Essays about: "Independent Board Members"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Independent Board Members.

1. 1. Independent boardmembers - a recipe to reduce agency costs? : An explanatory study on Swedish firms listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm Large Cap

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Alice Brenner; Anna Ringqvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Agency costs; Independent Board Members; Board Composition; Principal-Principal costs; The Swedish Corporate Governance Code;

   Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explain how the share of independent boardmembers, controlling for different forms of independence, and agency costs correlate within Swedish firms listed on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm list for large firms. The goal is to extend the understanding of board independence in relation to agency costs while adding empirical insight into the Swedish Code requirements on the board of directors. READ MORE

3. 2. The relationship between Key Audit Matters and Audit Committees : A quantitative study about 310 Swedish Companies

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Albin Eriksson; Emilia Thunell; [2023]
   Keywords : Key Audit Matters; Audit Committee; Agency Theory; Audit committee characteristics; Institutional structure;

   Abstract : Title: The relationship between Key Audit Matters and Audit Committees: A quantitative study on 310 Swedish companies.   Level: Master Programme in Business Administration, Accounting. READ MORE

4. 3. ESG Scores in IPOs: The impact of Board Composition and Ownership Concentration

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Karl Ehrensky; Martin Svensson; [2021-06-24]
   Keywords : ESG; ESG score; board composition; ownership concentration; stakeholder management;

   Abstract : The prevalence of the sustainability agenda and the need for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues to be addressed by firms are increasingly characterizing today’s business environment. Creating shareholder wealth while also satisfying the wider base of stakeholders, a strategic management approach that ultimately is affected by the firm’s governance through the composition of the board and the ownership concentration of a firms’ shareholders. READ MORE

5. 4. Factors influencing the share repurchase decision : A look into Nordic firms

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Fredric Wållberg; Ezra Anglemier; [2021]
   Keywords : Corporate Governance; Share Repurchases; Logistic regression; Payout Policy;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between share repurchase decisions and severalfinancial variables the year before. We link financial theories such as signaling,substitution, leverage, excess capital, corporate governance, employee stock option, andlegitimacy theory to this relationship and create a hypothesis to test in a quantitative study. READ MORE

6. 5. Women on the board and their joint effect on accruals-based earnings management and real earnings management

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Eva Schönander; Linda von Zweigbergk; [2020-07-01]
   Keywords : accruals-based earnings management; real earnings management; board of directors; gender quota; women board members; independent women board members;

   Abstract : Much emphasis has been placed on the composition of women on the board lately. With Norway in the forefront, other countries within Europe have followed their path and implemented gender quotas on the board, and EU member countries are suggested to have 40 percent women on their boards by 2020. READ MORE