Essays about: "glamour"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word glamour.

  1. 1. Infinite surface : An extended reflection on the estrangement of the modern subject

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Mohammad Munib Rehman; [2020]
    Keywords : modernity; estrangement; urban; culture; aesthetics;

    Abstract :   This work is a string of essays that aesthetically frames estrangement as the quintessential experience of modern culture. Accordingly, detachment and distance are themes that persist throughout these essays. They weave their way through the cultural, social, psychological, and spatial dimensions of modern life, but at a tentative remove. READ MORE

  3. 2. The metamorphosis of feelings: Approaching a sensorial visual design based on audible perceptions

    University essay from KTH/Ljusdesign

    Author : Daniel Gallardo Yébenes; [2018]
    Keywords : Transposition of feelings; Sound and light; Multi-sensorial design; Visual spaces; Light and feelings; Human perception; Lighting design; Lighting tools; Transformación de sentimientos; Sonido y luz; Diseño multisensorial; Espacios visuales; Luz y sentimientos; Percepción humana; Diseño de iluminación; Herramientas de iluminación;

    Abstract : Atmospheres, events, feelings, every sensation has its own music. And the human being has been highly educated to feel the glamour of them through the hearing sense. We know how a terrifying situation sounds like; what would be the musical accompaniment for a warzone scenario or what is the perfect piece for getting into a state of relaxation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Performance of Value-Investing Strategies: Swedish Evidence, 2000-2010

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Johan Eklund; [2012-07-25]
    Keywords : Value-investing; valuation ratios; EBITDA EV; FCFF EV; market irrationality; investor overreaction; investor overconfidence;

    Abstract : The main objective of this study is to provide updated empirical evidence on the risk-return performance of “value-investing” portfolio selection strategies in a survivorship bias controlled setting. We cover non-Financial firms publically traded in Sweden during the time period of July 2000 to June 2010. READ MORE

  5. 4. Beating the Swedish Market : A dynamic approach to Value Investing using Modern Portfolio Theory

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi och företagande

    Author : Viktor Karlsson; Emil Nygren; [2012]
    Keywords : Behavioural Finance; Capital Asset Pricing Model; Contrarian; Efficient Market Hypothesis; Glamour stocks; Investment Strategy; Market-to-Book-Value; Minimum-Variance; Modern Portfolio Theory; Risk-adjusted performance; Stock screening; Value stocks;

    Abstract : Previous research has confirmed the existence of a value premium in a wide array of markets and using this value stock anomaly has yielded superior performance. This thesis investigates if one could take advantage of the existence of a value premium to deploy a dynamic investment strategy on the Swedish stock market (OMXS30) with focus on minimizing risk to achieve higher risk adjusted performance than the stock market index. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Glamorous Life of Chanel No. 5 : A contribution to the theory of glamour

    University essay from Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation (JMK)

    Author : Heidi Hautala; [2011]
    Keywords : glamour; Chanel; semiology;

    Abstract : Glamour is an ideal that permeates our highly visual culture, yet the concept still remains indefinite. Despite its highly ideological function, it has been included in the academic discourse only in the recent years. The aim of this study is to broaden the understanding of glamour as a modern phenomenon and elaborate it as an analytical concept. READ MORE