Browsing by Title
Now showing items 8642-8661 of 69646
-
Conflict Diamonds
(2003)’Conflict diamonds’ refers to the fatal role that diamonds are believed to have played in several African conflicts. The article analyzes the impact of diamond abundance on economic growth in light of the broader, previously ... -
Conflict Discourse in Television Series – The Functions and Uses of Silence in Relation to Social Class
(2020-04-30)This study paper investigates the correlation between social class and the use of silence in conflict discourse, by comparing the interactional style and turn-taking behaviour in two television series representing the upper ... -
Conflict Minerals Regulatory Events’ Impacts on Stock Price Returns in the US: Lessons for future conflict mineral policy
(2015-07-13)ABSTRACT Over the past ten years, awareness about the problem of conflict minerals, those which are mined and used by rebel groups to finance conflict in certain countries, has grown in many areas of the world. In the ... -
A Conflict of Intent? Protective Agency Surrounding the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)
(2023-02-16)In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to the role of change agency and reproductive agency in the literature on evolutionary economic geography (EEG). Using these two concepts as a basis, this thesis ... -
Conflict over Climate Change Politics - Governmentality and Resistance to the Expansion of Heathrow Airport
(2013-02-01)In 2008, the so-called Climate Change Act went through the UK Parliament. The bill was a commitment to radically reduce carbon emissions. During the same period of time, a third runway was planned at the London Heathrow ... -
Conflict over territory and maritime routes in the arctic. The case of potential conflict between the US and Russia over resources in the arctic ocean.
(2021-02-12)Because of climate change, ice on the arctic ocean has been melting at a rapid paste. This environmental change in the arctic made access to the region much easier than ever before. This meant that new maritime routes have ... -
Conflict resolution in coastal management: Interdisciplinary analyses of resource use conflicts from the Swedish coast
(2015-08-27)Natural resource use conflicts at urbanized coasts and their analysis and resolution are the main themes of this thesis. Based on the analysis of four conflict cases from the Swedish coast, I explore the ways the local ... -
Conflict-resolvers or tools of electoral struggle?Swedish commissions of inquiry 1990-2016
(2020-04)Many countries face growing challenges of democratic governance from political polarizationand the increasingly complex nature of policy problems. The question is then how can governments build consensus and confer ... -
Conflicting logics within the audit practice: a result of the new regulation regarding sustainability reporting
(2018-07-02)Aim: This study aims at exploring what logics are the key drivers of change within the audit practice due to the new regulation regarding non-financial reporting. The study further aims to see how and why the audit firms ... -
Conflicts in contemporary music interpretation. Brunner-Lachenmann: a case approach
(2012-03-05)Classical musicians have made a habit of reproducing again and again works written between two hundred and one hundred years ago. We even insist on calling to works written fifty to seventy five years ago contemporary ... -
Conflicts of Interest, Ethical Standards, and Competition in Legal Services
(University of Gothenburg, 2022-04)We study how the legal profession manages representational conflicts of interest. Such conflicts arise when the same law firm represents clients with adverse interests. They may compromise the legal process, ultimately ... -
Conflicts of Norms and Jurisdictions between the WTO and MEAS
(2009-09-17)An increased environmental awareness has emerged among the world citizens. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has begun to consider environmental issues to a further extent. However, the WTO mainly leaves environmental ... -
Conflicts or constructive collaboration?- A study investigating the coordination of the sales-marketing interface in a digital context
(2021-06-29)This study investigates how coordination is achieved between the functions sales and marketing in B2B organizations, and how increased digitalization affects the coordination between different functions. The paper uses ... -
Confluence and Divergence of Emancipatory Healthcare Ideals and Psychiatric Contextual Challenges
(2022-05-09)Person-centered care (PCC) is generally understood to involve shaping healthcare processes, decisions, and plans according to the individual values, preferences, or goals of each patient. This is in contrast to more ... -
Conformational Dynamics of Rhodopsins Visualized by Time-resolved Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
(2011-10-27)Rhodopsins are a family of light-sensitive proteins found in the cellular membranes of a wide range of living organisms. These membrane proteins share a common molecular architecture and are able to use light energy ... -
Conformational Flexibility in Protein Function: Dynamics of S100A4, Photosynthetic Reaction Centre and the Prenylating Enzymes UbiA and MenA
(2014-09-11)Proteins are the most versatile macromolecules and they are essentially involved in the biological processes throughout all living organisms. The three dimensional structure of proteins and their dynamical properties ... -
Conformity and the demand for environmental goods
(2008-02-13)We test the hypothesis that people conform to certain social norms, i.e. that some individuals may be willing to pay a higher price premium for green products the more widespread green consumerism is in society. To ...