Essays about: "corporate financial policies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 essays containing the words corporate financial policies.

1. 1. Enhancing SMEs to Become More Sustainable

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Patricia Agyare; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainable business practices; stakeholder theory; barriers; enablers; emerging economies; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have recently been identified as high contributors to social and environmental issues globally. Due to this, there has been a high demand for SMEs to become more sustainable, and as such many studies have researched the benefits that accrue to SMEs that implement sustainable practices: serving as a motivation for most SMEs. READ MORE

3. 2. The Development of Debt Policies : A Case Study of Investor’s and Industrivärden’s Portfolio Companies

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Alma Karlsson; Jenny Olsson; [2023]
   Keywords : debt; debt policies; ownership; investment companies; time series; content analysis;

   Abstract : Debt financing can be seen as both an opportunity to increase profits as well as a financial risk and is thus an important issue for company owners to consider. This study examines the portfolio companies of the investment firms Investor and Indsutrivärden, and how their debt policies have developed from 2004 to 2022. READ MORE

4. 3. ESG and Financial Stability in the Banking Sector

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Zohreh Asgari; Jovita Molyte; [2023]
   Keywords : ESG; Sustainability; Financial Stability; Z-score; Tobin’s Q; Non-performing loans; Banks; Financial Sector; Economic Distress; Covid-19;

   Abstract : The banking sector is experiencing an increasing interest in evaluating environmental performance, social responsibility, and corporate governance (ESG), since the internationalcontext aroused discussions on advantages of incorporating ESG-related policies. Therefore,significant relationships between ESG engagement and financial performance and stabilityare expected. READ MORE

5. 4. A Catering Theory of Investment Policies. Do U.S. firms cater to sentiment?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Philip Lindquist; Nicolas Nolén; [2023]
   Keywords : “Retail Investor Sentiment”; “FEARS Index”; “Corporate Investment Policies”; “Behavioral Corporate Finance”; “VIX”; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose is to investigate retail investors’ growing influence in shaping corporate investment policies. It further seeks to understand whether firms cater to retail investor sentiment. We employ a multiple linear regression model of a strongly-balanced panel data set, incorporating fixed effects and clustered standard errors. READ MORE

6. 5. The Framing of Affordability within Ireland’s Housing Discourse : Analysis of the Negotiated Process of Narrative Struggles within the Framing of Affordability within Housing Discourse

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Neil Dunne; [2023]
   Keywords : Affordability; Affordable Housing; Housing Affordability; Housing Policy; Social Constructionism; Narrative; Housing Regimes; Commodification; Decommodification; Welfare Provision;

   Abstract : After the 2008 Global Financial Crash, Ireland’s neoliberal housing policy turned again to housing financialisation as focus lay upon the attraction of corporate investors in order to revive the housing market. The result was a swift return to housing price rises but this came with ever growing homelessness and housing precarity as REITs and other corporate investors' influence on the housing market grew. READ MORE