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The Link between Corporate Governance and Firm Performance in the Nordic Countries
(2013-07-02)This study aims to explain the link between corporate governance and firm performance in the Nordic countries. We construct a model for 190 Nordic firms with Tobin’s Q as the dependent variable, Corporate Governance Index ... -
THE LINK BETWEEN ETHNIC FRACTIONALIZATION AND CORRUPTION REVISED Ethnic voting in Africa
(2019-08-08)This thesis revisits the relationship between ethnic fractionalization and corruption in Africa. An earlier literature argues that ethnic fractionalization leads to corruption via mechanisms involving ethnic favoritism. ... -
The link between ownership structure and firm performance Evidence from Sweden’s listed companies
(2005)This thesis explores the link between ownership structure and firm performance among Sweden’s listed companies. The data collected for this research is for the period 1999-2003 and the sample consists of 87 companies. ... -
The link to lending: Blockchain Selecting what type of blockchain to deploy for a cooperative lending platform
(2018-07-04)A new foundational technology is emerging expected to bear great impact and reshape the financial industry. This technology is called blockchain. Further, blockchain is challenging the status quo of business models by ... -
The linkage between liquidity management and capital structure- a comparative analysis essay between real estate and IT companies in Sweden
(2016-09-05)This thesis tries to contribute to corporate finance through the study of the link between liquidity and capital structure of two different sectors in Sweden. The link between liquidity and capital structure is ambiguous ... -
The Local Government Audit a study of the effects expected from the new legislation Healthy Finances
(2005)Background and problem: The Swedish municipalities and county councils have from the beginning of the 1990s been burdened with extensive financial problems. As a result of the municipalities and county councils poor ... -
The local perspective of tourism development in Ticuantepe - Residents’ pre-perceptions of future tourism development in a Nicaraguan municipality
(2014-06-26)Nicaraguan tourism has accelerated with more than 300 % over the last 15 years and this increase can make sustainable tourism, which nowadays is highly recommended in tourism studies, more difficult to achieve. One reason ... -
The local-turn critique and its implications: A case study of Cambodia and East-Timor
(2017-11-30)Inspired by recent criticism of liberal peacebuilding and the academic debate revolving around the effect of the local-turn on peacebuilding operations, this thesis aims to leave the general realm of the debate behind and ... -
The long-term effects of CAPEX, R&D and acquisition expenditure on stock returns
(2018-07-04)We regress R&D expenditures, CAPEX and the cash-flow of acquisition on a quarterly basis on the stock market excess return of stocks included in the Russel 3000 index. Acquisitions are statistically significant in a model ... -
The long-term effects of Underwater Archaeological Parks on the Preservation of Underwater Cultural Heritage. An Overview
(2018-06-27)The 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) indicates preservation in situ as a first option and encourages public access unless it is incompatible with protection and management. ... -
The loudest whisper in society: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice in regards to sexual health of Transgender male to female in Kathmandu, Nepal
(2013-07-04)The main purpose of this study is to explore some of the knowledge, attitudes, practice and experience of the transgender in this study in regards to their sexuality and sexual practice. This also includes their experience ... -
The lovely complex of domestication and foreignization:A case study of the manga Love ★ Com's translation
(2015-02-19)This study brings forth issues that can arise in the translation from Japanese to English. With a focus on specific cultural values that exist in the Japanese language, namely dialect and politeness will be covered in the ... -
The Low Leverage Decisions of Knowledge based Firms - An empirical study of the impact of employees' risk preferences on the firm's capital structure decisions
(2014-07-02)A distinctive trait of knowledge-based companies is their dependency on the competence and contribution of their employees. They are commonly structured as partnership firms and tend to have a low amount of tangible ... -
The Low Risk Anomaly Evidence from Sweden
(2015-07-13)This paper finds that the low risk anomaly is present on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm during January 2005 until December 2014. The result has been produced with a survivorship bias-free sample, consisting of 25 108 firm-month ... -
The M&A Due Diligence Process in Ukraine vs. Sweden A Comparative Case Study
(2020-05-05)An essential part of a successful merger or acquisition (M&A) lies in proper due diligence of high quality. Ukraine has, compared to Sweden, had some struggle with political issues and business culture of lower transparency ... -
The Machines are Coming Non-parametric methods and bankruptcy prediction - An artificial neural network approach
(2016-09-09)Prediction of corporates bankruptcies is a topic that has gained more importance in the last two decades. Improvement in data accessibility makes the topic of bankruptcy prediction models a widely studied area. This study ... -
THE MAGIC FORMULA - EN UTVÄRDERING AV EN FUNDAMENTAL INVESTERINGSSTRATEGI PÅ DEN SVENSKA AKTIEMARKNADEN
(2019-02-18)This thesis examines the predictive powers of the basic stock picking model, The Magic Formula (MF), as well as the modified version of the model, The Free-Cash-Flow augmented Magic Formula (MF-CF) as suggested by Davydov, ... -
The Main Step -The Effects on Institutional Ownership of Moving from First North to The Swedish Main List
(2018-06-25)Since NASDAQ’s alternative market place First North was first launched in 2006, many firms have considered the option of taking the next step to the Swedish main exchange – the Stockholm stock exchange. While the alternative ... -
The mainstream effect - A critical study on leadership development
(2019-07-03)This paper critically examines the effect that mainstream leadership ideas have on the leadership development initiatives in a highly technical, engineering dominated, Swedish public sector organisation. Through 28 interviews ... -
The Management Control System Package of IKEA Bäckebol -a Case Study
(2010-08-24)Background and problem: In an article from 1984, Kaplan concluded that the research that had been developed in the area of management accounting and management control from 1925 to that point had little or no influence on ...