Problem: Should the european Competition law be used as a integrationfriendly tool? Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to analyse wheather europena Competition law should be govenrned by the aim of integrating the european market. Method: A traditional swedish law method har been used. Result: My conclusion is that marketintegration in itself should not be the only aim when applying european Competition law..

The Competition for the beach promenade in Helsingborg was announced in 2001 and was arranged by the city of Helsingborg. My contribution to the Competition represents the main part of my thesis in the Landscape Architecture Programme. The Competition entry is based on the concept of crossing screens of vertical elements which connect the pattern and structure of the city to the beach and the water. The different materials and designs of the screens relate to the various characters of the different parts of the area and they form a sequence and uniting theme along the beach. In addition to the Competition entry which was made in 2001, the thesis contains a second part, made in the spring of 2006. It consists of an Introduction with the Competition programme and a description of the starting points, a part called Method where the process is described, and the Conclusion with reflections on the Competition entry and the process where I also introduce and comment on some other projects which in different ways have are connected to my concept. .

The fundamental prohibitions against anti-competitive agreements and abuse of a dominant position are set out in the EC Treaty, articles 81 and 82 respective CL 6 and 19 §. EU: s objectives can be said to promote economic and social development within the community. These objectives will be achieved, among other things, through the establishment of a common internal market. In order to achieve a common market, where companies from different nations compete on equal conditions, it is not enough to prevent the member states from distortion of Competition in the market. The free Competition and thereby the advantages the common market is assumed to create, can also be limited through measures taken by companies.

The hotel industry in Stockholm is characterized by intense Competition, and within the next couple of years the construction of a number new hotels is planed. As the number of hotels in Stockholm increase, the Competition will increase and the importance of having well functioning strategies will become vital. The purpose of this essay is to examine how two hotels within the hotel industry in Stockholm experience and handle the Competition. The two hotels that are included in the study are Clarion Hotel Stockholm and Scandic Continental. The essay derives from models and theories that are related to marketing and Competition.

Couch grass (Elymus repens (L.) Gould) is a severe weed in Sweden, and since both the use of herbicides and cultivation should be decreased, it will become increasingly problematic to control couch. The present work is meant to, by literature studies and an experiment, give some answers to the question if cutting and Competition can depress the growth of couch. The experiment was carried out in the growing season 2001 at Ultuna, Uppsala, in plastic boxes. The design was three-factorial randomised complete blocks. The factors were plant combination, nitrogen level and cutting strategy.

The Swedish food retail market contains of three major actors, ICA, KF and Axfood, all in all dominating 75 percent of the total market shares. The scant number of retailing actors indicates that the Swedish food retail market is a highly concentrated oligopoly, which as a fact has given rise to definite discussions and argumentations concerning the market situation. But is the food retail market imperfect and how do we reach a workable Competition? Economic theory does not provide any clear answer on these questions, but is rather divided into two fundamentally different approaches to define Competition: the static and the dynamic perspective on Competition. In an attempt to examine the Competition on local Swedish retail markets, the purpose of this study is to carry out an econometric model estimating the situation.

Recent studies have reemphasized the importance of Competition in democracy. An ideaoriginating from Weber: that demoeratic Competition leads to more qualified leaders, has been resurrected. Research shows that democracies are more Iikely to elect leaders with a high leve l of education, and with in demoeratic states stronger Competition correlates with elected politicians with higher education, more political experience and higher previous income. This study researehes whether the earrelation between greater Competition and electedcandirlates with higher "Curriculum vitae-qualities" holds between electoral systems. Does a more competitive electoral system elect candirlates that score higher on such measures? Using education as a proxy forthese qualities the study traces different outcomes on education in a mixed electoral system, camparing the majoritarian (more competitive) part of the electoral system with the prop011ional (less competitive) part.

Abstract One of the essential conditions of the co-operating within the EU is that homogeneous conditions of Competition prevail within the entire common market. The Competition policy in the EU should guarantee that the Competition is not distorted in a way that would prevent or create difficulties for the free mobility of goods and services between the member countries. The policy of Competition should also guarantee that no new protectionistic obstacles will be formed, regardless of if it is being done by actions taken by member countries or as a result of actions taken by companies in order to set limits to the Competition. Companies putting to an abuse their dominant position on the common market, or on a substantial part of it, is irreconcilable with the idea of the common market in case it could interfere with the trading between member countries, and is thus prohibited. The purpose of this dissertation is to describe the collective dominance from the view of the commission's interpretation of the practice of article 82 in the EG - treaty.

In the profession of architects there is an element called architectural Competitions, where several architects compete in submitting the best solution for a certain task. In this master?s thesis I am studying the competitor?s perspective of an international architectural Competition, while at the same time gaining experiences for my future career as a landscape architect. The aim of this thesis is to through an introspection of my own process examine a competitors view of the international architectural Competition and how to approach the difficulties concerning international Competitions. Through that I hope obtain experience about the international Competition as part of the profession of landscape architects and other involved professions. To examine a competitor?s reflection of an international Competition, I entered and competed in LE:NOTRE Student Competition, a Competition for students where the task was to develop 25 kilometers of complex urban periphery along a chain of natural and artificial lakes in Bucharest, Romania.

Abstract Title: Benefit from Competition ? An analysis of the consequences of Stopplagen for the Swedish health care market Author: Cecilia Halldelius Tutor: Carl Hampus Lyttkens Date: 2005-09-05 Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to examine how the new legislation for the health care market, primarily the anti-profit-legislation, will affect the Competition in the Swedish health care market. Method: The thesis is based on literary studies. By combining theories and empirics regarding the health care market, Competition and profit, a deeper understanding of the aspects important for the chosen subject, is created. Combined with official reports and the new legislation, an analysis is formed.

The purpose of this essay was to find out how violin students apprehend their tuition and if it is possible to achieve good results without negative comparison or Competition.The examination is based on eight in-depth interviews with violin students between 8 and19 years of age. All of the students had a strong will to develop and to feel satisfied with their achievements. Almost all of them agree that some degree of comparison and Competition between violin students does exist. Although some of the students had seen negative sides of such Competition, they agree on comparison as a good thing as long as it´s positive..

Syftet med uppsatsen är att bidra med ökad förståelse för hur företag agerar i en premarket Competition situation genom att identifiera de strategier företag använder sig av. Detta ska ske genom att undersöka det pågående standardkrig som utspelas mellan operativsystem för mobiltelefoner på mobiltelefonmarknaden. Denna magisteruppsats är en kvalitativ studie. Den består av fem mindre fallstudier, minicases, av Symbian, Microsoft, Palmsource, SavaJe och Linux. Baserat på teorier om premarket Competition, strategilogik och den nya ekonomin, värde och strategiska allianser har vi utvecklat en teoretisk referensram som testas och diskuteras i en analys för att bidra med ökad förståelse för premarket Competition.

This paper is the result of a study of Competition and cooperation in regard to tourism between the five largest municipalities in Norrland in northern Sweden. The municipalities are Luleå, Skellefteå, Umeå, Sundsvall and Gävle. The aim was to study the relation between Competition and cooperation between these municipalities. An important theoretical aspect in this study is coopetition, where Competition and cooperation occur at the same time. The studies on coopetition in the Nordic kontext is limited and the main literature on coopetition study the relationship between firms. This study however takes a geographical standpoint and aims to fill the gap in the literature on how Competition and cooperation are connected to each other between chosen municipalities. To do this the tourism strategies of the municipalities were studied thoroughly. These written strategies provided information about how the municipalities view their competitive advantages and disadvantages and some general information about how they cooperate with the nearest regions. To find out how the municipalities think about Competition and cooperation with the other four specific municipalities interviews were made with experts on the tourism field in each municipality. The results show that the municipalities do not have established strategies for how they are to be competitive compared with other specific municipalities. They do not see it as profitable to compete, instead they should complement each other. At the same time however, most of the municipalities mostly cooperate with municipalities in a short distance from them, and due to lack of resources only briefly or not at all with the municipalities studied here..

This is a final project which makes up 20 credits at the Landscapearchitecture programme at SLU in Alnarp. The thesis is design based. My final project is comprised two parts; of a Competition entry for ? A New Square in the Centre of Täby? as well as a theoretical study that derives from the Competition proposal. The competiton itself was announced on March 1st 2007 with the final hand-in date on May 28th 2007. The program of the Competition asked for a flexible urban square that offers a diverse range of activities that can be used during both night and day, all year around. I became interested in the term ?mutlifunctionality? and I went on to use the subject as a base for my design approach.

Predatory pricing is one of the most frequently discussed topics in Competition law and should be considered both from a legal and economic perspective. The concept of predatory pricing can bedescribed as a situation where a company is pricing at a level that, according to the assessment theories, is unreasonably low. The problems with this type of conduct arises when the low prices hinder Competition. A company which uses predatory pricing will likely deter rivals entry to the market or drive the existing ones out of it. In the long run, the effects on Competition will likely be higher prices which will hurt customers and consumers as well as Competition.