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The purpose of this study is to explore how relationship benefits and sacrifices matter in relation to members of referral networks and how these aspects affect overall member satisfaction. This study has an explanatory research approach since it aims to, by testing hypotheses; explain the impact relationship benefits and sacrifices have on satisfaction. It is based on both qualitative and quantit

Purpose: To determine if mergers and acquisitions are value creating or destroying in the Australian market, identifying the individual sources of this value creation or destruction, and attempt to relate the post-merger performance to changes in equity prices around the announcement date of the bid. Methodology: A quantitative approach comparing pre and post merger firm performance with a median

The aim of this study was, through qualitative interviews with four women who lived with violence in close relationships, to study the post-violence after an ended relationship. I wanted to inquire into what feelings the women experienced and what support they felt they received from society in their process of finding their way back to themselves after separation from a violent man. The results s

The aim of this study was to examine how adolescents reason about climate change and how they themselves perceive that climate change affects their emotions and social interactions. Climate change is one of the greatest issues of modern time and adolescents are the ones who to a higher extent will have to face the issue in the future. The present study is based on semi-structured interviews with s

The following thesis studies a debate around the economic hardships for SAAB Automobile AB in particular as well as for the entire Swedish automobile industry in general. The debate took place in the Swedish parliament, the 20th of March 2009. The purpose with this study is to investigate which ideological bases the participants of the debate were grounding their statements upon. The study also i

Abstract Author: Da Sol, Jung and Rebecca Sundqvist Title: He who neglects to drink from the spring of experience is likely to die of thirst in the desert of ignorance – A study of professionals’ view on their attitude in meeting with clients and professionalism of the two organiations. Supervisor: Claes Levin Assessor: Maria Bangura Arvidsson The aim of our essay was to study if there were dif

The main intention with this thesis is to investigate the relationship between dividends and investments. We hypothesize that firms may be forced to cut back on investments if dividends are not curtailed in times of poor annual earnings. According to contemporary theories, we argue that firms may be reluctant to cut back on dividends even when annual earnings decline and the level of investments w

The purpose of this study is to provide a longitudinal examination, within grocery retailing, of four marketing tools and their impact on enhancing customer loyalty. The study examines whether the relationship between the four marketing tools and customer satisfaction has a positive effect on attitude and behavior loyalty. The findings from this study show that the marketing tools have not helped

Uppsatsen bygger på enskilda intervjuer med vårdpersonal från ett sjukhem i Skåne. Syftet är att belysa vad respondenterna anser är viktigt vid vård av döende människor. Frågeställningarna är följande: Vad är livskvalitet? Vad är viktigt när man vårdar döende människor? Samtalar personalen sinsemellan om livskvalitet, döendet och döden? Hur diskuterar de kring aktiv och passiv dödshjälp? Som analy

Problem/bakgrund: Censur av media är ett karakteristiskt drag för Kinas stat och ett verktyg för att bevara politisk styrning. Samtidigt är media betydelsefullt för att främja ekonomisk och social utveckling. Det är en delikat uppgift för statliga kinesiska censurorgan att finna en medelväg som låter media gynna ekonomisk utveckling utan att riskera omstörtning av den politiska makten. Media är enMedia censorship is a characteristic feature for China’s government in order to retain political legitimacy. Concurrently, media are crucial for a flourishing economic and social development. It’s a delicate task for Chinese governmental censorship departments to find a middle way that promotes economic development without any risk for subversion of power. Hence, media is an arena for struggle bet

Inom svensk rätt utgörs skuldbegreppet av uppsåt (dolus) och oaktsamhet (culpa). Begreppen ger uttryck för olika nivåer av skuld, därför är det av avgörande betydelse att gärningar begångna med uppsåt och av oaktsamhet hålls isär. Uppsatsens syfte är att klarlägga uppsåtets nedre gräns i jämförelse med oaktsamhet samt hur den förhåller sig till rättssäkerheten. Genom historien har lagstiftaren kIn Swedish criminal law, the concept of guilt constitutes intent (dolus) and carelessness (culpa). The concepts signify different levels of guilt, therefore it is of crucial importance that deeds of intent and carelessness are kept separate. This essay aims to investigate the lowest bound of the concept of intent, in relation to carelessness. The legislator has historically delegated the task of

I denna uppsats står rädsla för att tala i fokus. Talrädsla belyses med retorikämnet som grund, och studien tar avstamp i den svenska gymnasieskolan. Syftet med studien är att ta fram ett handfast material för hur svensklärare på gymnasieskolan kan arbeta med talrädda elever. För att uppnå syftet genomförs en litteraturstudie, där handböcker som behandlar området talrädsla studeras. I dessa handböIn this study, language anxiety is in focus. Language anxiety is studied with the subject of rhetoric as a basis, and the study is based on the Swedish upper secondary school. The aim of the study is to produce a solid material for how Swedish teachers at upper secondary school can work with students with language anxiety. In order to achieve this purpose, a literature study is carried out, in whi

The purpose of this master thesis is to establish the underlying factors that explain why limited companies’ in Sweden switch audit firm. We have applied existing economic theories that have been used in prior studies. The findings in our study demonstrate that a small amount of Swedish limited companies switch audit firm and that only audit quality is significant. Thus, we can conclude that there

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What should count as legitimate forms of reasoning in public deliberation is a contested issue. Democratic theorists have argued that storytelling may offer a more accessible form of deliberation for marginalised citizens than ‘rational argumentation’. We investigate the empirical support for this claim by examining Swedish citizens’ use of storytelling in written communication with the political

Original musik av gruppens medlemmar i Brasiliansk stil.