Search for dissertations about: "takeover"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the word takeover.

  2. 11. Corporate governance and the firm's behaviour towards stakeholders

    Author : Reimo Juks; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Obey the Law and Do a Little Bit Extra? The paper provides evidence on how firms’ stakeholder orientation is associated with standard measures of corporate governance using a panel of 1778 US companies during the period of 1995-2006. We construct two binary indicators, one measuring stakeholder hostility and the other stakeholder friendliness using data from KLD ratings agency. READ MORE

  4. 12. The Burning Word : History and Myth in Maximilian Voloshin's Neopalimaia Kupina 

    Author : Emma-Lina Löflund; Anna Ljunggren; Julie Hansen; Olga Peters Hasty; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Maximilian Voloshin; Russian Symbolism; poetry; Russian Revolution; neomythological texts; performativity; anthroposophy; Rudolf Steiner; theurgy; life-creation; myth-creation; semiotics; slaviska språk; Slavic Languages;

    Abstract : The book Neopalimaia Kupina: stikhi o voine i revoliutsii (The Burning Bush: Poems about War and Revolution) by Maximilian Voloshin (1877–1932) depicts the revolutionary period in Russia. This dissertation analyzes the work’s composition, showing how it was shaped and reshaped in response to the dramatic events of the first two and a half decades of the twentieth century, and how it remains open and mirrors the ongoing development of history. READ MORE

  5. 13. Biogeochemical evidences of human intervention in a shallow lake, Zeekoevlei, South Africa

    Author : Supriyo Das; Joyanto Routh; Michael R. Talbot; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; lake; primary productivity; biomarkers; stable isotopes; trace elements; phosphorus; Earth sciences; Geovetenskap; geokemi; Geochemistry;

    Abstract : This thesis describes a multi-parameter biogeochemical investigation in a shallow hyper-eutrophic freshwater coastal lake, Zeekoevlei, in South Africa. The predominance of autochthonous algal-derived organic matter in lake sediments is indicated by low C/N, high H/C ratios and δ13Corganic values. READ MORE

  6. 14. The role of 1-intergrins in skeletal muscle differentiation and extracellular matrix assembly

    Author : Lars Lohikangas; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Biochemistry; β1 Integrins; Matrix Deposition; Skeletal Muscle Cell; Biokemi; Biochemistry; Biokemi; Medical Biochemistry; medicinsk biokemi;

    Abstract : Integrin subunit β1 forms heterodimeric receptors with at least 12 different α-subunits.These integrins are the main cellular receptors for extracellular matrix and they arenecessary for normal development. In this thesis, the effects of lack of integrin subunitβ1 on matrix deposition and on skeletal muscle development were studied. READ MORE

  7. 15. The Politics of Social Networks : Interpersonal Trust and Institutional Change in Post-Communist East Germany

    Author : Astrid Hedin; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; East Germany; PDS; SED; feminism; gender; political party; communicative action; logic of appropriateness; garbage-can decision-making; interpersonal trust; institutional change; social network; new institutionalism; structuration; Giddens; path-dependence; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Abstract : New institutionalist approaches are inherently weak at accounting for institutional change. In this book, social network analysis is proposed as a key to institutional change. The social network perspective focuses emergent patterns of interpersonal interaction and the resulting ties of interpersonal trust. READ MORE