Sökning: "financial services sector"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 48 avhandlingar innehållade orden financial services sector.

1. 1. Corporate Social Responsibility in the Swedish Financial Services Sector : Translating an Idea into Practice

   Författare :Pauline Göthberg; Kent Eriksson; Lars Hallén; Lars Strannegård; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational institutionalism; translation; CSR; financial services sector; Sweden; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on how popular ideas in society influence corporate behavior, as corporations adapt to normative ideas in society in order to achieve legitimacy. However, we need more knowledge about how ideas influence organizations and what happens when ideas enter in an organizational context. LÄS MER

3. 2. Legal Aspects of Conflicts of Interest in the Financial Services Sector in the EU and China : The XYZ of Norm-making

   Författare :Kelly Chen; Jan Kleineman; Jessika van der Sluijs; Ross Cranston; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conflicts of interest; investment services; EU financial regulation; MIFID II; Chinese financial regulation; Chinese law; soft law; intressekonflikter; finansiella marknader; EU finansmarknadsreglering; kinesisk finansmarknadsreglering; kinesisk rätt; Private Law; civilrätt;

   Sammanfattning : The dissertation is an analysis of financial services firms’ duty to manage the conflicts of interest that can arise within the scope of the firm-client relationship in the financial services sectors in the EU and China. Three services in particular are used as examples, namely buying and selling shares in companies on behalf of clients, investment advisory, and individual portfolio management in relation to such shares. LÄS MER

4. 3. Financial Activities in European VAT - A Theoretical and Legal Research of the European VAT System and the Actual and Preferred Treatment of Financial Activities

   Författare :Oskar Henkow; Institutionen för handelsrätt; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Directive; consumption taxation; indirect taxation; EC law; European Union; banking; financial activities; VAT; Financial services; value added tax; European VAT; Industrial and commercial law; Associationsrätt; handelsrätt;

   Sammanfattning : Value added tax (VAT) is a key part of the fiscal revenue of many countries. Yet this broad-based tax on consumer spending exempts financial services. This seems puzzling to many, particularly given the significance of that sector and the size of its value-added in today's world economy. LÄS MER

5. 4. Socialtjänsten och familjen : socialarbetares konstruktion av familj och insatser i familjerelaterad komplexitet

   Författare :Ahmet Gümüscü; Evelyn Khoo; Lennart Nygren; Sven Trygged; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; complex needs; complexity; family-based social work; social services; social workers; Sweden; focus groups; vignettes;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to describe and analyse how social workers in Swedish social services define “family” and handle complexity when they work with families, and especially “families with complex needs” as the target of their interventions. Whereas families with complex needs can be understood to involve one or more family members having two or more simultaneously occurring needs or problems (e. LÄS MER

7. 5. Essays in finance, trade and politics

   Författare :Helena Svaleryd; Robin Burgess; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial systems; Financial markets; Trade policy; Local government; gender; Sweden; Finansiella marknader; Handelsteori; Handelspolitik; Kommunal ekonomi; genusaspekter; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three essays in economics:Financial markets, industrial specialization and comparative advantage. Evidence from OECD countries. Due to underlying technological and organizational differences, industries differ in their need for external finance. LÄS MER