Sökning: "corporate governance"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 93 avhandlingar innehållade orden corporate governance.

  1. 21. Corporate Governance, Private Property and Investment

    Författare :Johan Eklund; Per-Olof Bjuggren; Jönköping University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Corporations have become the dominant organizational form in modern market economies, managing vast resources. Corporations are however associated with a number of governance problems. This dissertation deals with these corporate governance issues from an investment perspective. LÄS MER

  3. 22. The Art of Discretion : Essays on Earnings Management, Governance, and Capital Structure

    Författare :Amir Kheirollah; Lars Nordén; Michael Graham; Minna Martikainen-Peltola; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; earnings management; accruals modelling; corporate governance; industry regulation; capital structure; bounded rationality; substitution effect; complement effect; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a compilation of three articles on earnings management, governance and capital structure. In addition to these three articles, the introductory chapter establishes the link between these articles and summarizes them.Article I investigates the joint effect of governance mechanisms on earnings management. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Corporate governance and the firm's behaviour towards stakeholders

    Författare :Reimo Juks; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Obey the Law and Do a Little Bit Extra? The paper provides evidence on how firms’ stakeholder orientation is associated with standard measures of corporate governance using a panel of 1778 US companies during the period of 1995-2006. We construct two binary indicators, one measuring stakeholder hostility and the other stakeholder friendliness using data from KLD ratings agency. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Essays in empirical corporate finance and governance

    Författare :Mattias Nilsson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Agency Costs of Controlling Minority Shareholders (coauthored with Henrik Cronqvist) estimates the agency costs of controlling minority shareholders (CMSs) using a panel of Swedish listed firms. CMSs are owners who have a control stake of the firm’s votes while owning only a minority fraction of the firm’s equity. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Ett gemensamt styrelserum : rättsliga förutsättningar för att åstadkomma en jämn könsfördelning genom kvotering

    Författare :Johanna Jers; Görel Granström; Jan Leidö; Katarina Olsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender; gender equality; quota rules; board of directors; boardroom; companies listed on the stock market; EU law; corporate law; company law; Swedish company law; corporate governance; Rättsvetenskap; juridik; EU-rätt; associationsrätt; bolagsrätt; aktiemarknadsrätt; genus; jämställdhet; kvotering; bolagsstyrelser; styrelserum; aktiemarknadsbolag; noterade bolag; bolagsstyrning; Law; juridik;

    Sammanfattning : Many countries have set political goals in order to achieve an equal gender balance on company boards. A common intervention to reach these goals is the introduction of mandatory quota rules. LÄS MER