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Seminar date: June 4, 2025 Course: BUSN79 Authors: Ebba Rysjö Lindholm and Tilda Loudd Advisor/Examiner: Niklas Sandell/Liesel Klemcke Five key words: Account Theory, Legitimacy Theory, Crisis Communication, Allra, Financial Scandal Purpose: To examine how Allra, the Pensions Agency, Politicians, and Auditors used external communication to legitimize their actions throughout the Allra scanda
Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a brutal civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The conflict has triggered the collapse of state institutions and forced the displacement of millions. Amid this humanitarian crisis, conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) has emerged as a defining and deeply troubling feature. This thesis explores how CRSV
The World Bank Group (WB) has often faced critique due to their inconsistency in keeping to their stated humanitarian or environmental goals in their efforts to promote economic development and the world-economy. Their practices are known and their stated goals. That leaves the question: What are their actual goals? In a time of increased mineral extraction due to the energy transition, facing the
This thesis investigates whether incorporating the Christoffersen independence test into regulatory backtesting frameworks can enhance financial stability by improving the detection of systemic risk. Using daily Value-at-Risk and profit-and-loss data from 13 major international banks over 2018–2022, the study distinguishes between clustered and isolated VaR exceptions, applying event studies and p
This study examines how firms acquired in leveraged buyouts (LBOs) by private equity (PE) firms manage financial stability during macroeconomic turbulence by using investment as proxy. In an LBO, the acquisition is typically financed with substantial debt, which is placed on the balance sheet of the target firm, resulting in high leverage. A staggered Difference-in-Differences design is employed u
It is a known fact that traffic emissions are an environmental hazard. The nanoparticles (NPs) released from traffic emissions are composed of both plastics and rubber materials from the breakdown of tyres, so-called tyre wear particles, as well as metallics such as tungsten carbide (WC) and tungsten carbide cobalt (WC-Co) from the wear of studded tyres. Although research regarding the environment
Sverige präglas idag av en stark urbaniseringstrend, där inflyttning främst sker till våra tre storstadsregioner. Ett problem som försvårar urbaniseringen är att utbudet av bostäder inte möter den stora efterfrågan som uppstått. Byggbar mark i centrala lägen betraktas dessutom ofta som fullt ianspråktagen. På så vis har en diskussion om möjligheter att effektivisera markanvändningen uppstått. Dett
By applying a critical understanding of empowerment, this study explores the power relations in women’s daily lives through their experience with a mentorship program called Carpe Sophia and analyzes whether or to what extent this program has an impact on women’s empowerment that can bring about gender equality. Carpe Sophia is a women’s economic empowerment program with an aim to increase employm
The purpose of this thesis is to explore Generation Z consumers’ expectations of in-store digital technologies and to enhance the understanding of different segments’ consumer values derived from in-store technologies. The analysis of the empirical material allowed to identify a new segment of Generation Z consumers, Conventionals, and reveal new consumer values derived from in-store technology wh
Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur, och under vilka omständigheter, könsfördelning i ledningsgruppen påverkar företags lönsamhet i forskningsintensiva branscher. Vi föreslår att innovationsförmåga utgör en mellanliggande variabel i sambandet mellan könsfördelning i ledningsgruppen och lönsamhet. Metod: En tvärsnittsstudie utförs där vi genomför en kvantitativ analys på 291 f
The purpose of this essay is to investigate if biodegradable plastics can solve the plastic littering problem. The essay discusses how bio-plastics is defined in society by different stakeholders such as the bio-plastics industry, science and municipal waste companies. A literature study on the subject of degradation of polymers have been made to find information on how different types of plastic
Sammanfattning Examensarbetets titel: Värdering av förvaltningsfastigheter till verkligt värde enligt IFRS13 Seminariedatum: 1 juni 2018. Kurs: FEKH69 Examensarbete i redovisning på kandidatnivå 15 HP. Författare: Alexander Selsmark, Casper Dudarenko och Ida Friggerdal. Handledare: Kristina Artsberg. Nyckelord: Tillförlitlighet, IFRS 13, IAS 40, verkligt värde, förvaltningsfastigheter. Syfte: Syft
Innebär den ökade e-handeln ett hot mot sysselsättningen inom detaljhandeln och vad är det som orsakar att e-handeln blir allt mer populärt? Frågorna kommer att analyseras i denna uppsats, där den största vikten läggs på den kortsiktiga effekten. Analysen kommer att göras med hjälp av Schumpeters teori om kreativ förstörelse. Det är också denna teorin som lägger grunden till uppsatsens två hypotes
In many cases different projects encounter unexpected problems, even though careful planning has been done. In most situations it is possible to derive problems from a lack of communication. This study is done by reviewing structures in an organization in order to investigate why problems in communication arise. The study tries to identify methods that are believed to help minimize the errors. Th
Under sommaren 2019 uppmanades de svenska fackliga organisationerna att utlysa en strejk för klimatet. Klimatstrejken skulle innebära en strejk i politiskt syfte, vilket därmed nekades av centralorganisationerna. Diskussionen om fackförbunden borde utlyst strejk samt om de då hade haft rättsligt stöd, gjorde frågan om politisk strejk högaktuell. Denna uppsats utreder de rättsliga ramarna för pol
The aim of this study was to investigate and analyze how adult children to parents with mental illness reflect on their experiences and if these childhood experiences have led to any psychosocial consequences and/or development of strategies. The method used for this study was a qualitative text analysis. Four autobiographies written by adult children who grew up with a parent with mental illness
The aim of this study is about work motivation, finding joy in work and how social worker at hospitals perceive this. The essay begins with a look at the history of work motivation and work joy. The study also brings up previous research that has been done within the subject. The study then brings forth relevant theories that present a deeper insight on work motivation and work joy. The theories p
Studiens syfte var att undersöka en eventuell diskrepans i självskattningar rörande personlighet och beteende och social önskvärdhets förklaring på diskrepansens förekomst. Tidigare forskning på ämnet tenderar att fokusera på kamratskattningar för att sedan jämföra dessa med individens egen skattning för således komma till en konklusion om individens faktiska personlighet. I vår studie valde vi atThe purpose of this thesis was to examine the possible discrepancy in self-reported personality and behaviour along with exploring which factors might affect the occurrence of the discrepancy. Previous research on the matter tends to focus on peer reports of the individual which is then compared with the individual’s own report in order to reach a conclusion about what personality traits the indiv
Since its foundation, one of the main purposes of the European Union has been to create a single market where goods and services, as well as people, can move freely between Member States without internal borders nor other regulatory obstacles. Common intellectual property legislation is necessary as most goods and services indeed rely on intellectual property. This is particularly true for trade m
