Essays about: "COB ownership"

Found 2 essays containing the words COB ownership.

1. 1. Board Composition and Financial Distress : An Empirical evidence from Sweden and Denmark

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Amira Akhmetova; Yulia Batomunkueva; [2014]
   Keywords : board composition; financial distress; board independence; board size; board ownership; CEO duality; COB ownership; employee representatives; Altman’s Z- score; market capitalization; Sweden; Denmark.;

   Abstract : Recent failure of such companies as Enron, Worldcom and Parmala showed that there are internal reasons contributing to company’s financial distress. Financial distress is a condition when a company fails to meet its debt obligations. READ MORE

3. 2. Performance & CEO/COB turnover- A study on Swedish listed companies

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Elise Fahlén; Joseph Hellmark; [2011]
   Keywords : CEO turnover; COB turnover; Corporate governance;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the relationship between firm performance and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) turnover as well as the relationship between firm performance and Chairman of the Board (COB) turnover using both decomposed stock price performance and Return on Equity (ROE) as performance measures. By analysing 220 Swedish listed companies during the time period of 1997 to 2008, we examine whether boards are efficient in replacing CEOs at times of poor company performance as well as if shareholders are efficient in replacing the COB during equally bad times. READ MORE