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Universal Welfare State at Stake? The Changing Political Discourse Regarding Inclusive Welfare for Refugees in Sweden
(2017-12-11)
Sweden has for a long time distinguished itself as a major player among few other generous and inclusive welfare states. The Swedish welfare system is characterised by the universal principles based on the idea that all ...
SWEDISH PRIVATE EQUITY - A study on perfomrance of Private Equity owned companies in Sweden
(2018-02-20)
This thesis aims to study the possible superior performance of Swedish companies owned by Private Equity firms. This is achieved through constructing a panel dataset consisting of portfolio companies of the ten largest ...
THE MEDIATING ROLE OF STUDENT’S ACADEMIC SELF-BELIEFS IN STUDYING EDUCATIONAL EQUITY A comparison between Sweden and Ukraine in TIMSS 2011
(2019-12-20)
Aim: The aim of this study is to enrich the understanding of student-level mechanisms
involved in shaping (in)equity in educational outcomes among eight-graders in Sweden
and Ukraine by examining the role of academic ...
The Role of Meeting Meals in Destination Image: Examples from the West of Sweden
(2012-07-12)
To date, food aspects in leisure tourism have been studied extensively, while in business travel, by contrast, the role of meals has been largely neglected both in academia and in business.
Recent trends suggest that meals ...
Resistance in everyday encounters with racism: A study on how five young women of colour respond to the everyday racism they experience in Sweden
(2018-10-30)
Racism can be maintained and spread in a society through seemingly small everyday actions. In Sweden, this everyday racism often aims to point out that a non-white body is not Swedish by questions and comments on a person’s, ...
Sveriges biståndsallokering: En empirisk analys
(2016-02-16)
The Nordic countries’ aid allocation is often viewed as a role model by foreign aid researchers.
There is however a lack of empirical studies examining Sweden’s foreign aid allocation after the beginning of the 21st ...
Paving the way for an information society
(2015-02-13)
The rapid increase of new communicative tools have in a way started to transform our world to an
information based society. New technologies can help to promote a world where ideas, information
and opinions can flow ...
“Living in the bubble”. The role of communication for Swedish expatriates adjustment in China
(2014-07-01)
Increasing number of Swedish companies expands their businesses in the Mainland of
China, accompanying with increasing need of expatriating Swedish experienced
employees to Chinese subsidiaries. The study aims to collect ...
Capital Structure and Stock Returns - A study of the Swedish large cap companies
(2015-06-03)
This study uses multiple regression models to examine how capital structure and stock returns affect each other. Using a panel data study that includes 50 Swedish companies over a period of five years, the results show ...
The retreat of multiculturalism – an exaggerated and misleading narrative?
(2013-11-11)
In recent years, issues regarding immigration, integration and multiculturalism have been widely discussed where a common denominator has been to describe immigrant integration, and particularly multiculturalism as a policy ...