Essays about: "Asymmetric relationships"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Asymmetric relationships.

  1. 1. Beyond the Terrorist Label : How Five Palestinian CSOs Experience and Resist Terrorist Allegations

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Alma Michold; [2024]
    Keywords : Palestine; Shrinking civic space; Terrorist designation; Resistance; Ontological counter-securitization;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the terrorist designation issued by Israel against six Palestinian civil society organizations in 2021. The organizations are based in the West Bank and remain designated as terrorist organizations according to Israeli law, despite rejections and condemnations by the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN), and the United States (US). READ MORE

  3. 2. Colonial Tendencies of Voluntourism: A Postcolonial Analysis of Weltwärts Testimonials

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Amelie Aue; [2023]
    Keywords : Voluntourism; Weltwärts; Development; Postcolonial Theory; Coloniality of Power; Orientalism; white Saviorism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Voluntourism is often described as a sustainable development strategy facilitating Global Learning and cross-cultural exchange. Initiated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the voluntourism program Weltwärts strives to create stronger international partnerships, development engagement, and equitable encounters. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Correlation Study on the Relationship between Credit Default Swap (CDS) Spreads and ESG Sentiment in the Banking Sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mattias Olsson; Shabier Stanakzai; [2023]
    Keywords : ESG; Sentiment; CDS spreads.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study examines the influence of online ESG sentiment on credit market price movement in the banking sector. By employing a panel regression model with fixed effect for firms and time, the study’s findings indicate an inverse relationship between online ESG sentiment and CDS spread in accordance, to some extent, with previous literature. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Effect of Banking Relationships and Prospectus Transparency on IPO Underpricing

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Erik Audun Sørensen; Sebastian Holm; [2022]
    Keywords : IPOs; Banking relationship; Prospectus; Asymmetric information; Underpricing;

    Abstract : This paper investigates whether (1) pre-IPO banking relationships with a potential IPO underwriter, and (2) transparency in the "Use of Proceeds" section in the IPO prospectus, ameliorate asymmetric information problems behind IPO underpricing. If pre-IPO banking relationships and prospectus transparency generate and transmit information to the market, and thus reduce asymmetric information, firms with these characteristics should exhibit lower underpricing when going public. READ MORE

  6. 5. M&A during a pandemic – Alterations of processes A case study on a Swedish strategic serial acquirer in the tech industry

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Vanja Amin; Anton vom Hofe; [2021-06-24]
    Keywords : M A; process alterations; Covid-19; external shocks; asymmetric information;

    Abstract : Through a single case study, we expand on pre-existing M&A research by examining how M&A processes have been affected by the increased information asymmetry as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and what implications it will have on these processes going forward. By conducting a case study on a strategic serial acquirer in the technology industry, this thesis shed light on how firms within this industry react towards such a market shock and alter processes in order to adapt to the new circumstances. READ MORE