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The Value Match, a qualitative study of two Swedish organisations’ cultural strength
(2014-07-01)
This study focuses on organisations’ cultural strengths. It aims to provide insight into
factors that matter for an organisation’s cultural strength, which is investigated by
looking at two Swedish organisations. In ...
How to Create a Sustainable Supply of Goods - NPOs´Impact on Peruvian Cocoa Farmers´Quality of Life
(2014-09-23)
In order to create a sustainable supply of goods, there is a need for improving
the producers’ quality of life. Within cocoa production in Peru, one of the
major challenges for securing a future supply is that the next ...
Capitalization of software development costs -a comparison between EU and U.S.
(2014-06-09)
Background: The world is moving towards a knowledge-based, rather than
manufacturing-based, industry. During the last decade both EU and U.S. have
increased their R&D spending, especially for software development. ...
Governance Disclosures According to IIRC's Integrated Reporting Framework -Are Annual Reports of Swedish Listed Companies in Line with the Framework?
(2014-06-24)
Background and problem - Integrated reporting is a hot topic today and is predicted to be the future of companies’ external reporting. In December 2013 a new framework on integrated reporting was released and one part of ...
Leadership in Organizational Change. The leader’s role in an organizational change : a case study at Lantmäteriet
(2014-07-01)
In today’s society organizational changes have become more and more common. Organizations need to change or die and the only constant is change. That is what caught my attention before this study and made me curious. I ...
The existence of low balling on the Swedish audit market -A study of companies listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm that voluntarily changed audit firm 2002-2010
(2014-06-05)
Background and Problem: The lack of auditor independence is discussed being one
of the reasons to scandals such as Enron and HQ. A pricing strategy that has been
debated impairing auditor independence is low balling. To ...
GRI Reporting -A study of Listed Companies' GRI Reporting on Corruption
(2014-08-04)
Background and Problem: Earlier studies have indicated discrepancies regarding companies’ ability to
report in line with the GRI guidelines. Also, corruption has become a prominent managerial issue to
handle, thus it is ...
Progressive Depreciation in Housing Cooperative Associations –A case study on norm setters’ and practitioners’ arguments in a debate
(2014-06-17)
Background and Problem: The question of whether or not progressive depreciation on buildings in housing cooperative associations (HCAs) should be allowed is something that has been discussed for years. Assuming that the ...
Usefulness of financial reports –A study of the information need in banks’ credit assessment
(2014-06-19)
Background and problem: Financial reports are created for the users as decision support. Stakeholders are often subjects to information asymmetry. Banks represent one of the primary stakeholders and financiers of a company, ...
Teachers in Focus - Experiences regarding demands of accountability from influencing actors
(2014-06-13)
Degree
project
in
Business
Administration
for
Master
of
Science
in
Business
and
Economics,
30.0
credits
University
of
Gothenburg,
School
of
Economics,
Business
and
Law.
Spring
term
2014
Hanna
...