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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
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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Uppsatsen, i huvuddrag, har för avsikt att förklara hur vi kan tänka kring massvaccineringen i Sverige av A(H1N1) under hösten 2009 och varför just den var viktig att vaccinera emot samt varför det endast är intressant med vaccination inom staten. Vi har också för avsikt att illustrera vad det säger oss om samhället idag. Vårt verktyg för att analysera massvaccination sker utifrån biopolitik och d
En sakprosa som beskriver bakgrunden till forskningen runt Momentary contentment.
This study investigates how much English Swedish-speaking children are able to extract from media prior to the instruction of English that takes place in school. The participants are 41 Swedish-speaking, 7 to 8-year-old children in grades 1 and 2. Their receptive knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary is tested using two picture-pointing tasks. For grammar, the ELIAS Grammar test is used (Ker
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
Background: The health care costs of kidney transplantation and dialysis are generally unknown. This study estimates the Swedish health care costs of kidney transplantation and dialysis over 10 years from a health care perspective.Method: A before–after design was used, in which the patients served as their own controls. Health care costs the year before transplantation were assumed to continue in
Transplantation of neural tissue is an effective therapeutical approach in Parkinson's disease, but the method is constrained by the lack of suitable donor material. Embryonic neural tissue from pigs, xenografts, is considered as an alternative source of donor tissue. The attitudes towards neural tissue grafting in general and xenografts in particular were investigated by interviewing a group of p
Original musik av gruppens medlemmar i Brasiliansk stil.
This study is a comparison between the two natural textile fibers cotton and hemp. A comparison of the various phases in the fibers’ respective lifecycles is prepared by compiling and organizing data in a MET- matrix. This matrix is then analyzed in order to discern what environmental effects are associated with each textile fiber. Apart from raising concerns regarding the fact that sustainable fi
Denna uppsats handlar om de utmaningar som 12 intervjuade pedofiler beskriver att de står inför. Syftet med studien är att analysera intervjupersonernas beskrivningar av denna sexualiserande makt. Intervjupersonerna kontaktades via en hemsida för pedofiler emot sexuell kontakt med barn, och samtliga intervjuer genomfördes via mail. De teoretiska utgångspunkterna är hämtade från Beckers teorier om
