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This thesis aims to illustrate how Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores influence both shareholder perception of firm performance and actual firm performance within Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises (EMNEs). As sustainability becomes a priority in global markets, EMNEs are often subject to increased investor scrutiny due to distinctive challenges and standards present within

The purpose of this study is to examine how the Swedish court of law determined intent in cases of sexual and traffic offences where the defendant claimed to have acted whilst being in a state of somnambulism. The starting point of intent assessment is permeated with uncertainty about the defendant’s level of consciousness. Since there is a significant lack of guiding practice in cases of this nat

Mental health issues among Swedish school children are a recurring concern. Although school health teams are legally assigned to primarily work on health promotion and prevention, previous evaluations have found these efforts to be insufficient. Based on our own observations during a school-based internship, we noticed how school nurses and school counselors carry out this work differently. The ai

Purpose: To examine how various share buyback types affect the immediate stock returns of financial institutions in a cross-country comparison following the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: Panel data regression with fixed and random effects models, analyzing stock returns on announcement dates. Control variables include buyback value, market capitalization, and leverage ratio. Theoretical perspec

Since Sweden's historic decision to join NATO in 2022, much attention has been given to the political decision-making process. However, less attention has focused on external influences in the non-political policy analysis. This thesis purpose has therefore been to investigate how Washington-based think tanks contributed to Sweden’s security policy analysis during the NATO accession process be

This thesis investigates whether firms that hedge, specifically against interest rate, currency, or commodity risks, experience a lower cost of capital compared to non-hedging firms. It further explores the firm-specific conditions under which hedging is most effective in reducing financing costs. We develop a custom Python-based model that integrates regular expressions, Natural Language Processi

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the effects of the announcement and implementation of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) on ESG scores and individual pillar scores of firms. Furthermore, this thesis investigates the impact of firm ESG scores on firm performance. Methodology: This thesis uses Difference-in-Differences and Regression Discontinuity De

This thesis investigates the economic and operational consequences of price-responsive operation of a large-scale alkaline electrolyzer producing hydrogen for fossil-free steel production. A time-resolved linear optimization model was implemented in Python, describing the interaction between a 740 MW electrolyzer (37 units of 20 MW), a hydrogen storage and a constant hydrogen demand. Three operati

Traditional football analytics largely evaluates players through on-ball events such as shots, passes and dribbles, leaving the much longer periods of off-ball play poorly measured. This thesis develops a spatial framework for evaluating individual player contributions in crossing situations, where a cross is defined as an aerial or driven delivery from a wide area into the central penalty zone. T

This thesis examines whether the adoption of automated decision-making (ADM) in Swedish municipal social assistance is followed by changes in welfare outcomes. ADM has spread rapidly across Swedish municipalities, but existing research has mainly studied single cases and organisational processes. I therefore study whether this diffusion leaves a measurable pattern at the municipal level. The analy