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  1. 1. Improving land tenure security by increasing access?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Freeman Gunnell; [2023]
    Keywords : land tenure security; international institutions; World Bank; legal tenure systems; customary tenure; exclusion; access; policy discourse.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Securing access to land around the world is an issue that pervades many development agendas. Often promoted through legal and administrative systems, secure land tenure is used in the battle against poverty and to reduce land based conflict. Conceptualizations of secure tenure tend to differ between international institutions and academia. READ MORE

  3. 2. Socioeconomic inequalities in health and the effect of social relationships : A mediation analysis on Swedish adolescents

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Melinda Asplund; [2022]
    Keywords : Socioeconomic status; SES; health; self-rated health; social relationships; social networks; Swedish adolescents; children; mediation analysis; HBSC;

    Abstract : Opportunities to be and remain healthy are unequally distributed across socioeconomic groups and emerge and widen throughout childhood and adolescence. This thesis seeks to answer if social relationships are one of the mechanisms that operate in the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and health among Swedish adolescents, using the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey round 2009/10. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mining geosocial data from Flickr to explore tourism patterns: The case study of Athens

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Domna Kanari; [2021]
    Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; GIS; Spatial Analysis; Spatial Clustering; Density-Based Clustering; HDBSCAN; Web-GIS; Tourism footprints; Social Media data; Geosocial data; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Kanari Domna Mining geosocial data from Flickr to explore tourism patterns: The case study of Athens Social media are providing a new type of geo-tagged data that by processing them, new types of knowledge can be generated and used by decision-makers in different areas including tourism. It includes e.g. READ MORE

  5. 4. The role of networks in a Swedish medium-sized pharmaceutical firm’s internationalization process

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Greta Lyckenblad; Lina Nygren; [2020-02-13]
    Keywords : Internationalization; networks; utilizing networks; pharmaceutical firm; medium-sized company; SME;

    Abstract : Today pharmaceuticals are the fifth largest export product in Sweden, whereas SMEs are the motor of innovation within the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceutical firms face several challenges, as high product development costs, high entry barriers due to institutional legal frameworks and slow return of investments, during their internationalization. READ MORE

  6. 5. Håga in context – An analysis of the Håga complex in the Bronze Age landscape of the Mälar Valley region

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Rachel Elliott; [2020]
    Keywords : Håga complex; King Björn’s mound; Bronze Age; Middle Sweden; Mälar Valley region; ritual landscapes; ritual practice theory; Hågakomplexet; Kung Björns hög; bronsåldern; Mellansverige; Mälardalen; rituell landskapet; rituellpraktiksteori;

    Abstract : The Bronze Age in Middle Sweden is characterized by several key sites and monuments which have been interpreted by previous research to play an overarching role in the elite ruling system in the Mälar Valley region. King Björn’s mound (a.k.a. READ MORE