Basic human rights are not being met in many parts of the world. People in poverty suffer from hunger, ill-health, poor education and low standards of living which negatively affect their well-being. These reasons and poverty as a wide spread social problem that undermines the economy and development of entire nations, make poverty socially relevant and important to study. To understand how poor p

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the audit profession's interpretation of the characteristic competence in sustainability assurance, and how this is practically demonstrated. Method: In this paper, a qualitative research with an inductive method approach has been used. Theoretical perspectives: Theories in this paper consist of Flint’s (1988) philosophy of auditing, Abbott’

This thesis concerns the variety known as Uchinaa-Yamatoguchi, spoken on the island of Okinawa and smaller surrounding islands. By discussing mainly historical, political, and social factors, the aim is to elicit the processes which affect its vitality and consequently are instrumental in the formation of its future. As complements to the already existing material relevant to the subject, a survey

This thesis investigates the stock return and its variance around seasoned equity offering announcements for Swedish companies listed on the OMX Large cap, Mid cap and Small cap exchanges. The analysis is made on a full sample containing 52 SEOs, as well as two sub-samples containing underwritten and non-underwritten SEOs. The framework for the event study is OLS regressions based on the CAPM-mode

Syftet med studien var att uppmärksamma vilken betydelse uppskattning och feedback har för medarbetare och chefers arbetsglädje på arbetsplatsen. Fokus har legat på hur de anställda uppfattar kopplingarna mellan begreppen och komplexiteten kring kommunicerandet av dem. Genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med personal på en arbetsförmedling och ett bankkontor (n=11) har en djupare förståelse skapats

Syftet med uppsatsen är att utreda de konsekvenser IASB:s föreslagna förändring av IAS 37 skulle ha för berörda svenska företag och intressenter. En induktiv ansats med både kvantitativ och kvalitativ metod. Vår kvantitativa data är insamlad från årsredovisningar för företagen i vårt urval. Vår kvalitativa data är insamlad från epostkorrespondens med en redovisningsansvarig, samt intervju med en r

This paper empirically investigates explanations to the gender wage gap in urban Nicaragua for 2005 and 2009. For this task, using data from the EMNV survey, we applied an Oaxaca-Blinder (1973) decomposition (standard and correcting for selection bias) of the mean wage and the novel Recentered Influence Function (RIF) regression method introduced by Firpo, Fortin, and Lemieux (2009) for the wage d

Purpose: To compare and analyse four cases and some relevant journal articles. Methodology: Case studies/Cross sectional design and qualitative interviews. Theoretical perspectives: Transaction cost theory and relevant journal articles in order to identify motives already brought to the publics attention. Empirical foundation: Interview with either CEO alternatively head of investor relations/a

The study was conducted by thematic analysis from secondary data such as literatures, reports and website, and ten interviews which respondents’ backgrounds are experts from ready meal and its packaging related areas. The whole paper followed the structure build from the analysis: Servings and portions, Distributions, Ready meal market and its evolution, Consumer perspective, Ready meal packaging

Sträckan mellan Värnamo och Halmstad trafikeras av dieseldrivna persontåg och godståg. Persontågen trafikerar hela sträckan medan godstrafiken främst går mellan Torup och Halmstad. I dagsläget är hastigheten maximalt 120 km/h på en kort del av sträckan. Godstågen kan inte köra snabbare än 100 km/h, men persontågen klarar av att köra i 140 km/h. Även godstågen påverkas av en hastighetshöjning, då d

Abstract Over 1000 published species which are largely heterogenous in morphology were formerly grouped in the lichen genus Caloplaca s. lat. (Ascomycota, eloschistaceae). Although there is no complete monograph of the genus, many taxonomic studies have focused on specific geographical regions. Although a number of these studies have focused on species that exist in California, samples of putativ

This paper investigates the dynamics of poverty in rural Ethiopia during the period from 1994 to 2009. In order to explore factors that decisively affect the possibility of falling into and exiting out of poverty, the paper uses six rounds of data and employs alternative dynamic probit model which handles the problem of serial correlation, unobserved individual heterogeneity, state dependence and

Competition law and intellectual property law are two equally important areas of law for creating a dynamic market and developing the economy. At first sight, these two areas of law seem to be in conflict; competition law seeks to regulate the market and promote efficient market competition, while the rationale for intellectual property right (“IPR”) is to grant their proprietor the exclusive righ

Den här uppsatsen utgår från ekokritiken och new materialisms när den undersöker Birgitta Trotzigs novell/saga "På andra sidan havet". Naturen, och framförallt skogen, har en mycket framträdande roll i berättelsens universum. Den kommunicerar, handlar och står i kontrast mot stadens begränsande väsen och stela yta. Trotzig behandlar i novellen dikotomin som har uppstått mellan begreppen

Uganda depends on agriculture to feed its growing population. Deviations and shocks to food supply and production can have severe consequences on the nutritional status of children. In this paper it will be analyzed if the effects of those deviations are observable in the nutritional indicators of birth weight and height-for-age in Uganda. An association was found with height-for-age in children b

In this paper, we investigate conventional mutual funds’ and socially responsible investment (SRI) funds’ compositions of high and low valuation multiple stocks as well as potential differences in portfolio management between the two types of funds. Previous research has to a large extent focused on risk-adjusted stock returns and has not been able to be conclusive on whether SRI funds under- or o

This study investigates how L2 learners of English in different stages of the learning process acquire, and more importantly, produce restrictive relative clauses of which special emphasis is put on the zero relativizer. The relevance of this narrow focus stems from previous research on SLA of relative clauses that has shown that it is a particularly troublesome area for L2 learners that is largel