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1. 1. Capabilities and partnership factors needed to offer product-service systems from a manufacturer-reseller perspective : A Case study of a European truck manufacturer in the Southeast Asian market

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

   Author : John Johansson Malm; Lukas Broman; [2023]
   Keywords : Capabilities; Partnership factors; Product-service system; Servitization; Manufacturer-reseller perspective; Kapabiliteter; partnerskapsfaktorer; PSS; Tjänstefiering; Tillverkare-återförsäljarperspektiv;

   Abstract : Purpose: This study aims to examine what is needed by manufacturers and their resellers in thetruck manufacturing industry that wants to pursue a result-oriented PSS. More specifically, thisstudy aims to answer what capabilities are needed for the actors and address what partnershipfactor is needed for collaboration. READ MORE

3. 2. Gestational diabetes mellitus among foreign-born women in Sweden: A register-based study on the role of income.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap; Stockholms universitet

   Author : Shayla Sharmin; Muhammad Usama; [2023]
   Keywords : Gestational diabetes mellitus; migration; income; country of birth; acculturation; registered-based study.;

   Abstract : Aim:  The present study aimed to determine if foreign-born women from different countries of birth have a greater risk of GDM compared to Swedish-born women and to what extent income might mediate this relationship. Methods: This cross-sectional type study included 835279 women, of which 151,642 were foreign-born and 683637 were Swedish-born women who gave birth to their first singleton child in Sweden between 1997 to 2016. READ MORE

4. 3. The impact of environmental performance on credit ratings

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Marta Celina Brejwo; [2023]
   Keywords : ESG; CSR; Environmental performance; Credit ratings; Credit risk; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper aims to investigate the relationship between environmental performance and credit ratings on the Asian, European, and North American market in the context of the ESG framework over a period of ten years through 2013-2022. Through the usage of primarily POLS and POLS with a fixed year effect model, 242 firms across the different regions are studied on an aggregate level, in terms of being consumer oriented and manufacturing intensive as well as on a regional level in order to explore said relationship. READ MORE

5. 4. Is knowledge like salmon - does it jump upstream? The workings of vertical reverse knowledge flows from emerging market subsidiaries

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Felix Hallgren; Simon Lammgård; [2022-07-05]
   Keywords : Knowledge flows; Reverse knowledge flows; RKF; HQ; Headquarters; subsidiary; HQ-subsidiary; subsidiary-HQ; Emerging market; Asian market; Asian emerging markets;

   Abstract : Purpose – The purpose of this study is to increase the understanding of how reverse knowledge flows from emerging market subsidiaries work and what affects them. Consequently, the study contributes to the global business behavior of MNCs and how to benefit from knowledge within the company network. READ MORE

6. 5. Skill, Scale and Investor Return in Established and Emerging Markets - An empirical study of equity mutual fund performance between markets with contrasting characteristics

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   Author : Olle Fröling; Olle Wingstrand; [2022-06-29]
   Keywords : Equity Mutual Funds; Decreasing Returns to Scale; Alpha; Fund Skill; Fama-French Five-Factor Model; Nordic Equity Funds; Asian Equity Funds; Fixed Effects;

   Abstract : In this report we empirically analyze the effects of returns to scale for equity mutual funds in the Nordic and Asian regions. We also investigate whether or not funds generate alpha (i.e., have skill). READ MORE