Essays about: "Agency Theory in it governance"

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  1. 6. Employee representation on the board of directors and its implications on corporate risk- A quantitative study on diverging stakeholder preferences

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Filip Engelholm; Lukas Nyström; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : Board level employee representation; Codetermination; Risk preferences; Stakeholder incentives; Agency conflict; Corporate governance;

    Abstract : This study investigates how board-level employee representation (BLER) impacts the risk profile of a firm. More specifically, it investigates whether the binary presence of employees in the board room, or the relative ratio of votes allocated to employees, leads to reduced total, idiosyncratic, or systematic risk. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Effects of Audit Committee Characteristics on Firm Financial Performance: A Case Study of the NASDAQ Stockholm.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Kingsley Chukwuma Emehelu; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : Audit committee characteristics; corporate governance; firm financial performance; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the effect of audit committee characteristics on firm financial performance, using ROA as the proxy. In line with agency theory, a well governed and directed firm should comparatively perform better than a firm that is not well governed and directed. READ MORE

  4. 8. Climate Leadership in the Trade Regime Complex : An Assessment of the United States Preferential Trade Agreements

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Jens Wickström; [2022]
    Keywords : International Climate Leadership; Global Governance; The US; Preferential Trade Agreements; Regime Complex;

    Abstract : Emissions keep rising, states keep trading, and Earth will be 1.5°C warmer within five years. These are results of inadequate global governance. As globalisation has brought complexity to the international settings, creating overlapping webs of interactions: no International Organisation has properly responded. READ MORE

  5. 9. CEO Compensation and the Relationship with Company Growth : An Analysis of Swedish Listed OMX Stockholm Companies

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Albin Nordlund; Mathias Pettersson Sango; [2022]
    Keywords : CEO; compensation; salary; bonus; other compensation; total compensation; growth; pension benefits; motivation theory; agency theory; financial performance measures; Hofstede s cultural dimensions; corporate governance; performance indicators; listed companies.;

    Abstract : As time progresses and compensation increases for CEOs, the need for information will be required to debate whether it is rational for CEOs to receive more pay in various forms. According to agency theory, CEOs have an intrinsic need to act in their self-interests, while the shareholder requires value creation and implements various safeguards to ensure that the CEOs do what they are expected to do. READ MORE

  6. 10. Value Creation in (Serial) Acquisitions - The Nordic Evidence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Axel Gustavsson; Carl Möllerström; [2022]
    Keywords : M A; serial acquirers; agency problems; value creation; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Evidence of value creation for acquiring companies is revealed by a Nordic sample of acquisitions. The sample of 171 acquisitions, involving 130 acquirers, allows for investigating the performance of companies making several acquisitions. READ MORE