Essays about: "Agency problems"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 230 essays containing the words Agency problems.

1. 16. Fantasy Fiction and Reality : How Fantasy Fiction Reflects Our Reality and How It Can Be Used in the English Classroom

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Rim Winssi; Kenan Tutusevic; [2022]
   Keywords : Fantasy; Escapism; Swedish National Agency of Education; Psychoanalysis; Reality; Classroom activities;

   Abstract : Reality and fantasy fiction have often been seen as opposites. Fantasy fiction is many times seen as childish, with escapism as its sole purpose. READ MORE

3. 17. Uranium Mineralizations at Kiirunavaara,Northernmost Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Diego Segovia Menard; [2022]
   Keywords : kiirunavaara; uranium; EPMA; water; hydrothermal;

   Abstract : In recent years, a variably high amount of uranium (U) and radon (Rn) were found in the water and airof the Kiirunavaara mine in Kiruna, northern Sweden. The Swedish Agency for Marine and WaterManagement (Havs och vattenmyndigheten) has maximum limits for “special polluting substances” inwater that is released to natural recipients (HVMFS 2019:25), therefore, the mining company LKAB,owner and operator of the Kiirunavaara mine, decided to conduct a study to investigate the issueregarding these findings, triggering this master thesis. READ MORE

4. 18. Identity frames in knowledge co-creation : facilitators for sustainability transformations

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Maria Nyström; [2022]
   Keywords : co-production of knowledge; co-creation lab; facilitation; sustainability; frames; facilitators identity; learning; transdisciplinary research;

   Abstract : Research shows that we need transdisciplinary research to face wicked sustainability problems. One approach to creating sustainable societal transformations that are context-based is the process of co-production of knowledge. READ MORE

5. 19. 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

6. 20. CEO Ownership and Innovation Investments: Is Shareholding Incentivizing Enough?

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

   Author : Axel Jönsson; Hannes Högmark; [2022]
   Keywords : R D; Innovation; Agency Problems; Corporate Governance; CEO Ownership;

   Abstract : Agency theory suggests that managers may under- or over-invest in R&D depending on whether they see the risks or possibilities investing in it. This study examines how CEO ownership is related to investments made in R&D. READ MORE