Essays about: "CEO ownership"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 55 essays containing the words CEO ownership.

  1. 11. ESG Scores in IPOs: The impact of Board Composition and Ownership Concentration

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Karl Ehrensky; Martin Svensson; [2021-06-24]
    Keywords : ESG; ESG score; board composition; ownership concentration; stakeholder management;

    Abstract : The prevalence of the sustainability agenda and the need for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues to be addressed by firms are increasingly characterizing today’s business environment. Creating shareholder wealth while also satisfying the wider base of stakeholders, a strategic management approach that ultimately is affected by the firm’s governance through the composition of the board and the ownership concentration of a firms’ shareholders. READ MORE

  3. 12. Board composition and CSR performance is Swedish Listed firms : Board insiders, ownership concentration and CSR performance

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Umer Adeel; Francisca Fonkeng Awung; Mehwish Haider; [2020]
    Keywords : Board composition; Corporate social Responsibility; insiders; ownership concentration;

    Abstract : It is no longer surprising that attention paid to corporate social responsibility (CSR) has increased lately, which could be due to the fact that firms action have negative or positive impacts on their stakeholders–employees, customers, investors, suppliers and community. It is the board responsibility to ensure firms pay attention to CSR matters, therefore, board composition will relatively play significant role in CSR implementation. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Effect of CEO Compensation on Real Earnings Management

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Douglas Grambo; [2020]
    Keywords : Agency theory; real earnings management; CEO compensation;

    Abstract : Real earnings management has been a subject of increasing debate ever since the passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley act in the united states. As research has pointed towards real earnings management increasing this has sparked discussions on whether real earnings management is damaging to companies, or if it is benefiting them, or if it lies somewhere in between. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Final Countdown: The CEO Horizon Problem In Sweden - An investigation of pre-retirement opportunism among CEOs in Swedish listed firms

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

    Author : Johan Bäckman Berg; Beata Enwall; [2020]
    Keywords : CEO Horizon Problem; CEO Retirement; Ownership Concentration; Social Identification; Business Sphere;

    Abstract : We examine the effects of CEO retirement on net capital expenditures in Swedish listed firms. Specifically, we investigate whether retiring CEOs in Swedish listed firms act opportunistically prior to retirement, commonly defined as the CEO horizon problem. READ MORE

  6. 15. What does a search fund say it does to create value?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Martin Schönning; Joar Jansson; [2020]
    Keywords : search funds; private equity; acquisition entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial finance;

    Abstract : In this paper we identify what a search fund says it does to create value for its investors and the relative importance of the value creating activities according to a search fund. We examine this through a case study of NS Intressenter and its acquisition of PriceRunner. READ MORE