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Kvinnors roller i terrororganisationer synliggörs sällan, trots att de ofta är fundamentala för gruppernas överlevnad och utveckling. I denna komparativa studie jämförs kvinnors roller i Al-Qaeda och IS och försöker därmed belysa deras deltagande i grupperna. Peter R. Neumanns ramverk om terrororganisationers struktur, mål och metod används för att beskriva Al-Qaeda och IS och kompletteras med en

The thesis provides with the broad overview about the consumer awareness of the gender dimension within brand personalities. The research contributes to branding theory and gender studies and demonstrates that consumer gender influences does not influence the perceived brand personality gender. However, it also shows that consumers prefer brands with a clear gender, but not necessarily the same ge

The purpose of this study is to identify if a relationship exists between excess cash and stock returns analysed across periods of boom and bust. Our findings document an overall positive relationship between excess cash holdings and stock returns. In regards to the specific period this paper documents a negative relationship in boom times and a positive relationship in times of downturn. From the

The purpose of this study was to examine the connection between goodwill intensity and stock market risk and how the transition to the IFRS has effected this connection. In the end of 2010 several financial analysts expressed their concerns about the increasing goodwill intensity in listed Swedish corporations. However, in this study examining the connection between goodwill intensity and stock ma

This study investigates how the volume and flow of passengers affect dwell times, usingdata from commuter trains in Stockholm. We show that dwell times often take longer thanscheduled and that most station stops involve rather limited numbers of passengers.Improving the performance at these stops with small volumes can thus have a sizeableimpact on the overall on-time performance. We find a quadraThis study investigates how the volume and flow of passengers affect dwell times, using data from commuter trains in Stockholm. We show that dwell times often take longer than scheduled and that most station stops involve rather limited numbers of passengers. Improving the performance at these stops with small volumes can thus have a sizeable impact on the overall on-time performance. We find a qu

Iris Marion Young presents a social connection model on which those, and only those, who participate in structural processes that produce injustice have a forward-looking responsibility to redress the resulting injustice by challenging the structures that produce it (she sometimes calls this a political responsibility [Young 2011]). In Young's view, this is an all-things-considered, albeit discret