Essays about: "thesis about corporate governance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words thesis about corporate governance.

  1. 1. GOVERNANCE BEYOND BORDERS The Extraterritorial Reach of OECD National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Mirja Sund; [2023-06-20]
    Keywords : Business and human rights; Non-judicial mechanisms; Extraterritoriality; OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; OECD National Contact Points;

    Abstract : As increasingly powerful actors in a globalised world, multinational corporations are often able to evade responsibility for human rights violations and other misconduct occurring in their own operations or supply chains. Since courts face limitations when attempting to exert jurisdiction outside of their state territories, state-based non-judicial mechanisms such as the OECD National Contact Points (NCPs) have been established to fill this gap by mediating between corporations and victims of corporate human rights abuses with the aim of providing remedy to the latter. READ MORE

  3. 2. An empirical study about the relationship between ESG and firm performance in Nordic countries with the moderating effect of environmental innovation.

    University essay from Jönköping University

    Author : Nadiya Ghannadighomi; Elias Johansson; Barbara Saliba; [2023]
    Keywords : Environmental; social; and governance ESG ; Firm performance; Return on equity ROE ; Stakeholder theory; Environmental innovation; Nordics;

    Abstract : Background: During recent years, the growing attention to environmental, social, and governance factors (ESG) as a recognized sustainability performance measurement has led to that corporate participation in sustainable development as one of the main concerns among stakeholders. The Nordic countries have been outstanding leaders in terms of sustainability for years and consistently ranked excellent on ESG scores. READ MORE

  4. 3. Leadership Competence: Does Gender Really Matter? : A study on the operational gender diversity and its impact on financial performance and stock volatilty

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för management (MAN)

    Author : Simon Nordin; Beata Vangstad; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender Diversity; CEO Gender; Corporate Governance; Agency Theory; Resource Dependence Thoery; Firm Volatility; Financial Performance;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to take part of and contribute to the continuously ongoing debate ongender diversity, more specific about gender diversity in the operational level includingthe gender of CEO in Swedish firms across the Large cap, Mid Cap and Small Cap lists.The purpose is to analyze whether there is a statistical significance between operationalgender diversity and financial performance as well as firm volatility. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. Big Three Ownership in Sweden : A quantitative study of how the Big Three influence firmspecific corporate governance in Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Gustaf Wäpling; Andreas Strand; [2022]
    Keywords : Big Three Ownership; Active Owner; Passive Owner; Firm-Specific Corporate Governance;

    Abstract : Background: Since the financial crisis in 2008, the inflows into index funds havedramatically increased compared to actively managed funds. When discussing indexfunds in a global context there are three big players, Blackrock, Vanguard, and StateStreet which are described as permanent universal owners. READ MORE