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A non-parametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) method is applied in this study in order for calculating the technical and scale efficiency of a glass factory by means of a production frontier, despite the common trend among contemporary literatures to use stochastic parametric methods and ‘estimate’ the frontier production function. The available aggregated structure of the firm data paved the w
The aim of this paper is to examine the abilities of the yield curve and inflation in terms of predicting future real growth in the case of Sweden. Methodology: The methodology is a quantitative study using the single and multiple regression model based on econometric theory. Theory: The theoretical framework is built on the slope of the yield curve and its significance in predicting future econ
I denna uppsats undersöks hur musiker upplever de förändringar som skett i musikbranschen de senaste tio åren till följd av den tekniska utvecklingen i form av bland annat gratisteknologier, exempelvis Spotify och Myspace, samt fildelning. I undersökningen har kvalitativa metoder i form av intervjuer använts. Vi har utgått från ett antal teoretiska begrepp som exempelvis medielogik, mediekonvergen
Diskussion och analys sker i förhållande till hur coachning beskrivs i teorin. Vi har genom empiri och teori kommit fram till att ramen för coachning är bred och måste så vara. Spannet på olika sätt att coacha, och synen på vad coachning är, är enormt stort. Men frågan är: finns det något rätt eller fel? Är det möjligt att som coach veta att just sitt sätt att coacha optimalt leder till framgång,
ABSTRACT Title: Micro-Credit and Loans: Credit Riskmanagement Differences Seminar date: 2010-01-21 Course: NEKK01 - Bachelor Essay, 15 ECTS Author: Philip Thuresson Supervisor: Anders Vilhelmsson Ph.D. Keywords: Micro-credit, Risk, Yield Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to examine the differences in the risk analysis and credit process between micro-credit institutions and banks. Theoretical
This essay is analyzing how robots and other artificially created beings speak in Japanese video games and how this is translated into English. This is done through two investigations. The first investigation aims to find common tendencies in the language use of robots, through an analysis of three separate video games. The conclusion drawn is that artificially created beings speak a polite, gende
I denna uppsats undersöktes varningstexter som fanns på fem olika grupper av vanliga hushållsprodukter innehållande kemikalier. Jag ville titta närmare på hur dessa varningstexter såg ut och fungerade i kommunikationen med konsumenterna. Jag gjorde, för att undersöka hur texterna såg ut, en textanalys och utifrån resultatet jag fick genomförde jag ett läsbarhetstest. I testet deltog en yngre grupp
Mutual Funds with focus on Socially responsible investments (SRI) have been around and steadily growing since the 1960s in the Swedish and international market. There has been plenty of research done on these funds abilities to beat the market. Most findings are consistent with the notion that it costs to be good and therefore the funds do not generate any risk adjusted excess return. What about
This paper studies the importance of property rights when investigating the determinants of foreign direct investment. Property rights are difficult to measure and its relation to foreign direct investment has not been examined that much in previous researches. This paper examines the effect of some independent variables and property rights on foreign direct investment by using panel data for 127
En av de stora utmaningarna inom den internationella handelsrätten idag är hur man ska kunna förbättra situationen för utvecklingsländer inom den internationella handeln. Denna uppsats belyser specifika undantagsregler, inom WTO-rätten, som har till ändamål att öka utvecklingsländers möjligheter att delta i den internationella handeln. Industriländer tilldelar utvecklingsländer, i enlighet med WTOOne of the current challenges within the field of international trade law is how to meet the special needs of developing countries and how to a greater extent include these countries in the world trading system. This thesis examines a particular set of exception rules that exist on behalf of developing countries. Developing countries are, in accordance with WTO law, granted different tariff prefer
There are several thousands of old landfills in Sweden and they are often located close to cities on valuable land, three of these landfills are Lassabacka in Varberg, Härlövsängar in Kristianstad and Onsjöparken in Eslöv. On these landfill methane- emission and concentration measurements are done with an IR Chamber called ULTRAMAT 23, a probe and the gas analyser LFG 20. This was done to see if t
Lies are part of everyday life, but lies within the justice system is illegal (perjury). Yet it happens that people are committing perjury, increasingly, with potentially serious consequences. Statistics from 1976 – 2009 show that more than half of all who are found guilty of perjury is between 15 and 20 years and that the number of women is a growing group. It can be read from eighteen legal case
Vi har för 38 Sverigefonder under perioden 2000-2009 använt Tracking Error för att mäta i vilken utsträckning dessa är aktivt förvaltade. Fondernas aktivitetsgrad har sedan jämförts med deras förmögenhet, avgifter, omsättningshastighet och hur koncentrerade deras innehav är med syftet att förklara varför vissa fonder är mer aktivt förvaltade än andra. Fondernas Tracking Error har även jämförts med
The aim for the thesis is to study the impact of architecture on energy use. Methods: The work has been executed through a sensitivity analysis with calculation of energy use as the mathematical model – the architecture has been varied and all others parameters have been held constant. The calculations have been performed in the energy simulation software VIP-Energy. Results: The thesis has result
Title: HealthBook Sub title: Integrated End-User Device for Rural Health Workers in Low Resource Settings Author: Johan Larsson Supervisor: Goirgos Nikoleris, Machine Design Secondary supervisor: Rustam Nabiev, Karolinska University, MTA R&D Examiner: Robert Bjärnemo, Machine Design Introduction: This thesis is part of a project called ICT4MPOWER with the purpose to solve the problem with med
Denna studie syftar till att ge inblick i tre sångpedagogers synsätt, åsikter samt erfarenheter kring ämnet arabisk klassisk sång och dess hantverk. Studien baseras huvudsakligen på intervjuer med sångpedagoger bosatta i Amman (Jordanien) samt observationer av sånglektioner, vilka fungerar som komplement till intervjuerna. Vidare har jag valt att skapa ett gediget bakgrunds- och teorikapitel för aThis study aims to provide insight into three singing teachers’ views, opinions and experiences on the subject of classic Arabic singing and its craftsmanship. The study is based primarily on interviews with voice teachers living in Amman (Jordan), and the observation of singing lessons, which are complementary to the interviews. Moreover, I have chosen to create a solid background and theory chap
Following trade liberalisation and the resulting loss in government revenues from trade tariffs, governments need to find other sources of revenue to compensate for this loss. Many developing countries have set their hopes on value added tax (VAT). This was also the case for Morocco when it introduced VAT in 1986. Over the years it has become evident that the Moroccan VAT is not sufficiently simpl
