Essays about: "Agency problems"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 230 essays containing the words Agency problems.

  1. 11. A family affair: The relationship between family control and performance in Swedish public firms

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Karin Frykhammar; Ella Berglund; [2023]
    Keywords : Family firms; Tobin s Q; Control; Agency costs;

    Abstract : This study examines the influence of family control on market and operational performance among the largest listed companies on Nasdaq Stockholm. Our results reveal that family control has a positive effect on market performance, but not on operational performance. READ MORE

  3. 12. Multi-agent route planning for uncrewed aircraft systems operating in U-space airspace

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Artificiell intelligens och integrerade datorsystem

    Author : Yohan Ayoub; [2023]
    Keywords : MAPF; multi-agent systems; multi-agent path finding; U-space; UAV; UAS; search algorithms;

    Abstract : Society today brings a high pace development and demand of Artificial intelligence systems as well as robotics. To further expand and to take one step closer to have Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) working in the cities, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency launched a project that introduces U-space airspace, an airspace where UAVs, for instance, are allowed to operate for commercial services. READ MORE

  4. 13. In- or Outsourcing within a Public Organization - A case study of internal allocation decisions between Intraservice and other subsidiaries within the Municipality of Gothenburg City

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Ludwig Åkerström; Philip Zanganeh; [2022-08-19]
    Keywords : In- or Outsourcing; Make or Buy; Public Organization; Internal Allocation Decision; Resource-Based View; Dynamic Capabilities; Transaction Cost Economics; Agency Theory; New Public Management; Organizational Theory;

    Abstract : The concept of in- or outsourcing has been researched extensively in a private organizational context, in contrast to a public organizational context. This thesis uses a novel approach by applying the in- or outsourcing concept within a larger public organization. READ MORE

  5. 14. SPAC Post-Merger Performance in the New Regime - An Agency Perspective

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Niclas Leksell; Marcus Silkisberg; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : SPACs; Special Purpose Acquisition Company; IPO; Merger; Acquisition; Business Combination; Post-merger performance; Agency conflicts; Event study;

    Abstract : SPACs are shell companies without operations created to raise capital in an IPO and subsequently identify a non-listed operating company to merge with. As of the last three years (2019-2021), the SPAC has witnessed a significant surge in popularity on the back of several tailwinds, including regulatory legitimization efforts and the participation of blue-chip sponsors and investors. READ MORE

  6. 15. “PS. If I go missing... i have been banned again” - A netnographic study of users’ opposition to algorithmic censorship of the female body on Instagram

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Linnea Strand; [2022]
    Keywords : Algorithms; Censorship; Technology; User Agency; Algorithmic Resistance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As algorithmically-driven content moderation has become a common feature of social media platforms to suppress communications deemed undesirable, scholars have started to examine users’ relations to algorithmic systems and problems of machine bias and governmentality. While most researchers have focused on the negative aspects of censorship, few have explored the possibilities of users to oppose algorithmic control. READ MORE