behind these actions. Limited studies have applied latent class analysis (LC
This research examines the racial and gendered dynamics of dancehall culture in Sweden, focusing on how participation in a transnational Black cultural practice shapes relationships between white women and racialized women within predominantly female dance spaces. Originating in Jamaica, dancehall has expanded globally, becoming both a site of cultural expression and a commodified transnational pr
The effectiveness of early warning systems (EWS) is frequently emphasised as being dependent on the integration of vulnerability, yet such considerations are often argued as lacking in practice by international organisations and scientific communities. Although this is acknowledged by global initiatives, less attention has been given to understanding vulnerability integration from the perspectives
Sammanfattning: Examensarbetets titel: Artisters värdeladdade ställningstaganden i sociala medier, En studie av publikrespons, legitimitet och meningsskapande Seminariedatum: 2026-06-04 Ämne/kurs: FEKH29, Examensarbete i marknadsföring på kandidatnivå, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Sebastian Albihn, Noah Bark, Anton Fagrenius Handledare: Annette Cerne Fem nyckelord: Autenticitet, netnografi, parasoSummary: Title: Artists’ Value-Laden Statements on Social Media, A study of audience response, legitimacy, and the construction of meaning Seminar date: 2026-06-04 Course: FEKH29, Degree Project Undergraduate level, Business Administration, Undergraduate level, 15 Credits Authors: Sebastian Albihn, Noah Bark, Anton Fagrenius Advisor/s: Annette Cerne Key words: Authenticity, netnography, parasocial
Implementering av hållbarhetsåtgärder i anläggningsprojekt har blivit en allt viktigare fråga i takt med att hållbar utveckling fått en mer framträdande roll i såväl forskning som praktik. Samtidigt finns det utmaningar i hur dessa åtgärder faktiskt genomförs i praktiken. Tidigare studier visar att implementeringen av hållbarhetsåtgärder är en komplex process, men ger en begränsad förståelse för hSustainability has become more important in both research and practice. The implementation of sustainability measures in infrastructure project has therefore become a key issue within the infrastructure sector. At the same time, there are challenges in how these measures are carried out in practice. Earlier research shows that the implementation of sustainability measures is a complex process but
Project management office (PMO) maturity models are widely used to assess PMO capability and guide organisational improvement initiatives. However, their ability to capture PMO performance and value delivery remains uncertain, particularly in complex industrial environments where organisational context strongly shapes project work. This study enhances understanding of the extent to which the PMO M
The following study provides a comparative analysis of Graeco-Bactrian issues in relation to the coinage of earlier and contemporary Hellenistic dynasties, within an iconological and semiotic theoretical framework. This thesis examines the visual strategies employed by Graeco-Bactrian rulers in their attempts to construct royal legitimacy. Through the close examination of 52 extant Hellenistic coi
While there is a growing academic, regulatory and public focus on the state of nature and biodiversity and how it’s linked to business activities, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) usually fall outside of both the scope and spotlight. Yet, SMEs make up a substantial size of the Norwegian, EU and world economy, and its environmental impact. This thesis seeks to contribute to scaling up SMEs’ acti
A higher production rate of green hydrogen is needed to meet climate change targets. This thesis investigates the behaviour of four photovoltaic (PV) and proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser coupling configurations in MATLAB Simulink. Direct and indirect coupling are simulated, and systems are created with PV reconfiguration, with and without a battery, to investigate the behaviour of syste
The decarbonisation of long-haul freight transport has increased interest in fuel-cell heavy-duty vehicles, while simultaneously placing greater emphasis on reliable and comparable energy consumption assessment methods. Within the European regulatory framework, the VECTO simulation tool is used to evaluate energy consumption and emissions of heavy-duty vehicles. However, its level of abstraction a
Syftet med följande undersökning är att visa på mönster i svenska högstadieelevers användning av satsradningar, ofullständiga meningar, meningsfragment och bisatser på både grupp- och individnivå. Syftet är även att jämföra resultaten av analyserna med Philippe Collbergs (2020) undersökning av satsradningar i texter skrivna av gymnasieelever. För att uppnå dessa syften används en kombination av kvThe aim of the following study is to illustrate the patterns of Swedish lower secondary students’ use of comma splices/run-on sentences, incomplete sentences, sentence fragments and subordinate clauses (satsradningar, ofullständiga meningar, meningsfragment and bisatser in Swedish) at both group and individual levels. In addition, the aim is also to compare the results of the analyses with Philipp
What would it mean to take Care Ethics as the organizing principle of environmental struggle? This thesis takes that question as its starting point, and Les Soulèvements de la Terre (LSDT), a French environmental activist movement that has made the defense of land and living beings its central political project, as its object of study. Using Hajer's (1995) argumentative discourse analysis with
Multidimensional poverty and water insecurity represent critical, intersecting development challenges in Kenya. While physical water scarcity is shaped by climate variability, local water resource endowments, and geographic conditions, the households' ability to access safe water depends heavily on infrastructure and socioeconomic resources, a distinction captured by the Water Poverty Index (W
This thesis investigates the control of stamping speed in a hydraulic extrusion press at Alleima, with the aim of reducing oscillations at the start of the process and achieving faster stabilisation. A simplified digital model of the press was developed in Simulink to capture the key system dynamics and enable simulation-based evaluation of control strategies. Initial work focused on the existing
This thesis examines how cross-border electricity interconnectors affect price formation and market integration, using the Norwegian electricity market as a case study. The focus is on NordLink and North Sea Link, which in 2020 and 2021 respectively, connected Southern Norway’s NO2 bidding zone more directly to Germany/Luxembourg and the United Kingdom. The central question is whether these interc
This thesis sets out to ask what can be learned in terms of navigating climate change in the Alps when zooming in on human-environmental interdependencies in mountain tourism. For that matter, it conducts an ethnographic case study of the German Alpine Club’s (DAV) Stuttgart division, examining how Alpine professionals and mountain operations staff engage with the environment. Methodologically, th
This thesis aimed to develop a rooftop tent targeting the needs of younger users. Using the Double Diamond design methodology the team was guided throughout the phases of the project. The research phase consisted of thorough market research, a questionnaire with over 50 participants and seven interviews. This data was then analyzed with the target user in mind by developing a methodology for mapp
