Search for dissertations about: "hedges"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word hedges.
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1. Management regimes for lawns and hedges in historic gardens
Abstract : Management regimes for lawns and hedges in historic gardens This research investigates and compares eighteenth-century and contemporary garden management methods with a focus on the structural elements of lawns and hedges at Gunnebo House, which is used as a craft laboratory. The concept of management regime is utilized for a discourse analysis of the garden through the norms embedded in the management. READ MORE
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2. Hedging shareholder value in an IT dependent business society : the framework BRITS
Abstract : Business Requirements on IT Security (BRITS) is a framework that can assist IT dependent companies to hedge losses due to IT-perils financially. Using BRITS can help these companies to hedge IT perils in the same professional way as consequences of traditional perils like fire, flood, robbery are hedged and thereby secure shareholders' investments. READ MORE
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3. Essays on Financial Markets
Abstract : This thesis consists of five empirical essays dealing with different issues related to financial markets. Chapter 2 studies a new multivariate technique, Orthogonal GARCH, of forecasting large covariance matrices based on GARCH models. READ MORE
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4. Spatial behaviour of wild boar
Abstract : The spatial behaviour of an animal is influenced by decisions relating to foraging, movement, avoidance, resting, territorial activity, mating and rearing young. Many of these behaviours can be explained by the optimal foraging theory, exceptions being reproductive behaviours and predator avoidance. READ MORE
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5. True and False Intentions: A Mental Representational Approach
Abstract : The study of true and false intentions is a specific case of deception-detection research. The focus is on how to discriminate between lies and truths about future behavior, as opposed to previous deception research that focused almost exclusively on past behavior. READ MORE