This study examines whether shareholders are sensitive to corporations corporate social responsibility announcements. Using the event study methodology and applying it to 234 events of 66 US publicly traded companies in the time period from 2011 to 2016, we try to answer the question whether it is worthwhile for companies to implement social responsible corporate activities into corporation policy

In 2003, Kenya introduced a nationwide Free Primary Education (FPE) reform, abolishing school fees in all public primary schools. As a result, enrolment rates in public primary schools rose by 15 percent, putting significant pressure on the educational system. Overcrowding and lack of school material caused many parents to turn to private school alternatives. Using a nationally representative cros

Since 1986, the Vietnamese socialist state has gradually opened towards the global market. Subsequently, socialist modernity may increasingly be outrivaled by the individualistic culture associated with global capitalism which is now gaining ground in Vietnam, especially among the urban middle-class who can easily access it. Proceeding from a post-colonial feminist framework, this thesis aims to i

Strict deportation policies have emerged as an increasingly popular way for more developed countries to tackle the issue of irregular migration. Estimations tell us that more that 3 million Afghan refugees will be deported in 2017 and it is argued that such massive returns to Afghanistan, despite the ongoing and escalated conflict, will risk contributing to severe human right violations as well as

Ecotourism is the concept of traveling responsibly to natural areas where the environment and the well-being of the local people are sustained, where the economic profit is reinvested in the area and where knowledge is communicated to decrease visitor impact and maintain the local environment. Ecotourism is the fastest growing segment of the global tourism industry and therefore it is important to

This thesis is an exploration of the complexity of gendered spaces and places. Grounding in feminist geographical theory and an understanding of space and place as gendered, the experiences and emotions of six young women from Rosengård, Malmö, connected to space and place are problematized and contextualised. The thesis is also a call for a qualitative, critical and feminist usage of GIS and an e

Under de senaste två åren har EU och EU-medlemsstaterna haft stora utmaningar till följd av flyktingkrisen. Brister i EU:s yttre gränskontroller har lett till att några medlemsstater, däribland Sverige, valt att införa tillfälliga inre gränskontroller. Den fria rörligheten har därmed begränsats till förmån för allmän ordning och säkerhet. Uppsatsen handlar om att undersöka om de svenska åtgärderOver the last two years, the EU and EU Member States have faced challenges as a result of the refugee crisis. Deficiencies in the EU's external borders have led to the imposition of temporary internal border controls by some Member States. Freedom of movement has thus been limited to the benefit for public order and security. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the Swedish law

Denna studie belyser hur det ökade intresset för lokalproducerad mat medfört behov av ett fungerande distributionssystem som genererar effektivitet för alla aktörer. Då de redan etablerade systemen är utvecklade för andra typer av livsmedel, medför det problematik för handeln med lokalproducerad mat. Det finns möjlighet att utveckla ett lokalt matdistributionssystem, men i praktiken finns det fler

Development organizations work within a complex system where they have to show their expertise and ensure that their interventions have a positive impact, while simultaneously prioritize different accountabilities to both their patrons, clients and themselves. This case study of the Danish Red Cross Youth is focused on their participatory youth-leadership project in rural Zimbabwe; particularly th

Uppsatsen handlar om hur relationer mellan lärare och elever hänger ihop med kunskaps- och identitetsutveckling, sett ur unga vuxnas synvinkel. Totalt har 10 unga vuxna i åldern 20- 29, med minst gymnasial utbildning, intervjuats om sina upplevelser av relationer med lärare och relationernas koppling till kunskaps- och identitetsutveckling. Olika teorier inom det interaktionistiska perspektivet me

Denna studie har undersökt högpresterande studenters upplevelser av grupparbete i syfte att utreda huruvida deras upplevelse stämmer överens med vad tidigare forskning visat gällande högpresterande elever vid grund- och gymnasieskolan, samt om de upplever att grupparbeten påverkar deras motivation. Tio semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med personer som hade blivit antagna till ett programThis study examined experiences of group-work for high-achieving students with the purpose to see if their experiences coincide with previous research concerning elementary- and high school students, and if they feel that group work influences their motivation. Ten semi-structured interviews were held with people who had been accepted into a program for high-achievers. The results indicate that th

This bachelor thesis is written within the field of strategic communication, focusing on marketing communication and the concept of sensemaking. Instead of seeing a high involvement purchase according to the traditional and linear buyer decision process, this thesis suggests the purchase instead to be seen as a customer journey, which addresses the complexity of the purchase. The aim of the study

This Thesis examines what possibilities Member States have to impose levies on CO2 emissions from motor vehicles in the light of EU indirect tax legislation and the Eurovignette Directive. In this Thesis, carbon tax on fuel and a CO2 differentiated road toll are studied as levying options. Motor fuel is an excise good to which the harmonised EU excise duty system applies. Accordingly, the questi

Genom att studera hur individer shoppar grönt i praktiken och i olika kontexter kan två luckor inom forskningen börja fyllas. Först och främst luckan som syftar till att förstå hur konsumenter faktiskt agerar, vilket är ett gap inom litteraturen. Men även hur kontexten påverkar den gröna shoppingpraktiken, som är ytterligare ett gap i forskningen. Med utgångspunkt i denna problematisering är syfte

Nightlife environments are high-risk environments for violence, hence security guards and nightclub entry hosts are necessary to guarantee guest safety. However, there is little research on their view of their own safety and vulnerability. This study examines exposure to work-related violence and feelings of (un)safety among security guards and entry hosts working in nightclubs in Malmö, Sweden. I

Ecuador, in its endeavor to overcome the sustainability issues caused by the lack of adequate solid waste management (SWM), introduced an ambitious governance model seeking to stop environmental degradation and include waste recyclers into the system. In Quito, Ecuador´s capital, population growth, lack of waste separation at source, and space constraints for the final disposal of municipal solid

This study explores two intertwined stages: a) the various processes contributing to Turkey’s and Israel’s historical development of national self-images and security cultures, b) how these conflictual dynamics and processes playing themselves out vis-à-vis two key conflict resolution initiatives taken in both countries. In order to study these stages, ontological security theory is applied to gra

With this thesis, the aim is to understand how consumers relate to sustainability-labels on fashion products, in terms of perceived meaning and competence for using the information conveyed, and to understand how sustainability-labels may be used to influence product choices that are part of sustainable fashion shopping practices. Apart from a literature review on findings from prior research with