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This thesis examines how cultural distance and institutional distance are associated with the ownership stakes acquired by US firms in cross-border acquisitions. Drawing on international business theory, two hypotheses were developed, proposing that greater cultural distance and institutional distance lead to lower post-acquisition ownership stakes. Applying a quantitative deductive research desig
A large empirical literature relates corporate ESG performance to corporate financial performance, but the bulk of the evidence is drawn from return on assets and market value measures rather than from operating margin, and most studies estimate a single coefficient pooled across industries. This thesis examines whether year-over-year changes in ESG score are associated with subsequent operating p
Introduction: Reversed phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) is a central analytical technique in pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical science, where it is essential to reliably detect, separate, quantify, and purify drugs, of which a majority contain basic groups. Background: Basic analytes often exhibit poor peak shape, for example tailing, due to mixed-mode interactions with the stationary phase.
This thesis examines Europeana, the European Union's digital cultural heritage platform. The thesis evaluates whether and how Europeana's editorial choices produce particular constructions of European identity, and what patterns of inclusion and absence emerge from those findings. Through qualitative content analysis of a sample of ten exhibitions, the research maps the themes and framing
Romance and investment fraud are complex crimes to investigate. Previous research centers around these fraud’s offenders and victims. However, much less attention has been given to the perspectives of the fraud investigators, even though their central role in the investigation and prevention process. The investigators often encounter resistance from victims, due to them being exposed to social man
Introduction: This study focuses on the quantitative analysis of minerals in gummy supplements Background: The content of minerals in gummy supplements can be challenging to measure due to the complex organic matrix that includes, among other ingredients, sugar, glucose syrup, and pectin. Aim(s): The aim of this research project was to validate a method for quantifying Zn, Mg, and Fe in gummy sup
The study examines Swedish news media representations of non-intimate femicide from a feminist perspective. This due to femicide having been a previously overlooked concept within Swedish law, research and policy. Through a narrative analysis where 33 news articles from Swedish newspapers Aftonbladet, Expressen and Dagens Nyheter was retrieved, the study identifies recurring patterns of how gender
The thesis studies the problem of predicting large covariance matrices, a central challenge in modern portfolio theory. In portfolios with many assets, the large number of covariance terms makes prediction difficult, often causing traditional methods to suffer from either substantial estimation bias or variance. To address this, the thesis proposes an approach that adapts conditional autoencoders,
Consumer brands increasingly enter co-branding collaborations with popular streaming series, seeking to transfer cultural meanings and pre-existing emotional attachments directly onto their brand and products. This study addresses a significant research gap by examining co-branding with streaming series from a personal care brand perspective, asking which factors influence consumer purchase intent
Denna studie ämnar belysa hur sexualbrottsoffer konstrueras i samtida svensk nyhetsrapportering. Studien utgår från Nils Christies teori om det ideala offret men kompletteras med teorier om genus och socialkonstruktionism för att belysa hur media förmedlar och upprätthåller normer kring offerstatus. Studiens metod utgörs av en innehållsanalys med både kvalitativa och kvantitativa inslag, där empir
This study aims to assess the performance and importance of mangrove ecosystem services, focusing on supporting, provisioning, and regulating, and to investigate temporal changes in mangrove cover in Maputo Bay, Mozambique. It also examines the drivers behind these changes. The research questions address stakeholder perceptions of ecosystem services and their potential trade-offs, temporal changes
This thesis investigates how players of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 morally make sense of in-game crime. The study is motivated by the fact that video games are important cultural spaces where players not only watch crime and violence but also participate in them through play. While previous research on violent video games has often focused on aggression and media effects, this th
Abstract In this thesis, I examine intra-migrant boundary-making in Sweden, focusing on Iranian migrants’ attitudes toward other Middle Eastern migrant groups. Drawing on Jock Young’s criminology of vindictiveness, this study situates othering within broader dynamics of ontological insecurity, perceived status positioning, and moral differentiation in late modern societies. The aim of this thesis
This thesis examines how young people in Finland make sense of profit-oriented drug selling and construct drug dealer identities. Drug use and related harms have increased globally in recent years. In Finland, an increase in minors selling drugs for financial profit has been noticed by the police and a non-governmental youth work organization Children of the Station. The aim of this thesis is to e
The darknet cryptomarkets marked an evolution in the drug trade by providing technological anonymity and security for both sellers and buyers. Together with their surrounding forums, they form an ecosystem where participation and access to its safety and harm reduction benefits depend on digital capital, a resource that is not equally available to all. This study examines how digital capital influ
This thesis investigates how analyst coverage and blockholder ownership shape the informativeness of insider purchases in a market characterized by concentrated ownership, dispersed analyst coverage, and high retail participation. While prior research has established a negative relationship between analyst coverage and insider purchase abnormal returns in the U.S., whether this relationship genera
Ultraviolet-C (UV‑C) irradiation is a promising non-chemical complement to conventional cleaning processes in processing units intended for cleaning items such as utensils, textiles and laboratory equipment. This thesis evaluates the technical feasibility of integrating UV‑C light-emitting diodes (LEDs) into such units, with a focus on liquid-phase treatment of the washing liquid. A design-space e
Carbohydrate chemistry has mainly focused on five- and six-membered sugars, while seven-membered sugars remain relatively unexplored despite their potential bioactivity. Synthesis of seven-membered sugars can be performed by a ring expansion from a six-membered sugar. This project focused on synthesizing a precursor for a seven-membered sugar by regioselective protection and oxidation. The target
Keywords: manosphere, male loneliness, compensatory consumption, consumer responsibilization, netnography Purpose: The purpose of this study is to expand the understanding of how digital communities construct consumption as a collective remedy to affective social problems, examined through the case of male loneliness within the manosphere. Theoretical perspective: By synthesising three theoretic
