Essays about: "diversity and performance management"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 71 essays containing the words diversity and performance management.

  1. 16. Board Tenure Diversity and Firm Performance

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Peter Lindgren; Sepand Tabari; [2022]
    Keywords : Board Tenure; Board Tenure Diversity; Firm Performance; Management Entrenchment;

    Abstract : This paper studies the potential effect that board tenure diversity has on a company's firm performance, measured in terms of Return On Average Assets, Return On Average Equity and Tobin's Q. Long-tenured directors are experienced and knowledgeable but yield a higher risk of causing managerial entrenchment than short-tenured directors who, in contrast, lack experience. READ MORE

  3. 17. Exploring Diversity of Spectral Data in Cloud Detection with Machine Learning Methods : Contribution of Near Infrared band in improving cloud detection in winter images

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Nakita Sunil Oza; [2022]
    Keywords : Remote sensing; Multispectral imaging; Cloud detection; Data diversity; Deep learning; Fjärranalys; Multispektral bildbehandling; Molndetektion; Datadiversitet; Djupinlärning;

    Abstract : Cloud detection on satellite imagery is an essential pre-processing step for several remote sensing applications. In general, machine learning based methods for cloud detection perform well, especially the ones based on deep learning as they consider both spatial and spectral features of the input image. READ MORE

  4. 18. Count on dead wood : a comparison of nature conservation value assessment methods concerning dead wood

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Andreas Widell; [2022]
    Keywords : conservation value assessment methods; dead wood volume; dead wood diversity; time consumption;

    Abstract : Dead wood is acknowledged world-wide for its interconnection to biodiversity and sustainable forest management. In Sweden, today’s retention forestry requires measures to protect and create dead wood, which raise the need of inventory methods for estimating dead wood quantity and quality. READ MORE

  5. 19. The impact of voluntary non-financial disclosure on profitability of listed companies

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för ekonomi

    Author : Cloudy Matope; Oday Vaye G; [2022]
    Keywords : Voluntary non financial disclosure;

    Abstract : Abstract Given the increasing concern for the global environmental issues and the related need for preservation of the ecosystem, voluntary non-financial disclosure has become more and more important to almost all economies today. However, empirical literature shows findings that are mixed, inconsistent and often contradictory; ranging from positive, to negative, to statistically insignificant relationships. READ MORE

  6. 20. Gender diversity and innovation in technology and manufacturing companies

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Manousos Kokkinakis; Xin Li; [2022]
    Keywords : Innovation; Gender Diversity; Technology Manufacturing firms; Logistic Regression Analysis.;

    Abstract : In this thesis the relation between gender diversity and innovation in technology and manufacturing companies is explored. Data on firm-level are used from The Enterprise Surveys of the World Bank, which are designed as a panel data survey and comprise a collection of data on 146,000 firms in 143 countries, from years 2006 to 2019. READ MORE