Essays about: "Nick Larsson"
Found 2 essays containing the words Nick Larsson.
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1. Care to Specialise? A Swedish Study on the Effects of PE Ownership and PE Specialisation Strategies on Company Operating Performance
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This thesis examines whether PE-backed companies experience a superior development in operating performance compared to non-PE-backed companies and how a relatively strong investment focus amongst PE firms, with respect to a particular industry or the buyout investment stage, affects investee operating performance. To conduct the analysis, we use a data sample of 122 Swedish PE investments over the period 2008-2015 and an equally large matched sample of non-PE-backed companies. READ MORE
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2. Within the Interpretation of Dreams : A Freudian Reading of Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity
University essay from Sektionen för lärarutbildning (LUT)Abstract : “To be, or not to be” surely constitutes a strange walk on the tight rope between delusion and reality, and apparently, Robert Fleming is a man with immense problems. Who is Ziggy Stardust, and who is Stephen Dedalus? Is it relevant to claim that there is more of David Bowie’s true personality inside Ziggy than of, for instance Charles Dickens’ great expectations within Pip? By examining Nick Hornby’s novel High Fidelity and it’s main character from a Freudian perspective using Freud’s theories and ideas of the oedipal concept, this is basically a plain attempt in search for a better psychological knowledge and understanding of the musical world of illusion, which finally ends up in a serious effort to interpret the true and inner meanings of Rob’s dreams and personality. READ MORE
