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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 28 uppsatser innehållade orden Jan Back.

  1. 6. Nirvana via App-store : Hur Sam Harris ompaketerat dzogchen-buddhism till sekulär mindfulness

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Religionshistoria

    Författare :Jan Wallentin; [2021]
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    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to study how Sam Harris has reinterpreted the meaning of some central buddhist concepts to fit within the contemporary discourse of secular mindfulness. To do this, the discourse analytical method of Laclau and Mouffe has been used. LÄS MER

  3. 7. A study incorporating skewness in Expected Shortfall Estimation

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Sreeja Madhavi Prajeesh; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Value at Risk; Expected shortfall; normal distribution; student t-distribution; skewed student t-distribution.; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : Expected Shortfall has become a prominent risk measure after the global financial crisis which hit the economy in 2007. This master thesis examines whether Expected Shortfall (ES) estimation gives better estimates when we incorporate skewness and the impact during turbulent versus tranquil period. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Path Dependency in European Defense : Case study on decision-making regarding domestic military sectors in light of simultaneous NATO and EU memberships

    Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Jan Philipp Fritsche; [2021]
    Nyckelord :defense; international defense cooperation; NATO; European Union; historical institutionalism; path dependency; military sector;

    Sammanfattning : After decades in which NATO epitomized the central forum towards the pursuit of European defense, a progressing integration and enlargement process of the European Union’s defense sector has catalyzed a debate about the future of the European defense and security architecture. The implementation of collective EU defense structures like the Permanent Structured Cooperation in 2017 aggravated concerns about a duplication of needs for military and defense capabilities and consequently a diminishing role of NATO, particularly among non-EU NATO states. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Digitalization of the finance function and hybridisation in departmental battles: a multiple exploratory case study

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Författare :Jan Havelka; Carl-Henrik Källroos; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Digitalization; Finance function; Accounting systems; Hybridisation;

    Sammanfattning : In this paper, we investigate technology advancements and their impact on the finance function, more specifically, we are focusing on the digitalization of the finance function. Previous literature on accounting information systems and later enterprise resource planning systems find that opportunities as well as challenges arise when companies are adopting new systems and processes. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Stora torget i Uppsala : en studie om användning och upplevelse

    Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Författare :Hanna Backmann; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Experiential Landscape Approach; det offentliga rummet; mänsklig aktivitet; observation; Stora torget; torg;

    Sammanfattning : Diskussionen om den sociala aspekten av stadsplanering är ständigt aktuell. I stadskärnorna är parkerna och torgen viktiga offentliga ytor där människor kan mötas, men torgens funktion har varierat under historien. Vad fyller torgen egentligen för funktion idag? Jag har i min uppsats undersökt Stora torget i Uppsala. LÄS MER