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Independent and Informed. An analysis of how informed Swedish independent directors are
(2016-09-21)This paper examines how informed independent directors are about the company they serve as a director of. By examining purchases in the firm’s stock reported to the Swedish financial supervision authority we find that ... -
Indirect Bankruptcy Costs: Evidence from Swedish Bankruptcies
(2014-08-20)We estimate direct and indirect bankruptcy costs for 23 traded Swedish firms with completed bankruptcy procedures. We estimate direct costs of bankruptcy to on average 0.81-5.48% of enterprise value prior to financial ... -
Individual genre: how recommendations narrow the scene for music discovery practices
(2021-07-01)There are a growing number of platform business models that offer digital infrastructures that connect various stakeholders, where data, and therefore user engagement, plays a pivotal role in sustaining and evolving the ... -
Industrial brand management in central and eastern Europe
(2000)Branding is a new phenomenon to people in Central and Eastern Europe.Their Communist past did not address concerns such as branding. Western companies doing business in those countries have to have a thorough understanding ... -
Industrial Internet of Things; How technology providers capture a competitive edge by analyzing the Business Model Environment
(2017-09-13)Technological development and innovations have over centuries triggered Industrial Revolutions that have transformed industries. Our society, and not at least the manufacturing sector, is facing a progressive digitalization ... -
Industry Brands and Enchantment: How Disenchantment of the Mental Health App Industry Brand Influences Companies Within the Industry
(2022-08-04)Enchantment is at the heart of most marketing and branding operations, therefore, there is reason to believe it is part of the broader picture of the more unexplored concept of industry brands. To study how enchantment ... -
Industry dependent performance of initial public offerings
(2019-07-02)We analyze abnormal returns of initial public offerings (IPOs) in different industries from 2007 to 2015 in the main Swedish markets. We find that IPOs outperform a sample of matching firms from the initial time period (first ... -
Industry Maturity’s Influence on the Viability of Innovation- and Imitation-oriented Strategies - Assessing how elements of industry life cycles influence the viability of innovation and imitation-oriented strategies and its impact on industry development pace - A Qualitative Cross-sectional Study on the Cultured Meat Industry
(2022-08-18)There is extensive literature on the topic of first-mover advantages, not only with regards to whether such advantages exist or not, but also with regards to their sources. However, there is a scarce amount of research ... -
Influence of Digitalization on business model innovation in the Internationalization Process of SMEs
(2021-06-28)In the changing business environment characterized by the emergence of modern digital technologies, SMEs are in a great need of innovating their business models in order to remain competitive in this digital era. Moreover, ... -
The Influence of the Green-Feminine Stereotype - Understanding Cis Men’s Motivational Representation and Gender Identity Performance in the Context of Pro-Environmental Consumption
(2022-08-04)The role of gender in shaping attitudes toward pro-environmental consumption is understudied and an enhanced understanding of the issue is called for by multiple scholars. Previous literature point to a green-feminine ... -
Influencer promotional codes’ impact on returns - A trigger for impulse buying behaviour
(2021-06-15)The aim of this research was to explore if the effect of impulse buying on returns is impacted by social media and the usage of influencer promotional codes. Moreover, to explore what possible managerial implications ... -
Influencing factors on the implementation and integration of strategic improvement systems in multinational corporations: A case study of Volvo Production System in geographically dispersed subsidiaries within Volvo Group Trucks Powertrain
(2018-07-03)In today's competitive environment companies face the challenges of continuously working towards making their operations more efficient and effective in pursuance to remain a competitive advantage. In order to cultivate ... -
Influential factors of experiential outdoor consumption - A qualitative study investigating the experiences and perceptions of experiential outdoor consumers
(2022-09-13)Researchers agree on the harm materialistic values and consumption have on consumers’ well-being in society today (Black, 2010; Goldsmith & Clark, 2012; Isenhour & Black, 2010; Muñiz-Velázquez et al., 2017; Pieters, 2013; ... -
Informal Payments for Health Care and their Implications on Patient Welfare
(2012-07-24)Corruption in the healthcare sector is a widespread problem in many countries. Empirical research has shown that petty corruption is especially endemic in healthcare, perhaps due to the importance of health to human ... -
Informality meets Formality: When Management’s and Employees’ Practices of Knowledge Sharing Diverge
(2016-09-20)Knowledge sharing, as a significant part of knowledge management, is a difficult but important objective for organisations to achieve. Previous research in this field calls for more attention to knowledge sharing in an ... -
Information Asymmetry and Discretionary Accounting in European Banks
(2016-09-15)Recent theoretical research suggests that information risk is a non-diversifiable risk factor and should therefore affect the cost of capital of the individual firm. This study investigates this notion for listed European ... -
Information Dissemination and Active Citizenship: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
(2018-10-08)Information constraints are seen as serious impediments to the ability of citizens to hold politicians accountable. In this thesis, I study an intervention in Uganda where scorecards describing the performance of local ... -
Information Systems Are Only as Good as the People Behind Them Information systems and their impact on logistics performance in a multinational manufacturing company
(2016-07-04)Over the past years, information and information systems (IS) have become increasingly important for manufacturing companies’ overall logistics performance. Information and value-added data runs throughout the company and ... -
Informativeness of Key Audit Matter (KAM) Disclosures: An exploratory study of ISA 701 in Sweden
(2018-07-02)In this study, we examine whether Key Audit Matter (KAM) disclosures are informative in the Swedish setting. Financial stakeholders have long criticized the audit report for being too standardized and neither conveying ... -
Inland Waterways and Short Sea Shipping - a feasible alternative for truck transportation in Sweden? - A Case Study of Container Shipping Between Uddevalla and Gothenburg -
(2023-07-03)Within the European Union, Inland Waterway Transportation accounts for the lowest share of goods transport, with only 5.8%. In Sweden, the share is even lower where Inland Waterway Transportation accounts for less than 1% ...