Browsing Master theses by Title
Now showing items 41-60 of 2159
-
A Study of Incentives and Benefits of Voluntary Disclosure in the Extractive Industry by Companies Listed on the London Stock Exchange
(2006)Over the past few decades, the information contents of many annual reports of companies have increased with voluntary disclosure taking a sizeable portion. The preparation and dissemination of information has huge costs ... -
A study of structural organisational transformation through the lens of an institutional logic perspective
(2019-07-03)The past 40 years a universal trend of privatisation has emerged in the Western world. Privatisation of official authorities is seen as the way to create efficiency and flexibility in organisations. In doing so, ... -
A Swedish MNC'sgovernment strategy in India
(2000)The aim with this thesis is to examine and explore how a Swedish MNC in India can achieve a legitimate position by developing and implementing their government strategy. As India is a multicultural country with many strong ... -
A Swedish Model-Free Implied Volatility Index constructed from OMXS30 options
(2016-05-23)In this paper I construct a model-free implied volatility index, SVIX, from OMXS30 options based on a variance replication technique, independent of any option pricing model. The SVIX index exhibits several stylized ... -
A touch of Integrated Reporting: An exploration of large Swedish companies’ compliance with the IIRC's six capitals
(2016-09-20)Background and problem: In 2013, the IIRC issued a new framework on integrated reporting. Through the framework, the IIRC hopes to accelerate the adoption of integrated reporting around the world. Potential benefits of ... -
A Trend towards Relational Governance Configurations? Governance of labor standards in the Swedish garment industry
(2015-07-10)Abstract Problem Scholars argue that governance studies often fail to incorporate issues related to labor standards within in global value chains (GVCs) and global production networks (GPNs). While studies addressing ... -
A Triple Bottom Line Evaluation of the Impacts of UEFA EURO 2012: The Development of Indicators
(2012-07-11)The vast majority of previous studies of mega-sporting events have had a clear focus on the evaluation of economic or social impacts, although, a need for a more holistic approach has long been acknowledged in academic ... -
A Valuation of the Swedish Real Estate Market. An Autoregressive Distributed Lagged Model Approach.
(2017-07-28)I study the valuation of the Swedish real estate market by using an error correction model (ECM). I estimate an ECM by using an autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL). By choosing an ARDL model, this paper overcomes ... -
A Yield Spread Analysis of the Green Bond Premium and Liquidity in the Swedish Green Bond Market
(2019-07-02)This study investigates green bond premium and liquidity in the Swedish SEK green bond market. Through a matching pair’s methodology with 101 green Swedish SEK Green bonds and conventional counterparts, the yield spread ... -
Abolition of Mandatory Audit and its Effect on Swedish Small Limited Companies from Banks Perspective
(2015-01-20)In November 2010 the Swedish government approved the abolishment legislative proposal of mandatory audit for small limited companies. The changes of regulations led to voluntary audit according to the Swedish Audit Act ... -
Absorbing knowledge:A study of knowledge flows from Nudie Jeans Headquarters to its Australian and South Korean partners
(2014-12-12)Absorptive capacity (AC) has been researched widely and has emerged as a vital aspect in the knowledge transfer process. However, previous studies have identified a deficiency in the development of AC as to how it is ... -
Accessibility of road infrastructure- The role of the road in the Transport System and the Society
(2014-12-11)The roads in Europe are getting more and more congested, and the effects are a problem for many stakeholders, including the society as a whole. At the same time increasing road capacity is both costly and risks increasing ... -
Accounting Communication in Life’s Largest Investment: The role of the annual report in a purchasing situation of a housing apartment
(2016-09-20)Background and problem: Purchase of a housing apartment is a situation where a private individual, often an inexperienced user of accounting information assess the financial state of affairs of a housing association by ... -
Accounting for own shares - An analysis of a new equity instrument in Sweden-
(2001)The possibility for companies to repurchase and hold own shares has been forbidden in Sweden for more than a century. On March 10th, 2000, the Swedish government abolished this prohibition and companies now have the ... -
Accounting for Research and Development Cost - Its influence on the earnings and stock prices of companies
(2007-07-19)Despite the increase in the global trend in R&D cost especially in the manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries, the two main standards setting bodies still maintain controversial treatment of this intangible. This ... -
ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS
(2003)Stock-based compensation plans are now a common feature of employee remuneration, not just for directors and senior executives, but for many other employees as well. However, regardless of the increasing use of ... -
Accounting Harmonization in ASEAN
(2002)Accounting harmonization is becoming a big issue in the ASEAN region, since the ASEAN countries are now facing the globalization era, where the interest of international business and investment becomes greater for this ... -
Accounting Policies Setting of Internally Developed Software and its Subsequent - Expenditures in The Traditional Production Organisations
(2022-06-30)Background: In recent decades, technologies have overlapped with many traditional products. The competition is no longer limited to the quality of the products but also to the level of technology used in the products. ... -
Accounting Treatment of Goodwill under IFRS in the EU: The impact of enforcement
(2014-10-07)Background and problem: The switch-over from amortization to impairment of goodwill assets led to increased levels of reported goodwill in Sweden. When the US made a similar switch it did not see a similar rise in reported ... -
Achieving Rationality in Decision Making A perspective of purchasing with inter-organisational relationships
(2016-09-20)The thesis is to provide how decisions are made in an organisation relating to practice of purchasing with a qualitative research approach. Organisational decisions have impacts on networks, such impacts are also discussed. ...