Essays about: "Willingness to defend"

Found 5 essays containing the words Willingness to defend.

  1. 1. What impacts one's willingness to defend? A study of the influence of military training in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Aron Björk; [2023]
    Keywords : Conscription; Military training; Willingness to defend;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the effect of military training on one's willingness to defend by answering the question: How does military training influence the likelihood of people expressing (or having) a willingness to defend one's country? Using difference-in-differences and IV approaches within a linear probability model framework, it exploits two exogenous variations in conscription policy on new survey data in Sweden. First, conscription has almost exclusively covered men, leaving two distinct groups. READ MORE

  3. 2. On rough terrain: Islands and Violence

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Nora Nijboer; [2022]
    Keywords : Island disputes; strategic locations; violent escalation; interstate disputes; territorial conflict;

    Abstract : Although island disputes have returned to the geopolitical theatre on a small scale, to date, virtually no previous research on territorial interstate island disputes and violent escalation exists. This paper argues that when an island is positioned in a strategic location, because of its unique attacking, defending, and trade capabilities this may induce a willingness towards- and eventual use of violence in the attempt to conquer or defend the territory. READ MORE

  4. 3. National Brand Positioning in the Swedish Meat Market : How to maintain a price premium

    University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Maxime Rigaud; Tianlin Shao; [2012]
    Keywords : National brands; private labels; price premiums; positioning; meat;

    Abstract : A global trend of decreased Willingness to pay(WTP) price premiums for national brands prevails.In this paper, the authors shed light on how national brands(NBs) can best defend their pricepremiums towards Private labels(PLs). READ MORE

  5. 4. Union citizenship version 2.0

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Emily Edlund Josephson; [2012]
    Keywords : Rottman; Free movement; Union citizenship; EU-law; Zambrano; L; S; O; Iida; McCarthy; Dereci; EU-rätt; Fri rörlighet; Edlund Josephson; Unionsmedborgarskap; EU-medborgarskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In a series of fascinating cases decided in 2011, the CJEU modified its classical approach to the scope of application of EU law in the areas of free movement of persons and Union citizenship. The “Zambrano rule” is a narrow exception to the well-known rule of the “purely internal situation”. READ MORE

  6. 5. Premium Retail Brands in the Food Retail Industry : A Customer Based Study of ICA Selection

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Susanne Husberg; Jessica Ljung; [2009]
    Keywords : Premium products; brand equity; brand strategies; retail brands; ICA; premium brands;

    Abstract : This study concerns retail brands in the food retail industry and focuses on premium products. The research is investigating how ICA can best use premium products to increase their profitability. READ MORE