The aim of this paper is to provide answers to questions related to valuation accuracy and error determinants by investigating the US market over the last 15 years (2000-2014). The first questions are related to the market efficiency in its weak form, while the rest of the paper is focused on valuation accuracy using the multiples approach and the error determinant variables that can influence the

Adapting to climate change impacts is crucial as changes due to climate change are already locked in and will occur independently of reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. Recent studies in climate change adaptation literature have cited that social learning is beneficial for increasing adaptive capacity. The capacity for social learning is governed by the degree of flexibility of the institution

In our technology-based society, there has been a clear focus on technical weaknesses to information security. This study will present another danger that is just as important to be aware of and is just as lethal, Social Engineering. This is an attack against the human element of security. This study covers a basic description of social engineering as well as a more thorough description of how the

Hur grön är Sveriges ekonomi? Sveriges ekonomi rankas både högt och lågt av index över grön ekonomi. Framgångarna beror minskade utsläpp och ökad tillväxt på hemmaplan – men landets import av varor utomlands ger ett högt ekologiskt fotavtryck. Sverige rankas högt av flera internationella index över grön ekonomi på grund av en ökande ekonomisk tillväxt och minskade utsläpp av växthusgaser inom lA green economy refers to an economy that is able to create economic welfare, while at the same time being environmentally sustainable. Some indexes, like the Global Green Economy Index and the OECD Better Life Index, ranks Sweden high in this area, while others, such as the Global Footprint Network, ranks the country low. The purpose of this thesis is to critically examine why Sweden receives div

Studiens syfte har varit att studera våldsutsatta kvinnors bemötande av polisen samt vilka behov kvinnan ger uttryck för, under och efter den våldsamma händelsen. De frågeställningar som har berörts är följande: Vilka upplevelser har de våldsutsatta kvinnorna avseende polisens bemötande i Serbien och hur påverkar mötet med polisen den våldsutsatta kvinnans vidare utredning? För att kunna svara på The study's purpose has been to, based on abused women's experiences, examine their experience of the encounter with the police in Serbia and their needs, during and after the the violent incident. The questions for this study were following: What experiences does the abused women have regarding police treatment in Serbia and how does the encounter with the police affect her further invest

Uppsatsens syfte var att undersöka testet Krona/Klaves användbarhet för att identifiera oro och rädsla hos barn. Testet syftar till att identifiera barn som drivs av rädsla och oro i konfliktsituationer genom att undersöka hur deras svarstid förändras när konflikten blir allt viktigare. Testet utgår ifrån teori om Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) som menar att en central funktion för en individ The purpose of the study was to examine the test KronaKlaves usefulness to identify worry and fear in children. The test aims at identifying children who are driven by fear in conflict situations by examining how the answer latency changes in the child when the conflict gets more important. The core concept of the test is the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) which states that a central function

Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to fill the research gap as previous research on the topic of interest lacks a country specific research on how culture effects standardization vs. adaptation by MNCs in emergent markets, in context to a specific advertising strategy. By providing a unique cross-cultural study on five different emergent markets (China, Pakistan, Mexico, Turkey and CWAR) the re

The recent global financial crisis has once again shown how fragile the financial system is. This essay investigates the credit risk in the Nordic banking sector by measuring the probability of default of the six major Nordic banks. This is done by using the Merton (1974) model which utilizes stock prices as well as balance sheet data. The results are compared with an approach first suggested by H

Den ökande mängden förorenade områden runt om i världen har blivit ett allt större problem. Risken att människor, djur och miljö exponeras för skadliga ämnen ökar, liksom de kostnader som krävs för att åtgärda dessa områden. För att kunna prioritera de värst förorenade områdena för vidare åtgärder använder man sig i Sverige av Naturvårdsverkets Metodik för Inventering av Förorenade Områden, MIFO. The great number of polluted sites has become a big issue for many countries around the globe as the risk of people being exposed to hazardous substances follows. To deal with the problem within Sweden the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) has developed a unified Method for Inventory of Contaminated Sites, called MIFO. In this study a number of inventories that were made

CFD simulations of direct gas injection, especially in large dual-fuel engines, can be expensive both regarding time and computational power. The nozzle area needs to be resolved with a fine mesh to capture all phenomena and for a full engine model this results in a large amount of cells. A method using a Lagrangian Particle Tracking (LPT) approach was developed to handle gas injection by injectin

Kan en cirkulär ekonomi minska byggindustrins miljöpåverkan? Processen att konstruera en byggnad är väldigt energikrävande. I en tid då världens befolkning bara ökar samtidigt som det är tydligt att vi måste anpassa oss efter de rådande klimatförändringarna spelar byggindustrin en betydande roll när det gäller att minska den mänskliga miljöpåverkan. Det är emellertid tydligt att byggindustrin ståConstruction accounts for major challenges when it comes to reducing the environmental impact. Circular economy is a concept that opens up for a more circular holistic approach and when the concept is implemented in the construction industry the concept can get the construction industry to move away from the traditional linear model. This fact opens up for a question about how circular economy can

The Swedish government started its initiative for electronic services (e-services) in 2005 to create the infrastructure for information management, optimize the government, and potentially save tax money. The technological paradigm Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) was adopted to facilitate the Swedish government's initiative. The purpose of SOA is to increase efficiency for developing e-ser

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the Swedish Riksbank's repo rate has any asymmetric effects on Swedish exports and imports. This question becomes especially interesting when considered within the context of today’s unprecedented monetary policy measures. The relationship between real interest rates, real exchange rates and the current account has been exposed to extensive r

Uppsatsen studerar rättspraxis med hänseende på tillämpningen av undantaget av datorprogram från patentering enligt artikel 52 i Europeiska patentkonventionen (EPC) och om denna rättspraxis som den har utvecklats hos Europeiska patentverket (EPO) och nationella domstolar konvergerar mot en enhetlig tolkning. Utvecklingen av rättspraxis hos EPO samt i Tyskland, Storbritannien, Frankrike och NederläThe paper examines jurisprudence relating to the exclusion from patentability of programs for computers in article 52 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) and whether the case-law of the European Patent Office (EPO) and of the national courts is converging towards a common interpretation. The development of case-law at the EPO and in Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands since

Denna studie fokuserar på agila projektmetoder men utesluter inte traditionella metoder, då de fortfarande används och de kan ställas mot det agila. De tre vanligaste agila metoderna (Scrum, Kanban och XP) samt den mest välkända traditionella metoden (Vattenfallsmetoden) behandlas. De agila metoderna fokuserar på att leverera värde till kunden och ett projekt anses avslutat när användaren är nöjd,

I och med Sveriges medlemskap i EU 1995 skedde en förändring i rättsordningen då EU-rätten överställdes nationell rätt med målet att främja den inre marknaden. Vad gäller direkta skatteområdet finns det dock ett undantag där skattesuveränitet gavs till medlemsstaterna. Av EUD-praxis har framkommit senare att medlemsstaterna trots allt måste beakta kravet på fri rörlighet då de nationella lagarna uDue to Sweden's membership in the EU in 1995, national law became subordinated under the EU law with the aim of promoting the internal market. As regards direct taxation, there is an exception where the tax sovereignty was given to the member states. The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) practices have emerged later that the member states must nevertheless observe the requirement of

This thesis discusses commemoration processes of the Second World War and the Holocaust in Sweden. The timeframe for this analysis is set from 1995 on when Sweden joined the European Union and general interest in Holocaust research increased in all EU member states in the 1990s. The thesis focuses on memorials and exhibitions in Stockholm dealing with the topic. Through interviews and visual analy

The perception on innovation as a territorial phenomenon is based on successful examples of various innovative territorial agglomerations, e.g. clusters. Knowledge and industry-related information is more abundant and accessible for the firms engaged in clusters. However, rapidly growing number of innovative cross-border clusters signifies that international cooperation is also advantageous for in

Denna undersökning utforskar ett alternativ till formella utbildningar, en informell väg, till kunskap inom systemutveckling och programmering. Med hjälp av internet som primär kunskapskälla har dessa informellt lärda systemutvecklare lärt sig själva. Men är det gångbart att vara informellt lärd på dagens arbetsmarknad och hur skiljer sig en informellt lärd systemutvecklare från en formellt lärd?