Essays about: "Border study"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 547 essays containing the words Border study.

  1. 1. Spatial Stories of Peace. The case of the Greater Gola Landscape.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Nicholas Eklund; [2024]
    Keywords : spatial theory; Liberia; Sierra Leone; environmental peacebuilding; conservation; case study; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis follows the interdisciplinary tradition that exists in global studies by performing a spatial analysis of the imaginary of peace(s) and conservation as a practice of peace(s) and thus contributing to the fields of environmental peacebuilding, peace- and conflict studies, and geography. The thesis has its theoretical starting point in environmental peacebuilding and is drawing and building on spatial theory as a way of understanding the construction of peace(s) in the context of the Greater Gola Landscape, straddling the border of Sierra Leone and Liberia. READ MORE

  3. 2. The maritime dispute between Türkiye and Greece and its impact on government policy.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Karl Jakob Ljung; [2024]
    Keywords : Greece; Türkiye; Aegean Sea; Eastern Mediterranean; Exclusive economic zone; Maritime borders; Territorial seas; Continental shelf;

    Abstract : This paper sought to analyse which underlying motives impacted the stances and policies taken by Greece and Türkiye regarding their disputed maritime border. The maritime border consists of two distinct areas, the Aegean Sea, and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. READ MORE

  4. 3. Beyond borders and barriers: A qualitative study of foreign direct investment and its effect on knowledge transfer in Rwanda

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Linnea Helgegren; Astrid Viktorsson; [2024]
    Keywords : Knowledge transfer; Absorptive capacity; Social integration mechanisms; Foreign direct investment; Developing country;

    Abstract : Foreign direct investment has been considered to provide an avenue for knowledge transfer between investors and entrepreneurs. However, few studies have investigated what capacities influence the quality of cross-border knowledge transfer. READ MORE

  5. 4. Currency and Valuation Effects on Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Filip Vennerström; Madeleine Peters; [2024]
    Keywords : Firm valuation; Cross-Border M A; Foreign Direct Investment; Currency Devaluation and M A; Exchange Rate Impact and M A;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the impact of micro- and macroeconomic factors on cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) decisions, focusing on the influence of currency movements and firm valuations. Employing a quantitative approach, it examines foreign investors' attitudes towards economies with depreciating currencies, hypothesizing that firms in financially stronger countries are more likely to acquire firms in weaker economies. READ MORE

  6. 5. BETWEEN ABORTION TOURISM AND TRANSNATIONAL ABORTION ACTIVISM The impact of Polish abortion legislation on the CEE region

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Zuzana Žuborová; [2023-10-20]
    Keywords : Social movements; Abortion tourism; Transnational abortion activism; Abortion legislation; Abortion rights; Women s rights; Poland; Slovakia; Czech Republic;

    Abstract : This master’s thesis examines the implications of current abortion legislation in Poland on civil society in neighbouring countries, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), namely the Czech and Slovak Republic. Poland recently passed a strict abortion law that has led to widespread protests and transnational activism. READ MORE